College football roundup

Local interest

• Visiting John Carroll piled up 323 yards rushing on the way to a 45-21 victory over Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Sam Kukura (Kirtland) had 130 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries. • Receiver/receiver Marvelle Ross (VASJ) returned a punt 57 yards for a touchdown, and caught two more, while freshman running back Jale McLaughlin set a school record with 302 yards on 22 carries as host Notre Dame College beat Shepherd, 35-33 . • D’Angelo Fulford threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more as Mount Union opened with a 54-0 thrashing of Rose-Hulman. • Backup Quinton Maxwell had a big day, passing for two touchdowns and running for two more, DL Knock returned the second half kickoff 99 yards for a score and host Ohio rallied to defeat Howard, 38-32, in the season opening game for both teams. • Host Illinois rallied to hold off Kent State, 31-24. Woody Barrett was 28-of41 passing for 270 yards and two touchdowns for the Golden Flashes, who led, 17-3, at halftime. • Mitchell Guadagni passed for 265 yards and three touchdowns in leading defending Mid-American Conference champion Toledo to a 66-3 victory over visiting VMI. • Ryan Coolidge rushed for two touchdowns as host Case Western Reserve opened with a 38-10 victory over Rochester.

Top national games

• Amani Oruwariye intercepted Zac Thomas’ pass in the end zone and No. 10 Penn State held on to beat Appalachian State, 45-38, in overtime, exactly 11 years after the Mountaineers stunned Michigan in one of the biggest upsets in college football history. • College Football Playoff hero Tua Tagovailoa threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third in his first college start, helping top-ranked and defending national champion Alabama open the season with a 51-14 rout of Louisville. • Maryland emerged from a trying offseason with an emotionally charged upset of No. 23 Texas, shaking off a lengthy weather delay to provide Matt Canada a satisfying, 34-29 victory in his debut at the Terrapins’ interim coach in Landover, Md. • Brandon Wimbush connected on a long touchdown pass to help Notre Dame jump out to a big first-half lead, Te’von Coney and the defense made it stand with a late takeaway, and host Notre Dame beat No. 14 Michigan, 24-17. • Freshman Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdown passes and host No. 2 Clemson scored on all five of his drives in the season-opening, 48-7 rout of Furman. • Jatarvious Whitlow ran 10 yards for a touchdown with 6:15 remaining and the Auburn defense came through at the end, leading the No. 9 Tigers past No. 6 Washington, 21-16, in Atlanta. Trailing, 16-15, after missing a two-point conversion on their opening drive of the game, Auburn drove 76 yards in 10 plays for the winning score. Jarrett Stidham kept the drive going early with a 12-yard pass to Chandler Cox on third-and-9.. • JT Daniels, the second freshman to start at quarterback in a season opener for Southern California, threw for 282 yards, and had a 43-yard touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown in the No. 15 Trojans’ 43-21 victory over UNLV. • Will Grier got his Heisman Trophy campaign off to an impressive start, throwing for 429 yards and five touchdowns to help No. 17 West Virginia rout Tennessee, 40-14, in a game delayed for more than an hour at halftime due to lightning.