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Charting the biggest comebacks in college football history: UCLA is No. 2

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’s comeback from a 34-point deficit late in the third quarter against Texas A&M on Sunday at the Rose Bowl represented the second-biggest comeback in the history of the Football Bowl Subdivision. Here’s a look at the seven biggest comebacks, listed in order by deficit overcome:

35 — Michigan State versus Northwestern, 2006. The Wildcats have a proud football history since making that trip to the Rose Bowl in 1996, but this clunker was straight out of the Mildcats era. Northwestern built a 38-3 lead midway through the third quarter only to see it fizzle like a lighted firecracker chucked into Lake Michigan.