The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)

College football roundup

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• Sterling Shepard had 14 catches for 177 yards with two touchdowns and No. 12 Oklahoma (9-1, 6-1) beat No. 4 Baylor (8-1, 5-1), 4434, to end the Bears’ 20game home winning streak — and likely their playoff chances. • DeShaun Watson had a big day for No. 1 Clemson with two touchdown passes and 101 yards rushing and a score in a 37-27 win over host Syracuse. • Derrick Henry ran for 204 yards and two touchdowns and No. 3 Alabama had a season-high nine sacks in beating host No. 20 Mississipp­i State, 31-6. • Backup quarterbac­k J.W. Walsh threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Carr with 3:06 left for No. 5 Oklahoma State to help keep the unbeaten Cowboys in playoff contention with a 35-31 win over host Iowa State. • Josh Adams scored on a 98-yard run, the longest scoring play from scrimmage in Notre Dame history, and defensive end Andrew Trumbetti scored on a 28-yard intercepti­on return as the host No. 6 Irish beat Wake Forest, 28-7. • LeShun Daniels rushed for a career-high 195 yards and three touchdowns and host No. 8 Iowa (10-0, 6-0) held off Minnesota, 40-35, to start 10-0 for the first time in school history. • Mitchell Paige bobbled a fourth-down pass at the goal line that would have forced a third overtime and visiting No. 15 Michigan fended off Indiana, 48-41, in two overtimes to keep its Big Ten title hopes alive. • Connor Cook left the game at halftime with an apparent shoulder injury, putting a bit of a damper on Michigan State’s 24-7 home victory over Maryland. • Conor Hundley ran for 110 yards and three touchdowns and visiting Akron (5-5, 3-3 Mid-American) beat Miami (Ohio) (2-9, 1-6), 37-28. • Visiting No. 22 Case Western Reserve (7-3, 6-2) fell to Carnegie Mellon, 52-42, in the Academic Bowl. Spartans sophomore QB Rob Cuda threw for 332 yards and two touchdowns. • Host Notre Dame College (5-6, 5-5) set the school record for points in a game with a 60-20 victory over West Virginia Wesleyan. The Falcons won four of their last five games.

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