Five top-10 college football teams lose in Week 7 upsets
Five ranked teams fell on a chaotic Week 7 Saturday, while BYU, Utah and Houston stayed unbeaten after close wins. Miami rose to the top of the power rankings, and BYU moved up in playoff projections.
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What happened
Five top-10 teams lost during an upset-heavy Saturday in Week 7 of the college football season, reshaping the AP Top 25 poll. Three Big 12 teams, BYU, Utah and Houston, are still unbeaten after winning one-possession games. Miami took over the top spot in the power rankings, and BYU moved to the No. 1 playoff seed in projections.
Why it matters
The results drastically changed the AP poll and the College Football Playoff race. The shakeup left the rankings looking very different.
Timeline
- Oct 18: Five top-10 teams lost during an upset-heavy Week 7 Saturday.
- Oct 18, 4:10 PM ET: Bowl and playoff projections put BYU at the No. 1 playoff seed.
- Oct 19, 7:02 AM ET: Three Big 12 teams stayed unbeaten after winning one-possession games.
- Oct 19, 10:56 AM ET: Miami took the top spot in the power rankings, and two more teams entered the top 25.
Coverage
- Week 7 Power Rankings: Miami takes over at the top; two teams join the top 25 (ESPN)
- What the heck just happened and what does it mean? Connelly on an epic Week 7 (espn.com)
- Bowl, CFP projections: How the postseason picture shifted after a wild Week 7 (espn.com)
- Big 12 football standings, results after Week 7 of 2026 season (Yahoo Sports)
- College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections After Week 7: Title Game Rematch on Tap (si.com)
- College football's ranked-win leaders: Teams with the most victories vs. current AP Top 25 (cbssports.com)
- Week 7 AP poll reaction: What's next for each Top 25 team (ESPN)
- College football polls then vs. now: How entire NCAA Top 25 changed rankings in massive shakeup (Yahoo Sports)
- Tom Fornelli's CFP Vibe Check: No matter how big playoff field gets, no game will ever be meaningless (cbssports.com)
- College Football Rankings: ESPN Names New No. 1 Team in Top 25 Poll for Week 8 (Unknown)
- Predicting AP Top 25 college football poll entering Week 8 of 2026 season (Yahoo Sports)
- Top CFP contenders after an upset-filled Saturday? Here's our best playoff guess (espn.com)
- College Football Rankings: Projecting the New AP Top 25 Poll After Week 7 (Unknown)
- AP Top 25 Poll Prediction: Where Will Georgia, Notre Dame, and Indiana Land? (Yahoo Sports)
- 📸 Top scenes from a wild, historic day in college football (ESPN)
- Week 7's best game? Impossible to choose on a wild Saturday (espn.com)
- Takeaways from College Football Week 7: Chaos reigns supreme as five top-10 squads lose (https://www.nbcsports.com/author/nicole-auerbach)
- Upsets Today in College Football: Top 25 Biggest Losers in Week 7 (Unknown)
- Jon Sumrall, Auburn top trolls from Week 7 in college football (espn.com)
- College football’s biggest weekend delivered absolute top-10 carnage (USA Today)
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