College Football Scores Today: Five of the AP Top 8 Fall on a Historic Saturday

College football has never seen a Saturday like this. Five of the top eight teams in the AP Top 25 lost on the same regular-season day for the first time in the poll’s 90-year history, and by the time No. 3 Miami finally survived Florida State in a double-overtime classic just after midnight, the entire national championship race had been torn up and redrawn. Here are the scores everyone is searching for, and what they mean.

College football scores today: the top-25 carnage at a glance

• Auburn 27, No. 1 Georgia 24 – Alex McPherson’s 34-yard field goal as time expired
• No. 8 BYU 28, No. 2 Notre Dame 24 – go-ahead TD with 1:47 left, then a goal-line stand
• No. 3 Miami 43, Florida State 35 (2OT) – an instant rivalry classic with a controversial finish
• No. 4 Ohio State 19, No. 5 Indiana 15
• No. 14 Tennessee 26, No. 6 Alabama 10 – the Tide’s second straight loss
• Florida 27, No. 7 Texas 24
• Kentucky 21, Oklahoma 13

It is the first time the nation’s top two teams have lost on the same regular-season day since Nov. 17, 2012, per Sportradar.

Miami 43, Florida State 35 in 2OT: an all-timer with a furious ending

The nightcap at Hard Rock Stadium somehow lived up to everything that came before it. Darian Mensah threw for 326 yards and three touchdowns, the last a 3-yarder to Malachi Toney in the second overtime, and Miami (6-0) beat its archrival for the seventh time in 10 meetings to stake a claim to the No. 1 ranking for the first time since 2002. Toney was unguardable: 11 catches for 154 yards and two scores, plus a 2-point conversion pass to Cooper Barkate.

Florida State (3-4) refused to die. Ashton Daniels threw for 298 yards and four touchdowns, and Duce Robinson’s 75-yard score tied it with 2:49 left in regulation. But the finish will be argued about for years. Down eight late in the second OT, Daniels appeared to convert a fourth-and-21 heave that would have made it 43-41, only for a holding call to wipe it out. On the next play, his end-zone jump ball was ruled an interception by Bryce Fitzgerald, who had left injured earlier and returned. FSU insisted it was a simultaneous catch, which by rule goes to the receiver. “Since the start of football, if it’s a tie it goes to the receiver,” coach Mike Norvell said. “I guess they had a different angle.” His team is now 10-22 over its last 32 games.

BYU 28, Notre Dame 24: Bachmeier’s drive, then the goal-line stand

In Provo, Bear Bachmeier accounted for three touchdowns, including a 6-yard go-ahead toss to Walker Lyons with 1:47 left, and No. 8 BYU (6-0) beat the Irish for the first time since 2004. CJ Carr (261 yards) drove Notre Dame to the BYU 9 in the final seconds, but his last pass fell incomplete with four seconds left, ending the Irish’s 16-game winning streak. Notre Dame (6-1) had rallied from 21-10 down at halftime to take a fourth-quarter lead before Bachmeier answered with a 10-play, 55-yard winning march.

Auburn 27, Georgia 24: the day the No. 1 team fell first

The chaos started in the afternoon window. Alex McPherson drilled a 34-yard field goal as time expired and Auburn (4-2) knocked off No. 1 Georgia (6-1) 27-24, opening the door for everything that followed. Elsewhere in the top 10, Ohio State ground out a 19-15 win over fellow unbeaten Indiana, Tennessee handed Alabama a second straight loss 26-10 in Knoxville, and Florida edged Texas 27-24. Kentucky beat Oklahoma 21-13 to move to 6-1, dropping the Sooners to 3-3.

How does overtime work in college football?

With the Miami game on every highlight reel, a lot of fans are searching this today. Under NCAA rules, each team gets one possession per overtime period starting from the opponent’s 25-yard line, and the game continues until a period ends with a winner. From the second overtime on, teams must attempt a 2-point conversion after any touchdown, which is why Toney’s OT score was immediately followed by his conversion pass. If a game reaches a third overtime, teams stop running full possessions and alternate single 2-point conversion plays until someone wins the round.

What this means for readers

The new AP Top 25 drops Sunday afternoon, and Miami is in line to be ranked No. 1 for the first time in 24 years, though coach Mario Cristobal insisted the ranking “has no value to our processes.” The bigger picture: the College Football Playoff race is now wide open. Georgia, Notre Dame, Alabama and Texas all have a loss and no margin left, BYU and Ohio State look like the sport’s most complete teams, and Miami controls its own path in the ACC. Next week’s tests: BYU visits UCF and Miami hosts Pitt on Oct. 24, Notre Dame gets Navy on Oct. 31, and Florida State tries to stop the bleeding against Clemson on Oct. 31. For more from a wild sports weekend, our WNBA Finals Game 1 recap is here.