The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
Mountaineers scale fourth-ranked Baylor
MORGANTOWN, W.VA. » WhenWest Virginia needed another late push to pull out a win, Clint Trickett and Kevin White came up big again.
Trickett threw two of his three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, White had a pair of TD catches and West Virginia surprised sloppy No. 4 Baylor 41-27 Saturday.
The Mountaineers (5-2, 3-1 Big 12) surpassed their win total of last season and beat a top five opponent for the first time since defeating No. 3 Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl after the 2007 season.
West Virginia had lost to Alabama and Oklahoma earlier this season when the Crimson Tide and Sooners were ranked in the top five. NO. 3 MISSISSIPPI 34, TENNESSEE 3 » At Oxford, Miss., BoWallace threw two touchdown passes and No. 3 Mississippi had another dominating defensive performance in a victory over Tennessee.
Ole Miss (7-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) fell behind 3-0 early in the second quarter, but scored the next 34 points to continue their best start since 1962. NO. 7 ALABAMA 59, NO. 21 TEXAS A&M 0 » At Tuscaloosa, Ala., Blake Sims passed for 268 yards and three touchdowns and scored on a 43-yard runwhile leading Alabama to 35 second-quarter points. NO. 8 MICHIGAN ST. 56, INDIANA 17 » At Bloomington, Ind., Connor Cook threw three touchdown passes, Jeremy Langford ran for three more scores and Michigan State scored the final 35 points. NO. 10 GEORGIA 45, ARKANSAS 32 » At Little Rock, Ark., Nick Chubb ran for 202 yards and two touchdowns and Georgia dominated on the road for the second straight week. NO. 14 KANSAS STATE 31, NO. 11 OKLAHOMA 30 » At Norman, Okla., Michael Hunnicutt missed a 19-yard field goal with 3:53 left after Oklahoma drove to the 1, and Kansas State held off the Sooners.
Kansas State (5-1, 3-0 Big 12) took possession and ran out the clock.
Hunnicutt missed two short field goals and had an extra point blocked. NO. 12 TCU 42, NO. 15 OKLAHOMA STATE 9 » At Fort Worth, Texas, Trevone Boykin threw for a careerhigh 410 yards with three touchdowns, two on long plays to Josh Doctson in the first quarter, and TCU bounced back afte a loss to Baylor. NO. 13 OHIO ST. 56, RUTGERS 17 » At Columbus, Ohio, J.T. Barrett completed his first nine passes, ran for 107 yards and two touchdowns and threw for three more scores for Ohio State. NO. 22 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 56, COLORADO 28 » At Los Angeles, Cody Kessler set a school record with seven touchdown passes, throwing five in the first half in Southern California’s victory over Colorado. NO. 24 CLEMSON 17, BOSTON COLLEGE13» At Boston, C.J. Davidson ran 32 yards for a touchdown with 9:35 to play and Clemson stopped a Boston College drive in the final minutes to beat the Eagles.