Can you think of a more chaotic Saturday? College football delivered a little bit of everything in Week 7: stunning upsets, dramatic finishes and results that nobody saw coming.
The sport’s usual pecking order took a hit, championship hopes took unexpected turns and the national picture suddenly looks a lot different heading into the second half of the season.
In other words, it was the kind of Saturday that reminded us why college football is so wonderfully unpredictable.
Here are seven numbers that tell the story of Week 7:
5
The number of teams in the top seven of the Associated Press Top 25 poll that lost Saturday, the first time in the poll’s history, which dates to 1936, that many were beaten on the same day. In order: No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 5 Indiana, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Texas.
12
The longest active winning streak in the FBS, held by Utah, after Indiana (22 games) and Notre Dame (16) lost on Saturday. The Utes, who closed last season with six straight victories and are 6-0 this season, are one of only six undefeated teams, joining Miami, BYU, Texas Tech, UCLA and James Madison.
24
Years since five-time national champion Miami had been ranked No. 1 in the AP poll before taking the top spot this week. The last time the Hurricanes were atop the poll: Dec. 8, 2002.
93
Straight home games that AP No. 1 teams had won against unranked opponents before Auburn stunned Georgia 27-24 on a walkoff field goal in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. The previous time: Arkansas 50, LSU 48 in triple overtime on Nov. 23, 2007, in Baton Rouge.
195
Consecutive games that unranked opponents had lost against top-ranked teams when trailing by 14 or more points before Auburn’s win over Georgia. Moreover, the Bulldogs had been 95-3 under head coach Kirby Smart when leading by 14 points, including 65-0 against unranked opponents, before losing to the Tigers.
2012
The last time the No. 1 (Georgia) and No. 2 (Notre Dame) teams in the AP poll lost on the same day. Fourteen years ago, it was unranked Baylor routing No. 1 Kansas State 52-24 and 13th-ranked Stanford beating No. 2 Oregon 17-14.
10,948
The number of days between Oct. 26, 1996, the last time Alabama, Georgia and Texas lost on the same day, and Oct. 17, 2026, when the Crimson Tide, Bulldogs and Longhorns suffered upset losses that shook up the SEC race and national rankings.
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Mike Garbett is a content specialist working with McClatchy’s Content Innovation Lab.