For a weekend of college football that was billed as “boring” by most national media members, there were certainly some fireworks in Week 3, especially in the late-night window.
While No. 11 Tennessee and No. 15 Kansas State were upset, others such as No. 1 Georgia, No. 3 Florida State and No. 10 Alabama were tested in ways they certainly weren’t expecting.
It all led up to a firework show from Boulder, Colorado, that went late into the night. The No. 18 Buffaloes nearly fell flat on their faces at the hands of an unranked and winless Colorado State team that had been just happy to be part of the conversation all week. Fortunately for Deion Sanders — and the Oregon Ducks, to be honest — Colorado pulled out the win in double-overtime and kept the shine on their marquee matchup with Dan Lanning in Eugene a week from now.
Suffice it to say that Saturday was eventful. Here are our updated Week 3 power rankings in the Pac-12 after all of the action: