No. 2 Tigers send ’Noles to worst home loss

Houston upsets No. 21 USF; No. 12 Kentucky wins on final play; No. 15 Wash. falls

No Atlantic Coast Conference team had ever knocked off Florida State for four straight years. Clemson spent the week making sure it would be the first.

Trevor Lawrence threw four touchdown passes, and No. 2 Clemson handed Florida State its worst home loss in program history with a 59-10 victory Saturday.

“This was an awesome accomplishment for our seniors,” coach Dabo Swinney said. “This was something they really wanted to do be that first ACC senior class to go 4-0 on these guys.”

Florida State routed Clemson, 51-14, in 2013, a victory that was part of the Seminoles’ undefeated run to the national title. But since then, the Tigers have been the class of the ACC — and owned their rivalry with Florida State.

“I’m definitely honored,” defensive tackle Christian Wilkins said. “Just speaks volumes of our program and the special guys we have, the special group of seniors we have.”

Lawrence completed 20 of 37 passes for 314 yards before staying on the sideline for good late in the third quarter. Amari Rodgers had six catches for 156 yards and two touchdowns, and Tee Higgins also had two TD receptions.

Clemson (8-0, 5-0) scored 28 points in the second quarter and opened a 45-0 lead before Florida State got on the board on Ricky Aguayo’s 35-yard field goal with 4:35 left in the third quarter.

The Tigers moved to 8-0 for the seventh time in school history, including the third time in the past four seasons. Clemson also recorded back-to-back wins in Tallahassee for the first time.

Florida State (4-4, 2-4) couldn’t get out of its own way, suffering its most-lopsided defeat at home — surpassing a 58-14 loss to Southern Miss in 1981. It was also the most points allowed by the Seminoles at Doak Campbell Stadium.

NO. 8 OKLAHOMA 51, KANSAS STATE 14: Kyler Murray passed for 352 yards and three touchdowns and ran for an additional score to help the host Sooners (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) past the Wildcats (3-4, 1-4).

Oklahoma (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) rolled up a season-high 702 total yards and punted only once, and that was in the fourth quarter after Murray was done for the day.

CeeDee Lamb caught four passes for a career-high 160 yards and two touchdowns, and Kennedy Brooks ran for 94 yards and two scores. The Sooners won their second straight since losing to Texas.

Oklahoma held Kansas State (3-4, 1-4) to 245 yards. Alex Barnes, who entered the game as the Big 12’s leading rusher, was limited to 28 yards on 13 carries.

NO. 12 KENTUCKY 15, MISSOURI 14: Terry Wilson threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to C.J. Conrad on the final play to give the visiting Wildcats (7-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) the win over the Tigers (4-4, 1-4).

Kentucky took over on its 19 with 1:24 left. With 4 seconds left, Wilson threw toward Ahmad Wagner in the back left corner of the end zone. Wagner caught the ball out of bounds, but Missouri cornerback DeMarkus Acy was called for pass interference, giving Kentucky an untimed down that it turned into the winning score.

“Amazing victory by our team,” Kentucky coach Mark Stoops said. “Just could not be more proud of this group, the way we just stuck together, played as a complete football team.”

Lynn Bowden Jr. returned a punt 67 yards for a touchdown with 5:18 left to pull the Wildcats (7-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) to 14-9.

Kentucky held Missouri without a first down on eight second-half possessions.

“There’s anger, there’s hurt, there’s sadness — about every emotion on that side of things that you can feel,” Missouri coach Barry Odom said. “That’s what we have.”

NO. 14 WASHINGTON STATE 41, NO. 24 STANFORD 38: Gardner Minshew completed his first 19 passes of the second half and drove the visiting Cougars (7-1, 4-1 Pac-12) to a 42-yard field goal by Blake Mazza with 19 seconds left.

The win gave sole possession of first place in the Pac-12 North to Washington State. Minshew completed 40 of 50 passes for 438 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Cougars to their third straight win over the Cardinal (5-3, 3-2).

