TOP 25 ROUNDUP

No. 1 GEORGIA 37, VANDERBILT 20

Carson Beck threw for 261 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score as top-ranked Georgia shook off both an early kickoff and losing star tight end Brock Bowers to a left foot injury before halftime in beating Vanderbilt 37-20 Saturday.

Georgia (7-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) extended its school record and longest active FBS winning streak to 24 consecutive games, and tied the school record for consecutive SEC wins at 23, first set between 1980 and 1983.

Bowers hurt his left foot midway through the second quarter, not that it mattered as Georgia scored 27 straight points to take control.

Vanderbilt (2-6, 0-4) lost its sixth straight overall and sixth consecutive to Georgia.

The Bulldogs held the ball more than 37 minutes outgaining Vanderbilt 542-219. Daijun Edwards ran 20 times for 146 yards and a TD.

The Commodores opened the game taking a 7-0 lead with their first TD against Georgia under coach Clark Lea. The score also marked their first points since a 30-6 loss in 2019 in this series. Georgia had outscored Vanderbilt 117-0 combined over Lea’s first two games at his alma mater.

Ken Seals, making his third straight start for the injured AJ Swann, connected on all four of his passes, the last to freshman London Humphreys who went untouched for a 49-yard TD raising his right hand in the air as he crossed the goal line.

Beck tied it with a 1-yard keeper, and he put Georgia up 24-7 at halftime with a 4-yard TD pass to Dominic Lovett in the final seconds after an interception by Tykee Smith. Kendall Milton ran for a 3-yard TD, and Peyton Woodring added three field goals.

No. 2 MICHIGAN 52, INDIANA 7

J.J. McCarthy threw a tiebreaking, 2-yard touchdown pass to Roman Wilson late in the first half and Michigan pulled away to pummel Indiana.

The Wolverines (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) started slow, punting after losing 8 yards on their first two possessions

and giving up the game’s first touchdown. They closed strong, scoring 52 straight points to win another lopsided game against an overmatched opponent.

The Hoosiers (2-4, 0-3) took a 7-0 late late in the first quarter when Brendan Sorsby threw a lateral out wide to Donaven McCulley and the receiver heaved a 44-yard pass to Jaylin Lucas, who was wide open against a defense that was fooled by the trick play.

Indiana didn’t do much offensively the rest of the cold, wet and windy afternoon and simply couldn’t slow down McCarthy and Co.

No. 3 OHIO STATE 41, PURDUE 7

Kyle McCord threw three touchdown passes and Dallan Hayden rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown in relief of an injury depleted running backs room, helping Ohio State rout Purdue.

The Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) won their first road game in the series since 2013 and earned their second victory at Ross-Ade Stadium since 2007.

Purdue (2-4, 1-3) has lost two straight and four of five, this one against a severely short-handed Ohio State offense.

Running backs TreVeyon Henderson and Miyan Henderson and receiver Emeka Egbuka all sat out with injuries.

The Buckeyes then lost running back Chip Trayanum in the first quarter after taking a big hit and stumbling as he walked across the field

No. 4 FLORIDA STATE 41, SYRACUSE 3

Jordan Travis ran for two touchdowns and tossed a 56-yard scoring pass to Keon Coleman as Florida State routed Syracuse, the Seminoles’ 12th consecutive win.

Travis completed 23 of 37 passes for 284 yards and a touchdown, shaking off an apparent injury to his non-throwing (left) hand in the second quarter.

Lawrance Toafili had a 50-yard touchdown and finished with seven carries for 93 yards. Trey Benson added 14 carries for 74 yards as Florida State (6-0, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) surpassed the 30-point mark for a 12th straight game.

Syracuse’s Garrett Shrader completed 9 of 21 passes for 99 yards but was ineffective on the ground and netted minus-10 yards when factoring in sacks on seven carries.

LeQuint Allen had 19 carries for 110 yards for Syracuse (4-3, 0-3 ACC).

No. 6 PENN STATE 63, UMASS 0

Drew Allar threw for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead Penn State past UMass.

Theo Johnson caught two touchdowns, Tyler Warren, Kaytron Allen, Trey Potts and Beau Pribula scored and Daequan Hardy returned two punts for touchdowns to lead the Nittany Lions to their 11thstraight win dating to last season.

Coming off a bye week, and with next week’s trip to No. 3 Ohio State looming, Penn State (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) recovered from a sloppy start in a cold downpour at Beaver Stadium.

No. 11 ALABAMA 24, ARKANSAS 21

Jalen Milroe passed for two touchdowns and rushed for a third, and Alabama survived a second-half Arkansas rally in a victory over the Razorbacks.

The Crimson Tide (6-1, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) blew most of an 18-point third-quarter lead before summoning a big final drive to keep KJ Jefferson and the Razorbacks offense off the field at the end,

The Tide remained the only SEC West team without a league loss, but they’re not coming in dominant fashion. Alabama had to recover a late onside kick to hold on for a 26-20 win over Texas A&M a week ago. This time the offense recovered from three straight three-and-out possessions to milk the final 5:19 off the clock.

The Razorbacks (2-5, 0-4) dropped their fifth straight game but not before putting a scare into the Tide.

No. 16 UTAH 34, CALIFORNIA 14

Sione Vaki ran for 158 yards and two touchdowns and Ja’Quinden Jackson rushed for 94 yards and a score to lead Utah past California.

Bryson Barnes threw for 128 yards and ran for 50

more and a touchdown for the Utes (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12).

Vaki, who also is Utah’s starting strong safety, averaged 10.5 yards per carry as the Utahs amassed a season-high 317 rushing yards.

Fernando Mendoza threw for 149 yards and two touchdowns in his second career start for Cal (3-4, 1-2).

No. 19 TENNESSEE 20, TEXAS A&M 13

Dee Williams returned a punt 39 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to put Tennessee ahead for the first time and the Volunteers shut down Texas A&M the rest of the way.

Vols punter Jackson Ross backed up the Aggies to the 1, with a three-and-out setting up Williams for the pivotal return.

Jaylen Wright rushed for 136 yards for the Volunteers (5-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference). The victory was sealed when Gabe Jeudy-Lalley picked off a pass and returned it to the A&M 6 to set up a field goal.

Max Johnson threw two interceptions for Texas A&M (4-3, 2-2). The Aggies were 5 of 15 on thirddown conversions.

OKLAHOMA ST. 39, No. 23 KANSAS 32

Ollie Gordon II gained 284 yards from scrimmage and scored two touchdowns to help Oklahoma State defeat Kansas.

Gordon ran for a career-high 168 yards and caught six passes for a career-best 116. He became the first Oklahoma State player since Gerald Hudson in 1989 to have at least 100 yards rushing and receiving in a game.

Alan Bowman passed for 336 yards and two touchdowns, Rashod Owens had career highs of nine catches and 112 yards and Brennan Presley caught a touchdown pass and ran for the go-ahead score with 2:32 remaining for Oklahoma State (4-2, 2-1 Big 12). The Cowboys gained 554 yards to win their second straight after upsetting Kansas State last Friday.

Kansas (5-2, 2-2) was without quarterback Jalon Daniels for the third straight game because of a back injury.