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STARS

» Drew Lock, Missouri, set school records by throwing for 521 yards and seven TDs as the Tigers beat Missouri State 72-43. » Saquon Barkley, Penn State, racked up 226 total yards and two TDs to lead the No. 6 Nittany Lions to a 52-0 win over Akron. » Jesse Ertz, Kansas State, threw for 333 yards and four TDs in three quarters, sending the No. 20 Wildcats to a 55-19 rout of overmatched Central Arkansas. » Nic Shimonek, Texas Tech, threw for 384 yards and three TDs in his first career start and the Red Raiders opened what could be a crucial season for coach Kliff Kingsbury with a 56-10 win over Eastern Washington. » Josh Adams, Notre Dame, had 161 yards and a TD rushing to lift the Fighting Irish to a 49-16 victory over Temple. » Ronald Jones II, Southern California, rushed for 159 yards and three scores in the fourth-ranked Trojans’ 49-31 comeback victory over Western Michigan. » Ross Bowers, California, threw for 363 yards and four TDs to help the Bears beat North Carolina 35-30. » Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma, missed just one pass and threw for 329 yards and three touchdowns in one half of work to help the No. 7 Sooners roll past UTEP 56-7.

TOUGH COACHING DEBUTS

Justin Wilcox is one of the few coaches who can say he has had a successful debut. The Cal head coach had to travel far for the Golden Bears to post a 35-30 win over North Carolina. Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley is also 1-0 after the Sooners rolled past UTEP. Going into Saturday night’s games, this season’s new coaches are 6-9 in debuts. USF’s Charlie Strong got things going last week as the Bulls defeated San Jose State. Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell, P.J. Fleck (Minnesota) and Randy Edsall (UConn) won on Thursday. Texas’ Tom Herman had the most anticipated debut of Saturday and became only the third Longhorns’ coach to drop his debut after Maryland’s 51-41 win.

NUMBERS

3 — 100-yard rushers by Notre Dame in its 49-16 victory over Temple. Josh Adams had 161, Dexter Williams 124 and Brandon Wimbush 106. 56 — Length of the field goal by Northern Colorado’s Collin Root against College of Idaho, breaking the school record of 54 yards by Ryan Anderson in 1993.

BLIND LONG-SNAPPER

Jake Olson, No. 4 Southern California’s blind long-snapper, has delivered a flawless extrapoint snap for the Trojans. Olson took the field with 3:13 to play for the Trojans, and he delivered his snap without a hitch for a kick that put USC ahead of Western Michigan 49-31 on Saturday. Olson lost his sight to a rare form of retinal cancer eight years ago, but never lost his dream of playing for USC. The lifelong Trojans fan joined the team under a scholarship for disabled athletes and began to practice with the Trojans two years ago.