Still perfect
But it wasn’t easy for No. 3 Clemson without injured QB
W. Virginia 42, Texas Tech 34
Mountaineers race out to early 21-0 lead
Notre Dame 38, Stanford 17
Irish end 3-game losing streak to Cardinal
Cincinnati 49, UConn 7
Bearcats 5-0 after going 4-8 last season
Oklahoma 66, Baylor 33
OU’s Kyler Murray passes for six scores
Nevada 28, Air Force 25
Wolf Pack takes 28-10 lead, hangs on
Mich. State 31, Cent. Mich. 20
Spartans grab 28-point edge, coast home
Purdue 42, Nebraska 28
Winless Huskers go to Wisconsin next
Alabama 56, La.-Lafayette 14
Crimson Tide led 49-0 at the half
Auburn 24, Southern Miss 13
Game delayed 3 hours because of weather
Texas 19, Kansas State 14
90-yard punt return gets UT started
Washington 35, BYU 7
20th-ranked Cougars no match for UW
Okla. State 48, Kansas 28
Justice Hill rushes for 189 yards
E. Carolina 37, ODU 35
Monarchs 0-4 when not facing Va. Tech
Army 42, Buffalo 13
Black Knights have 50/5 run-pass ratio
No. 3 Clemson is starting to look a little like a another highly touted team that reaches the College Football Playoff with an unbeaten record that’s built on a foundation of great escapes.
The Tigers’ latest trick was a 10-point, fourth-quarter comeback victory against Syracuse in Death Valley on Saturday, with a quarterback who was third on the depth chart just a week ago. A long, late touchdown drive kept Clemson undefeated. Earlier this month, the Tigers needed to stop a potential tying 2-point conversion by Texas A&M late in the fourth quarter to hold off the Aggies in College Station.
Coach Dabo Swinney’s team is hard to beat. The Tigers rarely flinch when faced with adversity and winning tight games is just part of the program’s DNA. Since 2015, the season Clemson won the first of its current streak of three straight ACC championships, no other FBS team has more than Clemson’s 13 victories by seven or fewer points . The Tigers are 13-3 in those games.
RED RIVER RELEVANT: For the first time since 2012, Texas and Oklahoma will both be ranked going into the Red River Shootout at the state fair in Dallas.
The 18th-ranked Longhorns crossed another mile-marker in their return to national relevance by snapping a fivegame losing streak at Kansas State and racking up a fourth straight victory for the first time since 2013.
No. 6 Oklahoma remained unbeaten, despite Kyler Murray starting the game on the bench . The star quarterback was held out of the first offensive series for disciplinary reasons. Then he went off as the Sooners had a much easier time against Baylor than they did against Army last week.
AROUND THE COUNTRY: Not sure if coming from behind to beat a Louisville team that has looked like a mess is reason for a lot of optimism, but Florida State and new coach Willie Taggart seemingly have stabilized their season … Will UCLA win a game in Year 1 under Chip Kelly? The Pac-12 South isn’t all that tough, but UCLA also plays No. 7 Stanford, No. 11 Washington, No. 19 Oregon and No. 24 California out of the north.