Notre Dame rips Wisconsin, Coan hurt
Chris Tyree returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown and Drew Pyne threw a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter in relief of an injured Jack Coan, helping No. 12 Notre Dame beat No. 18 Wisconsin 41-13 on Saturday at Soldier Field.
Brian Kelly became the winningest coach in Notre Dame history with victory No. 105, surpassing Knute Rockne in his 12th season with the Irish (4-0).
Graham Mertz threw four interceptions for Wisconsin (1-2), including two that were returned for touchdowns in the final 2:30 to blow the game open.
Coan played 22 games for Wisconsin over three seasons and was the starter for the 2019 team that reached the Big Ten championship.
No. 2 Georgia 62, Vanderbilt 0 — JT Daniels threw for 121 yards and two touchdowns while playing only the first quarter as Georgia posted its biggest win in a series that started in 1893. The game was effectively over when Georgia (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) led 35-0 after the first quarter. Vanderbilt (1-3, 0-1) lost its 14th straight SEC game.
No. 5 Iowa 24, Colorado State 14— Spencer Petras threw for 224 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 5 Iowa got a second-half comeback. The Hawkeyes (4-0) won their
10th consecutive game, the program’s longest streak since winning 12 games to open the 2015 season.
No. 6 Penn State 38, Villanova 17 — Sean Clifford passed for four touchdowns and a career-high 401 yards for the Nittany Lions (4-0).
No. 16 Arkansas 20, No. 7 Texas A&M 10 — KJ Jefferson threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns before getting banged up to start the second half and 4-0 Arkansas got their first win over Texas A&M (3-1, 0-1 SEC) since 2011.
NC State 27, No. 9 Clemson 21 — North Carolina State forced D.J. Uiagalelei into a fourth-down incompletion in the second overtime to beat Clemson, an outcome that shakes up the Atlantic Coast Conference race and deals a huge blow to the Tigers’ College Football Playoff hopes.
N.C. State (3-1, 1-0 ACC) controlled play most of the way, nearly doubling Clemson in total offense through regulation while converting more than half of its thirddown chances to stay on the field. It was a brutal day for the Tigers (2-2, 1-1), who now have a second loss to make it an unlikely climb to extend their streak of making every year of the playoff.
Baylor 31, No. 14 Iowa St. 29 — Gerry Bohanon threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and Baylor stopped a two-point try with 24 seconds left
No. 17 Coastal Carolina 53, UMass 3 — Grayson McCall threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third as the Chanticleers sent UMass to its 15th straight loss.
No. 19 Michigan 20, Rutgers 13— Hassan Haskins ran for touchdowns the first two times Michigan had the ball and the undefeated Wolverines had to hold on to beat Rutgers.
No. 23 Auburn 34, Georgia St. 24— Shedrick Jackson caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from T.J. Finley with 45 seconds remaining, and Auburn rallied to beat Georgia State.
Auburn trailed Georgia State by 12 points at halftime and avoided losing to a Sun Belt team for the first time in program history.