Well, that was wild. 

A Week 7 that featured zero games between top 25 teams looked terribly boring on paper, but as we've come to learn with this sport, it's these types of weeks when the most chaos tends to occur. That's exactly what happened. Two top-10 teams, Clemson and Washington State, were upset on Friday night. Two more top-10 teams, Washington and Auburn, blew games on the road. 

With so much happening, we hash out the best and worst below with this week's version of Winners and Losers. 

Winners

Ohio State, the benefactor of chaos: There were three upsets involving top-10 teams in Week 7. That means Sunday's polls will get a shake-up, and quietly, Ohio State might be the biggest winner of this chaos after a 56-14 win at Nebraska. Since losing to Oklahoma, the Buckeyes have outscored opponents 266-56. Granted, those opponents have been average at best and putrid at worst. But a manageable schedule is the best medicine for an early-season loss and it has given the Buckeyes a chance to improve their passing attack. Quarterback J.T. Barrett entered Saturday with the Big Ten's second-highest passer rating at 252 yards per game through the air, and come Sunday, don't be surprised if Ohio State sniffs the top five in the polls. It's amazing what a month does. 

Dino Babers and his agent: One storyline has been notably lacking from this season, and that is an in-demand in the coaching carousel. Who was going to be this year's Tom Herman, ready to work his way up the coaching ladder or re-work his contract? We might have our answer in New York. Syracuse's 27-24 upset over No. 2 Clemson was the Orange's second major upset over a ranked team in as many years under Babers. This one obviously trumps last year's home win over Virginia Tech, but the point is Syracuse is worthy of your best shot now. (This has somewhat quietly been the case for a while.) Babers has done a magnificent job at a program that seemed left in college football's past, and with five opportunities to get two more wins, a bowl game is a real possibility for a team that faces one of the toughest schedules in the nation. I'm not here to predict what Babers will or won't do in a couple of months, but I am here to tell you he's the name to watch.  

LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda: LSU's come from behind 27-23 win over No. 10 Auburn is big because it moves LSU to 5-2 while notching a quality W vs. a good opponent and recovering from a disastrous September. But LSU doesn't get this win if its defense doesn't do a complete 180 for the better in the final 30 minutes. Auburn, whose offense was averaging a SEC-best 7.69 yards per play in conference games, was shut out in the second half and held to 73 yards on 32 plays. That's 2.28 yards per play. Blame coach Gus Malzahn and play-calling if you will -- and that's certainly part of it -- but that's a hell of a way to circle the wagon. Low key, LSU's defense has been taking it in the teeth this year. Great job by Aranda to turn it around. 

Arizona quarterback Khalil Tate: The one-time backup quarterback is quickly becoming one of the most entertaining players in college football. As a follow-up to his 327-yard rushing performance against Colorado, Tate had 230 yards and two touchdowns on the ground against UCLA, including this doozy of a touchdown run that should have been a sack. You know, Rich Rodriguez discovered Pat White out of injury and necessity at West Virginia. Tate looks like Arizona's version of White. RichRod entered the season on the hot seat, but if you give him some time, he'll find an electric quarterback. 

Losers

Tennessee's awful Groundhog Day: Butch Jones is ultimately responsible for not giving the ball to running back John Kelly more frequently, but it's Kelly and the rest of the team who suffer the most for it. This has been a reoccurring frustration throughout the year, and with good reason. One look at Kelly's red zone stats tells the story. Coming into Saturday, Kelly had just 10 touches, averaging 5.5 yards per rush with four first-down runs and three runs of at least 10 yards and five touchdowns. Those percentages don't line up with how Jones inexplicably mishandles him (and the offense) in red zone situations. A 15-9 loss to South Carolina, which might have sealed the deal on Jones' fate, tells this story. Kelly had 16 carries -- four in the red zone -- for 58 yards, but his misuse was inexcusable, especially considering Tennessee hasn't scored a touchdown in the past 10 quarters. 

Georgia Tech: You likely know by now that Miami -- a.k.a the Cardiac 'Canes -- got another thrilling win thanks to a last-minute pass and go-ahead field goal to beat Georgia Tech 25-24. The flip side of that is the Yellow Jackets are agonizingly close to being undefeated. Two points and 1:34, to be exact. Tech still could have beat Tennessee in overtime in Week 1 if it had completed a two-point conversion, too. Those are some brutal endings. 

San Diego State: Of all the upsets in Week 7, San Diego State's 31-14 home loss to Boise State might be the biggest in terms of actual impact. The No. 19 Aztecs were not just competing for the Group of Five slot in the New Year's Six bowl lineup, they were in the driver's seat at 6-0. With a nonconference win over Stanford, SDSU was in good position argument-wise that its strength of schedule was worthy of selection. After losing, the Aztecs needs South Florida and UCF from the American Athletic Conference to drop multiple games. 

