What college football fans learned from the Week 7 slate

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The Pac-12 may be in the final year of its existence, but Week 7 of the college football season forced fans of the sport to turn their eyes West. 

Oregon and Washington faced off as top 10 opponents for the first time in the 115-year history of the rivalry and did not disappoint. 

Fans cheer as the Washington Huskies take the field before a game against the Oregon Ducks at Husky Stadium Oct. 14, 2023, in Seattle.  (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

The Huskies and Ducks gave fans what may go down as the game of the year with two Heisman candidates dueling until the very end. 

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But it wasn’t just the top 10 matchup in Seattle that made headlines for the Pac-12. 

Let’s take a look at what college football fans learned from Week 7 of the season, with an eye toward West Coast football. 

The Colorado Buffaloes were the toast of the sports world — not just college football — after three weeks of the 2023 season. 

After starting the season 3-0 in Deion Sanders’ first year as head coach of an FBS program, the attention on Colorado was unprecedented. Daytime sports shows dedicated hours to Sanders’ turnaround in Boulder while "Coach Prime" was featured in countless articles and on "60 Minutes." 

Head coach Deion Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes walks on the field during pregame against the Stanford Cardinal at Folsom Field Oct. 13, 2023, in Boulder, Colo.  (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Even after losses to Oregon and USC — games the Buffaloes were expected to lose — Colorado’s season was viewed as a success following a 1-11 campaign.

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