Historic day in college football sees 5 of the top 7 teams in the Top 25 losing for the first time since 1989

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It’s been nearly 40 years since college football experienced anything like Saturday.

Five of the top seven teams in the AP Top 25 lost on the same day, the first time that’s happened since January 2, 1989, according to Sportradar.

Shakeup Saturday was driven by the Southeastern Conference, with No. 1 Georgia, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Texas going down as touchdown or more favorites.

No. 2 Notre Dame (at No. 8 BYU) and fifth-ranked Indiana (against No. 4 Ohio State) also lost, although those were less shocking.

It’s the first time Nos. 1 and 2 lost on the same day in the regular season since Oregon (to Stanford) and Kansas State (to Baylor) in 2012.

The chaos, which is sure to shuffle the poll and College Football Playoff seeding forecasts, cleared a path for No. 3 Miami to take over the top poll spot after beating rival Florida State 43-35 in a double-overtime classic that ended in controversy.

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The Hurricanes can only hope to do better than the No. 1 team has the last two weeks; Texas and Georgia lost to unranked teams, the first time that’s happened in consecutive weeks since Notre Dame (to Stanford) and Michigan (to Michigan State) in 1990.

The last time five of the top eight teams in the AP poll lost on the same day was when No. 3 West Virginia, No. 5 USC, No. 6 Nebraska, No. 7 Auburn and eighth-ranked Arkansas stumbled in bowl games. It had never happened in the regular season — until Saturday,

It was nearly as rare for heavyweights Georgia, Alabama and Texas to lose on the same Saturday, which hadn’t happened since Oct. 26, 1996, according to the SEC.

It showed why SEC coaches were so hesitant to give in to playing a nine-game league slate. And it might be fitting that the bloody Saturday came on the same week the SEC capitulated to the Big Ten to move closer to finalizing a 24-team playoff.

The Bulldogs (6-1, 4-1 SEC) had been the league’s last remaining team without a loss, but Gunner Stockton threw two interceptions and fumbled with less than a minute to play in a 27-24 stunner to unranked Auburn (4-2, 2-2). Georgia, which had won 53 in a row against unranked teams, was a 20 1/2 -point favorite in the game known as “the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.”

Alex McPherson’s 34-yard field goal on the final play sent the visiting sideline into a frenzy. It was Auburn’s first win in Athens since 2005 and the program’s first road win against the nation’s No. 1 team since winning at Florida in 1994.

“We’re just continuing to plug,” said Auburn coach Alex Golesh, whose team scored on a trick play and an amazing, one-catch. “We’re going to build Auburn back to where everybody wants it, one game at a time. Just hang with us.”

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Auburn’s win meant the team ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 lost in consecutive weeks to unranked teams for the first time since Notre Dame and Michigan in October 1990, according to Sportradar. Then-No. 1 Texas lost last week to Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry.

That setback seemed to have a carryover effect for the Longhorns.

Arch Manning had more late-game woes against Florida. He fumbled with less than two minutes to play — a week after throwing an interception that helped Oklahoma win a week ago — and the Longhorns (4-2, 1-2) lost 27-24 at home to the Gators (5-2, 3-2). Texas was a 10 1/2-point favorite.

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Manning completed 14 of 20 passes for 173 yards and a touchdown. He was sacked five times as Texas lost consecutive regular-season games for the first time since 2021.

Like Auburn and Florida, No. 14 Tennessee delivered a defensive gem in the rivalry known as the “The Third Saturday in October.” The Volunteers (6-1, 3-1) held Alabama to 201 yards in a 26-10 win in Knoxville, shutting down dynamic quarterback Keelon Russell and breaking out cigars for the third consecutive year.

The Vols finished with five sacks and four takeaways.

“Phenomenal performance,” Tennessee coach Josh Heupel said.

Alabama (5-2, 3-2) was a 7 1/2-point favorite and played without leading receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams. Fans rushed the field afterward, and the Vols will gladly pay the SEC fine.

Tennessee won despite without quarterback Faizon Brandon (shoulder). George MacIntyre filled in and got plenty of help from DeSean Bishop, who ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns.

It was Alabama’s second straight loss.

In other ranked SEC action, Lane Kiffin’s former and current teams rolled. Kiffin and No. 22 LSU overwhelmed 16th-ranked Mississippi State 31-3. And No. 9 Ole Miss thumped 13th-ranked Missouri 31-3.

And No. 15 Kentucky beat Oklahoma 21-13 on the road, making first-year coach Will Stein the first Wildcats coach to win six of his first seven games in more than a century.

