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The world of college football went into full chaos mode on Saturday, with five of the top seven teams in the AP Top 25 all losing on the same day for the first time in college football history.
Somehow, most of that carnage took place outside of the Big Ten Confernece, but we still saw some wild finishes and entertaining outcomes in Week 7 that will impact our weekly power rankings. The most notable final score came late night in Eugene, with Dylan Raiola and the Oregon Ducks putting together a comeback win to send the Nebraska Cornhuskers back home with a loss, giving Raiola a sweet victory over his former team.
However, it didn't do much to move them in the power rankings, seeing as Oregon was frustratingly bad throughout much of the game.
At this point, the top of the Big Ten is starting to separate, but chaos flourishes underneath. A few teams are trending up quickly, while others are starting to slide as conference play ramps up.
Here are our Big Ten power rankings after Week 7:
Analysis: Michigan still didn't have much of a passing game to speak of after Bryce Underwood was benched at halftime, but Tommy Carr did come in and settle things down, protected the ball, and took advantage of Penn State's mistakes to quickly take a second-half lead. The Wolverines did run for 211 yards and three scores on the ground, exposing Penn State's glaring weakness in the front seven, but Michigan still doesn't inspire a ton of confidence on offense to do much damage when Indiana comes to town next week.