We knew going into Week 10 that we would leave it with a lot more clarity regarding both the conference and College Football Playoff races.
An action-packed slate of games, headlined by a pair of top-10 SEC showdowns, didn’t disappoint. Tennessee’s perfect start to the season and SEC title hopes came to an unceremonious end in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday night with a loss to the Bulldogs, but another conference upstart managed to pull a major upset.
LSU stunned Alabama in Baton Rouge with a 32-31 win in overtime thanks to a gutsy two-point conversion call from first-year coach Brian Kelly, all but eliminating the Crimson Tide from SEC West and CFP contention in the process. Now, Kelly’s team has the inside track in the division and ostensibly remains a factor in the playoff discussion.
Elsewhere, Clemson was dominated in South Bend by Notre Dame, snapping the Tigers’ FBS-best 14-game winning streak.
There was certainly a lot to make sense of this weekend, but we’re going to give it a go. Here are the winners and losers from Week 10.