Week 3 might not have yielded the flashiest slate of games—no ranked teams played each other—but it wasn’t short on intrigue. Penn State won the final iteration, for now, of its rivalry series with Pitt. The Pac-12 looked good. The ACC did not. And the Group of Five got a boost thanks to the team that’s lifted the American Athletic Conference’s reputation over the past few years. There wasn’t any major rankings shakeup with this week’s polls, but at the top, Alabama and Clemson both looked perhaps a tick short of perfect on offense, giving fans and critics alike plenty to be curious about when conference play begins in earnest.
Winners and Losers of Week 3 of the College Football Season
