No. 18 UCLA knocks off No. 11 Utah, 42-32
PASADENA, Calif. — Dorian Thompson-Robinson passed for 299 yards and four TDS to become UCLA’S career leader in passing touchdowns, Zach Charbonnet rushed for a career high 198 yards and the 18th-ranked Bruins defeated No. 11 Utah, 42-32, on Saturday.
Thompson-robinson also had a rushing score for the Bruins, who are 6-0 overall for the first time since 2005, 3-0 in the Pac-12 and picked up the biggest victory in coach Chip Kelly’s five years in Westwood. They have won nine straight dating back to last season, which is their longest streak since running off 20 straight victories in 1997-98.
Thompson-robinson’s only mistake came late in the fourth quarter when he was picked off by Clark Phillips III and returned 80 yards for a touchdown.
Cameron Rising passed for 287 yards and ran for a pair of scores for the Utes (4-2, 2-1), who had won five straight in the series by an average of 27 points.
NO. 3 OHIO STATE 49, MICHIGAN STATE 20
EAST LANSING, Mich. — C.J. Stroud tied a school record with six touchdown passes and Ohio State coasted past Michigan State.
The Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) scored on their opening drive for the fifth straight game when Marvin Harrison Jr. caught his first of three touchdowns. Treveyon Henderson ran for 118 yards and a touchdown before limping off the field with an apparent right leg injury in the third quarter.
The Spartans (2-4, 0-3) have lost four straight.
Stroud was 21 of 26 for 361 yards. He became the first player in program history to throw six touchdown passes in three games, a feat he pulled off in consecutive contests against Michigan State.
NO. 4 MICHIGAN 31, INDIANA 10
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Cornelius Johnson had a 29-yard touchdown catch midway through the third quarter to give Michigan the lead against Indiana in an emotional game in which a Wolverines coach was taken to a hospital.
Michigan improved to 6-0 for the second straight season, the first time the team has achieved that feat since 1976-77. The Wolverines are 3-0 in the Big Ten.
Johnson’s big play came after assistant coach Mike Hart was carted off the field in the first quarter for an undisclosed medical issue. The emotional toll appeared to hurt the defending Big Ten champs, who went into the locker room tied at 10 with the Hoosiers (3-3, 1-2).
J.J. Mccarthy was 28 of 36 with 304 yards, three TDS and one interception.
ARIZONA STATE 45, NO. 21 WASHINGTON 38
TEMPE, Ariz. — Trenton Bourguet threw for three touchdowns after Emory Jones was injured, Xazavian Halladay accounted for two more scores and Arizona State beat Washington for interim coach Shaun Aguano’s first victory.
The Sun Devils (2-4, 1-2 Pac-12) lost their first two games after Herm Edwards was fired Sept. 18, though played No. 6 Southern California close last week before fading late.
Bourguet adeptly led the offense after Jones was injured in the second quarter against Washington, throwing for 182 yards on 15-of-21 passing with an interception. He hit Elijhah Badger for two touchdowns, including a 2-yarder in the fourth quarter to put the Sun Devils up 45-38.
Arizona State stopped the Huskies (4-2, 1-2) on fourthand-9 near midfield and a botched snap all but ended Washington’s final drive.
NO. 24 CINCINNATI 28, SOUTH FLORIDA 24
CINCINNATI — Charles Mcclelland rushed for a career-high 179 yards and two touchdowns to help Cincinnati beat South Florida.
Mcclelland’s 35-yard touchdown run with 9:24 remaining put the Bearcats ahead to stay, helping them extend the nation’s second-longest home winning streak to 30 games. Only Clemson’s 37-game streak is longer.
The Bearcats (5-1, 2-0), who will move to the Big 12 Conference next season, have won 18 consecutive games against American Athletic Conference opponents. They haven’t lost at home since Temple beat them 35-24 on Nov. 10, 2017.
South Florida is 1-5 overall and 0-2 in the AAC.