OK State rallies past No. 9 W. Va.

STILLWATER, Okla. — Taylor Cornelius passed for 338 yards, ran for 106 more and threw a touchdown to Tylan Wallace with 42 seconds remaining to rally Oklahoma State past No. 9 West Virginia, 45-41, on Saturday.

West Virginia quarterback Will Grier led the Mountaineers down to the Oklahoma State 14-yard line but couldn’t connect with David Sills V on the final play. The loss all but ended West Virginia’s shot at the College Football Playoff and put a dent in Grier’s Heisman Trophy campaign.

Oklahoma State (6-5, 3-5) became bowl eligible with the victory. West Virginia (8-2, 6-2) faces Oklahoma on Friday and still has a shot at reaching the Big 12 title game.

Grier’s 6-yard touchdown run on fourth down in the fourth quarter gave West Virginia a 41-31 lead, but Cornelius’ 16-yard touchdown run and a stop by Oklahoma State’s defense put the Cowboys in position to win.

Oklahoma State now has Top 25 victories over Boise State, Texas and West Virginia this season. The Cowboys won despite leading rusher Justice Hill sitting out with a rib injury.

In other Top 25 games Saturday, Ian Book returned to the starting lineup for No. 3 Notre Dame and threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns to beat No. 12 Syracuse 36-3 and help the Fighting Irish stay on target for a trip to the College Football Playoff. The Fighting Irish held out Book from last week’s home game against Florida State with a rib injury, and he wasn’t missed as Notre Dame (11-0) rolled with Brandon Wimbush at quarterback. … Karan Higdon ran for a go-ahead touchdown early in the third quarter and Jake Moody set a school record with six field goals, helping No. 4 Michigan beat Indiana 31-20. … … Trace McSorley threw two touchdown passes to tight end Pat Freiermuth and No. 14 Penn State’s defense set up two touchdowns with turnovers as they beat Rutgers 20-7. The Nittany Lions (8-3, 5-3 Big Ten) beat Rutgers (1-10, 0-7) for the 12th consecutive time. Rutgers has lost 10 consecutive. … Jake Browning threw 3 touchdown passes and Myles Gaskin rushed for 135 yards in the final home game of their careers, and No. 18 Washington scored 28 first-quarter points on its way to a 42-23 victory over Oregon State. The Huskies dominated Oregon State (2-9, 1-7) early then coasted the final three quarters. … Jason Shelley threw for 221 yards and two touchdowns in the snow as No. 19 Utah moved closer to its first Pac-12 title game appearance by beating Colorado 30-7. The Utes are 8-3, 6-3 in conference play and Colorado is 5-6, 2-6 after a sixth consecutive loss. … Isaiah Bowser rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns and No. 22 Northwestern beat Minnesota 24-14. Clayton Thorson completed 15 of 21 passes for 230 yards without a turnover and had a 13-yard touchdown run in the first half for the Wildcats (7-4, 7-1 Big Ten). They pushed their school-record road winning streak to eight and have their best conference record since 1996. … Collin Hill’s apparent 34-yard touchdown pass to Preston Williams with no time left was negated by penalty, giving No. 23 Utah State a victory over Colorado State 29-24 in a wild and stunning finish to a game played in snow and freezing rain. Colorado State was flagged for illegal touching after it was determined Williams had stepped out of bounds and was the first to touch the ball when he came back in bounds and made the leaping catch between two defenders in the end zone.