Week 8 of the 2026 college football season was something else. No. 2 BYU, one week after beating Notre Dame, lost 39-31 in double overtime at UCF, the third straight week an AP top-two team has lost to an unranked opponent, which hasn’t happened since 2007. Tennessee blew a double-digit lead and lost 27-24 at South Carolina on a 48-yard walk-off field goal, and Iowa lost to Minnesota 13-10 the same way.

Texas built a 21-point lead and held off Ole Miss 34-27, Indiana won in Ann Arbor for the first time since 1967 (13-6 in OT), and Miami hung 52 on Pitt. Only three unbeaten teams remain, the fewest through Oct. 24 since 1977. We break down every big game, hand out the Week 8 awards, and ask whether the CFP race is officially broken.

Tap into Episode 811 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcast platforms and YouTube

What did me and Ryan think about week 8? (2:00)
Game of the Week: No. 19 Texas 34, No. 7 Ole Miss 27 (6:35)
Upset of the Week: UCF 39, No. 2 BYU 31 (2OT) (17:45)
WTF Happened? South Carolina 27, No. 11 Tennessee 24 (23:12)
Indiana 13, Michigan 6 (OT) (27:54)
Miami 52, Pitt 23 (33:35)
CFB Week Awards (40:50)

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