With only one matchup between top 25 teams on the slate, this week looked like it could be a dud. But college football always delivers when it’s least expected, and it did in a big way on Saturday with two top-five upsets.
One week after holding off Georgia in a clash of SEC titans, No. 1 Alabama lost to Vanderbilt, 40-35, in a stunner in Nashville. Later, No. 4 Tennessee fell to Arkansas, 19-14, after a Hogs comeback in the fourth quarter to cap off a wild day in the SEC.
The Commodores were 23.5-point underdogs, but never trailed in the upset win. Vandy QB Diego Pavia was the hero, completing 16 of his 20 passes for 252 yards and two touchdowns while also adding 57 yards rushing.
The Razorbacks’ defense was key in knocking off the Volunteers, holding Nico Iamaleava in check all night (17-of-29, 158 passing yards), but the hero was backup QB Malachi Singleton. He filled in after Taylen Green got hurt late in the game and led the Hogs on a game-winning touchdown drive, bolting into the end zone with his legs for an 11-yard score. The Vols had a chance for a rebuttal but came up short.
And even in the game that wasn’t an upset, No. 8 Miami rallied from 25 points down to beat Cal 39-38 in late-night ACC action.
Elsewhere, No. 5 Georgia bounced back from its loss to Alabama by handling Auburn and No. 3 Ohio State looked convincing in a rout of Iowa while freshman Jeremiah Smith made yet another one-handed TD grab. No. 25 Texas A&M throttled No. 9 Missouri 41-10 early in the day in the only ranked-on-ranked matchup.
Here are the biggest winners and losers from Saturday’s action. Follow the rest of the games tonight below.
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Final: Miami 39, Cal 38
Cam Ward and Co. engineer another unbelievable comeback to keep Miami unbeaten. Heartbreak in Berkeley.
Touchdown Miami! Hurricanes lead!
Cam Ward’s pass to Elijah Arroyo gets across the goal line!
Miami has done it again, rallying for a 39-38 lead with 26 seconds to play!!!
Miami in the red zone!
Miami gets the ball back and Cam Ward immediately passed to Xavier Restrepo for a 77-yard gain.
Canes in business here with under a minute to play, trailing by 6.
Touchdown Miami!
Cam Ward scampers 24 yards for the score and it’s suddenly a one-score game!
A little more than 4 minutes left. Here we go.
Touchdown Miami
Cam Ward passes to Isaiah Horton for an 18-yard TD. That’s Miami’s second TD of the half and it cuts Cal’s lead t 38-25.
This one isn’t quite over in Berkeley with 10:28 to play!
Touchdown Cal!
This isn’t just an upset, this is looking like a rout. Cal backup QB Chandler Rogers runs in from 9 yards out on a keeper and the Bears are rolling in Berkeley!
Cal 35, Miami 10, 3rd quarter
Cal pick-6!
Miami QB Cam Ward throws a lolly pop across his body and it’s easily picked off by Cal’s Nohl Williams, who returns it 40 yards for the touchdown.
Cal 28, Miami 10, 3rd quarter
Halftime: Cal 21, Miami 10
The No. 8 Hurricanes have work to do.
Cal scores on 4th down!
On 4th and 1 from its OWN 34-yard line, Fernando Mendoza flips a quick pass to Jaydn Ott and the RB goes 66 yards to the house.
Cal leading Miami 21-10 and we have yet another top-10 team on upset watch 👀
Cal leads Miami early
Cal has come out firing against No. 8 Miami, including this 57-yard catch and run to Jack Endries.
The Bears lead 14-10 in the 2nd quarter.
Final: Arkansas 19, Tennessee 14
Down goes No. 4! The Vols worked their way into the red zone on the final possession of the game but Nico Iamaleava couldn’t find anybody to throw to on the final play of the game and the Hogs scored a massive upset!
TOUCHDOWN ARKANSAS!
The Hogs are in the end zone on an 11-yard keeper by backup QB Malachi Singleton!
They’re up 19-14 after the two-point conversion comes up short. Tennessee will get the ball back with 1:17 left in the game.
Hogs get it back
Arkansas forced a three-and-out by Tennessee and will get the ball back at its own 41-yard line.
Malachi Singleton will have to be the hero for the Hogs after Taylen Green suffered an injury that has knocked him out of the game.
Miami strikes first
In late night ACC action on the West Coast, Miami quickly up a touchdown on Cal with Mark Fletcher Jr.’s 3-yard run
Meanwhile, Arkansas has just punted it back to Tennessee with just over four minutes left in the game.
Tennessee 14, Arkansas 13
Final: Minnesota 24, USC 17
Koi Perich intercepts Miller Moss in the end zone in the closing seconds to seal it!
The Gophers pull off the upset over the No. 11 Trojans.
Final: Washington 27, Michigan 17
Fans are charging the field in Seattle. Big win for the Huskies over No. 10 Michigan in a rematch of the national title game.
Touchdown Minnesota!
It’s overturned!
Max Brosmer got across the goal line and the Gophers take a 24-17 lead over USC with under a minute to play!
Minnesota stopped at the goal line?
The Gophers went for it on 4th down from the 1 and the play is called short of the goal line, but it’s under review.
Minnesota and USC tied 17-17 with 56 seconds to play. The game could hinge on this call.
Washington adds a FG
Grady Gross hits from 32 yards and that should wrap it up in Seattle.
Washington leads Michigan 27-17 with 1:06 to play.
