Huff has career day as Huskies rally late

Jordan Huff ran for two touchdowns and a career- high 185 yards as Northern Illinois scored a pair of fourth- quarter touchdowns to beat Western Michigan 35- 31 on Wednesday night in DeKalb.

Huff had a 31- yard touchdown run in the first quarter, and scored from 14 yards out to tie the game 28- 28 early in the fourth quarter. The Huskies’ Marcus Childers threw a 26- yard touchdown pass to Mitchell Brinkman with 6: 20 remaining to cap the scoring.

NIU ( 8- 3, 6- 1 MAC) ran out the last five minutes of the game, highlighted by Tre Harbison’s 12yard run on a third- and- 10 with about a minute left.

Reece Goddard threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score for Western Michigan ( 6- 5, 4- 3). Jarvion Franklin had 115 yards rushing and a touchdown. Tyron Arnett had three catches for 93 yards.

Sutton Smith recovered a Goodard fumble in the second quarter and returned it 58 yards for a touchdown to give the Huskies a 21- 14 halftime lead.

Headset for Hoke

Tennessee interim head coach Brady Hoke says he plans to wear a headset during the Volunteers’ game Saturday with No. 20 LSU, a change from his usual routine during his Michigan tenure. Hoke took over as Tennessee’s interim coach after Butch Jones was fired Sunday. When Hoke didn’t use a headset at Michigan, it became an issue during his tenure there.

This and that

Alabama defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick, Georgia linebacker Roquan Smith, Houston defensive tackle Ed Oliver, Iowa linebacker Josey Jewell and North Carolina State defensive end Bradley Chubb are the finalists for the Nagurski Trophy, given to the nation’s top defensive player.

Washington has suspended senior linebacker Azeem Victor indefinitely following his weekend arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence.