Regardless of who you pull for, Saturday showed why college football is the greatest. The emotion, pageantry and excitement cannot be matched.

No. 21 Notre Dame continued its Cinderella season with a gut-wrenching victory over No. 6 Michigan. Wolverine fans are probably still seething over the no-fumble call on Carlyle Holiday's touchdown, but the Irish are for real. They could be undefeated going into Florida State on Oct. 26.

We saw other close games and a few blowouts and things we expected and things we never saw coming. Here's a quick look at some of the stuff that made for a great weekend of college football:

Coach of the Day: Jeff Tedford, California
Deserves a lot of credit for taking a team that won one game last year into Big Ten country and executing in all phases of the game against a ranked opponent. The 46-22 win at Michigan State marks the first time since 1974 the Bears have beaten a top-15 team.

Woodshed games
USC over Colorado, 40-3: The Trojans are for real! Four first downs and 61 total yards for Colorado are unbelievable!

Arkansas over South Florida, 42-3: A huge win for the Hogs against a team that was undefeated, won eight games last year and brought highly touted QB Marquel Blackwell into Little Rock.

	Carson Palmer has been the hottest quarterback in the country in recent weeks.

Newcomer of the day: Maurice Clarett
The true freshman had 230 yards and two TDs on 31 carries. He's starting to get some notice in the Heisman race.

Horseshoe games (close but no victory)
Wisconsin over Northern Illinois, 24-21: The Huskies led the Badgers until 1:21 remained in the fourth quarter and held Anthony Davis to just 49 yards rushing.

Purdue over Western Michigan, 28-24: The Broncos faced a second straight Big Ten opponent, putting up more total yards than the Boilermakers and leading late in the fourth.

Pepto Bismol games (upset specials)
Cal over Michigan State, 46-22: The Spartans lost three fumbles and had just 64 rushing yards at home against the Bears.

Nevada over BYU, 31-28: The Cougars allowed 410 passing yards and the Wolf Pack played most of the game without Chance Kretschmer, the leading rusher in the NCAA last season.

Ripley's Believe It or Not halftime score
Florida 14, Ohio 6: Would you believe the Bobcats attempted just four passes in this game? The Gators better get ready to go to Tennessee next week.

All-Elevator team: Missouri
We had them on the rise a couple of weeks ago after the Illinois win, but apparently the cable snapped on the Tigers as they were on the wrong side of a 51-28 woodshed game at Bowling Green.

Teams on the rise: Notre Dame, California, USC

Teams on the decline: BYU, Colorado, Michigan State

Games I can't wait to see next week
Tennessee at Florida: Battle for SEC supremacy.

Notre Dame at Michigan State: Can ND continue to surprise, or will MSU recover?

NC State at Texas Tech: Battle of two great QBs in Philip Rivers and Kliff Kingsbury.

Kansas State at USC: Could be the best game of the day.

Virginia Tech at Texas A&M: Both teams can answer a lot of questions.

ESPN.com college football analyst Jim Donnan will be taking part in chats and making observations on Saturdays as part of College GameDay Online.