First, undefeated Ohio State lost at home.
Then, Oklahoma State's unbeaten run ended at home, too.
Notre Dame won a football game on a baseball field and Oklahoma won a game 30-29 when TCU coach Gary Patterson lost his mind and the Sooners lost a quarterback.
How's your bracket looking now?
Only Clemson and Iowa are unbeaten and only God knows what the College Foootball Playoff Committee will do now to try and slot four teams heading into the final week of the regular season.
Oklahoma survived when Patterson decided to go for a 2-point conversion instead of the tie in the final minute of the game, breaking up the play on a batted pass by Steven Parker. But ultimately, the one-point win may not be good enough to get the Sooners into the top four.
Now, a win next week against Oklahoma State will get Oklahoma a Big 12 championship, but it may not be good enough to get past any teams in front of them in the only ranking that matters. That's because quarterback, Heisman hopeful and Sooner savior Baker Mayfield was hurt in the first half, the victim of a hit to the head, held out of the second half and watched from the sidelines as OU melted down in freezing temperatures.
The Sooners managed a 72-yard run for a touchdown by Samaje Perine in the third quarter, but that was it for second-half scoring as back-up Trevor Knight finished the game 5-of-16 passing, including a crippling interception that led to a TCU touchdown.
Mayfield is being evaluated by team doctors for a concussion, according to Stoops, who said he kept his quarterback out after the break for precautionary reasons and now the playoff committee will certainly evaluate the Sooners.
Will No. 7-ranked (in the CFB rankings) Oklahoma get credit for beating a top-20 team in TCU? Or will OU get graded down for nearly losing to a TCU team that started its second-team quarterback and then went to a third-teamer, all while OU's Knight stumbled around as the Sooners nearly gave away a 23-7 halftime lead?
Alabama and Clemson will assuredly stay in the top four, and Iowa may make an appearance, but Notre Dame looked miserable at Fenway Park against a bad Boston College team. Ohio State lost, Oklahoma State lost. Where do the Sooners go?
What we know for sure is Oklahoma was riding momentum unlike any team in the country until Mayfield was knocked down, and eventually out, after a second-quarter targeting penalty. OU seemed like it was on its way to another massive offensive performance, up 23-7 on TCU. But Mayfield went out and it exposed Oklahoma for what it is - very average and lacking confidence without Mayfield.
Oh, the Sooners won their sixth in a row, but there's not a large swell of positivity coming out of Norman that the Sooners could make it seven without Mayfield. Not against Oklahoma State. Not in Stillwater, with a playoff spot likely on the line.
Mayfield didn't miss a play after getting hit in the second quarter. Stoops said Mayfield was evaluated on the sideline and was cleared to return, but at halftime Stoops said Mayfield admitted to having headaches.
We'll find out more about Mayfield as the week progresses, but healthy or not, Oklahoma is linked to Mayfield and Mayfield is tied to Oklahoma's success.
Look back to last season to see the manifestation of what happens when a team goes through quarterbacks and has an identity crisis. Look to Saturday night's second half to see more of the same.
And now look at what Mayfield has done this year, leading the Sooners back to college football's elite, establishing a new offense and entrenching themselves in the identity that they are gutsy and daring and all those other words people use to describe a quarterback and a team that wins.
By Monday, we'll have a more-clear answer about Mayfield's status for Bedlam next week.
But more importantly, by Tuesday, we'll find out how the College Football Playoff Committee describes Oklahoma.
