Another chaotic week of college football is in the books, and, once again, the top 25 is in shambles. We saw losses from the nation’s second, fifth– and seventh-ranked teams—and that doesn’t even include those outside the top 10.
That being said, I think you know where this is going: here are Week 8’s biggest upsets, top performers and my pick for The Lato’s Lens Game of the Week.
Biggest Upsets
Louisville 24, No. 2 Miami 21
Under the Friday night lights of Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Fla.), the unranked Louisville Cardinals pulled off a stunning 24-21 upset against No. 2 Miami.
Losing 24-21 late in the fourth quarter, signal caller Carson Beck led the Hurricanes’ offense right down the field, bringing them within field goal range. But with 32 seconds remaining, linebacker TJ Capers picked off a short pass to ice the game for Louisville, completing the upset.
Despite a 248-yard, three-touchdown performance (two passing, one rushing) from USC transfer Miller Moss, the real difference maker in this upset was the Louisville secondary. The unit intercepted four passes, each from a different player, to make the stops needed to win the game.
With the win, the Cardinals improved to 5-1 on the season, garnering a No. 19 ranking. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes fell to No. 9.
Arizona State 26, No. 7 Texas Tech 22
After being injured in Week 7, quarterback Sam Leavitt returned to action on Saturday night, leading the unranked Arizona State Sun Devils to a 26-23 victory over Big 12 rival and seventh-ranked Texas Tech.
Running back Raleek Brown plunged into the end zone with 34 seconds left to play to score the game-winning touchdown.
Meanwhile, Leavitt completed 28 of 47 passes for 319 yards and one touchdown in the win, providing timely offense.
More than half of Arizona State’s points came from the foot of place kicker Jesus Gomez, who, on top of two extra points, drilled all four of his field goal attempts — with his longest kick being 47 yards. Gomez is living proof of just how important special teams can be in deciding a big game.
UAB 31, No. 22 Memphis 24
It’s becoming a trend in 2025 for teams to pull off an upset victory immediately after firing their head coach.
In their first game without head coach Trent Dilfer, the 2-4 UAB Blazers did just that, stunning No. 22 Memphis 31-24 to spoil the Tigers’ undefeated season.
Blazers sophomore wide receiver Iverson Hooks had the game of his career, hauling in 11 passes for 172 yards and three touchdowns. Averaging 15.6 yards per catch, Hooks provided the spark UAB desperately needed — a program that, in 2014, had its football team shut down entirely.
Hooks’ batterymate, Ryder Burton, completed 20 of 27 passes for 251 yards and three touchdowns, finishing with a QBR of 94.2.
Is interim head coach Jeff Mortenson the answer to UAB’s problems? Time will tell.
Top Performers
Mason Shipley, K (Texas) drilled a game-winning 45-yard field goal in No. 21 Texas’ 16-13 overtime victory against Kentucky.
Dante Moore, QB (Oregon) completed 15 of 20 passes for 290 yards and four touchdowns in No. 8 Oregon’s 56-10 rout of Rutgers.
Darius Taylor, RB (Minnesota) carried the ball 24 times for 148 yards and a touchdown in the Golden Gophers’ convincing 24-6 upset of No. 25 Nebraska.
Joe Fagnano, QB (UConn) continued his interception-less season with a 362-yard, four-touchdown performance in a 38-23 victory over head coach Bill O’Brien and the Boston College Eagles.
Rolijah Hardy, LB (Indiana) tallied eight tackles, including five solo, along with two sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss in No. 3 Indiana’s 38-13 home win over Michigan State.
Lato’s Lens Game of the Week
No. 8 Ole Miss at No. 13 Oklahoma – 12:00 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium (Norman, Okla.)
The SEC is a bloodbath of a league this year, with Texas A&M being the only undefeated team remaining. But that just means the in-conference clashes are a heck of a lot more entertaining.
Week 9’s matchup between No. 8 Ole Miss and No. 13 Oklahoma looks to be a fun one.
Oklahoma was undefeated until its Week 7 loss to then-unbeaten Texas in the 2025 Allstate Red River Rivalry Game. Fresh off hand surgery, Heisman Trophy hopeful John Mateer struggled to get any sort of offense going against the Longhorns. But after last week’s 26-7 road victory over South Carolina, the signal caller looked as confident as ever, tossing for 150 yards and a touchdown.
Ole Miss has a gunslinger under center as well. Since transferring from Division II Ferris State, Trinidad Chambliss has dazzled Rebels fans, leading Ole Miss to a 6-1 record despite a loss to Georgia last weekend. Like Mateer, Chambliss poses a threat through both the air and the ground, and is thriving in the SEC.
But here’s the catch for Ole Miss: winning an away game in the SEC is hard. We just saw No. 21 Texas get taken to overtime on the road by Kentucky, who has only two wins on the year. In other words, records virtually do not exist whatsoever.
Seeing how Ole Miss handles the rowdy Sooners crowd should be interesting, solidifying the matchup as The Lato’s Lens Game of the Week.
Prediction: Oklahoma