First, make sure to read Darren Perkins' excellent and humorous Bye Week article.

Three FBS teams have not trailed in a game to date. Miami, Maryland, and Texas Tech.

All three teams have challenging games today: No. 3 Miami (- 4.5) at No. 18 FSU; No. 11 Texas Tech (-11.5) at 5-0 Houston; and No. 32 Maryland (+6.5) hosting UW.

Maryland is often undefeated in September, then October happens. Mike Locksley is 0-9 coming off a bye week and playing a Big Ten opponent. Long trip East for UW after battling with Ohio State in Seattle last Saturday.

Terps vs. the Huskies will likely be the closest Big Ten game of the week.

Penn State at UCLA, Michigan State at Nebraska, and Illinois at Purdue should be wins for the visiting teams.

Home teams should prevail in Wisconsin at Michigan, Minnesota at Ohio State, and the Louisiana-Monroe Wart Hogs (!) at Northwestern.

The only Top 25 vs. Top 25 games today are No. 3 Miami at No. 18 FSU, and No. 16 Vanderbilt (+10.5) at No. 10 Alabama. ( Hmmmm. I recall one loss, FSU defeating one loss Bama, no?)

The one Top 25 team in action last night, No. 23 BYU, defeated Rich Rod and West Virginia.

A lesser slate of games than Week 5, but strange things happen in CFB when least expected.

Enjoy and get ready to Lite Up Cig!

Clemson: Take no prisoners! Leave no crumbs! 35 - 3 at half-time over the GOAT (?) and UNC.

Perhaps the UNC AD should have checked Billy's record without Tommy before handing him $10 million a year? Oh, plus a couple of more million for Billy's boys and bosom buddy GM Lombardi?

But off the field, there's been no embarrassing behavior, right?🤪

Michigan fans are calling NCAA HQ to see if Sherrone Moore's suspension can be extended. 🙃

Watching Vandy vs Alabama. DeBoer decided to pass the ball on 4th and 1 instead of running it. Interception lol Go Vandy!

And they march 93 yards for a TD, 7-0 Vandy

Wait... What? How is UCLA leading Penn State? 10-7 ... It may only be brief but that's a hangover form last week.

Alabama misses their FG, still Vandy 7-0. They just might be DeBoer’s kryptonite team!

Looks like Penn State might lose to Oregon twice! They look like dead men walking.

Edited October 4Oct 4 by Chas Man

Bama, Texas and Penn St all trailing, upset Saturday? Allar doesn't look good and PSU keeps veering away from a successful run game. UCLA getting some push on their o-line and Nico has made a couple good throws.

Now 24-7 UCLA. The PSU defense looks bad. Did OBD break them?

At this rate the Oregon win gets significantly devalued

Oregon officially broke Penn State.

2 minutes ago, GeotechDuck said:

Oregon officially broke Penn State.

Incredibly so... 24-7 and Penn State has zero signs of life.

UCLA looks like a ranked team right now. Never mind that they are 0-4!

3 minutes ago, GeotechDuck said:

Oregon officially broke Penn State.

4 minutes ago, EastBayDuckDad said:

At this rate the Oregon win gets significantly devalued

Yes and no...

Anyone with eyes can see Penn State's locker room and coaches are completely and utterly shattered.

They played with intensity and passion last week. And lost.

And in losing the media noise has obviously crept in as most of the narrative has been one part good job Oregon and two parts wow Penn State doesn't have it.

From what I see after a quick score check... a good week for a bye.

UCLA is curb stomping Penn State 27-7 at the half.

Penn St is pathetically bad. No Offense and no Defense. Hope this doesnt drop our Ducks back 5 steps in the rankings.

1 minute ago, Santa Rosa Duck said:

UCLA is curb stomping Penn State 27-7 at the half.

Teams can go two ways after a tough loss.

1. Adjust and refocus and go on a tear. Ohio State did that last year twice after Oregon and more of after Michigan.

Or

2. Completely fall apart.

Penn State is opting for number 2 right now. Not to say a second loss may set them right but they didn't take UCLA seriously. No win team... Easy win. Wrong ... This is college football no win is easy. They just can look easy.

Great... Penn State sucks 😐

These late kickoff times for Eastern teams like Penn State traveling to the West Coast can be problematic....

Penn St. is making a comeback. Down by 6 points now.

There's the UCLA we know and love. Two big sacks of Nico then a blocked punt and TD recovery. Penn St woke up at the half, even after giving up a fumble by their freshman TE on the first possession.

27-21 UCLA

The luck of the underdogs is starting to run out.

Alabama now up 20-14, they really do have problems with Vanderbilt!

Florida showing Texas how limited they are as a team, up 29-14.

Trying not to bust out laughing at the Fuskies, down 20-3 in the 3rd (they finally hit a FG).

2 minutes ago, kirklandduck said:

Alabama now up 20-14, they really do have problems with Vanderbilt!

Florida showing Texas how limited they are as a team, up 29-14.

Trying not to bust out laughing at the Fuskies, down 20-3 in the 3rd (they finally hit a FG).

Last year I believe the most college football carnage took place on bye weeks for the Ducks.

