USC rallies to beat Arizona State in Pac- 12 opener
LOS ANGELES — Drake London caught a 21- yard touchdown pass with 1: 20 to play, and No. 20 Southern California overcame a late 13- point deficit to beat Arizona State 28- 27 on Saturday in the Pac- 12’ s long- delayed season opener.
Bru McCoy caught a deflected 26- yard TD pass with 2: 52 left for the Trojans, and McCoy recovered the ensuing onside kick as well. On fourth- and- 9, Kedon Slovis fired a pass down the middle to London, and the two- sport athlete beat double coverage to haul it in for an electrifying score.
NO. 8 FLORIDA 44, NO. 5 GEORGIA 28
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Kyle Trask had another four- touchdown night, becoming the first quarterback in SEC history to accomplish the feat in five consecutive games, and Florida beat undermanned Georgia.
The Gators ( 4- 1) ended a threegame losing streak in the rivalry known as the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” — it was coach Dan Mullen’s most significant victory in three years in Gainesville — and now have a stranglehold on the SEC’s East Division.
NO. 6 CINCINNATI 38, HOUSTON 10
CINCINNATI — Gerrid Doaks rushed for a career- high 184 yards and one touchdown, Desmond Ridder ran for three scores and threw for another, and Cincinnati rolled past Houston.
Doaks ran for the most yards by a Bearcats player since Mike Boone’s 212 in 2014 against South Florida. It was Doaks’ best total since he had 149 on Nov. 4, 2017, at Tulane.
NO. 13 INDIANA 38, NO. 23 MICHIGAN 21
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Michael Penix Jr. passed for 342 yards and three touchdowns and Indiana beat Michigan for the first time in 33 years.
Penix helped Indiana ( 3- 0) snap a 24- game losing streak in the series — tied for the longest active skid in the Football Bowl Subdivision. It was the Hoosiers’ first victory over the Wolverines since Oct. 24, 1987, just their second in 41 games and only the second in the 21 games played at Memorial Stadium.
NO. 14 OKLAHOMA ST. 20, KANSAS STATE 18
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Jason Taylor II returned a fumble 85 yards for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, and Oklahoma State stopped Kansas State’s 2point try that would have tied it with 2: 08 to go, allowing the Cowboys to escape.
NO. 16 MARSHALL 51, UMASS 10
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — Grant Wells threw three touchdown passes, Brenden Knox ran for two scores and Marshall pummeled Massachusetts.
NO. 18 SMU 47, TEMPLE 23
PHILADELPHIA — Shane Buechele threw four touchdown passes, two to Tyler Page, and SMU broke away from undermanned Temple.
NO. 19 OKLAHOMA 62, KANSAS 9
NORMAN, Okla. — Rhamondre Stevenson ran for 104 yards and two touchdowns as Oklahoma routed winless Kansas.
NO. 22 TEXAS 17, WEST VIRGINIA 13
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas stopped West Virginia on fourthdown passes into the end zone twice in the fourth quarter, enabling the Longhorns to escape.
NO. 25 LIBERTY 38, VIRGINIA TECH 35
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Alex Barbir hit a career- long 51- yard field goal with a second left to lift Liberty past Virginia Tech.