Before Thursday night, the Minutemen's last win came in October of 2024.

Yes, a lot of top teams played inferior opponents in Week 1. But the stat lines that star QBs put up in those games were still eye-opening.

UMass football head coach Joe Harasymiak joins Not So Fast to recap his program's massive win last night, upsetting Rutgers in Week 1 and creating huge buzz with his teams' dominant performance against a Big Ten school.

The Scarlet Knights Hit An Unthinkable Rock-Bottom To Start 2026

UMass, previously ranked as the worst team, achieved their first win since 2024 by defeating Rutgers 37-21, showcasing a major upset in college football.

Rutgers’ historic loss to UMass was already humiliating. Then the fireworks started above a nearly empty SHI Stadium.

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights opened the 2026 season with a nightmare. The team not only lost to UMass, but did so in blowout fashion by a final of 37-21.UMass has been one of the worst teams in FBS over the past decade and just went 0-12 last season. That made the Week 1 showdown a […] The post Rutgers Called Out by NJ State Government Over UMass Upset appeared first on HEAVY.