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SEC Ups...and Downs. Tennessee & Ole Miss fall in Week 8

Tennessee vs. South Carolina

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 24: George MacIntyre #12 of the Tennessee Volunteers looks to pass the ball during the first half of a football game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Williams-Brice Stadium on October 24, 2026 in Columbia, South Carolina.

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  • Another Saturday of college football chaos: Tennessee and Ole Miss suffered damaging road losses, No. 2 BYU went down, and the race for the College Football Playoff got even messier.
  • South Carolina 27, No. 11 Tennessee 24, a crushing finish for the Vols. One week after beating Alabama, Tennessee surrendered a 24–17 fourth-quarter lead. LaNorris Sellers tied it with a touchdown run with 1:17 remaining, and Dylan Stewart’s forced fumble set up Malik Orsan’s 48-yard field goal as time expired.
  • Tennessee had opportunities to finish. A holding penalty erased a potential fourth-quarter touchdown, and a failed fourth-and-one gave South Carolina its opening. DeSean Bishop delivered 120 rushing yards, but Tennessee scored just three second-half points and fell to 6–2 overall, 3–2 in the SEC.
  • No. 19 Texas 34, No. 7 Ole Miss 27, a furious comeback without the payoff. The Rebels erased a 24–3 halftime deficit to tie it at 24 early in the fourth quarter. Texas recovered, and Jelani McDonald intercepted Trinidad Chambliss’ final-play pass in the end zone to seal it. Ole Miss dropped to 5–2, 3–2 SEC.
  • Texas kept its season alive. Raleek Brown rushed for 157 yards, and Arch Manning scored twice on the ground as the Longhorns snapped a two-game losing streak. For Ole Miss, recovering from that miserable first half made the finish especially painful. Arch Manning even made Holly Rowe cry in the postgame interview.



  • Around the SEC: No. 13 Alabama rebounded with a 31–20 win over Texas A&M; No. 18 LSU handled Auburn 38–17; No. 12 Kentucky beat Vanderbilt 34–17; and Oklahoma won 23–15 at Mississippi State. Auburn’s loss came just one week after upsetting Georgia.
  • The biggest national shock: UCF 39, No. 2 BYU 31 in double overtime. The Knights handed BYU its first loss and earned their first victory over a top-five opponent. Cincinnati added to the Big 12 upheaval by beating No. 8 Texas Tech 37–24.
  • More ranked teams stumbled: Minnesota edged No. 15 Iowa 13–10, while Wisconsin shut down No. 16 USC 24–7. Defending national champion No. 6 Indiana escaped Michigan 13–6 in overtime.
  • The survivors: No. 1 Miami rolled past Pittsburgh 52–23, No. 9 UCLA beat Michigan State 28–10, and No. 10 Utah defeated Houston 21–13. For Tennessee and Ole Miss, the takeaway is tougher: both now carry two losses, leaving considerably less room for another stumble.