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OFI: Shifting Fortunes in Weird Week 3

Week 3 was expected to be the eye of the storm, at least in terms of big games. Week 2 had Texas-LSU and Texas A&M-Clemson, while Week 4 has Notre Dame-Georgia, Michigan-Wisconsin, and Auburn-Texas A&M. There weren't any titanic matchups in Week 3, to the point that ESPN's College GameDay went to Ames for Iowa-Iowa State.

But as is typical for weeks that seem low key, weirdness lurked just under the surface. Week 3 can roughly be divided between games that made you think, "you know, maybe they're actually just not that good?" and games with teams that really could have used a win -- and got one!