Trinidad Chambliss threw for 315 yards and a touchdown and Kewan Lacy ran for 78 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 8 Ole Miss to a 34-26 Southeastern Conference win over No. 13 Oklahoma on Saturday in Norman, Okla.
Chambliss connected with tight end Trace Bruckler for an 8-yard score to cap an 11-play, 75-yard, fourth-quarter drive and give the Rebels (7-1, 4-1 SEC) a 31-26 lead with 11:33 remaining. Ole Miss had been trailing 26-25 after giving up a 25-13 second-half lead.
The Sooners had a chance late, holding the Rebels to a field goal after a fumbled punt return gave the Rebels a short field. Oklahoma drove to the Ole Miss 30 but couldn’t get any closer, as John Mateer threw consecutive incomplete passes on third and fourth down after the two-minute timeout to give the ball back to the Rebels.
Mateer finished 17-of-31 passing for 223 yards and a touchdown for Oklahoma (6-2, 2-2 SEC), while Xavier Robinson ran for 109 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries.
No. 2 Indiana 56, UCLA 6
Fernando Mendoza threw for three touchdowns Saturday and ran for a fourth, as the No. 2 Hoosiers walloped the Bruins in Bloomington, Ind.
Mendoza shrugged off a slow start to complete 15 of 22 passes for 168 yards. Roman Hemby added 81 yards and a pair of scores on 17 carries, as Indiana (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) rolled up 475 total yards, converting 12 of 16 third downs.
Nico Iamaleava struggled all game for UCLA (3-5, 3-2), hitting only 13 of 27 passes for 113 yards and a pair of interceptions. He was under the gun from the start, as he was sacked on the game’s first play from scrimmage and intercepted on the second one.
No. 3 Texas A&M 49, No. 20 LSU 25
Marcel Reed threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores, KC Concepcion caught one of the scoring passes and added a 79-yard punt return for a touchdown and the Aggies routed the Tigers in Baton Rouge, La.
Reed rushed for 108 yards, passed for 202 and overcame two interceptions as Texas A&M (8-0, 5-0 SEC) outscored LSU 35-7 in the second half.
Garrett Nussmeier completed 22 of 35 passes for 168 yards and a touchdown and was sacked five times as the Tigers (5-3, 2-3) lost for the third time in four games.
No. 4 Alabama 29, South Carolina 22
Germie Bernard scored on a 25-yard direct snap with 34 seconds remaining to help the Crimson Tide rally to a win over the Gamecocks in Columbia, S.C.
Bernard also had a late touchdown catch and DaShawn Jones registered a pick-six as the Crimson Tide (7-1, 5-0 SEC) ripped off their seventh straight victory. Ty Simpson completed 24 of 43 passes with 253 yards and a second touchdown pass to Josh Cuevas, while Deonte Lawson forced a fumble that set up the winning points.
South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers completed 18 of 32 passes for 222 yards, one touchdown, one interception and a huge lost fumble. Sellers also rushed for a game-high 67 yards and a touchdown as the Gamecocks (3-5, 1-5) lost for the fifth time in six games.
No. 6 Oregon 21, Wisconsin 7
The Ducks overcame the loss of starting quarterback Dante Moore for almost all of the second half and a slow start on offense, defeating the Badgers at rainy Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore.
Oregon (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten) scored touchdowns on its final drive of the first half and first drive of the second, and it was more than enough to hand Wisconsin its sixth consecutive loss. Moore, who had been in the Heisman Trophy conversation earlier this season, went down with a bloody nose after being tackled on a run early in the third quarter. He returned to the sideline but was without his helmet the rest of the way. Brock Thomas relieved Moore and led the Ducks on a pair of touchdown drives in the second half that secured the win for Oregon.
The Ducks’ defense kept the Badgers (2-6, 0-5) off the board until Lance Mason caught a 2-yard touchdown pass from Hunter Simmons with 7:57 to play in the game. The touchdown ended Wisconsin’s run of 11 quarters without a single point. Simmons completed 7 of 21 passes for 86 yards with a touchdown and interception. Running back Gideon Ituka had 85 rushing yards on 21 carries.
No. 7 Georgia Tech 41, Syracuse 16
Haynes King recorded three passing touchdowns and two rushing scores to guide the Yellow Jackets to a resounding triumph over the Orange in Atlanta.
King authored a crisp 25-of-31 passing performance for 304 yards, while adding 91 yards on 12 carries to help Georgia Tech (8-0, 5-0 ACC) stay perfect on the season. Jordan Allen caught a team-high six balls for 67 yards, while Josh Beetham had two receiving touchdowns.
Rickie Collins was 17-of-29 passing for 224 yards with a touchdown for Syracuse (3-5, 1-4), which dropped its fourth straight game. Darrell Gill Jr. had five catches for 79 yards and a score to pace the Orange receivers.
