What fans learned from Week 8 of college football season

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Week 8 of the college football season saw a handful of near losses for top-10 teams before North Carolina came crashing back down to Earth.

Both Texas and Oklahoma were in conference battles before finding a way to walk out of the stadium with a victory while the Washington survived a late-night scare against Arizona State.

North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye walks off the field during the game against Virginia at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Oct. 21, 2023. (Nell Redmond-USA TODAY Sports)

The Tar Heels were riding high with Drake Maye under center after getting off to a 6-0 start in 2023. A matchup against 1-5 Virginia certainly didn’t appear to present any problems for Mack Brown’s team.

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Until it did.

Virginia pulled off a historic upset – the first-ever road win over a top-10 opponent in program history – ending North Carolina’s dream start to the year.

It was a phenomenal Saturday of college football, so let’s take a look at what college football fans learned from Week 8 of the season.

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That’ll do it for Caleb Williams and the USC Trojans.

Entering Week 8, the Trojans were coming off a bad loss to Notre Dame but still saw light at the end of the tunnel.

Undefeated in Pac-12 play, USC’s remaining schedule was an absolute gauntlet, with four games against top-25 teams still on the slate.

If they could run the table and play in the Pac-12 championship game, a berth in the CFP was a near lock.

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