Notre Dame rallies, gives Kelly 100th victory
BOSTON — Ian Book threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score and No. 2 Notre Dame overcame an early deficit to roll to a 45-31 victory over Boston College on Saturday.
The Fighting Irish gave coach Brian Kelly his 100th career victory at the school, tying him with Lou Holtz for second place — five behind Knute Rockne. Notre Dame has won eight straight in the series between the FBS’ only Catholic institutions
Coming off a thrilling victory over Clemson, Notre Dame (8-0, 7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) racked up a season-high 561 total yards against BC (5-4, 4-4).
Book was 20 of 27 for 283 yards, and ran for 85 yards and a touchdown. Ben Skowronek caught all three of Book’s TD passes, but also had one of three Notre Dame fumbles. C’Bo Flemister ran for two touchdowns before leaving the game in the fourth quarter with an apparent left leg injury.
Phil Jurkovec, a transfer from Notre Dame playing against his former team for the first time, was 18 of 40 for 272 yards, a touchdown and interception.
NO. 6 FLORIDA63 ARKANSAS 35
Kyle Trask extended his school record for consecutive games with at least
four touchdown passes to six and Florida (5-1) overwhelmed Arkansas (3-4) in the Swamp.
Trask threw for 356 yards and six scores against the Razorbacks, who were without coach Sam Pittman and without much of a chance by halftime. It was the second time this season Trask tossed six TDs in a game. He’s the only player in school history to accomplish that feat.
NO. 9MIAMI 25 VIRGINIA TECH 24
D’Eriq King threw for 255 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score
in Miami’s comeback victory over host Virginia Tech.
The Hurricanes (7-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) overcame an 11-point, third-quarter deficit to win their fourth consecutive game and stay alive for a spot in the ACC championship game.
Miami scored the final 12 points and held the Hokies (4-4, 4-3) scoreless on their last five possessions.
NO. 10 INDIANA 24 MICHIGAN STATE 0
Michael Penix Jr. threw for 320 yards, hitting Ty Fryfogle with two scoring passes, and Indiana beat
host Michigan State to remain unbeaten.
The Hoosiers (4-0) set up a showdown next weekend at Ohio State, the only other unbeaten team in the Big Ten East.
NO. 11OREGON 43 WASHINGTON STATE 29
Tyler Shough threw for 312 yards and four touchdowns and Oregon came back to beat host Washington State.
Travis Dye caught two second-half touchdown passes to help Oregon improve to 2-0. The Ducks piled up 582 yards of total offense.
NO. 13WISCONSIN 49 MICHIGAN11
Nakia Watson and Mason Stokke scored two touchdowns in the first half, helping No. 13 Wisconsin build a big lead in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Badgers (2-0) returned to competition after canceling two games of their all-Big Ten schedule due to a COVID-19 breakout within the program and didn’t look rusty at all against the hapless Wolverines (1-3).
NO. 16MARSHALL 42 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 14
Redshirt freshman
Grant Wells threw a season-high five touchdown passes, and host Marshall commemorated the 50th anniversary of the worst disaster in U.S. sports history during a victory over Middle Tennessee.
Marshall (7-0, 4-0 Conference USA) got another standout performance from its defense and turned three turnovers into scores on a daywhen the university and surrounding community remembered 75 people killed in a Nov. 14, 1970, plane crash.
Marshall wore special black uniforms and the
No. 75 on its helmets to honor those who were lost, which included most of the Thundering Herd football team. The crash occurred as the team’s plane was returning from a game at East Carolina. There were no survivors.
NO. 20 USC 34, ARIZONA 30
Vavae Malepeai bulled his way through multiple tacklers for an 8-yard touchdown run with 25 seconds left, and No. 20 USC beat host Arizona with another late rally.
USC quarterback Kevon Slovis threw for 325 yards and a touchdown on 30of-43 passing.
NO. 22 LIBERTY 58 WESTERN CAROLINA 14
Malik Willis threw for 306 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two more scores, leading host Liberty (8-0), which won its 10th straight game and remained second behind Notre Dame for the nation’s longest active winning streak.
NO. 23 NORTHWESTERN 27 PURDUE 20
Peyton Ramsey threw for 212 yards and three touchdowns, all to Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman, and visiting Northwestern (4-0) beat Purdue (2-1).
NO. 25 LOUISIANA 38, SOUTH ALABAMA10
Levi Lewis passed for 252 yards and three touchdowns, Louisiana gained 254 yards on the ground and the Ragin’ Cajuns wrapped up a third straight Sun Belt Conference West Division title.