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Oregon’s Ducks look the part in their home loss to Colorado
Alabama 48, Kent State 0 But Crimson Tide’s top RB injures ankle Fla. State 55, South Fla. 35 A big rebound from blowout loss Louisville 59, Marshall 28 Jackson rushes for 5 TDs, passes for 2 Iowa State 44, SJSU 10 San Jose State visits UNM next week Duke 38, Notre Dame 35 Blue Devils overcome 14-0 deficit Houston 64, Texas State 3 Cougs fall 36 points shy of school record Michigan 49, Penn State 10 Wolverines gain 515 yards, go to 4-0 Southern Miss 34, UTEP 7 Miners have lost three in a row Wake Forest 33, Indiana 28 IU’s Lagow throws for 496 yards, 5 INTs Boise State 38, Ore. State 24 McNichols rushes for 208 yards, 3 TDs Tennessee 38, Florida 28 Vols snap 11-game loss streak to Gators Tulsa 48, Fresno State 41 Bulldogs squander 31-0 lead Stanford 22, UCLA 13 McCaffrey rushes for 138 yards North Carolina 37, Pitt 36 Winning TD comes with 2 seconds left
AUBURN, Ala. — Daniel Carlson kicked six field goals as Auburn beat No. 18 LSU 18-13 on Saturday night after officials ruled Danny Etling’s apparent last-gasp scoring pass came after time expired.
Etling rolled to his right and found D.J. Shark on a 15-yard pass, setting off a celebration by LSU players. Officials ruled time expired before Etling took the snap.
The celebration shifted to the Auburn sideline when officials announced their ruling.
“I was pretty confident time had expired,” Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said. “It was just a matter of going to the booth and confirming it.”
As for LSU coach Les Miles: “I don’t know if I’ve ever come as close to winning a game and finishing second as today.”
It was an important win for Auburn (2-2, 1-1 SEC) and coach Gus Malzahn, who faced increased criticism following losses to Top 25 opponents Clemson and Texas A&M.
An illegal shift penalty against LSU (2-2, 1-1 SEC) left the Tigers with a fourth-down play from the 15 with 5 seconds remaining, setting up the final-play drama.
Carlson kicked a 37-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to give Auburn a 15-13 lead. He added to the lead with a 29-yarder with less than 3 minutes remaining. LSU RB Leonard Fournette had 101 yards.
No. 1 ALABAMA 48, KENT STATE 0: In Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jalen Hurts ran and passed for a touchdown, and backup tailback Joshua Jacobs scored his first two career touchdowns in Alabama’s win over Kent State.
The Crimson Tide (4-0) dominated coach Nick Saban’s alma mater from the start while scoring on a kickoff return and even a short touchdown throw to freshman linebacker Mack Wilson. The bad news for Alabama is starting tailback Damien Harris went down on the opening drive with an apparent right ankle injury and didn’t return.
Harris was hardly needed in this game, when No. 2 quarterback Blake Barnett played much of the way and the emerging freshman Jacobs ran for 97 yards. It amounted to a Saturday afternoon respite for the Tide after a bruising 48-43 comeback win over No. 23 Mississippi.
No. 3 LOUISVILLE 59, MARSHALL 28: In Huntington, W.Va., Lamar Jackson threw five touchdown passes and ran for two scores as Louisville breezed past Marshall.
Jackson capped off a September to remember with another solid effort against an overmatched opponent.
The sophomore completed 24 of 44 passes for a career-high 417 yards against a Marshall secondary whose most experienced player had five starts. Jackson also ran for 62 yards.
Louisville (4-0) didn’t slow down after beating Florida State 63-20 at home last week.
No. 4 MICHIGAN 49, PENN STATE 10: In Ann Arbor, Mich., De’Veon Smith led an overwhelming ground game with 107 yards rushing and a touchdown, and Karan Higdon ran for two scores as Michigan routed Penn State (2-2) in both teams’ Big Ten opener.
The Wolverines (4-0) scored six touchdowns on the ground as they finished with 326 yards rushing. Wilton Speight threw one TD pass.
No. 6 HOUSTON 64, TEXAS STATE 3: In San Marcos, Texas, D’Eriq King caught a touchdown pass, threw for a TD and returned a kickoff for another score as Houston (4-0) cruised to a victory over Texas State (1-2).
King, a freshman recruited to play QB, is playing at wide receiver while Cougars star Greg Ward Jr. directs the offense. Ward passed for two touchdowns and ran for one before leaving the game after playing one series in the third quarter. No. 10 TEXAS A&M 45, No. 17 ARKANSAS
24: In Arlington, Texas, Trevor Knight had two long touchdowns before halftime and threw a 92-yard pass to Josh Reynolds right after Arkansas was stopped three times from the 1 as Texas A&M beat the Razorbacks.
Reynolds caught the ball in stride just short of midfield, and quickly shed defensive back DJ Dean on his way to the end zone to break a 17-all tie and put the Aggies (4-0, 2-0 SEC) ahead to stay. Arkansas is 3-1, 0-1. No. 23 OLE MISS 45, No. 12 GEORGIA 14: In Oxford, Miss., Chad Kelly threw for 282 yards and two touchdowns, and he ran for another score to lead Ole Miss over Georgia.
The Rebels (2-2, 1-1 SEC) built a 31-0 lead by halftime and 45-0 by midway through the third quarter.
Ole Miss broke a 10-game losing streak in the series dating to 1996. Georgia is 3-1, 1-1. No. 13 FLA. STATE 55, SOUTH FLA. 35: In Tampa, Fla., Dalvin Cook rushed for a career-high 267 yards and two touchdowns as Florida State (3-1) rebounded from the most lopsided loss in school history with a rout of previously unbeaten South Florida.
Cook scored on a 75-yard run on the Seminoles’ first play from scrimmage, an immediate response to USF starting the game with Quinton Flowers and Rodney Adams teaming on an 84-yard catch-and-run for a quick 7-0 lead.
No. 16 BAYLOR 35, OKLA. STATE 24: In Waco, Texas, Seth Russell threw four touchdown passes, including an 89-yarder to Chris Platt for the go-ahead score in the third quarter, and Baylor held on to beat Oklahoma State in the weather-delayed Big 12 opener for both teams.
The game was stopped by lightning for about 1½ hours after the Bears scored on the opening series. No. 20 NEBRASKA 24, NORTHWESTERN
13: In Evanston, Ill., Tommy Armstrong Jr. threw for 246 yards and ran for a career-high 132 to lead Nebraska (4-0) to a victory over Northwestern (1-3) in the Big Ten opener for both teams.