No. 18 Baylor beats No. 4 Oklahoma 27-14 to end streak
WACO, Texas — Gerry Bohanon threw a touchdown pass and ran for two scores, Baylor’s defense constantly pressured Caleb Williams and Spencer Rattler and the No. 18 Bears beat No. 4 Oklahoma 27-14 on Saturday to end the Sooners’ nation’s-best 17-game winning streak.
Abram Smith had 148 yards rushing, including a 75-yard scamper to set up the first of Bohanon’s two rushing TDs in the fourth quarter, and the Bears rebounded from an unexpected loss last week at struggling TCU.
The Sooners were held to 260 total yards, their fewest ever for Lincoln Riley in his five seasons as head coach and two seasons as offensive coordinator before that.
NO. 1 GEORGIA 41, TENNESSEE 17
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Stetson Bennett ran for a touchdown and threw for another as Georgia remained perfect, wrapping up its Southeastern Conference schedule by routing Tennessee.
The Bulldogs actually trailed by their largest margin this season after Tennessee scored a touchdown on the opening drive. Georgia also was down 10-7 at the end of the first quarter, new territory for the Bulldogs, who had only trailed by a field goal each to Auburn and Missouri.
GEORGIA ST 42, NO. 22 C CAROLINA 40
CONWAY, S.C. — Nose tackle Thomas Gore stopped Shermari Jones’ run for a two-point conversion with 1:09 to play and Georgia State held off Coastal Carolina for the Panthers’ first victory over a ranked opponent.
Darren Grainger threw a go-ahead touchdown pass, and Tucker Gregg added his third scoring run after Georgia State blew a 28-16 lead in the second half to go up 42-34.
NO. 3 ALABAMA 59, NEW MEXICO ST 3
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Bryce Young passed for 270 yards and five touchdowns, including three to Jameson Williams, and Alabama routed New Mexico State.
Young completed 21 of 23 passes in just over a half and the Crimson Tide produced the expected romp after a slow start. Alabama even trailed briefly before rattling off seven touchdowns in 20 minutes for a 49-3 halftime lead over the Aggies.
NO. 6 OHIO STATE 59, PURDUE 31
COLUMBUS, Ohio — C.J. Stroud threw for 361 yards and five touchdowns, freshman TreVeyon Henderson rumbled for two more scores and Ohio State struck early and rolled over Purdue.
The Buckeyes scored on all seven of their first-half possessions, piling up 45 points against a Purdue team that hadn’t allowed more than 30 in any game this year.
NO. 7 NOTRE DAME 28, VIRGINIA 3
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Jack Coan threw three touchdown passes and Notre Dame beat Virginia to extend its regular-season winning streak against Atlantic Coast Conference schools to 23 games.
Coan connected with Michael Mayer from 6 yards, Braden Lenzy from 4 yards and Kevin Austin from 15 yards for the Fighting Irish.
NO. 8 MICHIGAN ST 40, MARYLAND 21
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Payton Thorne threw two of his four touchdown passes to Jayden Reed, and Kenneth Walker ran for 143 yards and two scores, helping Michigan State bounce back from its first loss with a victory over Maryland.
NO. 9 MICHIGAN 21, NO. 23 PENN ST 17
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Cade McNamara threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to tight end Erick All with 3:29 left and Michigan stayed in the Big Ten championship race, rallying past Penn State.
NO. 12 OLE MISS 29, NO. 11 TEXAS A&M 19
OXFORD, Miss. — A.J. Finley returned an interception 52 yards for a touchdown and Matt Corral threw for 247 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 12 Mississippi to a win over No. 11 Texas A&M.
The Rebels held a 15-13 lead in the fourth quarter before Ashanti Cistrunk’s interception set up a 13yard touchdown run by Snoop Conner with 6:32 left.
NO. 15 UTSA 27, S MISSISSIPPI 17
SAN ANTONIO — Frank Harris passed for 227 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 54 yards and UTSA overcame a sluggish performance to beat Southern Mississippi and remain undefeated.
MISSISSIPPI ST 43, NO. 16 AUBURN 34
AUBURN, Ala. — Will Rogers threw for 415 yards and six touchdowns to help Mississippi State beat Auburn.
NO. 17 HOUSTON 37, TEMPLE 8
PHILADELPHIA — Alton McCaskill ran for 129 yards and two touchdowns and Houston beat Temple to clinch a berth in the American Athletic Conference championship game.
NO. 19 IOWA 27, MINNESOTA 22
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Alex Padilla threw for two touchdowns and ran for another in his first career start and Iowa withstood three fourth-quarter comeback attempts to beat Minnesota.
NO. 20 WISCONSIN 35, NORTHWESTERN 7
MADISON, Wis. — Braelon Allen ran for 173 yards and three touchdowns to help Wisconsin beat Northwestern for its sixth consecutive victory.
NO. 24 LA-LAYAYETTE 35, TROY 21
TROY, Ala. — Levi Lewis threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score to help Louisiana-Lafayette beat Troy.