Week 7 of the College Football season wasn’t just chaotic, it was a full-blown earthquake, absolutely flipping the AP Poll on its head for the first time this year. Four of the top seven teams in the AP Poll went down this past Saturday, a level of upset-mania we haven’t witnessed in over a decade. Get ready for an AP Poll that looks radically different next week because this kind of mayhem is historically rare.
The Absolute Carnage of Week 7
Talk about an unexpected “Hangover Saturday” for some of the biggest names in college football. No. 1 Georgia, No. 6 Alabama, and No. 7 Texas all suffered unexpected losses. On top of that, No. 5 Indiana also failed to come away with a win, though their loss was to No. 4 Ohio State in a huge road game. That was the only top-seven matchup, meaning three *more* highly-ranked teams just flat-out blew it against lower-ranked opponents. This is exactly why fans are calling it one of the craziest weeks in recent college football memory. For four of the top seven teams in the AP Poll to lose in the same week? That’s an insane feat, something we haven’t seen in nearly a decade.
Flipping the Script: How This Week Compares to 2014’s Chaos
The last time we saw this kind of top-seven wreckage was back in Week 6 of the 2014 season. That week, No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 Oklahoma, and No. 6 Texas A&M all fell. And if that wasn’t enough, No. 8 UCLA also lost, making it five of the top-eight teams taking an L.
But here’s where this week gets even crazier: in 2014, none of those top-seven teams that lost played another team ranked in the top seven. This week, we had the guaranteed loss with Ohio State taking down Indiana, but the other three were straight-up upsets against unranked or lower-ranked opponents. Back in 2014, Oregon was the only one of the four top-seven teams to lose to an unranked opponent, and they were also the only one to lose at home. This past Saturday? Three of Georgia, Indiana, Alabama, and Texas actually suffered their losses while playing at home. That just shows how incredibly unlikely it was for Georgia, Indiana, Alabama, and Texas to all lose while ranked so high, especially with three of those teams playing in front of their own fans.
The dust is still settling, but one thing is clear: the college football landscape just got a massive shake-up. Get ready to see a whole new AP Poll next week, because this kind of upset-heavy action guarantees some serious movement at the top.
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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