Badgers’ Taylor runs wild in win
No. 5 Wisconsin zooms to victory vs. New Mexico
offensive yards after amassing 721 in the opener.
No. 6 Oklahoma 49, UCLA 21: Kyler Murray threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores to lead the Sooners, who lost star running back Rodney Anderson to a leg Jonathan Taylor needed extra injury along the way. time to rest and regroup after a Anderson ran for 10 yards on win over New Mexico. the final play of the first quarter,
Rushing for 253 yards on 33 and then got up slowly. He carries, both career highs, can limped off on his own, and take a toll on a running back, and trainers tended to the preseason he took some time to himself All-Big 12 pick before he headed before speaking to reporters to the locker room. He was back about his milestone day. on the bench later, out of uni
Taylor also matched a careerform. high with three rushing touchMurray passed for 306 yards downs, and No. 5 Wisconsin and ran for 69 yards for the asserted its dominance after Sooners (2-0). allowing a score on the gameNo. 8 Notre Dame 24, Ball opening drive to pull away for a State 16: Jalen Elliott had a pair 45-14 win Saturday. of interceptions that No. 8 Notre
A.J. Taylor had a career-high Dame turned into touchdowns 134 yards receiving and a score and the Fighting Irish held off for the Badgers (2-0), who won stubborn Ball State on a day their 41st straight home nonconwhen its offense was frustrated ference game. That’s the longest much of the game. active streak in the FBS. The Irish (2-0), coming off an
No. 1 Alabama 57, Arkansas emotional 24-17 season-opening State 7: Tua Tagovailoa passed victory over Michigan, looked for three first-quarter touchlackluster against the Middowns and Jalen Hurts added American Conference foe whose two more before halftime, comcampus in Muncie is a 21⁄ 2- hour bining to lead the top-ranked drive.
Crimson Tide to a rout of the No. 16 TCU 42, SMU 12: Red Wolves in Tuscaloosa, Ala. KaVontae Turpin ignited a slugAlabama racked up big plays on gish team by returning a punt 78 the way to a 40-0 halftime lead. yards for a touchdown before
No. 3 Georgia 41, No. 24 adding a 42-yard scoring catch, South Carolina: Jake Fromm and Texas Christian pulled away threw for 194 yards and a touchfor a delayed and rain-soaked down, all three of Georgia’s latest road victory over Dallas-Fort running combo scored touchWorth rival Southern Methodist downs and the third-ranked that ended early Saturday mornBulldogs turned an expecteding.
Southeastern Conference showNo. 18 Mississippi State 31, down into a blowout over the Kansas State 10: Kylin Hill ran host Gamecocks. for 211 yards and accounted for
The Gamecocks (1-1, 0-1 SEC) three touchdowns as the Bullcame in ranked for the first time dogs won in Manhattan, Kan. in four years, and some thought No. 21 Michigan 49, Western they had a chance of upsetting Michigan 3: Shea Patterson the defending SEC champions threw three touchdown passes, early in the season. Instead, the one in each of the first three Bulldogs (2-0, 1-0) used dominatquarters, in his Big House debut ing offense and suffocating dein Ann Arbor. Patterson was 12 of fense to win their fourth straight 17 for 125 yards for the Wolverover South Carolina. ines (1-1).
No. 4 Ohio State 52, Rutgers No. 23 Oregon 62, Portland 3: Dwayne Haskins Jr. threw State 14: Justin Herbert threw four touchdown passes and the for 250 yards and four touchBuckeyes rolled to their 900th downs before heading to the victory in program history. bench in the third quarter for the
The Buckeyes, playing in their Ducks. It was the 22nd straight second game without suspended nonconference win for the coach Urban Meyer, piled up 579 Ducks (2-0).