College football roundup

Local interest

• Host Wittenberg scored 42 unanswered points to rout Oberlin (1-2, 1-1 NCA), 45-14. Zach Taylor threw for 170 yards and rushed for a touchdown for the Yeomen.

• Trace McSorley accounted for five touchdowns and broke No. 11 Penn State’s record for rushing scores by a quarterback in a 6310 victory over Kent State (1-2).

• Malik Rosier threw for two touchdowns and ran for three more to help visiting No. 21Miami (Fla.) beat Toledo. The Hurricanes (2-1) never trailed and led, 21-0, late in the first half, but Toledo (11) twice pulled within a touchdown.

• Virginia (2-1) defeated Ohio, 45-31, in a game played in Nashville, Tenn., after it was moved because of Hurricane Florence. Virginia’s Jordan Ellis rushed for 171 yards and three touchdowns in the first half.

• Zack Annexstad completed 12 of 20 throws for 142 yards and two short touchdowns to Tyler Johnson in his third collegiate start, and host Minnesota (3-0) beat Miami (Ohio), 26-3.

• Jarret Doege threw four touchdown passes and host Bowling Green (1-2) beat Eastern Kentucky (1-2), 42-35.

• D’Angelo Fulford threw for a career-high 364 yards and tossed five touchdowns as visiting Mount Union spoiled Baldwin Wallace’ homecoming, 56-21, at Finnie Stadium in Berea.

• Anthony Moeglin (20 of 28 passing, 182 yards, TD pass, interception) guided an efficient offensive attack that totaled 345 yards, running backs Michael Canganelli and Sam Kukura each rushed for touchdowns, and a gadget play jump started by Mentor grad Jake Floriea resulted in another TD as John Carroll routed Otterbein, 45-0.

Top national

• Cole Tracy kicked a 42yard field goal on the final play to give No. 12 LSU a 22-21 victory over No. 7 Auburn in their Southeastern Conference opener. Joe Burrow led LSU (3-0) down the field in the final minutes with clutch plays and two pass interference calls against Auburn (2-1). That set up Tracy’s field goal that was almost right down the middle and sent LSU players swarming onto the field to celebrate.

• Squally Canada ran for 118 yards and two touchdowns and BYU (2-1) handed mistake-prone Wisconsin (2-1) its first nonconference home loss since 2003, giving the Badgers fits with its motion offense, 24-21.

• Tua Tagovailoa threw for 191 yards and two touchdowns, Jerry Jeudy caught two scoring passes and visiting No. 1 Alabama (3-0) buried Mississippi, 62-7. Alabama gave up a touchdown on the first play of the SEC opener, but responded by scoring the next 62 points.

• Travis Etienne ran for 162 yards and two touchdowns for No. 2 Clemson (3-0) and Trevor Lawrence threw for 194 yards, including a 57yard score to fellow freshman Justyn Ross in their first meeting with Georgia Southern (2-1) of the Sun Belt Conference, which ended in a 38-7 victory for the Tigers.

• Kyler Murray threw for 348 yards and three touchdowns and visiting No. 5 Oklahoma (3-0) held off Iowa State (0-2), 37-27, in the Big 12 opener for both teams.

• Jalen Elliott knocked the ball loose from Vanderbilt receiver Kalija Lipscomb with 1:07 remaining to give host No. 8 Notre Dame (3-0) a fourth-down stop and a 22-17 victory. Vanderbilt is 2-1.

• Taylor Cornelius ran for two touchdowns and passed for another to help host No. 24 Oklahoma State (3-0) beat No. 17 Boise State (21), 44-21. Justice Hill ran for 123 yards and a touchdown, and Tylan Wallace had five catches for 105 yards for the Cowboys.

• Shea Patterson threw three touchdown passes to Donovan Peoples-Jones, helping host No. 19 Michigan (2-1) pull away to beat SMU (0-3), 45-20.