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          Week 7's top college football Twitter trolls

          • ESPN staffOct 15, 2022, 11:23 PM ET

          As we near the midseason mark of the college football season, the difference between the contenders and pretenders is making itself known.

          Week 7's action saw some teams make strides in the right direction -- and a handful of timely jokes.

          Here are some of the best trolls across the college gridiron:

          Stanford 16, Notre Dame 14

          Stanford's defense played tough against Notre Dame's offense, forcing two turnovers. Marcus Freeman's squad didn't score in the first half and finished with 14 points, the fewest against Stanford since scoring 10 on Oct. 15, 2016. For the Cardinal, the win snaps a three-game losing streak against the Fighting Irish.

          Luck of the Irish? Stanford's Twitter account thought otherwise postgame.

          Florida A&M 20, Grambling State 16

          After trailing 10-3 at halftime, Rattlers quarterback Jeremy Moussa scored two touchdowns to lead his squad to a comeback victory. Florida A&M's defense deserves props as well, holding Grambling State to six points in the second half.

          Per the team's Twitter account, no tiger was capable of beating the Rattlers on Saturday.

          No. 1 Georgia 55, Vanderbilt 0

          Georgia also shut out Vanderbilt in last year's meeting, meaning the Bulldogs have won by 117 points in their last two games against the Commodores. That is the second-best points differential over a two-game span versus a conference opponent in SEC history.

          The Bulldogs' Twitter account subtly celebrated by adding a seventh "w" in the postgame tweet to reference their 7-0 record.

          Tennessee State 30, Tennessee Tech 14

          The Tigers scored the game's first 30 points and didn't look back, cruising to a victory against their in-state opponent. Tennessee State quarterback Draylen Ellis accounted for 308 yards passing and 3 touchdowns, while running back Jalen Rouse led the rushing attack with 126 yards.

          After the win, the team's Twitter account poked fun at how it ran over its opponent.

          No. 6 Tennessee 52, No. 3 Alabama 49

          Jalin Hyatt and Hendon Hooker connected for five touchdowns for Tennessee's big win over Alabama. It snapped the Vols' 15-game losing streak against Nick Saban's squad and handed the Crimson Tide their first loss of the season.

          Read more: Alabama-Tennessee: Takeaways from an epic rivalry game

          Nothing summarizes this rivalry quite like victory cigars and missing goal posts.

          No. 9 Ole Miss 48, Auburn 34

          The Rebels ran all over the Tigers en route to securing a 7-0 record for the first time since 2014.

          Quinshon Judkins, Zach Evans and Jaxson Dart rushed for over 100 yards each as Ole Miss had three 100-yard rushers in a single game for the first time since 1976.

          Ole Miss ended the game with 448 rushing yards and joked about its dynamic duo in the backfield during a weather delay.

          UCF 70, Temple 13

          Knights quarterback John Rhys Plumlee torched the Owls' defense, accounting for seven touchdowns Thursday night (four passing, three rushing). It ties Darin Slack (1987) and Daunte Culpepper (1998) for the most in school history. It was also the third time UCF scored 70 points or more in a game (71 in 1992 vs Gardner-Webb and 73 points vs Austin Peay in 2017).

          The Knights saw the Owls' pregame poster and had a fitting rebuttal after the contest.

          West Virginia 43, Baylor 40

          After trailing by seven at halftime, the Mountaineers outscored the Bears 26-16 in the second half to secure a comeback victory on Thursday. Tony Mathis Jr. carried WVU on the ground, rushing for 163 yards and two touchdowns. Quarterback JT Daniels finished with 283 yards passing and a touchdown.

          Entering Thursday's matchup, Baylor was 0-5 when playing at Morgantown. The Mountaineers' social media team requested an update to that statistic after the victory.

          Louisiana 23, Marshall 13

          The Ragin' Cajuns spoiled the Thundering Herd's inaugural Sun Belt game thanks to quarterback Ben Wooldridge. He finished with 230 yards passing and two touchdowns in his first start to help his team score 20 unanswered points in the second half. The victory helps Louisiana get back to .500.

          Gumbo is a popular Creole dish in Louisiana. Wednesday was National Gumbo Day, and the Ragin' Cajuns had a specific kind in mind after a hard-fought victory.