SANDERS LEADS COWBOYS PAST OKLAHOMA, 37-33
STILLWATER, OKLA.» Spencer Sanders threw for a touchdown and ran for another and No. 7 Oklahoma State beat No. 10 Oklahoma 37-33 on Saturday night to keep alive its College Football Playoff chances and stop the Sooners’ streak of Big 12 titles at six.
Oklahoma State snapped a six-game losing streak to Oklahoma. The Cowboys will play No. 9 Baylor next Saturday for the Big 12 championship.
Oklahoma got the ball one last time at its 20- with 54 seconds remaining and no timeouts. Caleb Williams scrambled and ran 56 yards to put the Sooners in scoring range. But Oklahoma State’s Collin Oliver sacked Williams on fourth down at the Oklahoma State 32 with eight seconds remaining, setting off a wild celebration.
NO. 1 GEORGIA 45, GEORGIA TECH 0. ATLANTA» Stetson Bennett passed for 255 yards and four touchdowns, two to tight end Brock Bowers, and No. 1 Georgia finished its undefeated regular season by overwhelming Georgia Tech, 45-0.
NO. 5 NOTRE DAME 45, STANFORD 14. STANFORD, CALIF.» Jack Coan threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score and Notre Dame finished off the regular season with a victory over Stanford to keep its playoff hopes alive.
NO. 9 BAYLOR 27, TEXAS TECH 24. WACO, TEXAS» Blake Shapen threw for 254 yards and two touchdowns in his first start for Baylor, and the Bears held off Texas Tech. NO. 11 OREGON 38, OREGON STATE 29.
EUGENE, ORE.» Anthony Brown Jr. threw for 275 yards and two touchdown and ran for a score, and Oregon beat Oregon State to win the Pac-12 North Division and claim a spot in the conference championship game.
The Ducks (10-2, 7-2) will face No. 16 Utah in Las Vegas on Friday.
NO. 12 MICHIGAN STATE 30, PENN STATE
27. EAST LANSING, MICH. » Payton Thorne threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead Michigan State past Penn State. Kennett Walker III rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries to help the Spartans (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten) bounce back from a 56-7 loss to Ohio State. Michigan State finished undefeated at home for the first time since 2015.
LSU 27, TEXAS A&M 24. BATON ROUGE, LA. » Max Johnson hit Jaray Jenkins with a 28yard scoring pass down the right sideline with 20 seconds left, and LSU knocked off Texas A&M to give coach Ed Orgeron a triumphant send-off in his final game in Tiger Stadium. NORTH TEXAS 45,
NO. 15 UTSA 23. DENTON, TEXAS » UTSA’S undefeated season ended in a blowout as North Texas running backs Deandre Torrey and Ikaika Ragsdale combined for five touchdowns.
NO. 19 HOUSTON 45, UCONN 17. EAST HARTFORD, CONN.» Clayton Tune threw for 301 yards and four touchdowns and Houston completed its regular season with a victory over Uconn in cold and windy conditions.
Nathaniel Dell caught two touchdown passes, and Jake Herslow and Jeremy Singleton each topped 100 receiving yards to go with a TD apiece for Houston (11-1, 8-0 American Athletic Conference).
NO. 20 PITTSBURGH 31, SYRACUSE 14. SYRACUSE, N.Y.» Kenny Pickett threw for four touchdowns to break the Pittsburgh school record for scoring passes in a season.
NO. 21 WAKE FOREST 41, BOSTON COLLEGE 10. BOSTON» Sam Hartman threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score to help Wake Forest beat Boston College for a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.
NO. 23 LA.-LAFAYETTE 21, LA.-MONROE 16. LAFAYETTE, LA.» Emani Bailey scored on a 2-yard run to give Louisiana-lafayette a double-digit lead in the third quarter, and the Ragin’ Cajuns held off Louisiana-monroe.