Kansas St. deals blow to No. 5 Oklahoma’s title hopes
MANHATTAN, KAN. >> Skylar Thompson and Kansas State dealt a big blow to No. 5 Oklahoma’s national title hopes.
Thompson threw for 213 yards and ran for four touchdowns, the defense did just enough against Heisman Trophy contender Jalen Hurts and the Sooners’ prolific offense, and Kansas State held on through a harrowing fourth quarter for a 48-41 victory Saturday.
It wasn’t certain until Oklahoma (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) tried on onside kick with 1:45 left. The ball caromed downfield and the Sooners recovered, but a review showed one of their players touched it a yard early.
The overturned call allowed new coach Chris Klieman to run out the clock on the Wildcats’ first home win over the Sooners since 1996, and just their third win in Manhattan over a Top 10 team. It was the third consecutive week a Top 10 team lost to an unranked foe.
(2) LSU 23, (9) AUBURN 20 >> Joe Burrow passed for 321 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score in (80, 4-0 SEC) LSU’s victory over Auburn (6-2, 3-2).
Clyde Edwards-Helaire rushed for 136 yards and touchdown for LSU, which wasn’t able to put away Auburn until Derrick Dillon recovered an onside kick with 2:31 left.
While LSU’s prolific, uptempo spread offense was able to roll up 508 yards, scoring proved relatively difficult against a defense that thwarted drives into its territory with two fourth-down stops and an interception. (3) OHIO STATE 38, (13) WISCONSIN 7 >> J.K. Dobbins rushed for 163 yards and two TDs, Chase Young was nearly unblockable with four sacks and Ohio State (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) routed Wisconsin (6-2, 3-2) in driving rain.
Dobbins slashed Wisconsin’s top-ranked defense for long gains in the second half, including scoring runs of 9 and 14 yards. He outperformed Badgers Heisman Trophy contender Jonathan Taylor, who could muster only 52 yards rushing.
Young tied a school record for sacks in a game, including two strip sacks that led to fumbles recovered each time by linebacker Pete Werner.
(6) PENN STATE 28, MICHIGAN STATE 7 >> Sean Clifford threw four TD passes — three to Pat Freiermuth — and Penn State (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) had little trouble shutting down (4-4, 2-3) Michigan State’s anemic offense.
The Nittany Lions avenged close losses to Michigan State from each of the past two seasons. The Spartans wrapped up a dreadful stretch in which they lost to Ohio State, Wisconsin and Penn State by a combined score of 100-17. TCU 35, (15) TEXAS 27 >> Freshman Max Duggan threw two TD passes, including a tiebreaking 44-yarder to Jalen Reagor the first play after one of Sam Ehlinger’s career-high four interceptions, and TCU (4-3, 2-2 Big 12) beat Texas (5-3, 3-2). (17) MINNESOTA 52, MARYLAND 10 >> Rodney Smith ran for 103 yards to become (80, 5-0 Big Ten) Minnesota’s career leader in all-purpose yards, and Seth Green had two TD runs in a win over Maryland (3-5, 1-4).
Tanner Morgan was 12-of21 passing for 138 yards and two TDs to help the Gophers reach 8-0 for the first time since 1941.
(20) IOWA 20, NORTHWESTERN0>> Nate Stanley passed for 179 yards and a TD and Iowa (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten) allowed just 202 yards of total offense to Northwestern (1-6, 0-5.
(21) APPALACHIAN STATE 30, SOUTH ALABAMA 0 >> Zac Thomas had a successful return to his home state, passing for 132 yards and a touchdown to help Appalachian State (7-0, 4-0 Sun Belt) run its winning streak to 13 by beating South Alabama (1-7, 0-4). OKLAHOMA STATE 34, (23) IOWA STATE 27 >> Freshman Spencer Sanders threw for 249 yards and two TDs and Oklahoma State (5-2, 2-3 Big 12) snapped (5-3, 3-2) Iowa State’s three-game winning streak.