TAGOVAILOA PASSES FOR CAREER-BEST 444 YARDS

» Tua Tagovailoa threw for a COLUMBIA , S. C . career-high 444 yards and tied his personal best with five touchdowns to help No. 2 Alabama open Southeastern Conference play with a 47-23 victory over South Carolina on Saturday.

Coach Nick Saban improved to 12-1 at Alabama in SEC openers.

Tagovailoa and his receivers quickly got the Crimson Tide (3-0, 1-0) rolling with first-quarter TD passes of 24 yards to Najee Harris and 81 yards to Henry Ruggs III.

The Crimson Tide finished with 76 yards rushing against 495 passing.

No. 1 Clemson 41, Syracuse 6. SYRACUS E, » Trevor Lawrence threw for three N.Y. touchdowns and ran for another and topranked Clemson beat nemesis Syracuse.

No. 3 Georgia 55, Arkansas State 0. » Jake Fromm threw for 279 A T HENS, GA . yards and three touchdowns before taking the rest of the day off, and Georgia’s defense turned in a dominating performance.

With thousands of Georgia fans wearing pink instead of red to honor Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson’s wife, Wendy, who died last month from breast cancer, the Bulldogs (3-0) took control as soon as they got their hands on the ball. They scored on six of seven possessions in the first half, building a 34-0 lead.

No. 4 LSU 65, Northwestern St. 14. BATON » Joe Burrow completed 21 of 24 ROUGE , L A . passes for 373 yards and two touchdowns, and fourth-ranked LSU pulled away from Northwestern State in the second half.

No. 5 Oklahoma 48, UCLA 14. PAS ADEN IA, » Jalen Hurts racked up 439 scrimCA L IF . mage yards, became the first Oklahoma quarterback to pass for 200 yards and rush for 100 in the first half and directed the fifth-ranked Sooners to scores on their first six drives.

No. 6 Ohio State 51, Indiana 10. » J.K. Dobbins ran for 193 BLOOMINGTON, IND. yards and scored twice, Justin Fields threw three touchdown passes and Ohio State routed Indiana.

The Buckeyes (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) have won each of their first three games by at least 24 points and extended their winning

streak in the series to 24, dating to a tie in 1990. Ohio State hasn’t lost to Indiana since 1988. And with Peyton Ramsey starting at quarterback in place of the injured Michael Penix Jr., the Hoosiers (2-1, 0-1) never had a chance. Fields completed 14 of 24 passes for 193 yards.

No. 7 Notre Dame 66, New Mexico 14. » Ian Book threw a careerhigh SOUT HBE N D , I N D . five touchdown passes and Notre Dame’s defense came up with three firsthalf interceptions in its final tuneup before a showdown at No. 3 Georgia.

No. 8 Auburn 55, Kent State 16. AUBURN, » Ian Jatarvious Whitlow rushed for ALA. 135 yards and two touchdowns and Bo Nix ran and passed for scores.

No. 11 Utah 31, Idaho State 0. S A LTL A KE CITY» Tyler Huntley threw for 282 yards and three touchdowns and Zach Moss ran for 106 yards and another score in Utah’s victory over Idaho State.

No. 12 Texas 48, Rice 13. OUSTON» Sam H Ehlinger threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns and Jake Smith caught six passes for 75 yards for Texas.

No. 13 Penn State 17, Pittsburgh 10. » Journey Brown ran for UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. 109 yards and a touchdown and Penn State held off Pittsburgh in their 100th meeting.

No. 17 UCF 45, Stanford 27. ORLANDO, » Dillon Gabriel threw for 347 yards FL A. and four touchdowns in his second college start, leading UCF past Stanford.

BYU 30, No. 24 Southern Cal 27, OT. UTAH» Dayan Ghanwoloku intercepted PROVO, a tipped pass in overtime after Jake Oldroyd kicked a 43-yard field to give BYU the lead. — The Associated Press