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

BLOOMINGTON - I guess we should have seen the chaos in college football coming on Saturday after Indiana fans had thought the Hoosiers were about to steal a win against Ohio State in the final minute of a chaotic fourth quarter.

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?

Absolutely not.

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Maybe 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 piece

On Saturday, we witnessed the No. 1, No. 2, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7, No. 13, No. 16 and No. 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.

There was plenty of controversy surrounding the final seconds, given the fact there might have actually been one second remaining on the game clock, while there also not a flag thrown for pass interference that sent social media into a frenzy.

Early Sunday morning, the Big 12 released a statement saying that there should have been one second put on the clock, which would have led to Notre Dame being allowed to run one final play from the BYU 8-yard line.

"Following the Big 12s review of the final play of Saturdays Notre Dame-BYU game, it was determined that time remained on the clock when the ball hit the ground and the play was incorrectly cleared by the replay officiating crew. The Conference will conduct a complete review of its end-of-game officiating process in advance of next week's games."

This came just hours after No. 1 Georgia was upset at home by the Auburn Tigers, which had already set the tone for what was to come throughout this wild day.

And, the way in which No. 3 Miami defeated Florida State will probably haunt Seminole fans for at least the rest of this season.

Yes, there was a wild ending that included FSU completing a Hail-Mary attempt during the second overtime that would've given them an opportunity to tie the game on the ensuing conversion attempt.

Unfortunately for Mike Norvell, a holding call materialized, erasing the touchdown pass, forcing the Seminoles to try again.

Alabama, Georgia and Texas had not lost on the same weekend since 1996.

Think about that stat for a second, or the fact that the Bulldogs had won 53-straight games against unranked opponents, or that Auburn was the first team not to be ranked that upset a No. 1 squad on the road since 2007.