The Oneida Daily Dispatch (Oneida, NY)

No. 10 Ohio St. bounces back vs. No. 13 Michigan St.

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COLUMBUS, OHIO » J.T. Barrett threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more scores, Mike Weber ran for 162 yards and two scores and No. 11 Ohio State bounced back froma deflating loss last week to rout No. 13 Michigan State 48-3 on Saturday.

The Buckeyes (8-2, 6-1 Big Ten, CFP No. 13) scored on five of their first six possession­s, led 35-3 at the half and cruised the rest of the way to claim sole possession of first place in the Big Ten East.

In a season already marked by radical highs and lows, the Buckeyes took out their frustratio­ns on the Spartans, using a run-heavy attack to dominate themon both sides of the ball.

Ohio State outgained Michigan State 524-195, and a defense that was smoked by unranked Iowa in the 55-24 loss limited Michigan State quarterbac­k Brian Lewerke — who threw for 445 yards last week against Penn State — to 131 yards and forced two intercepti­ons.

Barrett was 14 for 21 for 183 yards with two touchdowns and two intercepti­ons. J.K. Dobbins, who split time with Weber, rushed 18 times for 124 yards.

NO. 12 OKLAHOMA STATE 49,

NO. 24 IOWA STATE 42 » Mason Rudolph threw for 376 yards and three touchdowns — including two in the final 5:55 — and Oklahoma State rallied to beat Iowa State and keep its Big 12 title hopes alive.

Justice Hill had 134 yards and three TD runs for the Cowboys (8-2, 5-2 Big 12, No. 15 CFP). They remained tied for second place in the league with two games to go. The top two finishers in the Big 12 will meet in the championsh­ip game in Arlington, Texas, on Dec. 2.

Rudolph found Marcell Ateman for a 30-yard TD pass, and Hill’s 2-point conversion run tied it at 42 with 5:55 left. The Cowboys jumped ahead 49- 42 just two minutes later as Rudolph found Dillon Stoner for a 19-yard touchdown reception. The Cyclones got inside Oklahoma State’s 3-yard line with 32 seconds left, but Zeb Noland threw an intercepti­on to

A.J. Green to end the game. NO. 14 UCF 49, UCONN 24 » Otis Anderson ran for 84 yards and two touchdowns, McKenzie Milton passed for 311 yards and Central Florida pulled away from UConn.

Anderson had a 3-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and helped the undefeated Knights (9-0, 6-0 American Athletic Conference, CFP, No. 18) break it open with a 65-yard touchdown run, making it 35-17 with 14:11 left. The freshman bounced back nicely after he had a costly fumble in the third quarter.

Milton was 24 for 36. He threw a 6-yard TD pass to MarlonWill­iams in the first quarter and a 41-yarder to Tre’Quan Smith with 7:43 left in the first half, helping the Knights to a 28-10 lead at the break. David Pindell passed for 201 yards and a touchdown and also ran for a score for UConn (3-7, 2-5).

NO. 16 PENN STATE 35, RUT

GERS6 » Trace McSorley accounted for 258 total yards and three touchdowns and Penn State routed Rutgers after a two-loss stretch.

McSorley became Penn State’s career touchdown leader with 68, overtaking Daryll Clark’s record of 65 with one rushing and two passing scores, and the Nittany Lions scored 35 straight points after going down 6- 0 in the first quarter.

Saquon Barkley ran for two touchdowns, and DaeSean Hamilton and Mike Gesicki each had scoring receptions for Penn State (8-2, 5-2 Big Ten). Rutgers (4-6, 3-4) got a pair of field goals from Andrew Harte.

GEORGIATEC­H28, NO. 17VIR

GINIA TECH 22 » TaQuon Marshall got two long touchdown passes out of his only completion­s, including an80-yarder to Ricky Jeune with 6 ½ minutes remaining, and Ajani Kerr swatted away a fourth-pass in the end zone to preserve Georgia Tech’s upset.

In a game with several huge momentum swings, Virginia Tech rallied from a 21-9 deficit in the second half. The Hokies (7-3, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) went ahead 22-21 when Greg Stroman returned an intercepti­on 24 yards for a touchdown off a terrible pass by Marshall with 7:27 left.

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