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Top 25 Takeaways: First major upset shakes Big Ten

Morry Gash

Wisconsin fans watch during the second half of an NCAA college football game against BYU Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Madison, Wis. BYU won 24-21. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

The fun in a college football season does not really start until there is big upset, a Top Ten team losing to an unranked team.

BYU provided the season's first shocker, one that could reset the College Football Playoff race and have long-term ramifications for the Big Ten. The Cougars knocked off No. 6 Wisconsin as a three-touchdown underdog.

The Badgers were a popular playoff pick, the overwhelming favorites in the Big Ten West and part of a group of five Big Ten teams that began the season ranked in the top-15.