Stakes heightened, playoff paths sharpened and AP Top 25 ballots became even tougher to perfect as the dust settled on Week 3 of college football.

No. 6 Georgia outlasted No. 15 Tennessee in a 44-41 overtime thriller on Saturday. The Volunteers controlled long stretches of the game before Georgia rallied late, dodged a missed field goal by Tennessee as time expired in regulation and sealed the deal on a 1-yard TD run in OT by Josh McCray, handing a talented Tennessee team its first loss of the season.

Unranked Georgia Tech outplayed No. 12 Clemson for the bulk of the game and won 24-21 on a buzzer-beating 55-yard field goal . Clemson (1-2) is is at risk of suffering a fate similar to Florida, which fell out of the Top 25 last week after losing to South Florida.

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