Games with ACC or Big Ten teams that involved three times worth of travel generally went quite well for the home teams in Week 8, as they finished 6-1 in contests against their cross-country visitors. The one exception was quite notable, as Rutgers ended up on the wrong side of Oregon's wrath in a 56-10 loss to an angry group of Ducks.

Oregon clearly had some frustration to work out following a 30-20 home loss to Indiana last week, and Rutgers took the brunt of it. The Ducks led 56-3 at the end of the third quarter and could have picked an even greater margin of victory. Oregon's 750-yard performance marked the most-impressive offensive showing from a national title contender this week. It stood in sharp contrast to the offensive showing from another preseason top 10 team.

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