Sooners top UCLA, lose star
Anderson injured in OU’s win; Alabama breezes
Kyler Murray threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores, and No. 6 Oklahoma lost star running back Rodney Anderson to a leg injury in a 49-21 victory over visiting UCLA on Saturday.
Anderson ran for 10 yards on the final play of the first quarter, and then got up slowly. He limped off on his own, and trainers tended to the preseason All-Big 12 pick before he headed to the locker room. He was back on the bench later, out of uniform. Murray passed for 306 yards and ran for 69 yards for the Sooners (2-0).
NO. 1 ALABAMA 57, ARKANSAS STATE 7: Tua Tagovailoa passed for three first-quarter touchdowns and Jalen Hurts added two more before halftime for host Alabama. The Crimson Tide (2-0) racked up big plays on the way to a 40-0 halftime lead while rotating the quarterbacks who battled for the job throughout the offseason.
NO. 3 GEORGIA 41, NO. 24 S. CAROLINA 17: Jake Fromm threw for 194 yards and a touchdown, all three of Georgia's latest running combo scored touchdowns and the expected Southeastern Conference showdown turned into a blowout. The Gamecocks (1-1, 0-1) came in ranked for the first time in four years, and some thought they had a chance of upsetting the defending SEC champions early in the season. Instead, the Bulldogs (2-0, 1-0) used dominating offense and suffocating defense to win their fourth straight over South Carolina.
NO. 4 OHIO STATE 52, RUTGERS 3: Dwayne Haskins Jr. threw four touchdown passes and host Ohio State rolled to the 900th victory in program history, routing outmanned Rutgers. Johnnie Dixon grabbed two of Haskins' scoring strikes, and backup quarterback Tate Martell added another touchdown pass and a 47-yard scoring run.
NO. 5 WISCONSIN 45, NEW MEXICO 14: Jonathan Taylor ran for a career-high 253 yards and three touchdowns, and host Wisconsin asserted its dominance after allowing a score on the game-opening drive. A.J. Taylor had 134 yards receiving and a score to help the Badgers (2-0) win their 41st straight home nonconference game. That's the longest active streak in the FBS.
NO. 8 NOTRE DAME 24, BALL STATE 16: Jalen Elliott had two interceptions that Notre Dame turned into touchdowns and the Fighting Irish held off stubborn Ball State.
NO. 9 WASHINGTON 45, NORTH DAKOTA 3: Jake Browning threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns, Ty Jones had two touchdown receptions, and Washington pulled away in the second half.
NO. 12 VIRGINIA TECH 62, WILLIAM & MARY 17: Steven Peoples had two first-half touchdown runs, and Josh Jackson threw for a touchdown and ran for another for host Virginia Tech.
NO. 18 MISSISSIPPI STATE 31, KANSAS STATE 10: Nick Fitzgerald returned from a suspension to throw two touchdown passes, Kylin Hill ran for 211 yards and accounted for three scores for visiting Mississippi State.
NO. 21 MICHIGAN 49, WESTERN MICHIGAN 3: Shea Patterson threw three touchdown passes, one in each of the first three quarters, to help Michigan beat Western Michigan. Patterson, the heralded transfer from Mississippi, was 12 of 17 for 125 yards.
NO. 23 OREGON 62, PORTLAND STATE 14: Justin Herbert threw for 250 yards and four touchdowns for Oregon before heading to the bench in the third quarter. Herbert was 20 of 26 passes, and had 10 total touchdowns — nine passing and one on the ground — in the Ducks' two opening victories. The have won 22nd straight nonconference games.