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• Blake LaRussa came off the bench to throw for 495 yards and four touchdowns to lead Old Dominion (1-3) to a 49-35 upset of visiting No. 13 Virginia Tech (2-1) in the Hokies’ first game at the cross-state school that restarted its football program in 2009. • Tua Tagovailoa passed for 387 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score to lead host No. 1 Alabama (4-0, 2-0 SEc) past Texas A&M (2-2, 0-1), 45-23. • Jake Fromm threw three touchdown passes and visiting No. 2 Georgia (40, 2-0) had a defensive touchdown and returned a blocked punt for a score in a 43-29 win over Missouri (3-1, 0-1). • Freshman Trevor Lawrence took a leading role in Clemson’s quarterback rotation, coming off the bench to throw four touchdown passes against Georgia Tech, and the No. 3 Tigers (4-0, 1-0) beat the Yellow Jackets (1-3, 0-2), 49-21. • Kyler Murray threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to CeeDee Lamb in overtime, and Parnell Motley intercepted Kelvin Hopkins’ fourth-down pass to help No. 5 Oklahoma (4-0) escape with a 28-21 victory over visiting Army (2-2). • Ian Book rushed for three touchdowns and threw for two more for visiting No. 8 Notre Dame (4-0) in a 5627 victory over Wake Forest (2-2). • Sam Ehlinger passed for two touchdowns and ran for a score, all in the second half, and visiting Texas (3-1) ended a four-game losing streak to No. 17 TCU (2-2), 31-16, in the Big 12 opener for both teams. • Karan Higdon ran for 136 yards and a touchdown in the first half for No. 19 Michigan (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten), and visiting Nebraska (0-3, 0-1) stumbled to its worst start since 1945, 56-10.