College football chaos: Historic upsets, Arch Manning's fiasco, clock controversy and CFP ramifications arise

But, did we expect to see this type of madness around a sport that essentially agreed to expand the CFP to 24-teams before the weekend got underway?This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Absolutely not.THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF IS SACRIFICING ITS SOUL TO BE AN ATM FOR CONFERENCES WITH EXPANSION TO 24 TEAMSMaybe it's fair to say that we have zero clue which teams are actually elite this year, coming off Indiana's perfect season in 2025.Or, maybe the actual answer to what occurred on Saturday across the SEC and other conferences is that parity has finally set in to a sport that has seen multiple teams spend over $35 million to pieceOn Saturday, we witnessed the No.1, No.
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18 ranked teams in the AP Top-25 poll go down, with five of the top eight teams losing on the same day for the first time since 1989.There are also no more unbeaten teams within the SEC, and only one in the Big Ten (UCLA), while the ACC also has just one.The Big 12 currently sits with three unbeaten teams, which Utah capped-off early Sunday morning in its win over Colorado.In what might have been the game of the day, it was BYU and Notre Dame going to war in Provo to cap off what was a monumental day in the sport, with the Cougars coming out on top in the 28-24 upset.A Top-10 showdown turned into sixty-minute battle that came down to the final play of the game as CJ Carr's pass was deflected in the end zone, leading to thousands of fans rushing the field in what was a cinematic ending to this non-conference matchup.But, it turns out that the college football world would be talking about a game-clock, once again.COLLEGE FOOTBALL FACES ANOTHER CLOCK CONTROVERSY AFTER BYU UPSETS NO.2 NOTRE DAMEThere was plenty of controversy surrounding the final seconds, given the fact there mig...