THE ROUNDUP
■ Syracuse 27, No. 2 Clemson 24
Eric Dungey threw for 278 yards and three TDs, Cole Murphy kicked a tiebreaking field goal in the fourth quarter, and Syracuse stunned Clemson on Friday night to put a damper on the Tigers’ chances to repeat as national champions.
Clemson (6-1, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) had won 12 consecutive games on the opponent’s home field, the longest streak in Clemson history and tied for the second longest active streak in the nation. Clemson also had won 11 consecutive games overall, the longest active winning streak in the nation, and 12 straight away from home against ACC teams. Clemson lost its last road game of 2014 at Georgia Tech.
The Orange (4-3, 2-1) are 3-6 against the previous year’s national champion, also beating Penn State in 1987 and Michigan in 1998.
The Tigers took a big blow when quarterback Kelly Bryant suffered a concussion in the final minute of the first half. He was knocked down hard by defensive tackle Chris Slayton and lay on the turf for a couple of minutes before being helped to the locker room. Bryant passed for 116 yards. Bryant, who watched the second half from the sideline, entered the game averaging 277 yards of total offense.
■ California 37, No. 8 Washington State 3
Ross Bowers did an acrobatic flip into the end zone to cap a TD run for California and the Golden Bears used a dominant defensive performance to stun No. 8 Washington State 37-3 Friday night for their first win in 14 years against a top 10 team.
Camryn Bynum had two of California’s five interceptions against Luke Falk, and the Bears (4-3, 1-3 Pac-12) used seven turnovers and nine sacks to top the Cougars (6-1, 3-1) for a signature win under first-year coach Justin Wilcox.
The Bears used short fields on their first four scoring drives before Bowers delivered the highlight of the night with his TD run early in the fourth that left the crowd gasping in amazement.
Bowers, whose mother used to be the gymnastics coach at Washington, scrambled and then leaped off two feet from just outside the 2. He did a front flip over Justus Rogers and fell in the end zone following the 7-yard run that made it 27-3.
■ No. 17 Michigan 27, Indiana 20 (OT)
Karan Higdon ran 25 yards for a TD on the first play of overtime for Michigan, and Tyree Kinnel intercepted a fourth-down pass in the end zone on the final play as the Wolverines held off Indiana.
Higdon finished with 200 yards and three TDs on 25 carries, providing most the offense for Michigan (5-1, 1-1 Big Ten) on another day when the Wolverines struggled to sustain drives.
Indiana (3-3, 0-3) saw its losing streak to Michigan reach 22 games, but the past two times the Wolverines have come to Bloomington it has gone to overtime. The Hoosiers have one victory (1987) against Michigan since 1967.
■ No. 20 N.C. State 35, Pittsburgh 17
Nyheim Hines ran for an 83-yard TD and returned a punt 92 yards for another score on his way to 249 total yards to help North Carolina State win its sixth straight game.
Jaylen Samuels added a pair of fourth-quarter TD runs for the Wolfpack (6-1, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who matched their best ACC start since 2002 by relying on Hines early and Samuels late.
Ryan Finley completed 14 of 25 passes for 198 yards and a 3-yard TD pass to Jakobi Meyers late in the third quarter to put N.C. State ahead to stay. Finley extended his streak of consecutive passes without an interception to 313, the second-longest in ACC history.
Ben DiNucci threw for 170 yards and a TD for Pitt (2-5, 0-3) before being replaced in the third quarter by freshman Kenny Pickett. Pickett completed 5 of 13 for 61 yards before DiNucci returned in the final minutes.
■ West Virginia 46, No. 24 Texas Tech 35
Will Grier threw four of his five TD passes in the second half and West Virginia overcame an 18-point deficit in the fourth quarter. West Virginia (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) beat a ranked opponent for the first time in 10 tries. The Mountaineers dropped close games earlier this season to No. 6 TCU and No. 15 Virginia Tech.
Nic Shimonek threw four first-half TD passes for Texas Tech, but the Red Raiders (4-2, 1-2) got little going after halftime and made plenty of mistakes to enable the Mountaineers to mount their comeback.