Ranked teams in hostile road environments was a theme of Week 3; performances in such games separates the contenders from the pretenders. Penn State traveled to SEC country and put a beating on Auburn, adding a nail in Bryan Harsin’s coffin; Oklahoma continued to look like a Playoff contender, demolishing Nebraska in the first game post-Frost. On the negative side: Michigan State was hapless in Seattle, BYU was swallowed alive by Autzen Stadium and the Oregon Ducks, and the Hurricanes left their offense in South Beach, looking inept in College Station. The Top 25 was impacted accordingly:
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