Week 8 of the 2016 college football season was, to put it lightly, top-heavy. There were only three games matching Associated Press Top 25 teams, and all three were in the SEC West, with No. 1 Alabama facing No. 6 Texas A&M, No. 17 Arkansas visiting No. 21 Auburn and No. 23 Ole Miss battling with No. 25 LSU. 

A former College Football Playoff contender continued its surprising fall down the standings, but it was a quiet day otherwise—until James Franklin and Penn State exacted a seismic shock on the Top Five with a stunning special teams play. 

Beyond that, with the first College Football Playoff rankings loomi...

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