Week 7 Winners and Losers: Rocky Top Triumph headlines a pivotal college football Saturday

They say the cigar smoke is still wafting out of Neyland Stadium.

Once or twice a season (if we’re lucky), this sport rewards us with an absolute gem of a Saturday: Wall-to-wall chaos, major upsets, the whole nine yards.

Week 7 was one of those special ones.

It included what was hands down the game of the season so far — and isn’t likely to be topped — as Tennessee stunned Alabama for its first win in the series since Nick Saban took over in 2007. The fans stormed the field at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville as the Vols announced their return to the top tier of the sport.

That was just one of several instant classics from the best weekend of football we’ve been treated to so far this season. Now that the dust has settled, here are the winners and losers from Week 7.