The Pac-12: No Power Five conference had a worse weekend than the Pac-12. In the span of two days, No. 5 Washington lost to Arizona State 13-7 and Washington State was routed by Cal behind seven turnovers (one for every other offensive possession). That's two top-10 teams with major losses, and USC nearly gave one up to Utah at home. There's an argument that the Washington loss was the most stunning since Arizona State's defense -- 127th in yards per play allowed entering Saturday -- held the Huskies to 230 yards. With USC's game against Notre Dame coming up in Week 8, the Pac-12's playoff hopes could very well take another critical blow. 

Best of the rest

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy: There are some things that require no context. You don't need to know why Gundy took his shirt off at a Homecoming rally on Friday night (though if you must, he was egged on by his also-shirtless quarterback, Mason Rudolph). All you need to know is he belongs on a front porch, sans shirt, with a tall boy. His conversion to full Oklahoma dad is nearly complete. 

Challenging BYU's mascot to a dance off: Here's a warning now. Do not attempt a dance off against BYU's cougar mascot. History says Cosmo has some moves that'll shake you to your core. Pray for Mississippi State's mascot, who was hung out to dry and stooged on national television for a segment intended to kill time in a blowout. 

Boston College running back A.J. Dillon: The Eagles scored the huge 45-42 upset over Louisville and it was Dillon's brutal stiffarm that sent a Cardinals defender six feet under that was the play of the game. Just rude. 

Ladies and gentlemen, DK Prothro: Or is it Tyrone Metcalf? Either way, the Ole Miss wide receiver, correctly named DK Metcalf, had the catch of the day around a Vanderbilt defender. 

The Stanford Jackrabbit: The Louisville squirrel has some competition. You have to respect the jackrabbit's footwork and cutting ability. He'd be getting a lot more Heisman love if he didn't play so late at night all the time. 

Oklahoma State receiver James Washington: The president himself had six catches for 235 yards and a touchdown in an easy win over Baylor. See this route over the middle? Get used to it if you haven't already, because it's money. 

Kyle Whittingham's fourth-down call: Utah's coach opted to go for two, and the win, in the final minute against USC. However, the Utes' two-point conversion fell short as quarterback Troy Williams failed to break the end zone on a scramble, and the Trojans won 28-27. Hats off to Whittingham for having the stones to make that call. When you're a road dog, those are the decisions you need to make. The play itself wasn't bad, either. Receiver Darren Carrington was open in the back of the end zone. Williams has to keep his eyes downfield to make that throw. 

Your 'what in the world' score of the day: Despite the upsets, it was an overall slow weekend for compelling matchups. That leaves room to dissect some of the truly underground weird that this sport dabbles in. I present to you the double-take score of Tulsa 45, Houston 17. That would include Tulsa, a previously one-win team, outscoring the Cougars -- a quite recent New Year's Six Group of Five participant -- by a whopping 38-7 in the second half.  

North Texas quarterback Mason Fine: Humor me on this one. The Mean Green drove 98 yards on seven plays with 1:07 remaining and without a single timeout, and scored the go-ahead touchdown on third down with 10 seconds remaining to beat UTSA 29-26. Fine got absolutely rocked on the touchdown pass, too. 

Quick hits

  • Friday was the first time two top-10 teams lost to unranked opponents on Friday the 13th. Ch-ch-chi, ah-ah-ah. 
  • In its 45-42 win over Louisville, Boston College scored above 40 points in an ACC game for the first time since 2009. BC also had just 27 points in three ACC games this season. 
  • Michigan hadn't allowed a fourth-quarter point all season, but gave up 10 in the final 3:27 against Indiana. The Wolverines needed overtime to win 27-20. 
  • Baker Mayfield's interception in the first half of a 29-24 win against Texas was his first in his last 201 attempts. 
  • Lamar Jackson's numbers continue to be eye-popping, but more so in a loss. The reigning Heisman winner had 512 yards of offense and five touchdowns against Boston College. How much more can one player do?
  • My favorite stat of the season: Army is 2-1 this season when completing exactly zero passes in a game.
  • How's this for ironic: With a 19-17 loss to Texas A&M at home, this marks the fourth time since 2010 that Florida has lost back-to-back games in The Swamp. That had not happened since 1988. And the Gators wore God-awful, gator-inspired uniforms against A&M to commemorate the program's home-field advantage. Whoops. 
  • With a 33-3 win over Cincinnati, South Florida has now scored at least 30 points in 23 straight games. That ties Oregon from 2011-12 for the longest such streak since 1936.
  • Your weekly Bryce Love reminder is here to tell you that the Stanford running back and Heisman candidate has a rush of at least 50 yards in nine straight games. He's also rushed for at least 100 yards in nine straight games. 
  • You want losing streaks? How about these: Auburn still hasn't won at LSU since 1999 and Washington still hasn't won at Arizona State since 2001.