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BATON ROUGE, La., Jordan Chunn ran for 191 yards and a touchdown, Troy’s defense forced four turnovers and the surging Trojans upset No. 25 LSU 24-21 on Saturday night.
Troy, which celebrated wildly with traveling fans in largely empty Tiger Stadium as time ran out, became the first team from outside the Southeastern Conference to win in LSU’s Death Valley since UAB in 2000. They snapped the Tigers’ streak of 49 straight home victories over nonleague opponents.
Although the Tigers (3-2) were three-touchdown favorites, the result wasn’t entirely unfathomable. LSU had looked vulnerable in a tense victory over Syracuse a week earlier, while Troy came in on a three-game winning streak and is among the favorites to win the Sun Belt Conference after a 10-victory 2016 campaign.
Troy (4-1) raced to leads of 17-0 and 24-7 before Danny Etling’s fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Russell Gage and Foster Moreau got LSU as close as a field goal with 1:59 left.
No. 1 ALABAMA 66, OLE MISS 3: In Tuscaloosa, Ala., NJalen Hurts threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score and Alabama let loose on Mississippi, emphatically putting down a problematic foe in recent years with the highest-scoring performance by the Crimson Tide in 11 years under Nick Saban. In the last two weeks, Alabama has outscored Vanderbilt and Ole Miss by a combined 125-3.
No. 2 CLEMSON 31, NO. 12 VIRGINIA
TECH 17: In Blacksburg, Va., Kelly Bryant ran around and away from Virginia Tech to lead Clemson (5-0, 3-0 ACC) to its third victory in three games against teams in the Top 25.
No. 4 PENN STATE 45, INDIANA 14: At State College, Pa., DaeSean Hamilton caught nine passes for 122 yards and three touchdowns and became Penn State’s career receptions leader in the No. 4 Nittany Lions’ romp.
No. 6 WASHINGTON 42, OREGON STATE 7: In Corvallis, Ore., Jake Browning threw three touchdown passes, Myles Gaskin ran for 113 yards and a score and Washington (5-0, 2-0 Pac 12) broke open a close game with a 21-point third quarter.
No. 7 GEORGIA 41, TENNESSEE 0: In Knoxville, Tenn., Jake Fromm threw a touchdown pass and ran for two more scores Saturday and Georgia handed Tennessee its first shutout in nearly a quarter-century.
No. 10 WISCONSIN 33, NORTHWESTERN 24: In Madison, Wis., Jonathan Taylor had two touchdowns runs to help the offense overcome a sluggish start and Wisconsin held off Northwestern.
No. 11 OHIO STATE 56, RUTGERS 0 : In Piscataway, N.J., J.T. Barrett threw three touchdown passes and became Ohio State’s career passing yardage leader as Ohio State (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) blanked Rutgers (1-4, 0-2) for the second straight year.
No. 13 AUBURN 49, No. 24 MISS. STATE 10: In Auburn, Ala., Jarrett Stidham passed for 264 yards and two touchdowns, and Kerryon Johnson ran for three scores for the Tigers (4-1, 2-0 Southeastern Conference).
No. 15 OKLAHOMA STATE 41, TEXAS TECH 34: In Lubbock, Texas, quarterback Mason Rudolph ran 16 yards for the goahead touchdown in the final two minutes and the Cowboys (4-1, 1-2 Big 12) bounced back from a home loss to ninth-ranked TCU.
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WYOMING 45, TEXAS STATE 10: In Laramie, Wyo., Josh Allen threw for 219 yards and three touchdowns in a win against Texas State (1-4). The Cowboys (3-2) scored 31 points in the second quarter.
FRESNO STATE 41, NEVADA 21: In Fresno, Calif., KeeSean Johnson had seven receptions for 104 yards and a career-high tying three touchdowns and Fresno State ((2-2, 1-0) forced six turnovers. Wyatt Demps had a career-high 10 receptions for 96 yards and a touchdown for Nevada (0-5, 0-1).
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EASTERN NM 28, WEST TEXAS A&M 14: In Canyon, Texas, Kamal Cass ran for 140 yards and Wyatt Strand added two scores for the Greyhounds (4-1, 3-1 Lone Star), who scored 21 fourth-quarter points and beat the Buffaloes (2-3, 1-2).
BLACK HILLS STATE 50, NM HIGHLANDS 40: In Las Vegas, the visiting Yellow Jackets rolled up 632 yards offensively and overcame a 34-20 halftime deficit. NMHU’s Danny Cameron threw for 438 yards and two touchdowns.
No. 12 MIDWESTERN STATE 35, WESTERN NM 24: In Wichita Falls, Texas, Javia Hall passed for 328 yards and two scores, but WNMU (0-5, 0-3 Lone Star) fell to nationally (3-0, 2-0) MSU.