Miss. St. upsets No. 6 LSU in Leach’s SEC debut
BATON ROUGE, LA. » K.J. Costello passed for an SEC record 623 yards and five touchdowns in the Mississippi State debut of coachMike Leach’s “Air Raid” offense, and the Bulldogs knocked off sixth-ranked and defending national champion LSU, 44-34, on Saturday.
KANSAS STATE38, NO. 3OKLAHOMA35 NORMAN, OKLA. »
Skylar Thompson passed for 334 yards and ran for three touchdowns, and Kansas State rallied from 21 points down to beat Oklahoma. Freshman Deuce Vaughn caught four passes for 129 yards and ran for a touchdown for the Wildcats, who got their first-ever road win against a top-three team in the AP poll.
NO. 4GEORGIA37, ARKANSAS10 FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. »
Stetson Bennett threw two touchdown passes in the third quarter, and Georgia rallied to beat Arkansas in the season opener for each school. NO. 5FLORIDA51, OLEMISS 35
OXFORD, MISS. » Kyle Pitts caught four ofKyle Trask’s six touchdown passes and Florida spoiled the head coaching debut of Mississippi’s Lane Kiffin. Trask completed 30 of 42 passes for 416 yards including touchdownpasses of 1, 16, 71 and 17 yards to Pitts.
NO. 8AUBURN29, NO. 23KENTUCKY13 AUBURN, ALA. »
Bo Nix threw for 233 yards and three second-half touchdowns, including a pair to SethWilliams, and Auburn scored twice in the fourth quarter to pull away from Kentucky in the season opener.
NO. 13UCF 51, EASTCAROLINA28 GREENVILLE, N.C. »
DillonGabriel threwfor 408 yards and four touchdowns to help Central Florida beat to open its American Athletic Conference schedule.
NO. 14CINCINNATI 24, NO. 22ARMY10 CINCINNATI »
Desmond Ridder passed for 258 yards and two touchdowns as Cincinnati defeated Army in the first matchup of ranked teams at Nippert Stadium since 2008.
NO. 15OKLAHOMAST. 27, WESTVIRGINIA 13 STILLWATER, OKLA. »
Chuba Hubbard scored on a 23-yard run with 1:17 remaining to salvage a difficult afternoon and help Oklahoma State beat West Virginia. Sidelined for a number of key plays after fumbling on consecutive second-half possessions, Hubbard ended up with 101 yards on 22 rushes for his 12th 100yard performance in his last 13 games.
NO. 19LA-LAFAYETTE20, GEORGIASOUTHERN18 LAFAYETTE, LA. »
Nate Snyder hit a 53-yard field goal on the game’s final play, and LouisianaLafayette escaped with a victory over Georgia Southern.
NO. 21PITT23, NO. 24 LOUISVILLE 20 PITTSBURGH »
Kenny Pickett threw for 220 yards and two touchdowns, and Pittsburgh sacked Louisville quarterback Malik Cunningham seven times in a victory. The Panthers moved to 3-0 for the first time since 2014 behind a relentless defense that kept the Cardinals in check for most of the afternoon