Indiana’s 22-game winning streak ended in gut-wrenching fashion against No. 4 Ohio State.

The defending national champion and fifth-ranked Hoosiers looked like they were going to rally to beat the Buckeyes, but standout receiver Nick Marsh stepped out of bounds in the end zone and negated what would have been a 27-yard touchdown reception on a fourth-and-4 play in the final minute.

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Ohio State (6-1, 4-0 Big Ten) ran out the clock from there, escaping with a 19-15 victory despite losing quarterback Julian Sayin to a right shoulder injury. Sayin left in the fourth quarter returned with his throwing arm in a sling. Coach Ryan Day said Sayin would miss “several weeks.”

It was Indiana’s first loss since falling at Notre Dame in the 2024 College Football Playoff and ended a 19-game winning streak at home.

The Hoosiers (6-1, 3-1) turned the ball over twice and missed two field goals, the first one after quarterback Josh Hoover missed seeing a wide-open receiver streaking toward the end zone.

Jeremiah Smith delivered another highlight catch, this one resulting in a 38‑yard touchdown on a fourth-down play against Indiana. Smith tracked the pass from Julian Sayin and outjumped two defenders in the end zone for his 12th TD catch of the season and the 39th of his three-year college career.

Smith’s latest one matched former Michigan standout Braylon Edwards for the record for most receiving touchdowns in a Big Ten career. Smith accomplished the feat in nine fewer games than Edwards.

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大学橄榄球赛场上已经近40年没有出现过像周六那样的场面了。

据 Sportradar 报道，AP Top 25 排名前七的球队中有五支在同一天输球，这是自 1989 年 1 月 2 日以来首次发生这种情况。

周六的排名变动主要由东南联盟推动，排名第一的佐治亚大学、排名第六的阿拉巴马大学和排名第七的德克萨斯大学都被视为至少赢一个达阵的热门球队。

排名第二的圣母大学（客场负于排名第八的杨百翰大学）和排名第五的印第安纳大学（主场负于排名第四的俄亥俄州立大学）也输掉了比赛，尽管这两场比赛的结果并不令人意外。

这是自 2012 年俄勒冈大学（输给斯坦福大学）和堪萨斯州立大学（输给贝勒大学）以来，常规赛中排名第一和第二的球队首次在同一天输球。

这场混乱势必会改变民意调查和大学橄榄球季后赛种子排名预测，也为排名第三的迈阿密大学在经过两个加时赛后以 43-35 击败宿敌佛罗里达州立大学，从而登上榜首铺平了道路。这场比赛最终以争议告终。

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飓风队只能希望比排名第一的球队在过去两周的表现更好；德克萨斯队和佐治亚队都输给了未排名的球队，这是自 1990 年圣母大学（输给斯坦福大学）和密歇根大学（输给密歇根州立大学）以来，首次连续两周出现这种情况。

上一次美联社排名前八的球队中有五支在同一天输球，还要追溯到排名第三的西弗吉尼亚大学、排名第五的南加州大学、排名第六的内布拉斯加大学、排名第七的奥本大学和排名第八的阿肯色大学在碗赛中失利。这种情况在常规赛中从未发生过——直到上周六。

据美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 称，佐治亚大学、阿拉巴马大学和德克萨斯大学这三支劲旅在同一周六输球的情况非常罕见，自 1996 年 10 月 26 日以来就未曾发生过。

这解释了为什么SEC的教练们如此不愿接受九场联赛的赛程安排。而这场血腥的周六恰好发生在S​​EC向十大联盟妥协，以期最终敲定24支球队季后赛方案的同一周，或许也颇具讽刺意味。

佐治亚斗牛犬队（6胜1负，东南联盟4胜1负）是联盟中唯一一支保持不败的球队，但在与未排名球队奥本大学（4胜2负，2胜2负）的比赛中，四分卫冈纳·斯托克顿在比赛还剩不到一分钟时两次被抄截并掉球，最终以24比27爆冷输掉了比赛。此前，佐治亚斗牛犬队曾连续53场战胜未排名球队，在这场被称为“南方最古老宿敌之战”的比赛中，他们被视为20.5分的夺冠热门。

比赛最后时刻，亚历克斯·麦克弗森踢进一记34码的任意球，让客队替补席陷入疯狂。这是奥本大学自2005年以来首次在雅典城取得胜利，也是自1994年在佛罗里达大学取胜以来，该校首次在客场战胜全美排名第一的球队。

