No. 6 Volunteers get kick, beat No. 3 Crimson Tide
KNOXVILLE, TENN. >> Chase McGrath made a 40-yard field goal as time expired to give No. 6 Tennessee a 52-49 victory over No. 3 Alabama on Saturday.
As soon as the kick knuckle-balled through the uprights, some of the more than 100,000 fans stormed the field to celebrate the Volunteers (60, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) ending a 15-game losing streak to the Crimson Tide (6-1, 3-1). It didn’t take long for the goal posts to go down.
Hendon Hooker drove the Vols 45 yards in 18 sec- onds to set up the win- ner. Jalin Hyatt caught six passes for 207 yards and a Tennessee-record five touchdowns.
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, a gametime decision because of a sprained right shoulder two weeks ago, completed 35 passes for 455 yards and two TDs.
Tennessee’s up-tempo offense jumped out to a 21-7 first-quarter lead and led 28-20 at halftime. All four touchdown drives took over two minutes.
NO. 1 GEORGIA 5, VANDERBILT 0 >> Stetson Bennett threw for 289 yards and two touchdowns — his first scoring passes in nearly a month — and Georgia stamped its return to No. 1 with a 55-0 rout of Vanderbilt on Saturday.
Georgia (7-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) led 28-0 at halftime and blew out the Commodores after three straight weeks of rather lackluster performances.
NO. 4 CLEMSON 34, FLORIDA STATE 28 >> DJ Uiagalelei threw for 203 yards and three touchdowns and No. 4 Clemson forced a momentum-turning takeaway to hold off Florida State.
Clemson (7-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) scored on six straight drives and surpassed the 30-point mark for a seventh straight game to open the season.
NO. 5 MICHIGAN 41, NO. 10 PENN STATE 17 >>Donovan Edwards had a go-ahead, 67-yard touchdown run
and Blake Corum added a 61-yard run for a score on consecutive snaps in the third quarter as Michigan pulled away to top Penn State.
The Wolverines (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) finished with 418 yards rushing, gaining 7.6 yards per carry, against a team that was giving up fewer than 80 yards rushing per game to rank among college football’s leaders.
NO. 20 UTAH 43, USC 42 >>
Cameron Rising threw for 415 yards, ran for three touchdowns and scampered up the middle for a go-ahead two-point conversion with 48 seconds left in Utah’s victory over Southern California.
Rising rushed a yard for a touchdown on fourth down to set up the deciding conversion.
NO. 13 TCU 43, NO. 8 OKLAHOMA STATE 40, 2 OT >>
Kendre Miller scored on a 2-yard run in the second overtime and TCU beat Oklahoma State in a matchup of the Big 12’s last remaining undefeated teams.
Fans stormed the field after Miller got into the end zone for the Horned Frogs (6-0, 3-0).
NO. 9 MISSISSIPPI 48, AUBURN 34 >> Quinshon Judkins, Zach Evans and Jaxson Dart all ran for more than 100 yards and Mississippi rolled up 448 on the ground against Auburn,
The Rebels had three 100-yard rushers in a single game for the first time since 1976.
NO. 18 SYRACUSE 24, NO.
15 N.C. STATE 9 >> Garrett Shrader threw two touchdown passes to Oronde Gadsden II, Sean Tucker scored on a 25-yard run late and Syracuse beat North Carolina State to remain unbeaten and become eligible for the postseason.
NO. 22 KENTUCKY 27, MISSISSIPPI STATE 17 >> Chris Rodriguez Jr. rushed for 196 yards and two second-half scores, Will Levis returned from a one-game absence to throw a go-ahead touchdown pass and Kentucky topped Mississippi State to halt a two-game slide.
OKLAHOMA 52, NO. 19 KANSAS 42 >> Dillon Gabriel passed for 403 yards in his first game back after a concussion, and Oklahoma beat Kansas to end a threegame losing streak.
NO. 22 TEXAS 24, IOWA STATE 21 >> Quinn Ewers threw for three touchdowns, linebacker Jaylan Ford produced two turnovers and Texas rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Iowa State.
NO. 24 ILLINOIS 26, MINNESOTA 14 >> Chase Brown rushed for 180 yards on a career-high 41 carries and caught a 40-yard touchdown pass, Minnesota was limited to its fewest yards in five years, and Illinois won its fifth straight game.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 45, NO. 25 JAMES MADISON 38 >> Kyle Vantrease threw four touchdown passes, including a 22-yarder to Derwin Burgess Jr. with 1:10 remaining, and Georgia Southern spoiled James Madison’s first appearance in the AP Top 25.