play0:34JacQawn McRoy rushes in for 1-yard rushing touchdownEnd Zone! JacQawn McRoy scores 1-yard rushing touchdown
JacQawn McRoy rushes in for 1-yard rushing touchdownEnd Zone! JacQawn McRoy scores 1-yard rushing touchdown
In college football, every weekend is a mix of strange occurrences and main characters both new and old.
With marquee matchups and upset bids galore occurring throughout the slate, Week 5 of the 2025 college football season was unsurprisingly no different.
Each week throughout the season, we’ll look at some of those unlikely occurrences with a list of nontraditional superlatives. Here what stood out around the college football world in Week 5.
Saturday didn’t go very well for Arkansas, as the Razorbacks fell 56-13 to Notre Dame, but they did score one of the coolest touchdowns of Week 5.
JacQawn McRoy rushes in for 1-yard rushing touchdown
End Zone! JacQawn McRoy scores 1-yard rushing touchdown
Minnesota picked up its first Big Ten win of the season on Saturday, taking down Rutgers 31-28 in Minneapolis.
Few things will cause coaches and fans to be frustrated quite like a well-designed play being wiped off the board by a penalty. USC was forced to ruminate over such an occurrence in Week 5, as what would have been an impressive trick play was scratched from the record in the second quarter of Saturday’s 34-32 loss to Illinois.
On Saturday, roughly 40 minutes before his squad’s top-15 clash with LSU was set to kick off, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin was doing what Lane Kiffin does best: tweeting. After posting a pregame photo with his daughter, Kiffin got to work directing the Rebels to a 24-19 win over the Tigers.
Within an hour after Ole Miss’ win, Kiffin was back to his favorite hobby. The Rebels coach posted a photo of a printed transcript from LSU coach Brian Kelly’s weekly radio show from a few days prior, with Kelly saying, “We’re going to keep that Magnolia Trophy right here in Baton Rouge.”
Looking to pull off an upset against Georgia Tech, Wake Forest opted for a field goal try with just under seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
Unfortunately for Wake Forest, it missed. Fortunately for those who enjoy the unique, memorable sounds that college football stadiums can sometimes produce, that miss went off the uprights. The ensuing “clang” was ear-ringing.
This is the second straight week a game featuring the Cardinals has made this weekly roundup for an unlikely play involving a bouncing ball, and it’s a worthy repeat entry.
Last week, the Cardinals were the victim of a bizarre sequence in which a ball bounced off an opposing punt returner’s helmet before being recovered by his own team 10 yards up the field. This week, it was Incarnate Word that was the beneficiary of a strange bounce and heads-up play, as the Cardinals snagged an interception that careened off three defenders before it was hauled to the ground.
The takeaway denied Abilene Christian of a potential score and helped Incarnate Word take a 17-7 lead into halftime. The Cardinals ultimately won 38-7.
MAYBE THE INTERCEPTION OF THE YEAR 😳🤯The pass ping pongs off THREE different players and into the hands of Michael Pleas Jr!!! @UIWFootball with a HUGEEEE stop before half!You gotta see this @ESPNAssignDesk, @NCAA_FCS! pic.twitter.com/PIJf61FNWs
W 😎#RTB #SkiUMah #Gophers pic.twitter.com/pbPrP4SsIM
Lane Kiffin relishes Ole Miss avenging last year’s loss at LSU (1:00)Kiffin touches on the Rebels’ resilience and the home crowd’s atmosphere while emphasizing how great it feels to get revenge from last year’s loss to the Tigers in Baton Rouge. (1:00)