NCAA Football 2021 Week 3 results

 More Top 25 teams suffered upsets, and two contenders did not perform well enough to reach there:  Oklahoma and Clemson.  It appears those two teams may not be nearly as strong as we thought.

Top 25 [Last week's position]

1. Alabama Crimson Tide (3-0) [1]
2. Georgia Bulldogs (3-0) [2]
3. Iowa Hawkeyes (3-0) [3]
4. Penn State Nittany Lions (3-0) [11]
5. Michigan Wolverines (3-0) [10]
6. Cincinnati Bearcats (3-0) [4]
7. Florida Gators (2-1) [7]
8. Oregon Ducks (3-0) [8] : Third week of the season and Oregon is the only unbeaten Pac-12 team.  That's not good for the conference.
9. Michigan State Spartans (3-0) [9]
10. Texas A&M Aggies (3-0) [20]
11. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-0) [16]
12. Ohio State Buckeyes (2-1) [12]
13. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-0) [13]
14. Arkansas Razorbacks (3-0) [14]
15. Ole Miss Rebels (3-0) [NR]
16. Auburn Tigers (2-1) [6]
17. Kansas State Wildcats (3-0) [17]
18. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (3-0) [19]
19. Fresno State Bulldogs (3-1) [26]
20. UCLA Bruins (2-1) [5]
21. Tennessee Volunteers (2-1) [21]
22. Texas Longhorns (2-1) [NR]
23. NC State Wolfpack (2-1) [23]
24. Baylor Bears (3-0) [NR]
25. USC Trojans (2-1) [NR]

On the Edge: BYU Cougars (3-0), Texas Tech Red Raiders (3-1), Wisconsin Badgers (1-1), Virginia Tech Hokies (2-1), UTSA Roadrunners (3-0), Appalachian State Mountaineers (2-1)

Dropped off: Virginia Tech Hokies [#15], Arizona State Sun Devils [#18], UCF Golden Knights [#22], Pittsburgh Panthers [#24], Marshall Thundering Herd [#25]

Big Ten Report

Most of the teams performed as expected.  Ohio State's defense still sputters, but they seem to be starting to address it.  Indiana's defense faltered in the fourth quarter, but it is hard to suppress Cincinnati for a full sixty minutes.  The Gophers showed defense, shutting out Colorado.

The only shock this week was Northwestern, who lost to Duke.  They couldn't get going at all in the first half, and an attempted second half comeback fell short.

Upset Report

My Top 25 suffered some upsets this week.  It started on Friday, as Louisville woke up and knocked off UCF.  West Virginia was the next upset (although many national analysts had favored West Virginia), beating Virginia Tech.  Pitt fell to Western Michigan.

FCS teams still held sway over some FBS opponents.  Incarnate Word, a team that was Division II only three years ago, knocked off Texas State, and Northern Arizona beat their in-state opponent, leaving Arizona to start the season 0-3.