College football roundup

Local interest

• Marvelle Ross (VASJ) scored touchdowns on punt returns of 71and 74yards in Notre Dame College’s 41-0victory at Wesleyan. Ross also caught four passes for the Falcons (8-0). • Host Kentucky Wesleyan had no problem with Lake Erie (0-8, 0-6GMAC), 46-6. The Storm took a 6-0lead at 6:41 of the first quarter on a 33yard TD pass from Javarian Smith to Desmond Turner. • Devin Limerick’s 9-yard TD run in the fourth quarter lifted John Carroll (6-1, 5-1OAC) past Marietta, 27-24. • Host Mount Union (7-0, 6-0OAC) posted its second shutout of the season with a 54-0rout of Heidelberg. Andrew Roesch had a sack and a safety. Josh Petruccelli (Perry) rushed for 101yards and two touchdowns. • Host Wilmington scored 13 points in the fourth quarter, but Baldwin Wallace (6-1, 5-1 OAC) held on, 35-33. Jake Hudson threw for 285yard and two scores. • Visiting Case Western Reserve (6-1, 5-1PAC) topped Geneva, 27-14. Freshman Drew Saxton threw three touchdown passes. • Freshman Jaret Patterson rushed for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter as visiting Buffalo (7-1, 4-0MAC) rallied from 10points down to defeat Toledo (3-4, 1-2), 31-17. • Darnell Woolfolk scored on a bruising 7-yard run up the middle in the second overtime, sophomore quarterback Cam Thomas rushed for 137yards and one touchdown in his first career start, and host Army (5-2) survived, 31-30, to beat Miami (Ohio) (3-5) to the delight of a sellout homecoming crowd. • Kato Nelson completed a pass to Andre Williams for an 8-yard score in overtime and visiting Akron’s defense stopped a 2-point conversion as the Zips (3-3) beat Kent State (1-7), 24-23, on a rainy Saturday to keep the wooden Wagon Wheel trophy for the fourth straight year. • Nathan Rourke threw for four touchdowns on eight completions and host Ohio (4-3, 2-1 MAC) defeated Bowling Green (1-7, 0-4), 49-14, spoiling the debut of interim head coach Carl Pelini.

Top national

• Tua Tagovailoa threw touchdown passes to four receivers and visiting No. 1Alabama (8-0, 5-0SEC) started fast again in a 58-21victory over Tennessee (3-4, 1-3). • Trevor Lawrence threw for a career-high 308yards, Travis Etienne rushed for three touchdowns and host No. 3Clemson (7-0, 4-0ACC) routed No. 16North Carolina State (5-1, 2-1), 41-7. • Shea Patterson threw two touchdown passes and visiting No. 6 Michigan (7-1, 5-0 Big Ten) snapped a streak of 17 consecutive losses to ranked teams on the road with a 21-7 victory over No. 24 Michigan State (4-3, 2-2). The Wolverines had lost eight of 10 against their in-state rivals and those setbacks have led to them not winning a Big Ten title since 2004. • Michael Divinity Jr.’s interception set up Nick Brossette’s short touchdown run, Cole Tracy kicked four field goals, and host No. 5 LSU (7-1, 4-1 SEC) beat No. 22 Mississippi State (4-3, 1-3), 19-3. • Kyler Murray threw four touchdown passes, Kennedy Brooks and Trey Sermon had 100-yard rushing games with scores and visiting No. 9Oklahoma (6-1, 3-1Big 12) rebounded from its only loss this season to beat TCU (3-4, 1-3), 52-27, for the third time in 11months.