This victory follows last week’s over then-No. 12 Oregon, giving Washington State back-to-back wins over ranked opponents for the first time since 2002.

Minshew engineered the winning drive in the final 1:25 with the big play coming on a 35-yard pass to Jamire Calvin on third-and-2 from the 33. Minshew completed one more pass to move the ball to the 25 and after two incomplete passes, Mazza made his kick to win it.

CALIFORNIA 12, NO. 15 WASHINGTON 10: Linebacker Evan Weaver scored on a 36-yard interception return in the third quarter after the visiting Huskies (6-3, 4-2 Pac-12) made a change at quarterback, and the Golden Bears (5-3, 2-3) overcome a sluggish day offensively.

The loss dealt a serious blow to Washington’s hopes of a second Pac-12 title in three seasons.

The Huskies entered the day with a half-game lead over Washington State and Stanford but fell to second place despite not allowing an offensive touchdown.

HOUSTON 57, NO. 21 SOUTH FLORIDA 36: D’Eriq King had a hand in a career-high seven touchdowns, throwing for 419 yards and five scores and running for 134 yards and two more touchdowns in the Cougars’s upset over the visiting Bulls (7-1, 3-1 American).

King threw touchdown passes of 15, 38, 30, 52 and 27 yards and had scoring runs of 47 and 36 yards. He finished 28 of 41 passing. The seven total touchdowns set a career high.

Marquez Stevenson caught six passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns, Jeremy Singleton had five receptions for 125 yards and a touchdown and Courtney Lark caught four passes for 85 yards before exiting early in the fourth quarter with an injury. Houston (7-1, 4-0) won its fifth straight, totaling a season-high 684 yards of offense.

Johnny Ford rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns, and Jordan Cronkrite rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown to lead USF, which had won eight straight games. Blake Barnett finished 26 of 39 for 263 yards and a touchdown.

KANSAS 27, TCU 26: Peyton Bender threw two touchdown passes to Pooka Williams, the Jayhawks defense forced a fumble at its 6-yard line with 58 seconds left and host Kansas held on to end a four-game losing streak.

The Jayhawks (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) took the lead on Williams’ touchdown grab with 6:13 to go, but the Horned Frogs (3-5, 1-4) and first-time starter Michael Collins breezed downfield in an attempt to answer it.

Collins converted a third-down pass to give TCU first-and-goal at the 9-yard line, and Darius Anderson got the ensuing carry. The ball popped out when he hit one of his own lineman and the Jayhawks clearly recovered, even though the officials initially called Anderson down.

ARIZONA STATE 38, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 35: N’Keal Harry scored on a 92-yard punt return to lift the visiting Sun Devils (4-4, 2-3 Pac-12) over the Trojans (4-4, 3-3).

“I was just trying to make something happen,” said Harry, who also caught a 44-yard touchdown pass. “I noticed there wasn’t a lot of room in the middle of the field so I just tried to get it outside, and there’s no way I’m scoring without the blocking of my teammates, no way.”

OREGON STATE 41, COLORADO 34, OT: The visiting Beavers (2-6, 1-5) rallied from a 28-point second-half deficit to beat the Buffaloes (5-3, 2-3).

Jake Luton led the comeback but it was quarterback Jack Colletto who gave Oregon State its first Pac-12 win when he sneaked in from the 1 in overtime. The Beavers ended a three-game losing streak to Colorado, which lost its third straight overall.

“I guess you’d call this a gut-wrencher,” coach Mike MacIntyre said after his Buffaloes matched their biggest blown lead in program history.

“We were rolling,” MacIntyre said, “and the wheels just rolled right off.”

Jack Colletto’s 1-yard sneak in the extra period gave Oregon State its first lead and the Beavers’ defense held on four downs inside the 7 to give first-year head coach Jonathan Smith his first league victory.