No. 9 Miami 42, Stanford 7
Mark Fletcher Jr. ran for a career-high three touchdowns to lead the Hurricanes to a win over the Cardinal in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Fletcher Jr. totaled 106 yards on 23 carries to help Miami (6-1, 2-1 ACC) break open a close game by scoring the game’s final 42 points. The Hurricanes’ defense forced a pair of turnovers and QB Carson Beck bounced back from a dismal performance in last week’s loss to Louisville to complete 21 of 28 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown.
Stanford (3-5, 2-3) has still not won back-to-back games this season and dropped to 0-5 on the road. QB Ben Gulbranson put Stanford ahead with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Caden High, but Stanford mustered only 70 total yards following that opening series. Gulbranson was held to only 50 yards passing and threw two costly interceptions.
No. 10 Vanderbilt 17, No. 15 Missouri 10
Diego Pavia dove into the end zone on a 1-yard touchdown run with 1:52 left to give the Commodores a victory over the Tigers in Nashville, Tenn.
Pavia struggled all afternoon but still pulled out the home win. The Heisman Trophy candidate finished with 10 completions in 19 passing attempts for 129 yards with an interception for Vanderbilt (7-1, 3-1 SEC), which is 7-1 for the first time since 1941. He rushed for 20 yards on eight carries.
Missouri quarterback Matt Zollers, a true freshman who had thrown only six passes in his college career, entered in the third quarter after starting quarterback Beau Pribula suffered a leg injury and was carted off the field. Zollers completed 14 of 23 passes for 138 yards and directed a late 74-yard drive which fell just short as the Tigers (6-2, 2-2) attempted to tie the game.
No. 11 BYU 41, Iowa State 27
The Cougars capitalized on multiple Cyclones mistakes and held them without a touchdown in the second half en route to a victory in Ames, Iowa.
Bear Bachmeier and Parker Kingston linked up often for BYU (8-0, 5-0 Big 12), connecting seven times for 133 yards and two scores. Overall, the true freshman Bachmeier completed 22 of 35 passes for 307 yards and two TDs and ran for a team-high 49 yards and a score. Chase Roberts added eight grabs for 128 yards.
Iowa State (5-3, 2-3), which led 24-10 in the second quarter before losing the lead in the third, were outscored 14-0 in the final frame .Quarterback Rocco Becht finished 24-of-36 passing for 311 yards with a TD and three interceptions. Carson Hansen, who returned from a concussion after missing last week’s game, rushed for 152 yards on 16 carries and two TDs.
No. 14 Texas Tech 42, Oklahoma State 0
J’Koby Williams returned the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and the Red Raiders rolled to a win over the Cowboys in Lubbock, Texas.
Will Hammond completed 9 of 15 passes for 102 yards and a touchdown for Texas Tech (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) before he went down with a non-contact knee injury in the second quarter. Backup quarterback Mitch Griffis completed 9 of 13 passes for 172 yards and a passing touchdown and added a rushing score. Caleb Douglas had five catches for 98 yards and a touchdown and Williams caught three passes for 60 yards and a score.
Sam Jackson V hit on 9 of 19 passes for 48 yards for Oklahoma State (1-7, 0-5). Trent Howland rushed for 58 yards on 13 carries. Taje McCoy and Ike Esonwune each recovered a fumble for the Cowboys, who lost their seventh straight game.
No. 16 Virginia 17, North Carolina 16
J’Mari Taylor scored in overtime and the Cavaliers stopped the Tar Heels’ two-point conversion attempt, escaping with a win at Chapel Hill, N.C.
Both teams scored on their only overtime possessions. North Carolina went for the win but was denied less than a yard from the end zone on the two-point conversion play.
Chandler Morris threw for 200 yards on 20-for-35 passing for Virginia (7-1, 4-0 ACC), which has won six games in a row — including three in overtime. Gio Lopez threw for 208 yards on 23-for-36 passing for the Tar Heels (2-5, 0-3). He tossed one scoring pass and was intercepted twice.
No. 17 Tennessee 56, Kentucky 34
Joey Aguilar scorched the Wildcats’ defense for 396 passing yards, Edrees Farooq recorded a pick-6 and the Volunteers claimed their border battle in a blowout in Lexington, Ky.
Aguilar went 20 of 26 with three touchdowns for Tennessee (6-2, 3-2 SEC). The transfer quarterback had five passes that went at least 35 yards in the school’s fifth straight win in the series. Chris Brazzell II had four receptions for 138 yards and a score and Mike Matthews caught six passes for 107 yards and a TD.
Cutter Boley was 26 of 35 for 330 yards with a career-high five touchdowns and an interception for Kentucky (2-5, 0-5). DJ Miller had five catches for 120 yards and two TDs, while Kendrick Law had two for 103 yards and a score. J.J. Hester caught two TD passes.
Memphis 34, No. 18 South Florida 31
The Tigers’ game-winning touchdown with 67 seconds left capped a 17-point unanswered run in the fourth quarter to claw all the way back and knock off the visiting Bulls.
Memphis (7-1, 3-1 American) allowed just seven second-half points to high-octane South Florida (6-2, 3-1).
