LSU vs. Alabama lived up to the hype, with the Tigers holding on in an instant classic, while Minnesota upset Penn State ensured in the other huge matchup between undefeated teams in Week 11.

With big wins from Utah and Oregon, the Pac-12 Championship could feature two one-loss teams, meaning that the winner would be a prime contender for the playoff.

Oklahoma became the latest undefeated top-10 team to lose to an unranked team, but the Sooners were far from the only upset of the week.

South Carolina's win over Georgia last week was big, but the Fighting Illini's defeat over the Badgers was actually a bigger upset both via the Vegas line and its potential impact on the playoff. But the Badgers weren't the only top-25 team to get upset.

South Carolina knocked off an offense-less third-ranked Georgia, while Oklahoma and LSU continued to dominate, even in their toughest matchups to date.

Defense and turnovers (or just sloppy play) defined the week, as Florida-Auburn, Ohio State-Michigan State, Cincinnati-Central Florida, and others all turned on a few game-changing plays

In a week with very few surprises, it was North Carolina's near-upset against Clemson -- and especially Mack Brown's controversial coaching decision at the end -- that was most noteworthy.

J.R. Reed's interception played a big role in the Bulldogs' win over the Fighting Irish, perhaps the biggest -- and best -- game so far this season.

While mostly inconsequential for the top playoff contenders, Week 3 was pretty strange the deeper you get into each conference. There were two groups of teams -- impressive teams that underwhelmed, and (probably) bad teams that scored surprising wins.

After leading LSU to victory in a shootout over Texas, has Tigers quarterback Joe Burrow taken a lead in the Heisman Trophy race?