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College Football Week Seven Takeaways: Top 10 turmoil

By Eric Robinson

BATON ROUGE, LA - OCTOBER 13: Jake Fromm #11 of the Georgia Bulldogs throws the ball as Devin White #40 of the LSU Tigers defends during the first half at Tiger Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LA - OCTOBER 13: Jake Fromm #11 of the Georgia Bulldogs throws the ball as Devin White #40 of the LSU Tigers defends during the first half at Tiger Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /
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AMES, IA – OCTOBER 13: Wide receiver Hakeem Butler #18 of the Iowa State Cyclones catches a pass as safety Josh Norwood #4 of the West Virginia Mountaineers defends in the second half of play at Jack Trice Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Ames, Iowa. The Iowa State Cyclones won 30-14 over the West Virginia Mountaineers. (Photo by David Purdy/Getty Images)
AMES, IA – OCTOBER 13: Wide receiver Hakeem Butler #18 of the Iowa State Cyclones catches a pass as safety Josh Norwood #4 of the West Virginia Mountaineers defends in the second half of play at Jack Trice Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Ames, Iowa. The Iowa State Cyclones won 30-14 over the West Virginia Mountaineers. (Photo by David Purdy/Getty Images) /

Top 10 teams taking blows

Minus #1 Alabama, #2 Ohio State, and #3 Clemson, just about every team in the top ten this past week either suffered an upset defeat or had to scratch and claw their way to a win.

On the road, #8 Georgia ran into a wall that was #5 LSU and found themselves staring at a 16-0 halftime deficit that eventually grew to a 29-9 deficit midway through the fourth quarter. The final result was a 36-16 win for the Tigers and a blow to the chin of the Bulldogs.

I mentioned Grier earlier and his lackluster night (11/15, 100 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) played a part in #13 West Virginia (was ranked 6th at kickoff) going down to Iowa Sate 30-14 to fall to 5-1 on the season. The Mountaineers are still a player in the Big 12 title race even with this loss but this was about as ugly as we’ve seen the Mountaineer offense in a very long time.

While they vault to fourth in the country in the AP poll after their win, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish needed a late fourth quarter touchdown to take the lead that ultimately led to a 19-14 win over 3-4 Pittsburgh. As a matter of fact, the Irish were down 14-6 late in the third quarter but the last two scores swung the game in their direction. USC, Florida State and a pesky Syracuse squad remains on the schedule for Notre Dame but 7-0 is 7-0.

We even saw #18 Penn State (ranked 8th at kickoff) fall at home to a Michigan State team that is probably not one of the finer squads that head coach Mark Dantonio has put together. A go-ahead touchdown with 19 seconds remaining gave the Spartans the upset win and gave the Nittany Lions their second conference loss of the season. A loss that all but dashed the hopes of Penn State finding their way into the Big Ten championship game.

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