It’s the time of year when the top teams are on edge as the season can change so radically with just one result, and it didn’t take long for Saturday to produce a big result. No. 6 Oklahoma’s unbeaten season came to an end, as unranked Kansas took down the Sooners for the first time since 1997.
The two highly ranked teams that avoided disaster were the No. 10 Penn State team that survived against Indiana and the No. 5 Washington team that survived against Stanford, proving that upsets can show up where we least expect them. Elsewhere, Oregon made a big statement with a 35-6 win over Utah and No. 1 Georgia took care of business against Florida.
We’ll be waiting for more surprises as well as providing updates on the day’s big showdowns.
Live updates
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And of course Yahoo’s Ross Dellinger updated his top 10 after this week’s event:
Yahoo Top 10: Clemson’s dizzying spiral continues as Oklahoma suffers its upset loss
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How about a little reading at the end of the first half? Here are this week’s winners and losers:
College Football Week 9 Winners and Losers: Predict the first edition of the CFP rankings
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Here’s the play in question
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With 3 seconds left in the first half, Oregon State bizarrely attempted a fake field goal and ran for a good gain…but there was no way they would score there. Instead the Beavs go to the tied half.
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The annoying alerts are not over yet! Arizona had a nice response for No. 11 Oregon to take the lead:
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Georgia Tech gets the No. 1 bottom line it needs. This is a ball game.
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The worst news for UNC is that star receiver Tez Walker was injured during the game.
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North Carolina was leading but passed it wide! Georgia Tech ball with the lead and 2:54 remaining!
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