“我们正继续努力，”奥本大学主教练亚历克斯·戈莱什说道，他的球队凭借一次巧妙的战术配合和一次精彩的单接球得分。“我们将一场一场地重建奥本大学，让它重回大家期待的巅峰。请继续支持我们。”

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据Sportradar报道，奥本大学的胜利意味着，自1990年10月圣母大学和密歇根大学以来，这支在美联社前25强排名第一的球队首次连续两周输给未排名球队。上周，当时排名第一的德克萨斯大学在红河德比中负于俄克拉荷马大学。

那次挫折似乎对德克萨斯长角牛队产生了延续性的影响。

阿奇·曼宁在对阵佛罗里达的比赛中再次遭遇关键时刻的失误。比赛还剩不到两分钟时，他掉球——就在一周前，他的一次传球被拦截，帮助俄克拉荷马大学赢得了比赛——最终，德克萨斯长角牛队（4胜2负，1胜2负）主场以24比27负于佛罗里达短吻鳄队（5胜2负，3胜2负）。德克萨斯队赛前被看好能赢10.5分。

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曼宁20次传球完成14次，推进173码，并有一次达阵。他被擒杀5次，德州大学自2021年以来首次遭遇常规赛连败。

就像奥本大学和佛罗里达大学一样，排名第14位的田纳西大学在被称为“十月的第三个星期六”的宿敌之战中奉献了一场防守盛宴。田纳西大学（6胜1负，3胜1负）在诺克斯维尔以26比10战胜阿拉巴马大学，将对手的进攻限制在201码，成功限制了极具爆发力的四分卫基隆·拉塞尔的发挥，并连续第三年庆祝胜利，抽起了雪茄。

田纳西大学志愿队最终取得了5次擒杀和4次抢断。

“表现非常出色，”田纳西大学教练乔什·休佩尔说道。

阿拉巴马大学（5胜2负，3胜2负）赛前被看好能赢7.5分，而且主力外接手瑞恩·科尔曼-威廉姆斯缺阵。赛后球迷冲进球场，田纳西大学也乐意支付东南联盟的罚款。

尽管四分卫费森·布兰登（肩伤）缺阵，田纳西大学仍然赢得了比赛。乔治·麦金泰尔顶替他出战，并得到了德肖恩·毕肖普的大力支持，后者冲球推进159码，并两次达阵得分。

这是阿拉巴马州遭遇的第二场连败。

在其他SEC联盟排名赛中，莱恩·基芬执教过和现在执教的球队都取得了胜利。基芬率领排名第22位的路易斯安那州立大学以31比3大胜排名第16位的密西西比州立大学。而排名第9位的密西西比大学也以31比3的比分击败了排名第13位的密苏里大学。

排名第 15 的肯塔基大学在客场以 21-13 击败俄克拉荷马大学，使得第一年执教的教练威尔·斯坦成为一百多年来第一位在前七场比赛中赢得六场的野猫队教练。

印第安纳大学的22连胜纪录在与排名第四的俄亥俄州立大学的比赛中以令人心碎的方式终结。

卫冕全国冠军、排名第五的印第安纳大学队看起来要反败为胜，击败俄亥俄州立大学队，但明星接球手尼克·马什在最后一分钟的第四档4码进攻中，在端区内出界，导致原本可以完成的27码达阵接球无效。

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印第安纳大学近两年来的首场失利，向印第安纳人队展现了身处大学橄榄球顶级行列的痛苦一面。

俄亥俄州立大学（6胜1负，大十联盟4胜0负）此后耗尽了比赛时间，最终以19比15险胜，尽管他们的四分卫朱利安·萨因右肩受伤离场。萨因在第四节受伤离场，回来时手臂缠着绷带。主教练瑞恩·戴表示，萨因将缺席“数周”。

这是印第安纳自 2024 年大学橄榄球季后赛在圣母大学输球以来的首场失利，也终结了他们在主场 19 连胜的纪录。

印第安纳大学（6胜1负，3胜1负）两次失误，两次射门不中，第一次射门不中是因为四分卫乔什·胡佛没能看到一名空位接球手正冲向端区。

杰里迈亚·史密斯再次上演精彩接球，这次是在对阵印第安纳大学的第四档进攻中，他接球后完成了一次38码的达阵。史密斯接住了朱利安·萨因的传球，并在端区内跃过两名防守队员，完成了他本赛季的第12次达阵接球，也是他三年大学生涯的第39次达阵接球。

史密斯最近一次接球达阵追平了前密歇根大学明星球员布雷隆·爱德华兹保持的十大联盟生涯接球达阵纪录。史密斯比爱德华兹少打了九场比赛就完成了这一壮举。