College football roundup

Local interest

• Notre Dame College scored 19 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to overcome an 11-point deficit and beat host Virginia-Wise, 2517. Marvelle Ross (VASJ) caught seven passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns for the Falcons (100), who clinched the MEC title last week.

• Visiting Mount Union (9-0) clinched a share of the OAC title and the conference’s automatic bid to the Division III playoffs with a 52-10 victory over Muskingum. Josh Petrucelli (Perry) scored two touchdowns and picked up 68 yards on 16 carries.

• Host Baldwin Wallace (8-1) topped Ohio Northern, 4841, to set up a showdown with crosstown rival John Carroll next week.

• Freshman Drew Saxton threw touchdowns to five receivers in Case Western Reserve’s 41-17 victory over Waynesburg. The Spartans are 8-1.

Top national

• Tua Tagovailoa threw two touchdown passes and ran 44 yards for a score in his toughest test this season, Alabama’s defense stifled No. 4 LSU (7-2, 4-2 SEC), and the top-ranked Crimson Tide (9-0, 6-0) remained unbeaten with a 29-0 victory. • Travis Etienne ran for 153 yards and two touchdowns and 350-pound defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence added a 2-yard scoring burst in a 77-16 victory for host No. 2 Clemson (9-0, 6-0 ACC) in a 77-16 victory over Louisville (2-7, 0-6).

• Ian Book threw for threw two touchdown passes and ran 23 yards for a score in the closing minutes to lead visiting No. 3 Notre Dame (9-0) to a 31-21 victory over Northwestern (5-4).

• Shea Patterson accounted for three touchdowns and host No. 5 Michigan (8-1, 6-0 Big Ten) put together a dominant performance on defense in a 42-7 victory over Penn State (6-3, 3-3).

• Will Grier threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Gary Jennings with 16 seconds left, and then ran in the 2-point conversion to lift visiting No. 12 West Virginia (7-1, 5-1 Big 12) past Texas (6-3, 4-2).