Week 7 shaped up to be one of the better weekends of the college football season, and it lived up to the hype as close games took place from noon ET all the way through the wee hours of Saturday night.
As it does every October, there were a few frights on the football field.
Alabama, USC and Illinois each had to power through potential upset losses to pick up victories. Oregon made its mark with a Big Ten victory over Ohio State. Kansas State put together a narrow victory over Colorado.