Stanford too much for USC
STANFORD, Calif. — Bryce Love ran for 136 yards and a touchdown, and Stanford made talented Southern California quarterback JT Daniels look like a freshman Saturday night in the No. 10 Cardinal’s 17-3 victory over the 17th-ranked Trojans.
Stanford (2-0, 1-0 Pac-12) got an early touchdown run by Love and then tormented Daniels much of the night, holding USC to its fewest points in this series since a shutout in 1941.
Daniels made an impressive debut last week for the Trojans (1-1, 0-1) when he threw for 282 yards and a touchdown against UNLV. He was 16-for-34 passing for 215 yards with interceptions on his final two passes of the night.
ALABAMA 57 ARKANSAS ST. 7
Tua Tagovailoa passed for three first-quarter touchdowns, and Jalen Hurts added two more before halftime as the top-ranked Crimson Tide rolled at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Tagovailoa finished 13-of-19 passing for 228 yards and four TDs. Hurts was 7-of-9 passing for 93 yards but did fumble at the goal line after taking a hit while airborne.
GEORGIA 41 SOUTH CAROLINA 17
Jake Fromm threw for 194 yards and a touchdown at Columbia, S.C., as the expected Southeastern Conference showdown between the No. 3 Bulldogs and the No. 24 Gamecocks turned into a blowout.
OHIO ST. 52 RUTGERS 3
Dwayne Haskins Jr. threw four touchdown passes as the No. 4 Buckeyes won at Columbus, Ohio — the 900th victory in program history.
Ohio State was playing its second game without suspended coach Urban Meyer, who was back conducting practices last week but will miss one more game — next week's prime-time clash with No. 16 TCU — to finish out his three-game suspension for mismanaging fired assistant coach Zach Smith, who was accused to domestic abuse and other misbehavior.
WISCONSIN 45 NEW MEXICO 14
Jonathan Taylor ran for a career-high 253 yards and three touchdowns as the fifth-ranked Badgers won at Madison, Wis
AUBURN 63 ALABAMA ST. 9
JaTarvious Whitlow ran for 122 yards, and receiver Anthony Schwartz accounted for 117 total yards and two touchdowns to help the seventh-ranked Tigers win at Auburn, Ala.
Starting quarterback Jarrett Stidham played only into the second quarter, with the Tigers (2-0) leading 42-0. The redshirt junior finished 6-of-11 for 113 yards with a passing and rushing score.
NOTRE DAME 24 BALL ST. 16
Jalen Elliott had two interceptions that the No. 8 Fighting Irish turned into touchdowns en route to a hard-fought victory over the Cardinals at South Bend, Ind.
WASHINGTON 24 NORTH DAKOTA 3
Jake Browning threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns, and Ty Jones had two TD catches as the No. 9 Huskies pulled away in the second half at Seattle.
LSU 31 SE LOUISIANA 0
Joe Burrow passed for two touchdowns and ran for a short score as the 11th-ranked Tigers rode an opportunistic defensive performance to an easy victory at Baton Rouge, La.
VIRGINIA TECH 62 WILLIAM & MARY 17
Steven Peoples had two first-half touchdown runs, and Josh Jackson threw for a touchdown and ran for another as the No. 12 Hokies won at Blacksburg, Va.
PENN ST. 51 PITTSBURGH 6
Trace McSorley threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the No. 13 Nittany Lions defeated the Panthers at Pittsburgh.
CENTRAL FLORIDA 38 SOUTH CAROLINA ST. 0
Adrian Killins Jr. ran for 89 yards and two touchdowns to help the No. 19 Knights win at Orlando, Fla., for their 15th consecutive victory.
MICHIGAN 49 WESTERN MICHIGAN 3
Shea Patterson threw three touchdown passes to help the No. 21 Wolverines defeat the Broncos at Ann Arbor, Mich.
MIAMI 77 SAVANNAH ST. 0
Malik Rosier threw for two scores and rushed for another, and N'Kosi Perry came off the bench to throw the first three touchdown passes of his collegiate career as the No. 22 Hurricanes set a school record for margin of victory at Miami Gardens, Fla.
OREGON 62 PORTLAND ST. 14
Justin Herbert threw for 250 yards and four touchdowns as tje 23rd-ranked Ducks won at Eugene, Ore., handing the Pilots their 15th consecutive loss.