The Denver Post

NO. 13 AUBURN ROLLS PAST MISSISSIPP­I ST. 49-10

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ALA.» Jarrett Stidham passed for AUBURN,

264 yards and two touchdowns and Kerryon Johnson ran for three scores to lead No. 13 Auburn to a 49-10 victory over No. 24 Mississipp­i State on Saturday night.

The Tigers (4-1, 2-0 Southeaste­rn Conference) establishe­d themselves as the most likely challenger to No. 1 Alabama in the Western Division with an explosive offensive performanc­e. The Bulldogs (3-2, 1-2) have lost two straight lopsided games since blowing out LSU to start a string of three matchups with top 15 teams.

Stidham launched a handful of deep balls for Auburn, including a 47-yard touchdown to a wide-open Will Hastings and a 57-yarder to Eli Stove from his own end zone. He wound up 13-of-16 passing.

Johnson gained 116 yards, including an early 59-yarder, in a strong follow-up to his five-touchdown effort in a 51-14 romp over Missouri.

• Jalen Hurts passed for 197 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 101 and one touchdown as top-ranked Alabama crushed Mississipp­i 66-3.

• Jake Fromm threw a touchdown pass and ran for two more scores as No. 7 Georgia rolled to a 41-0 blowout of Tennessee, which suffered its first shutout loss since 1994.

• No. 21 Florida beat Vanderbilt 38-24 despite losing starting quarterbac­k Luke Del Rio for the rest of the season because of a broken left collarbone.

In the Pac-12. Jake Browning threw for three touchdowns, Myles Gaskin ran for 113 yards and a score and No. 6 Washington broke open a close game with a 21-point third quarter to beat Oregon State 42-7. Browning completed 26-of-34 passes for 293 yards and had touchdown passes of 5, 15 and 34 yards to Dante Pettis, who had 12

catches for 105 yards. … Luke Falk threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, Erik Powell kicked a 32-yard field goal with 1:40 left and No. 16 Washington State beat No. 5 Southern California 30-27 on Friday night.

In the Big 12. Quarterbac­k Mason Rudolph ran 16 yards for the go-ahead touchdown in the final two minutes and No. 15 Oklahoma State beat Texas Tech 41-34. Rudolph’s second rushing score came after three TD tosses as the Cowboys bounced back from a home loss to ninth-ranked TCU and avoided a second conference loss.

In the Big Ten. Daesean Hamilton caught nine passes for 122 yards and three touchdowns and became Penn State’s career receptions leader in the No. 4 Nittany Lions’ 45-14 victory over Indiana. Hamilton teamed with quarterbac­k Trace Mcsorley on the first two scoring passes and caught the third from running back Saquon Barkley to cap the scoring in the fourth quarter. Hamilton

Lamar Jackson had a short but productive day, throwing for 249 yards and three touchdowns after playing in just over a half and No. 17 Louisville routed Murray State 55-10. The reigning Heisman Trophy winner, who had just one play after halftime, added 100 yards rushing and a TD on seven carries. He’s now just 13 yards short of becoming the seventh player in ACC history to reach 10,000 total career yards. … Brandon Wimbush threw for three touchdowns and ran for another and No. 22 Notre Dame beat Miami (Ohio) 52-17 for the 900th victory in school history. Josh Adams added touchdown runs of 72 and 59 yards in the first half before leaving the game with an injury to his left leg. Adams, who entered the game as the No. 9 rusher in the country, still led the Irish with 159 yards on the ground despite the short night. … Jordan Chunn ran for 191 yards and a touchdown, Troy’s defense forced four turnovers and the surging Trojans upset No. 25 LSU 24-21. Troy, which celebrated wildly with traveling fans in largely empty Tiger Stadium as time ran out, became the first team from outside the Southeaste­rn Conference to win in LSU’S Death Valley since UAB in 2000. — The Associated Press

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