
Life at the top isn't easy as BYU becomes the latest top-2 team to lose to an unranked opponent
By Marcus Chen
WPLG Sports South Florida
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Miami had no problem passing its first test as the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25,No. 2 BYU wasn't as fortunate. Playing with their highest ranking since 1984, the Cougars lost 39-31 in two overtimes to UCF on Saturday and the list of unbeaten teams thinned to Miami, UCLA and Utah.UCF was among four unranked teams to knock off ranked opponents. No. 8 Texas Tech lost to Cincinnati, No. 11 Tennessee to South Carolina and No. 15 Iowa to Minnesota.Miami, No. 1 for the first time since 2002, was never threatened in its 52-23 win over Pittsburgh. The Hurricanes scored on seven of their first eight possessions and Darian Mensah threw for 387 yards and four touchdowns. Three of those TD passes went to Malachi Toney, who made 16 catches for 194 yards.BYU made the cross-country trip to Orlando, Florida, a week after it beat then-No. 2 Notre Dame at home, and there was talk all week about how this could be a trap game.UCF's Keyone Jenkins passed for 293 yards and three touchdowns in a game that had