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Michigan State and Wake Forest fell from the unbeaten ranks, while Alabama, Cincinnati and Ohio State all had some trouble putting away their opponents. Meanwhile, top-ranked Georgia did what the Bulldogs were supposed to do with an inferior opponent - crush them.
The Spartans were 40--29 losers at Purdue, as the Congrove Computer Rankings predicted would happen.
Meanwhile, Wake Forest pulled defeat from the jaws of victory by surrendering an 18-point, 45-27 lead at Chapel Hill, and ultimately bowing 58-55 to North Carolina. It's a similar refrain of last year's game when the Tar Heels overcame a 45-24 deficit to defeat Wake 59-53.
Alabama got way more than it bargained for from LSU, escaping with a 20-14 victory in Tuscaloosa. A sluggish performance by the Tide kept the Bayou Bengals in the game, but LSU had several opportunities in the 4th quarter to close the deal on an upset and simply didn't have enough offense to get the job done.
Cincinnati gave Tulsa a late chance to record the upset by fumbling the snap at its own 2-yard line with just over a minute left in the game, but the Golden Hurricane gave it back on a 4th-and-goal fumble just outside the goal line with 25 seconds left as the Bearcats prevailed, 28-20.
Ohio State went to Lincoln and clawed its way to a 26-17 win over Nebraska, never leading by more than 14 points and only salting the game away on a 46-yard field goal with 1:29 remaining in that game.
Georgia left nothing to chance against Missouri. After the Tigers took a 3-0 lead on their first possession, the 'Dawgs went on a 40-0 run and strolled to a 43-6 victory.
Georgia, Oklahoma, Cincinnati and UTSA are now the only remaining undefeated teams in the FBS. Just two weeks ago, there were nine unbeaten teams.
In other games, Justin Fuente should be one step closer to being fired after a lethargic 17-3 loss at Boston College sunk Virginia Tech to 4-5 and placed the team in jeopardy of missing a bowl game for a second straight season.
Just days after bidding Gary Patterson farewell after 20+ seasons, TCU downed Baylor 30-28 in another upset predicted by the computer.
Auburn traveled to Texas A&M in the only matchup of teams ranked in the top 25 by the College Football Playoff Committee, but the Aggies wore down the Tigers en route to a 20-3 win at College Station.
Oklahoma State used a strong defensive effort to subdue West Virginia 24-3 in Morgantown.
Army won a 21-14 overtime battle with Air Force in Arlington to guarantee it won't have to cough up the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, regardless of what happens in its game with Navy. The trophy goes to the winner of the round-robin competition between the three service academies and Navy has already lost to Air Force. The worst-case scenario is a 3-way tie between the programs.
Beamerball is still alive, thanks to Frank Beamer's son Shane, who has South Carolina at 5-4 in his inaugural season as head coach after the Gamecocks embarrassed Florida 40-17 to the delight of the home faithful. Shane's hall-of-fame dad, and the rest of the family, was on-hand to witness the upset.
10 teams were idle this week, including No. 2 Oklahoma. The undefeated Sooners were shockingly ranked just 8th by the playoff committee in the first reveal of their Top 25 for the 2021 season, released last Tuesday evening. As the number of beaten teams has shrunk dramatically, the committee should give a little more recognition to how difficult it is to run the table.
2 teams will play 2 FCS teams this fall (UConn and UMass), and 115 teams will play 1 FCS school for a total of 117 such matchups. 107 of those 117 games have been played.
Rhode Island gave the FCS another win over the FBS, 35-22 at UMass. The only other FBS-FCS matchup this weekend saw BYU thump Idaho State 59-14.
The FBS is 98-11 vs. the FCS this season. Since we began tracking this in 2003, the FBS teams are now 1,567-139 (.919).
Last year, 30 FBS teams played a total of just 34 games against FCS schools and the FCS won just 1 game (1-33). That honor also went to Jacksonville State with its 19-10 victory over FIU.
Here are the FCS wins in 2021:
September 2: UC Davis 19, Tulsa 17
September 2: Eastern Washington 35, UNLV 33 (2 OT)
September 3: South Dakota State 42, Colorado State 23
September 4: Holy Cross 38, UConn 28
September 4: Montana 13, Washington 7
September 4: ETSU 23, Vanderbilt 3
September 11: Duquesne 28, Ohio 26
September 11: Jacksonville State 20, Florida State 17.
September 18: Incarnate Word 42, Texas State 34.
September 18: Northern Arizona 21, Arizona 19
November 6: Rhode Island 35, Massachusetts 22
This was the only FCS win vs. the FBS in 2020:
October 23: Jacksonville State 19, FIU 10
In 2019, FBS teams were 111-3 (.974) in such games. These were the only FCS wins that season:
August 29: Central Arkansas 35, Western Kentucky 28
September 7: Southern Illinois 45, Massachusetts 20
September 14: The Citadel 27, Georgia Tech 24 (OT)
OKLAHOMA: Won 17 straight over-all (FBS longest).
Last: Won 52-21 at home vs.Texas Tech on Saturday, Oct. 30.
Next: Visits Baylor on Nov. 13.
OHIO STATE - Won 27 straight conference games (FBS longest), and 13 straight road games (FBS longest).
Last: Won 26-17 at Nebraska on Saturday, Nov. 6.
Next: Hosts Purdue on Saturday, November 13.
CLEMSON - Won 32 straight home games (FBS longest).
Last: Won 30-24 at Louisville on Nov. 6.
Next:: Hosts UConn on Saturday, November 13.
NEW MEXICO STATE - Lost 16 straight road games (FBS longest).
Last: Lost 35-13 vs. Utah State on Saturday, Nov. 6.
Next: Visits Alabama on Saturday, November 13.
KANSAS - Lost 8 straight over-all (tied FBS longest with Vanderbilt and FIU), Lost 21 straight to FBS schools (FBS Longest). Lost 18 straight conference games (tied with Vanderbilt for FBS longest).
Last: Lost 35-10 vs. Kansas State on Saturday, Nov., 6.
Next: Visits Texas on Saturday, November 13.
ARIZONA - Ended losing streaks of 20 straight over-all (was FBS Longest) and 19 straight to FBS schools (was FBS second-longest) with a 10-3 win over Cal..
Last: Won 10-3 vs. California on Saturday, Nov. 6.
Next: Hosts Utah on Saturday, November 13.
VANDERBILT - Lost 18 straight conference games (tied with Kansas for FBS longest)..
Last: Lost 37-28 at home to Missouri on Saturday, Oct. 30.
Next: Hosts Kentucky on Saturday, Nov. 13.