No. 2 Miami rallies to beat Virginia for 15th straight win
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. » Malik Rosier threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score and No. 2 Miami pulled off its biggest comeback in five years, by holding off Virginia 44-28 on Saturday to extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 15 games.
Jaquan Johnson had an interception return for a touchdown for Miami (100, 7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference, No. 3 CFP), which went on a 30-0 run in the second half to remain unbeaten.
The Hurricanes erased a pair of 14-point deficits, and had lost 15 consecutive games in which they trailed at any point by such a margin. But they got a pair of fourth-down stops in Virginia territory in the fourth quarter, and the Hurricanes finished their first 7-0 home regular season since 1988.
Kurt Benkert completed 28 of 37 passes for 384 yards and four touchdowns for Virginia (6-5, 3-4). ( 1) ALABAMA 56, MERCER 0 » Jalen Hurts passed for 180 yards and three touchdowns in a little more than a quarter and Alabama (11-0) beat FCS team Mercer (5-6). (3) OKLAHOMA 41, KANSAS 3 » Oklahoma’s (10-1, 7-1 Big 12) Baker Mayfield threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns after getting dissed by the Kansas (1-10, 0-8) captains before kickoff.
Mayfield had tried shaking hands with Daniel Wise, Dorance Armstrong Jr. and Joe Dineen Jr. after the coin toss, but they stared stoically back at him. Mayfield quickly pulled his hand away, clapped a couple of times and set about burnishing his Heisman Trophy candidacy. (4) CLEMSON 61, CITADEL 3 » Kelly Bryant threw for 230 yards and three touchdowns and was out of the game before halftime for Clemson (10-1) against the lower-division opponent The Citadel (5-6). (5) WISCONSIN 24, (19) MICHIGAN 10 » Alex Hornibrook threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Taylor in third quarter to break open a defensive slugfest, and Kendric Pryor scored on an endaround to help Wisconsin (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) remain undefeated.
Hornibrook finished 9 of 19 for 143 yards, but bounced back from an interception early in the third quarter with some of his best throws of the season. (6) AUBURN 42, LOUISIANAMONROE 14 » Darius Slayton caught a 50-yard touchdown pass late in the first half and Auburn(9-2) pulled away to set up next week’s visit from No. 1 Alabama. ULM dropped to 4-6. (7) GEORGIA 42, KENTUCKY 13 » Nick Chubb and Sony Michel led a dominant running game and Georgia (10-1, 7-1 SEC) bounced back from its first loss of the season to beat Kentucky (7-4, 4-4). (8) OHIO STATE 52, ILLINOIS 14» No. 8 Ohio State (9-2, 7-1 Big Ten) scored on its first six possessions — including J.T. Barrett’s 100th career touchdown pass — and the Buckeyes wrapped up the Big Ten East title. (9) NOTRE DAME 24, NAVY 17 » Brandon Wimbush threw for 164 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score as Notre Dame (9-2) rallied in the rain and wind to beat Navy (6-4).
Wearing throwback uniforms with the name Rockne on the back of every player’s jersey and helmets designed to evoke the leather tops from the era of Knute Rockne, one of the Fighting Irish’s most famous names, Notre Dame kept its slim national championship hopes alive heading into the regular-season finale next Saturday at Stanford. KANSAS STATE 45, (10) OKLAHOMA STATE 40 » Byron Pringle caught three touchdown passes and returned a kickoff for another score to help Kansas State(6-5, 4-4 Big 12) stun Oklahoma State (8-3, 5-3,) (11) TCU 27, TEXAS TECH 3» True freshman quarterback Shawn Robinson ran for 84 yards and threw a key second-half touchdown in his first career start to help TCU (9-2, 6-2) to stay in contention for a spot in the Big 12 championship game. (17) MISSISSIPPI STATE 28, ARKANSAS 21 » Nick Fitzgerald threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Deddrick Thomas with 17 seconds remaining, and No. 17 Mississippi State (8-3, 4-3 SEC) survived a lackluster performance and four fumbles. (18) MEMPHIS 66, SMU 45 » Darrell Henderson rushed for 147 yards, including two long TDs, and Riley Ferguson threw for 320 yards and two scores to help Memphis (9-1, 6-1) wrap up the American Athletic Conference West Division championship.