College football takeaways: What did an epic Week 7 show us? - ESPN

What did we just watch? Week 7 decided to completely shake things up in college football as we saw five of the AP poll's top seven teams fall Saturday.

Miami moved up to the top spot in the latest AP poll after former No. 1 Georgia fell to unranked Auburn at home. The Hurricanes are one of just six teams that remain undefeated entering Week 8.

Both Texas and Alabama have lost in back-to-back weekends, but which team could we see bounce back this upcoming week?

Following big wins and surprising upsets, our college football experts break down key takeaways from Week 7.

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Favorite upset | Impressive player
Concerning two-game slide
BYU-ND | Bounce back

There's plenty to choose from, but for me, the conversation begins with BYU's 28-24 upset of No. 2 Notre Dame and the euphoric field rush that followed inside LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday night.

Missing star running back LJ Martin, the eighth-ranked Cougars entered as double-digit underdogs. But this was no fluke. BYU converted eight of its 12 third-down attempts and scored touchdowns on each of its four red zone trips, including Walker Lyons' go-ahead score with 1:47 remaining. And while the Cougars flustered Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr, who finished with a career-high 10 overthrows and a career-worst 55.1% completion percentage, his counterpart delivered. BYU's Bear Bachmeier did it all, contributing a passing touchdown, two rushing scores and a touchdown reception on a gadget play on his way to joining Ty Detmer as the second Cougars quarterback to lead the program to a win over an AP top-2 opponent.

Speaking of Detmer, this win did more than just solidify BYU — which holds a record of 29-4 since the start of the 2024 season — as a bona fide College