As a college football fan, I can say one thing for sure — we will never see another weekend of upsets in our lifetime like we witnessed this past Saturday. Sure, there will be Saturdays when two or three of the top 10 go down but not five:
Photo: Ole Miss fans storm the field after defeating No. 3 Alabama on Saturday
Photo source: Instagram
Arizona 31, (2) Oregon 24
(11) Ole Miss 23, (3) Alabama 17
(25) TCU 37, (4) Oklahoma 33
(12) Mississippi St. 48, (6) Texas A&M 31
Utah 30, (8) UCLA 28
And what about the rest of the top 25?
Arizona St. 38, (16) USC 34
Northwestern 20, (17) Wisconsin 14
Utah St. 35, (18) BYU 20
It was simply amazing to witness. One high ranked team going down, one after another. On highlight shows and sports radio, broadcasters didn’t know where to begin regarding which upset to talk about first.
After all the dust settled, here is the new AP top 10 after “Upset Saturday.”
1. Florida State (35) 5-0
2. Auburn (23) 5-0
3. Mississippi State (2) 5-0
3. Ole Miss 5-0
5. Baylor 5-0
6. Notre Dame 5-0
7. Alabama 4-1
8. Michigan State 4-1
9. TCU 4-0
10. Arizona 5-0
11. Oklahoma 4-1
12. Oregon 4-1
13. Georgia 4-1
14. Texas A&M 5-1
15. Ohio State 4-1
16. Oklahoma State 4-1
17. Kansas State 4-1
18. UCLA 4-1
19. East Carolina 4-1
20. Arizona State 4-1
21. Nebraska 5-1
22. Georgia Tech 5-0
23. Missouri 4-1
24. Utah 4-1
25. Stanford 3-2
Notable info:
- Auburn is gaining on Florida State in first place votes especially after defeating No. 15 LSU on Saturday night 41-7
- Mississippi State earned two first place votes after blowing out Texas A&M 48-31
- Mississippi State and Ole Miss are tied for No. 3 with exactly 1320 points
- Ole Miss has not been ranked this high in a non-preseason top 25 poll since 1963 — the last time they won the SEC title
- This is Mississippi State’s best ranking ever. Their previous best ranking was No. 7 in 1980
- This is only the second time in the history of the AP Poll (since 1936) that four teams have lost in the top six in the same week
Notable games this Saturday:
The college football AP top 25 will be different again next week after these notable games are played this weekend:
- No. 2 Auburn at No. 3 Mississippi State
- No. 9 TCU at No. 5 Baylor
- No. 3 Ole Miss at No. 14 Texas A&M
Notable teams that dropped out of the top 25
- LSU
- USC
- Wisconsin
- BYU