Today’s College Football Scores: Live Top-25 Updates, Stunning Upsets & Playoff Impact – Sept 20 2026

Week 3 of the 2026 college football season delivered a scoreboard packed with eye-opening blowouts, late-night drama and a statement upset that will shake up the next AP Top 25. Below are the headline results and what they mean moving forward. Texas stays No. 1 – barely Top-ranked Texas trailed UTSA 3-0 early but leaned on Arch Manning’s two touchdown passes and a suffocating defense to pull away 30-6 in Austin. The Longhorns have now held opponents below 10 points in three straight games, setting up next week’s road test at red-hot Louisville. Georgia, Notre Dame, Indiana cruise • No. 2 Georgia gashed Arkansas 45-17 behind Gunner Stockton’s 97 rushing yards, extending the Bulldogs’ SEC win streak to 23. • No. 3 Notre Dame stifled Michigan State 27-10 as freshman CJ Carr threw for 234 yards. • No. 4 Indiana pitched a second-half shutout to blank Western Kentucky 38-0, the Hoosiers’ third consecutive game with 35-plus points. Ole Miss tops LSU in Top-10 thriller The lone ranked-vs-ranked clash saw No. 8 Ole Miss outduel No. 7 LSU 32-24 in Oxford. Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss (363 yards, 2 TD) engineered an eight-play, 75-yard drive capped by a two-point conversion to ice the Rebels’ first victory over LSU since 2022. Kentucky stuns Texas A&M The weekend’s biggest shocker came in College Station, where unranked Kentucky knocked off No. 9 Texas A&M 31-21. Quarterback Kenny Minchey hit Barion Brown for a 78-yard strike on the first play after halftime, flipping momentum the Aggies never regained. Expect the Wildcats to break into Sunday’s new poll. Alabama, BYU and USC survive scares • No. 10 Alabama allowed 621 yards but out-lasted Florida State 50-36 thanks to three second-quarter takeaways. • No. 11 BYU rode LJ Martin’s 176 rushing yards to a 41-23 win at Colorado State. • No. 12 USC needed a fourth-quarter stop to edge Rutgers 42-35 in its first Big Ten road game. Oregon hangs 84, while Ohio State and Penn State post 50-burgers Dan Lanning’s No. 21 Ducks scored the most points by an FBS team in five seasons, obliterating Portland State 84-0. Elsewhere, No. 6 Ohio State dismantled Kent State 59-3 and No. 14 Penn State buried Buffalo 55-13 to keep pace in the Big Ten race. What’s next Week 4 brings marquee showdowns—Texas at Louisville, Ole Miss at Alabama and Georgia visiting Tennessee—that could further reshape the playoff picture. For now, Kentucky’s upset and Ole Miss’s statement win headline a Saturday that reminded fans why college football scores are must-watch every fall weekend.