NO. 3 OKLAHOMA GETS A SCARE FROM BAYLOR
TEXAS» Baker Mayfield threw three WACO, touchdowns, including the go-ahead score the next snap after his unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, and third-ranked Oklahoma overcame a feisty Baylor team 49-41 Saturday night to stretch the nation’s longest winning streak to 14 games.
Abdul Adams had a 99-yard touchdown for the Sooners (4-0, 1-0 Big 12), his schoolrecord run coming after a botched kickoff return.
Baylor (0-4, 0-1) led 31-28 after Connor Martin’s 46-yard field goal late in the third quarter.
Adams, who finished with 11 carries for 164 yards, picked up 33 yards on three consecutive runs on the ensuing drive before the penalty was announced against Mayfield. It wasn’t clear what the quarterback did, but on the next play, he found Jeff Badet along the left sideline for a 48-yard touchdown.
Trey Sermon ran 13 times for 157 yards and two touchdowns, the freshman getting all of that in the fourth quarter. He scored on a 34-yard run when he was hit near the 20 and kept his balance. He had a 60-yard run on the next Sooners possession before his 9-yard TD made it 49-31.
In ACC games. Adam Choice had a 6-yard tiebreaking touchdown in the fourth quarter and Travis Etienne had two scoring runs in the final six minutes as No. 2 Clemson scored 27 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to beat Boston College 34-7. … Ryan Finley threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns as North Carolina State got its first road win over a ranked team since 2008, defeating No. 12 Florida State 27-21. The Seminoles, who had a 21-day layoff due to Hurricane Irma, dropped their first two games to open a season for the first time in 28 years. In the SEC. Damien Harris ran for a careerhigh 151 yards and three touchdowns, Bo Scarbrough added two TDS and top-ranked Alabama routed Vanderbilt 59-0 in the conference opener for both teams. Alabama hasn’t lost to Vanderbilt since 1984 or in Nashville since 1969. … Freshman Jake Fromm threw two touchdown passes, the defense stifled Nick Fitzgerald and No. 11 Georgia routed No. 17 Mississippi State 31-3. … Kerryon Johnson rushed for a career-high five touchdowns and No. 15 Auburn ended its recent offensive struggles in a 51-14 victory over Missouri. … Freddie Swain caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Luke Del Rio with 43 seconds remaining to cap No. 20 Florida’s rally from a 13-point, fourth-quar-