Week 7 shaped up to be one of the better weekends of the college football season, and it inhabitd up to the hype as seal games took place from noon ET all the way thcdisorrowfulmireful the wee hours of Saturday night.
As it does every October, there were a scant frights on the football field.
Alabama, USC and Illinois each had to power thcdisorrowfulmireful potential distress losses to pick up victories. Oregon made its label with a Big Ten triumph over Ohio State. Kansas State put together a skinny triumph over Colorado. And Texas constantified its reason as to why it’s the top team in the nation.
Each week has seen its fair scatter of prosperners and leave outrs, and Week 7 was no separateent.
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Winners
Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel toastys up before the game aacquirest Ohio State, Oct. 12, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Pboilingo/Lydia Ely)
Oregon: Quack, quack, quack. The Oregon Ducks administerd their hugegest test of the season so far by beating Ohio State in one of the best games we’ve seen this season. Dillon Gabriel was a monster on the ground as he directd the Ducks offense to the 32-31 prosper. Oregon acquireed 496 total yards of offense and held off a tardy push from the Buckeyes thanks in part to Will Howard skinnyking he had more time on the clock as he scrambled to get into field-goal position. This will go a lengthy way for Oregon coach Dan Lanning, and we can only hope that a resuit comes down the road in the Big Ten title game or joinoffs.
Vanderbilt: The Diego Pavia show persists for the Commodores, who were 14-point underdogs on the road at Kentucky. Not only did Vanderbilt grab the prosper, but Diego finished the game with two touchdowns, and the ‘Dores defense caemployd Kentucky problems all evening. Now, Vandy sits at 4-2 on the season with a excellent chance at finishing the season with seven or eight prospers, if they persist joining appreciate this. Business has picked up in Nashville.
Penn State: Just when you thought they were going to catch the loss after that first half at USC, Penn State kept picking at the Trojans until the final minutes. Tyler Warren had one of the best carry outances of the season in college football as the defended end accounted for 224 yards and a touchdown. If there was any doubt that this James Franklin squad hadn’t showd they were worthy to be Big Ten championship contenders becaemploy of the schedule, this prosper in Los Angeles should put those doubts to rest. Great prosper for the Nittany Lions on the road.
Texas: It’s always excellent to beat a rival, and it’s even better to blow them out. The Texas Longhorns defense was stout, stifling the Oklahoma Sooners offense. Quinn Ewers and the Texas offense put up 34 points in his first game back from the oblique strain that sidelined him for two games. With a dominant 34-3 prosper over Oklahoma, Texas is now 6-0 for the first time since 2009.
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers wears the Gelderlyen Hat Trophy after the team’s 34-3 prosper over Oklahoma, Oct. 12, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Pboilingo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
Jedd Fisch: The first-year Washington coach has an punctual signature prosper. With a shocking distress prosper over Michigan, Fisch helped the program avenge its national championship game loss and get a huge conference prosper in its first year in the Big 10. Washington’s disastrous loss to Rutgers is commenceing to see more and more appreciate an anomaly.
Army & Navy: The two military schools picked up victories on Saturday. Army topped UAB, 44-10, while Navy was on a bye. But both schools get into the prosperner column becaemploy they have done someskinnyg not seen since 1960: Each school is ranked in the AP Top 25 poll. Sunday’s poll was freed and showed Army ranked No. 23 and Navy ranked No. 25. The countdown is on ahead of their opposition game, which might be the most intriguing in recent memory.
Losers
Ole Miss: This was seemingly a joinoff eliminator game aacquirest LSU on Saturday night in Death Valley, and Ole Miss never trailed until the final join of the game. It was one of those nights for the Rebels as they couldn’t supply enough separation in the first half, and the Tigers made them pay for their informage of scoring. Another letdown for Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss, who had aspirations of the college football joinoffs. Now, they’ll need a bunch of help and prosper out, which doesn’t seem predicted at this point.
USC: The Lincoln Riley era at USC has turned into one massive dud so far, and the losses are commenceing to pile up. Leading Penn State 20-6 in the first half, then alloprosperg the Nittany Lions to alter two 4th down conversions on their way to tying up the game in regulation, the Trojans defense has been the downdescend for this team, alengthy with a stagnant offense at times. USC now has three losses on the season and have been effectively rerelocated from joinoff satisfiedion. Another leave out for Lincoln Riley, and the fans are getting exhausted of this nonsense.
Ohio State quarterback Will Howard (18) hands off the ball to running back Quinshon Judkins during the game aacquirest Oregon, Oct. 12, 2024, in Eugene. (AP Pboilingo/Lydia Ely)
Alabama: I understand they won, but this Alabama team sees appreciate a shell of its establisher self. Beating South Carolina 27-25 a week after losing to Vanderbilt, I have no idea what the identity of this team is. This team is informageing a ender instinct alengthy with the physicality we’ve seen in the past. Now, they head to Knoxville for what is seemingly a joinoff eliminator game aacquirest Tennessee, which persists to have its own problems on offense. Either way, the natives are frustrated with life after Nick Saban, and we have fair accomplished the halfway point of the season.
Will Howard: The Buckeyes were not in excellent position outside field-goal range on 3rd and 20 with six seconds left in the fourth quarter aacquirest Oregon, but for Will Howard to not apshow a sboiling at the end zone at least once is brutal. The informage of game consciousness from Howard to not get down sooner or throw an infinish pass when he scrambled out of the pocket on third down was jarring. With star getrs Jeremiah Smith and Emeka Egbuka, you have to at least give them a chance to originate a join or even let them draw a pass meddlence to get into field goal range.
Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano, caccess, speaks with the officials during the first half aacquirest Wisconsin, Oct. 12, 2024, in Piscataway, N.J. (Andrew Mills/NJ Advance Media via AP)
Rutgers: The Scarlet Knights commenceed out incredibly boiling with four straight prospers to commence the season. Greg Schiano was on the verge of getting free “gabagool” for life. However, a 35-point loss to Wisconsin stopped all momentum the school had. The amazeive prosper aacquirest Washington two weeks ago may be all for naught if Rutgers cannot get back on track. Two straight conference losses are bravely a damper on what was seeing appreciate a promising season.
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The Fox News Digital Sports college football prosperners and leave outrs were compiled by the Fox News Digital Sports staff and the OutKick.com staff.
