Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
■ No. 1 Alabama 65, Arkansas 31 —
At Fayetteville, Ark., Tua Tagovailoa threw for 334 yards and four touchdowns, including a 76yard scoring strike to tight end Irv Smith Jr. on the first play for the Crimson Tide (60, 3-0), who won their 12th straight over the Razorbacks (1-5, 0-3). Wide receiver Henry Ruggs III scored on a 12-yard fumble return, and cornerback Shyheim Carter returned an interception 44 yards for a TD for Alabama, which led 41-14 at halftime.
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No. 2 Georgia 41, Vanderbilt 13 —
At Athens, Ga., Jake Fromm threw for 276 yards and three touchdowns, including a 75-yarder to Terry Godwin, for the Bulldogs (6-0, 4-0), who trailed for the first time this season following the first of two first-half field goals by Ryle Guay for the Commodores (3-3, 0-2) less than five minutes in.
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No. 22 Florida 27, No. 5 Louisiana State 19 —
At Gainesville, Fla., Lamical Perine scored twice on short runs, including one after a fourthquarter trick play, for the Gators (5-1, 3-1), who sewed up the win on safety Brad Stewart’s 25-yard return for a score on the first interception thrown by Joe Burrow this season. Nick Brossette ran for 79 yards on a go-ahead drive for the Tigers (5-1, 2-1) that ended with 8:48 to play.
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Mississippi State 23, No. 8 Auburn 9 —
At Starkville, Miss., Nick Fitzgerald ran for 195 yards and two touchdowns for the Bulldogs (4-2, 1-2) while passing Tim Tebow to become the SEC’s top rusher among quarterbacks. Kylin Hill amassed 126 of Mississippi State’s 349 yards rushing. JaTarvious Whitlow lost a fumble into the end zone on a 41-yard run for the Tigers (4-2, 1-2), who totaled 304 yards of offense.
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Texas A&M 20, No. 13 Kentucky 14, OT —
At College Station, Texas, Trayveon Williams flipped into the end zone on a winning 10-yard run for the Aggies (4-2, 2-1) after Miles Butler kicked a 43-yard field-goal attempt off the crossbar to open overtime for the Wildcats (5-1, 3-1). Safety Darius West returned a fumble 40 yards for a tying touchdown with 4:17 left in the fourth quarter for Kentucky, which was trying to improve to 6-0 for the first time since 1950.
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South Carolina 37, Missouri 35 —
At Columbia, S.C., Michael Scarnecchia threw for 249 yards and three touchdowns in his first collegiate start for the Gamecocks (3-2, 2-2), who won on Parker White’s 33-yard field goal with two seconds left. The Tigers (3-2, 0-2), who led 23-14 at halftime, had gone up by one on Tucker McCann’s 57-yard field goal with 1:18 left.
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Mississippi 70, LouisianaMonroe 21 —
At Oxford, Miss., Jordan Ta’amu passed for 374 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 63 yards and two scores, all in the first half, for the Rebels (4-2), who amassed 536 of their program-record 826 yards of offense in the opening two quarters. Marcus Green returned a punt 71 for a TD, and R.J. Turner had five catches for 112 yards for the Warhawks (2-4), who totaled 427 yards of offense.