Baylor outlasts TCU in three overtimes

FORT WORTH, TEXAS >> No. 11 Baylor needed a 51-yard field goal in the closing minute of regulation just to keep playing. The Bears were then celebrating after the first overtime, thinking the game was over before a replay review gave TCU a touchdown on an incredible leaping catch.

The Bears finally had their

11th consecutive victory and remained undefeated when Grayland Arnold came down with a fourth-down interception in the end zone in the third overtime for a 29-23 win over TCU

(4-5, 2-4 Big 12)on Saturday. Charlie Brewer ran for a

3-yard touchdown in the first overtime before throwing TD passes in the next two extra periods to Denzel Mims — a lunging and reaching grab for a 20-yard score on fourth down in the second overtime before a leaping 4-yarder that won it for the Bears (9-0, 6-0, No. 12 CFP).

“We’re just a tough, hardnosed, resilient group of guys that goes out there and just competes and plays,” Baylor coach Matt Rhule said. “We’re not perfect, but a lot of teams would have lost that game today.”

(3) OHIO STATE 73, MARYLAND

14 >> Justin Fields threw for three TDs and ran for another in the first half and Ohio State

(9-0, 6-0 Big Ten, CFP No. 1) hardly missed suspended defensive star Chase Young in routing Maryland (3-7, 1-6).

Young was suspended Friday while Ohio State investigates a possible NCAA violation involving a loan.

(17) CINCINNATI 48, CONNECTICUT 3>> Desmond Ridder threw for two TDs and Michael Warren II ran for two more scores during a dominant opening half, and Cincinnati (8-1, 5-0 remained the only unbeaten team in American Athletic play by routing UConn (2-8, 0-6).

TEXAS 27, (20) KANSAS STATE

24 >> Cameron Dicker kicked a

26-yard field goal as time expired to lift Texas (6-3, 4-2) past Kansas State (6-3, 3-3, No. 16 CFP).

VIRGINIA TECH 36, (22) WAKE FOREST 17>> Hendon Hooker accounted for 311 yards of offense and ran for a TD to help Virginia Tech (6-3, 3-2 ACC) beat Wake Forest (7-2, 3-2).

(23) SMU 59, EAST CAROLINA

51 >> Shane Buechele threw five TD passes, Xavier Jones broke one of Eric Dickerson’s school records and SMU (9-1,

5-1 American Athletic) bounced back from its first loss by beating East Carolina (3-7, 0-6).

(16) WISCONSIN 24, (18) IOWA

22 >> Jonathan Taylor rushed for a season-high 250 yards and Danny Davis ran for a TD and caught a scoring pass for Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2 Big Ten, No. 13 CFP) to beat Iowa (6-3, 3-3, No. 18 CFP).