This year hopefully holds true and does the same!

Was Jim Knowles tenure as OSU's defensive coordinator the zenith of his career? His Penn State defense looks a step slow and completely confused.

So, to this point, what is our signature win of the season? It's looking like it might be Montana State or Northwestern!

Annndddd Penn State still sucks. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Franklin looks like he doesnt really care--Hes on his way out.

Penn State looks sluggish and in a fog.

It's almost like traveling all the way across the country is hard on a team. Who knew?

One could say Oregon's win is lessened by a Penn State loss to UCLA, but I think it shows how hard it is to pull off what Oregon did.

A total crap 0-4 UCLA knocks off PSU. Bummer... I was really hoping that PSU didn't suck.

Either that, or the Ducks just completely broke them. Hopefully, it's the latter.

Edited October 4Oct 4 by Desert Duck

Just now, Desert Duck said:

Bummer... I was really hoping that PSU didn't suck.

Either that, or the Ducks just completely broke them. Hopefully, it's the latter.

I'm going with Oregon broke them.

They were out of it for the first half of this game. Turns out it's hard to win when you take a half off.

Top 10 team losing to a 0 and 4 team, When was the last time that happened?

Just now, 1Ducker1 said:

Top 10 team losing to a 0 and 4 team, When was the last time that happened?

Great question. Time for the stats guys to go digging for that answer.

PSU losing to UCLA makes our game against Indiana next week even bigger than it already was.

The most hilarious part of this whole thing is the UCLA fans just sitting in the stands after winning. Nobody rushed the field.

1 minute ago, Solar said:

The most hilarious part of this whole thing is the UCLA fans just sitting in the stands after winning. Nobody rushed the field.

They are in SHOCK and AWE

1 minute ago, Solar said:

The most hilarious part of this whole thing is the UCLA fans just sitting in the stands after winning. Nobody rushed the field.

The majority rushed the field, just didn’t look like it since it was 350 people.

It's looking like our date with the Dawgs in Seattle is going to be, in Coach Lanning speak, a significant challenge and a great opportunity.

Who would have thought a bye week would be so eventful? And we still have the hope that Miami stumbles in Tallahassee, or the BuckNuts take a fall against Minnesota.

Wowzaa... Two Top-10 teams fall to two unranked teams today who, up until this afternoon, had combined records of 1-7. That's just nuts.

I never would have thought that NIL would help make college football so much fun, and often, highly unpredictable.

If a team chooses to take another team lightly, they do so at their own peril.

10 minutes ago, Solar said:

The most hilarious part of this whole thing is the UCLA fans just sitting in the stands after winning. Nobody rushed the field.

Well... while it was a huge win for UCLA, being 1-4 might be part of it.

Wow! This makes me kind of nervous for next week.

Credit to the Fuskies for the comeback win. But let's face it, it's Maryland and they should have never struggled like that.

Hilarious. The two teams everyone was picking to win the SEC (Texas) and the BIG (Penn State) both have two losses.

Outta here!

1 hour ago, 1Ducker1 said:

Top 10 team losing to a 0 and 4 team, When was the last time that happened?

The announcers said it’s been something like 40 years.

1 hour ago, 1Ducker1 said:

Top 10 team losing to a 0 and 4 team, When was the last time that happened?

It was 1985. UTEP knocked off BYU.

1 hour ago, Desert Duck said:

A total crap 0-4 UCLA knocks off PSU. Bummer... I was really hoping that PSU didn't suck.

Either that, or the Ducks just completely broke them. Hopefully, it's the latter.

This does not help OBD's PO cause. Hats off to the Jerry (?) Neuheisels.!

1 hour ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

Wow! This makes me kind of nervous for next week.

I just hope every Duck coach and player watched the UCLA/ Penn St game and realize that next week is a whole other game.

1 hour ago, kirklandduck said:

Credit to the Fuskies for the comeback win. But let's face it, it's Maryland and they should have never struggled like that.

Kirk, compared to other scores today, UW rebounded from a loss to No.1, overcame the travel and being behind, and won the ball game.

Locksley is now 0-10 coming off a bye.

Jerry Neuheisel for the next UCLA coach? A somnubulant Bruins O woke up today.

PSU lost twice. This is bad coaching squared. I'll wait on Charles, Mike West, or another more skilled Xs and Os guy, but running an RPO O with Allar at QB? The problem? Who can we hire who is better?

Bama wins and shuts up Pavia. UGA owns Kentucky. Clemson brings more laughs to the Billy sans Tommy hire.

Texas? Did no one notice the talent that left last season's Longhorns? Did no one notice the preseason AA players at Clemson lost 4 games last season?

My LV boys and I win. We bet the preseason under for Texas and PSU.

Indiana? Put out the Cig in Week 7, but are the Hoosiers still the underdogs at PSU?

ND is fortunate Navy defeated AFA today, 34-31. ND is in the final 12, and something is wrong.

PUT OUT THEM CIGS!

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/bowl-projections-sec-big-ten-own-college-football-playoff-field-with-alabama-oregon-ole-miss-among-risers/

Right now Miami is making FSU look inept.