Fans were gifted the most free football in eight years last week when seven Bowl Subdivision games required overtime to decide a winner.

The last time there had been so many overtime games was Oct. 21, 2017, when there were eight.

This season's 29 overtime games are most through a Week 9 since there were 33 in 2016.

Two Top 25 teams won in OT, Texas over Mississippi State and Virginia over North Carolina . The others were Western Kentucky over Louisiana Tech, Missouri State over New Mexico and Temple over Tulsa in one OT and Virginia Tech over California and Rice over UConn in double overtime.

The average winning margin in conference games so far this season is 14.5 points, on track to be the smallest since at least 2000, according to Sportradar. The Southeastern Conference's margi

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