Liberty goes to 9-0 for first time
Liberty celebrated homecoming Saturday night by defeating Louisiana Tech 56-30.
First-year coach Jamey Chadwell’s Flames (9-0, 7-0) secured home-field advantage for the Conference USA championship game in their first year in the league. It will be at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg on Dec. 1 against an opponent to be determined.
Kaidon Salter threw four touchdown passes, Quinton Cooley and Aaron Bedgood scored two touchdowns apiece, and LU became 9-0 for the first time in school history, remaining one of seven unbeaten FBS teams. The Bulldogs fell to 3-7, 2-4.
The game had a crowd of 21,647, the largest in Liberty homecoming history and the sixth-largest attendance in Williams Stadium history. The Flames racked up a seasonhigh 602 offensive yards.
More state Apprentice 55, Hocking 33:
Mason Tatum set numerous records as the Builders (3-6) won a wild home game on Senior Day against the Hawks (1-10) of Ohio in Newport News, ending a threegame slide.
Tatum, who ran for a 1-yard touchdown to open the scoring, threw for the most yards (455) and touchdowns (six) in Apprentice history. He set career records for passing yards, passing touchdowns, total touchdown responsibility and total offensive yards. The Builders threw for a record 465 yards.
Ta’Kevion Petty finished with 213 yards receiving, the secondmost by a Builder in any game. Ricardo Corpus had 121 yards on seven catches.
Lawrence Reed scored Apprentice’s final touchdowns.
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Temple 32, Navy 18: E.J. Warner threw for 402 yards and four touchdowns for Temple, which pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Midshipmen.
The Owls (3-6, 1-4) picked up their first American Athletic Conference win this season when Warner, the son of Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, threw fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Jordan Smith for 13 yards and Dante Wright for 16 yards.
The scores came after Navy (3-5, 2-3) had closed to within 17-15 on Xavier Arline’s 2-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter.
Warner, who has back-to-back 400-yard games, completed 27 of 33 passes.
ACC North Carolina State 20, Miami 6:
Behind a defense that forced four turnovers and didn’t allow a touchdown, the Wolfpack (6-3, 3-2) became bowl-eligible with a win over the Hurricanes (6-3, 2-3).
Devin Boykin sealed N.C. State’s first win over Miami since 2008 when he intercepted Tyler Van Dyke with less than four minutes to play.
Top 25 No. 2 Michigan 41, Purdue 13:
Blake Corum matched his season high with three touchdowns and Semaj Morgan ran for a 44-yard score, leading the Wolverines (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten) over the Boilermakers (2-7, 1-5) in Ann Arbor amid an NCAA investigation into allegations that Michigan broke rules with a sign-stealing scheme.
No. 5 Washington 52, No. 24 Southern California 42:
Dillon Johnson rushed for 256 yards and four touchdowns, Michael Penix Jr. passed for 256 yards and two scores, and the Huskies (9-0, 6-0 Pac-12) outlasted the Trojans (7-3, 5-2) in Los Angeles. Caleb Williams passed for 312 yards and three touchdowns for USC.
No. 6 Oregon 63, California 19:
Bo Nix threw four touchdown passes and ran for two more scores for the host Ducks (8-1, 4-1 Pac-12, No. 6 in the College Football Playoff rankings), who pulled away from the Bears (3-6, 1-5) in a wild first half. Nix completed 29 of 38 passes and had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs.
No. 8 Alabama 42, No. 13 LSU 28:
Jalen Milroe rushed for 155 yards and four touchdowns and passed for another 219 yards in Tuscaloosa. Milroe matched big plays both running and passing with LSU Heisman Trophy candidate Jayden Daniels as the Crimson Tide (8-1, 6-0 SEC, No. 8 CFP) beat the Tigers (6-3, 4-2).
No. 16 Oregon State 26, Colorado 19:
DJ Uiagalelei threw for a touchdown and ran for another for the Beavers (7-2, 4-2 Pac-12) and Oregon State’s swarming defense held Shedeur Sanders to 245 yards passing, including just 41 in the first half. The Buffaloes (4-5, 1-5) have lost five of six.
Arizona 27, No. 20 UCLA 10: Noah Fifita threw for 300 yards and three touchdowns in Tucson, and the Wildcats (6-3, 4-2) beat AP Top 25 opponents in three consecutive games for the first time in program history. The Bruins fell to 6-3, 3-3.
No. 22 Kansas 28, Iowa State 21: Jason Bean had 287 yards passing, including an 80-yard touchdown to Lawrence Arnold after Iowa State pulled within three points in the fourth quarter, and the Jayhawks (7-2, 4-2 Big 12) won consecutive conference games for the first time since 2008.