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No one had a better formula for success in a chaotic Week 6 of the college football season than Texas: Just don’t play.

The Longhorns sat at home and watched five of the top 11 teams in the county fall. What seemed like a relatively tame series of games turned out to be anything but.

Thanks to the unrest, Texas regained the top spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.

No result was more shocking than Vanderbilt’s 40-35 loss to No. 1 Alabama.

The Commodores were previously 0-60 against Top-Five opponents, while the Crimson Tide picked up a blowout win over Georgia, seemingly cementing their status as a contender.

Defying history, Vanderbilt jumped out to a 23-7 lead in the first half and held on in the second half as Alabama mounted a comeback. Diego Pavia’s touchdown pass to Kamrean Johnson on third down with 5:07 left was the decisive point in the game. Ryan Williams’ two-yard touchdown run narrowed the Tide’s deficit, but they couldn’t get the ball back and watched Vandy run out the clock.

While Commodores fans aren’t used to celebrating big wins this way, they knew exactly how to enjoy Saturday’s triumph.

It was potentially a huge result for Razorbacks head coach Sam Pittman. His chair seemed to be quite warm this year after a 4-8 campaign, and now the Hogs have already matched that win total.

from Iamaleava bid from outsider because the Heisman Trophy is on hold for the time being.

The upsets of Missouri, Michigan and USC were a bit surprising, but not entirely shocking considering how they all performed.

The magnitude of the Tigers’ 41-10 hammering at the hands of Texas A&M raised eyebrows. Trailing 34-0 midway through the third quarter, the Aggies saw the Aggies double their yards, 512 to 254.

Missouri’s narrow wins over Boston College and Vanderbilt proved to be warning signs.

The 10th-ranked Wolverines weren’t even betting favorites by the time they kicked off against unranked Washington. It was only a matter of time before their lack of a passing game would be their downfall again. Head coach Sherrone Moore benched Alex Orji midway through the game, leaving replacement Jack Tuttle to go 10-for-18 for 98 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

It’s abundantly clear that the reigning national champions are fatally flawed, and disappointing in every way.