Tide easily handles ranked foe
No. 22 Texas A&M routed after near-upset of Clemson
Tua Tagovailoa passed for 387 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score to lead No. 1 Alabama to a 45-23 rout of No. 22 Texas A&M on Saturday.
The Crimson Tide (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) easily passed the first test against a ranked team. Kellen Mond and the Aggies (2-2, 0-1) couldn’t put up nearly the fight they had in a 2826 loss to No. 3 Clemson.
Georgia 43, Missouri 29: Jake Fromm threw three touchdown passes and No. 2 Georgia had a defensive touchdown and returned a blocked punt for a score to beat Missouri. The Bulldogs (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) blanketed Missouri’s wide receivers, harassed star quarterback Drew Lock, and forced three turnovers in the first half against the seventh-best offense in the country entering the game.
Clemson 49, Georgia tech 21: Freshman Trevor Lawrence took a leading role in Clemson’s quarterback rotation, coming off the bench to throw four touchdown passes as the No. 3 Tigers produced their most complete performance of the season. After starter Kelly Bryant produced just 13 yards and one first down on Clemson’s first two possessions, Lawrence entered the game early in the second quarter. The youngster, a native of nearby Cartersville, quickly guided the Tigers on a seven-play, 74-yard drive capped by a 17-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow that made it 14-0.
oklahoma 28, Army 21 (ot): Kyler Murray threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Ceedee Lamb in overtime, and Parnell Motley intercepted Kelvin Hopkins’ fourth-down pass to help No. 5 Oklahoma escape with a victory over Army. Kenneth Murray had a schoolrecord 28 tackles for the Sooners (4-0). Army had the ball for 44:41 and ran 87 plays to Oklahoma’s 40.
LSU 38, Louisiana tech 21: Nick Brossette scored three touchdowns, Clyde Edwards-helaire rushed for a career-high 136 yards and two TDS, and No. 6 LSU beat Louisiana Tech.
Notre Dame 56, wake Forest 27: Ian Book rushed for three touchdowns and threw for two more, and No. 8 Notre Dame beat Wake Forest. Book replaced Brandon Wimbush in the starting lineup and was 25 of 34 for 325 yards with touchdown passes covering 3 yards to Brock Wright and 7 yards to Chase Claypool, along with three short scoring runs.
Auburn 34, Arkansas 3: Noah Igbinoghene scored on a 96-yard kickoff return, and a partially blocked punt by Jordyn Peters set up another touchdown as big plays on special teams helped No. 9 Auburn beat Arkansas.
west Virginia 35, Kansas State 6: Will Grier threw five touchdown passes for the fifth time in his career and No. 12 West Virginia shook off a sloppy start to drill Kansas State in the Big 12 opener for both teams.
old Dominion 49, Virginia tech 35: Blake Larussa came off the bench to throw for 495 yards and four touchdowns to lead Old Dominion to an upset of No. 12 Virginia Tech in the Hokies’ first game at the cross-state school that restarted its football program in 2009.
Kentucky 28, Mississippi State 7: Benny Snell Jr. rushed for four touchdowns to break a Kentucky career record, including two in the fourth quarter, and the Wildcats held No. 14 Mississippi State to 56 yards rushing. After Tyrell Ajian’s 35-yard interception return to the Bulldogs’ 36, Snell broke left and down the left sideline for his third score with 8 minutes remaining to break Randall Cobb’s previous mark of 37 total touchdowns.
texas tech 41, oklahoma State 17: Alan Bowman threw for 397 yards and two touchdowns and Texas Tech ended a nine-game losing streak to No. 15 Oklahoma State.
texas 31, tcu 16: Sam Ehlinger passed for two touchdowns and ran for a score, all in the second half, and Texas ended a four-game losing streak to No. 17 TCU.
Michigan 56, Nebraska 10: Karan Higdon ran for 136 yards and a touchdown in the first half to help No. 19 Michigan build a huge lead and it coasted to a win over Nebraska. The Wolverines (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) led 20-0 after the first quarter and 39-0 at halftime.
Miami 31, FIU 17: N’kosi Perry came off the bench to throw three touchdown passes, and Miami’s defense was airtight for most of the day in the 21st-ranked Hurricanes’ victory over FIU.
Purdue 30, Boston College 13: Rondale Moore caught two touchdown passes and Purdue picked off four passes, beating No. 23 Boston College.
Michigan State 35, Indiana 21: Brian Lewerke threw two touchdown passes, had his first career catch and made the perfect pitch to kicker Matt Coghlin for a 6-yard scoring run in No. 24 Michigan State’s victory over Indiana.
Byu 30, Mcneese State 3: Freshmen Lopini Katoa ran for two touchdowns, Skyler Southam kicked three field goals and No. 25 BYU took advantage of Mcneese State’s second-quarter mistake.