TAGOVAILOA SUPERB AS TOPRANKED TIDE ROLLS

» Tua Tagovailoa passed for 387 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score to lead No. 1 Alabama to a 4523 victory against No. 22 Texas A&M.

The Crimson Tide (40, 20 Southeastern Conference) easily passed the first test against a ranked team. Kellen Mond and the Aggies (22, 01) couldn’t put up nearly the fight they had in a 2826 loss to No. 3 Clemson.

Tagovailoa completed 22of30 passes before leaving.

No. 2 Georgia 43, Missouri 29. Jake Fromm threw three touchdown MO . passes and Georgia had a defensive touchdown and returned a blocked punt for a score.

The Bulldogs (40, 20 Southeastern Conference) blanketed Missouri’s wide receivers, harassed star quarterback Drew Lock, and forced three turnovers in the first half against the seventhbest offense in the country entering the game. Lock completed 23of48 passes for 221 yards for the Tigers (31, 01).

No. 3 Clemson 49, Georgia Tech 21. Freshman Trevor Lawrence took a leading role in Clemson’s quarterback rotation, coming off the bench to throw four touchdown passes against Georgia Tech.

No. 4 Ohio State 42, Tulane 6. Dwayne Haskins threw for 304 yards and five touchdowns in the first half and Ohio State routed Tulane in coach Urban Meyer’s return to the sideline following a threegame suspension.

No. 5 Oklahoma 28, Army 21, Kyler Murray threw a 10yard touch down pass to Ceedee Lamb in overtime, and Parnell Motley intercepted Kelvin Hopkins’ fourthdown pass.

No. 6 LSU, Louisiana Tech 21. Nick Brossette scored three ROUGE , L A. touchdowns, Clyde Edwardshelaire rushed for a careerhigh 136 yards and two TDS for the Bayou Bengals.

No. 8 Notre Dame 56, Wake Forest 27. Ian Book rushed for three touchdowns and threw for two more for Notre Dame.

No. 9 Auburn 34, Arkansas 3. Noah Igbinoghene scored on a 96yard kickoff return, and a partially blocked punt by Jordyn Peters set up another touchdown as big plays on special teams on special teams helped the Tigers.

No. 12 West Virginia 35, Kansas State 6. » Will Grier threw five touchdown passes for the fifth time in his career and West Virginia shook off a sloppy start in the Big 12 opener for both teams.

Kentucky 28, No. 14 Mississippi State 7. Benny Snell rushed for four touchdowns to break a Kentucky career record, including two in the fourth quarter, and the Wildcats held Mississippi State to 56 yards rushing.

Texas Tech 41, No. 15 Oklahoma State 17. Alan Bowman threw for 397 yards and two touchdowns as the Red Raiders ended a ninegame losing streak to the Cowboys.

No. 21 Miami 31, Florida International 17. N’kosi Perry came off the bench to throw three touchdown passes, and Miami’s defense was airtight for most of the day.

No. 25 BYU 30, Mcneese State 3. Freshmen Lopini Katoa ran for two UT A H touchdowns, Skyler Southam kicked three field goals and the Cougars took advantage of Mcneese State’s secondquarter mistakes. — The Associated Press