The 5 Biggest Winners and Losers of Week Six in College Football: Upsets Everywhere

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Winner: Washington Huskies

What a weekend for the fans of the Washington Huskies as everything went perfectly. The Huskies avenged their National Championship loss to Michigan, dealing the Wolverines their second loss of the season. The win instantly becomes the biggest win in Jedd Fisch's Washington tenure and will be a win recruits rally around.

While the Huskies fans certainly enjoyed the game, it wasn't what happened in the Huskies game that they enjoyed the most. After going to the National Championship, Kalen DeBoer jumped ship and took the Alabama job. This weekend, fans in Tuscaloosa are starting to question DeBoer as he dropped a game to Vanderbilt. If you're a Washington fan, nothing feels better than seeing the coach who left you for "better" suffer a back-breaking loss.

Loser: Lincoln Riley

When Lincoln Riley bolted to USC it was to avoid what he felt was a tough conference in the SEC. He instead ended up in a strong conference but, in the Big Ten which plays a much tougher caliber of football than his teams ever have. The style of play of Riley's teams cost them against Michigan and it made them vulnerable against any Big Ten team.

That was the case as USC took their second loss of the season on Saturday against Minnesota who USC has far more talent than. Instead, Riley fell in love with throwing the football but, Miller Moss completed just 23 of his 38 attempts for 200 yards and a touchdown with two picks. The problem is, when the passing game wasn't clicking Riley should have turned to the run as they were picking up 6.2 yards per carry.

This is Riley's third season at USC and you have to start wondering if he's the right guy for the job as the Trojans adapt to Big Ten Football. The notion has always been that if Riley could field a defense his teams would be unbelievable but, his offense only mustered up just 17 points.