Week 6 was an absolute doozy in college football, and there was a persistent theme coaches love to tell their players: don't beat yourself.

There was plenty of self-inflicted wounds.

The action Saturday was proof there really is no greater opponent than yourself, and that only gets tougher when the spotlight is shining on you. It's worse when the team you're playing is only winning because it benefitted from your mistakes.

Several ranked teams in the country fell victim to their own undoing, and those are things that have to be fixed if you want a real shot of success, highlighting the lowlights in the weekend of football.

Arch Manning and Texas

With how bad Oklahoma's offense was, the only way the Sooners would win was if Texas beat Texas.

Texas made sure to do that.

The Longhorns lost 27-24 by gifting Oklahoma 17 of those points. A blocked punt in the endzone, an Arch Manning pick six to give the Sooners the lead in the fourth quarter and then the fatal interception with 19 seconds left that set up the game-winning field goal for Oklahoma.

Not only was it a bad outing, but it's another ugly one from Manning and company as it hadn't looked like a No. 1 team for awhile, and the quarterback not looking like he's taken a step forward in his development. Texas earned all the horns down from the opposite side of the Cotton Bowl.

Alabama-Georgia referees

The SEC showdown was a tight contest that resulted in a Georgia win, but not without some questionable officiating. It seemed like the Crimson Tide got the short-end of the stick by being on the wrong end of three referee decisions.

First, there was an interception in the third quarter that would have put Alabama in scoring range reviewed and determined incomplete when it looked like linebacker QB Reese had caught the ball. Then in the fourth, it looked like Georgia's Demello Jones committed what looked to be a targeting foul against Ryan Coleman-Williams, but no flag was thrown.

Then came a real egregious, game-changing one. Alabama was in Georgia territory and receiver Rico Scott was hit by KJ Bolden before the ball got to him, and while it looked obvious, no flag was thrown.

The officials didn't call pass interference on this play in Georgia-Alabama. pic.twitter.com/mFMno9Orex

— Underdog CFB (@UnderdogCFB) October 11, 2026

Alabama ended up losing the game. You can't always blame the referees for losses, but the Crimson Tide do have a case on this.

Oregon

Coming off the inspiring win over USC, Oregon looked like it was back on track toward the College Football Playoff − until the Ducks laid an egg.

Oregon had one of its sloppiest games ever against a resurgent UCLA team, committing seven turnovers in a 17-15 loss as quarterback Dylan Raiola could not move the offense at all, leading to him get benched. Granted the Bruins made mistakes of their own and kept the home team in the game, but that was one of the worst outings in the Dan Lanning era.

Even worse, UCLA was clearly having a good time in Eugene − getting in on the fun with "Shout" before it proceeded to get its first road win at Oregon since 2004.

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Source: Yahoo Sports