Week 7 of college football provided all sorts of chaos, and as a result, the top 25 rankings received a drastic shakeup.
After taking over the No. 1 spot a week ago, Georgia lost it after an unexpected loss at home to Auburn. The Bulldogs, who originally led 14-0, gave up 24 unanswered points on defense before tying the game with 2:58 left in the fourth quarter. A Gunner Stockton fumble at the end set up a game-winning field goal for the Tigers, giving them the biggest win of the Alec Golesh era.
Bear Bachmeier and BYU knocked off CJ Carr and Notre Dame in Provo, handing the Fighting Irish their first loss of the season. Bachmeier connected with tight end Walker Lyons for the eventual game-winning touchdown, and the Cougars' defense came up with a stop
in the closing moments to seal the victory.
The final defensive stand, however, was not without controversy.
Arch Manning and Texas were unable to hold another 10-plus-point lead. Trailing 27-24 with just under two minutes to go in the fourth quarter, Manning fumbled the ball on a strip-sack by Florida linebacker Myles Graham, resulting in yet another costly turnover at the end of the game for the Longhorns quarterback.
Elsewhere, Miami survived Florida State in a double-overtime thriller that ended with additional controversial officiating, Tennessee knocked off Alabama on Rocky Top and Ohio State snapped Indiana's 22-game win streak, though the Buckeyes lost quarterback Julian Sayin for "several weeks" in the process.
Here's a look at how the results from Week 7 of the college football season impacted the Week 8 US LBM Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 rankings:
College football rankings after Week 7
US LBM Coaches Poll
First-place votes in parentheses
- Miami (50)
- Ohio State (13)
- BYU (13)
- Georgia
- Texas Tech
- Indiana
- Ole Miss
- Notre Dame
- Utah
- UCLA
- Tennessee
- Kentucky
- Alabama
- Iowa
- USC
- Houston
- LSU
- Texas
- Wake Forest
- SMU
- Missouri
- Boise State
- Northwestern
- Florida
- Oregon
Others receiving votes: Arizona 141; Oklahoma State 87; James Madison 80; Auburn 55; Mississippi State 32; Nebraska 19; Oregon State 17; New Mexico 16; UTSA 13; Michigan 10; North Dakota State 8; Wisconsin 7; Duke 7; North Carolina 5; Pitt 4; Air Force 3; North Texas 1;
AP Top 25
This section will be updated once the AP Top 25 poll is released on Sunday
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College football rankings after Week 7: Updated US LBM Coaches Poll, AP Top 25