Tigers quarterback Brendon Lewis, whose status for the game was in question after getting injured last week, completed 27 of his 44 passes for 307 yards and two TDs. Bulls signal caller Byrum Brown was 26-of-43 passing for 269 yards with a touchdown and an interception; he added 121 yards and two TDs on the ground.
No. 19 Louisville 38, Boston College 24
The Cardinals ran for a season-high 317 yards, using their big-play capabilities to hold off the upset-minded Eagles at home.
Isaac Brown needed just 14 carries to amass a career-high 205 yards, and Keyjuan Brown added 95 on 10 rushes. Both scored on big plays and also set up Miller Moss’ two scoring runs for Louisville (6-1, 3-1 ACC). Moss threw for 187 yards on 15-of-27 passing with an interception and a touchdown. Isaac Brown, who ran for 151 yards on five carries in the first half, added a 62-yard touchdown 40 seconds later to make it an 11-point game.
Grayson James completed 23 of his 46 passes for 244 yards for the Eagles (1-7, 0-5), who have lost seven straight games. He threw three touchdown passes but was also intercepted twice.
No. 21 Cincinnati 41, Baylor 20
Quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s 23-yard touchdown run with 6:13 remaining in the fourth quarter sealed the Bearcats’ win over the visiting Bears.
Cincinnati (7-1, 5-0 Big 12) has won seven straight as Sorsby’s touchdown run capped a 12-play, 75-yard drive that took 7:21 seconds off the clock. It was a drive that followed Baylor cutting Cincinnati’s lead to 27-20, but Sorsby’s fourth scoring run of 20-plus yards this season gave the Bearcats a comfortable 34-20 lead. He finished 13-of-21 passing for 111 yards and two TD passes, while adding 85 rushing yards and a touchdown on 11 carries.
Baylor (4-4, 2-3) quarterback Sawyer Robertson was held well below his season averages, finishing just 18-of-26 passing for 137 yards and two touchdowns. He added a 1-yard scoring run to cut the deficit to seven before Sorsby’s TD run.
No. 22 Texas 45, Mississippi State 38 (OT)
Backup quarterback Matthew Caldwell hit Emmett Mosley V with a 10-yard TD pass in overtime as the Longhorns roared back from 17 points down to beat the Bulldogs in a shootout in Starkville, Miss.
Texas (6-2, 3-1 SEC) scored the game’s final 24 points over the last 9:34 of regulation and overtime and posted the victory with starting quarterback Arch Manning in the medical tent. Manning passed for a career-high 346 yards and three TDs. Ryan Wingo caught five of those passes for a career-best 184 yards.
The loss was the 16th straight in conference play for Mississippi State (4-4, 0-4 SEC). Blake Shapen passed for a career-high 381 yards and four touchdowns in defeat, with two of those scores going to Brenen Thompson.
Washington 42, No. 23 Illinois 25
Demond Williams passed for four touchdowns, Denzel Boston caught a score and passed for another and the Huskies rolled to a win over the Illini in Seattle.
Washington (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten) jumped ahead with a pair of time-consuming scoring drives in the first quarter, going 75 yards in 5:23 and 67 yards in 4:12, each culminating in 13-yard Williams scoring strikes to Dezmen Roebuck. Williams completed 26 of 33 passes for 280 yards and ran for 66 yards on 10 carries.
Washington’s early 14-3 lead faded in the second quarter when Illinois (5-3, 2-3) scored on a pair of Luke Altmyer TD passes. Altmyer was 22-of-34 passing for 199 yards for the Illini, and his 48 rushing yards led the team.
Houston 24, No. 24 Arizona State 16
Conner Weigman completed 14 consecutive passes at one point and rushed for a career-high 111 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Cougars to a victory over the Sun Devils in Tempe, Ariz.
Weigman completed 17 of 22 pass attempts for 201 yards, with a touchdown and no interceptions for Houston (7-1, 4-1 Big 12), which beat a ranked team on the road for the first time since 2017. Weigman’s rushing total was produced on a team-high 21 attempts.
The Sun Devils (5-3, 3-2) suffered their first loss in Tempe with Sam Leavitt as the starting quarterback, snapping an 11-game run. Leavitt’s top target, receiver Jordan Tyson, did not play because of a hamstring injury, and Leavitt himself was forced to the locker room during Arizona State’s first possession to undergo concussion protocol before returning.
No. 25 Michigan 31, Michigan State 20
Justice Haynes rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns to lead the visiting Wolverines to a solid victory over the rival Spartans at East Lansing, Mich.
Jordan Marshall added 110 rushing yards, including a 56-yard scoring scamper, as Michigan (6-2, 4-1 Big Ten) won its second straight contest. The Wolverines came up with a pair of fourth-down stops in the fourth quarter and iced the game with Marshall’s TD.
Aidan Chiles completed 14 of 28 passes for 130 yards for Michigan State (3-5, 0-5), which lost its fifth consecutive game. Brandon Tullis rushed for a touchdown and Makhi Frazier had 109 yards on the ground.
–Field Level Media
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