In a wild weekend of college football, here are the 10 things every fan should know about

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Week 7 in college football was supposed to be a snooze-fest without a single matchup between ranked teams. But in what turned out to be a wacky weekend, we were quickly reminded that college football has a habit of being at its best when we least expect it.

Several top teams were upset. Several other top teams were nearly knocked off in surprisingly good games. A popular team wore eyebrow-raising uniforms. And college football’s most-maligned coach may have saved his job.

Below we will take a look at the ten biggest developments out of this week’s college football action.

Second-ranked Clemson lost to Syracuse, but are still OK

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Prior to Clemson’s game on Friday, it looked like the Tigers were cruising to their third straight College Football Playoff. But then they went 3-12 on third downs, attempted a terrible fake punt, and lost to 3-3 Syracuse. Maybe more importantly, Clemson lost quarterback Kelly Bryant to an ugly concussion that appeared to leave him unconscious on the field. Clemson does have a bye week before facing Georgia Tech, but it is unclear if Bryant will be ready to play in that game.

As for the Tigers’ chances to repeat as national champions, keep in mind that they lost at home to Pitt in mid-November a year ago. We have seen over and over that one loss does not eliminate a team from playoff contention, but Clemson does need to get back to the ACC title game and right now Syracuse holds the tiebreaker, assuming Clemson can get past North Carolina State who is currently atop the ACC Atlantic division.

3 other top-10 teams also lost, but only 1 has been eliminated from the College Football Playoff hunt.

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No. 5 Washington lost to Arizona State on the road, No. 8 Washington State lost on the road to Cal on Friday night, and No. 10 Auburn lost on the road to LSU.

Of those, Auburn’s loss was the most damaging. Not only did they blow a 20-0 first-half lead to a reeling LSU squad, but it was Auburn’s second loss. Even if they could run the table — something that would require wins over No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 Georgia, Texas A&M on the road, and possibly Georgia again in the SEC title game — Auburn is not getting into the College Football Playoff with two losses.

Ed Orgeron may have saved his job on the same day LSU celebrated his predecessor.

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After LSU lost at home to FCS school Troy, head coach Ed Orgeron was very much on the hot seat. But since then, the Tigers have beaten a pair of ranked teams in Florida and Auburn. In addition, Orgeron pulled off Saturday’s big come-from-behind upset over Auburn on the same day the school honored Orgeron’s predecessor, Les Miles, and his 2007 championship team. Miles danced around at halftime with the crystal ball trophy and even ate some grass. Any nostalgia fans felt for the Miles era was quickly washed away in the second half and probably saved Orgeron’s job… for now.

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