W. VA. FLOPS AGAIN
No. 4 K-State rips No. 17 Mountaineers
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Collin Klein ran for four touchdowns and threw three TD passes as No. 4 Kansas State got little resistance from No. 17 West Virginia in a 55-14 victory Saturday night that turned a matchup of Heisman Trophy contenders into a campaign ad for the Wildcats’ quarterback.
Klein was 19-for-21 for a career-high 323 yards and ran for 41 yards for the Wildcats (7-0, 4-0 Big 12). It was no surprise the Mountaineers (5-2, 2-2) were awful on defense, it’s been that way all season. For the second straight game, though, Geno Smith and the offense did nothing to keep it close. Smith followed up a clunker at Texas Tech last week with an even worse game, throwing his first two interceptions of the season and finishing 21-for-32 for 143 yards. The senior has gone from Heisman front-runner to longshot in two weeks.
ALABAMA 44, TENNESSEE 13: A.J. McCarron threw four TD passes and passed for a careerhigh 306 yards to lead the topranked Crimson Tide (7-0) in Knoxville. Freshman receiver Amari Cooper caught seven passes for 162 yards and two touchdowns, while freshman running back T.J. Yeldon ran for 129 yards and two scores on 15 carries.
LSU 24, TEXAS A&M 19: Jeremy Hill rushed for a career-high
127 yards and a TD, and the sixth-ranked Tigers rallied from an early deficit to beat No. 20 Texas A&M in College Station. The Tigers (7-1, 3-1 SEC) scored 21 points off four turnovers.
OHIO STATE 29, PURDUE
22 (OT): In Columbus, backup Kenny Guiton came on in relief of injured Braxton Miller to lead a touchdown drive in the final minute of regulation and Carlos Hyde scored on a 1-yard run in OT for the No. 7 Buckeyes (8-0).
OKLAHOMA 52, KANSAS 7: In Norman, Landry Jones threw for 291 yards and three TDs, and No. 10 Oklahoma (5-1) scored on a kickoff return and a punt return
in the same game for the first time in school history.
USC50, COLORADO6: Matt Barkley threw for 298 yards and six touchdowns while setting No. 11 and host USC’s career record for TD passes with his 100th.
FLORIDA STATE 33, MIAMI 20: E.J. Manuel threw for 229 yards and No. 12 and visiting Florida State (7-1) won despite 12 penalties and five fumbles, two of them lost.
GEORGIA 29, KENTUCKY
24: Aaron Murray threw four TD passes to become the school’s career leader to rally the No. 13 Bulldogs on the road. The junior finished 30-of-38 for 427 yards for No. 13 Georgia (6-1, 4-1 SEC), which stayed within reach of East-leading Florida entering next week’s showdown against the Gators (7-0, 6-0) in Jacksonville. Murray’s 73 TDs gave him the school record, breaking David Greene’s record set from 2001-04.
CLEMSON 38, VIRGINIA TECH 17: Tajh Boyd ran for two touchdowns and passed for another and Jonathan Meeks had a 74-yard interception return score as the host No. 14 Tigers (6-1) beat the Hokies for the third straight time.
MISS. STATE 45, MIDDLE TENN. 3: Tyler Russell threw for
191 for host yards No. and 15 Mississippi three touchdowns State.
LOUISVILLE 27, S. FLORIDA 25: Teddy Bridgewater threw an 11-yard TD pass to Eli Rogers with 1:35 left for No. 16 Louisville (7-0, 2-0 Big East) at home.
TEXAS TECH 56, TCU 53 (3 OTs): Seth Doege tossed a TD pass in each of the three overtime periods, giving him seven for the game and helping No. 18 and visiting Texas Tech (6-1) prevail after blowing a late 10-point lead.
TOLEDO 29, CINCINNATI 23: Toledo’s Bernard Reedy scored on a 91-yard kickoff return to lead the host Rockets over No. 21 Cincinnati (5-1). Toledo did not score an offensive TD, getting five field goals, an INT return for a TD and the kickoff return.
STANFORD 21, CAL 3: Stepfan Taylor ran for a career-high 189 yards and one TD, and visiting No. 22 Stanford (5-2) overwhelmed rival California for its third straight Big Game victory.
MICHIGAN 12, MICHIGAN
STATE 10: Brendan Gibbons made a 38-yard field goal with five seconds left, lifting No. 23 Michigan in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines (5-2, 3-0 Big Ten) beat the Spartans (4-4, 1-3) for the first time since 2007. It was the 900th victory for Michigan, college football’s winningest program.
BOISE ST 32, UNLV 7: D.J Harper rushed for two touchdowns for host No. 24 Boise State.