Alabama rolls to easy win
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It was Jalyen and Jalen day for No. 1 Alabama.
Jaylen Waddle returned a punt for a touchdown and caught two scoring passes, including a 94-yarder, and Jalen Hurts made a statement just by playing in the Crimson Tide’s 56-14 victory Saturday over LouisianaLafayette.
Quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Hurts staked the Crimson Tide (5-0) to a 49-0 halftime lead over the Ragin’ Cajuns (1-3) en route to the defending national champions’ latest blowout.
Hurts, who twice led Alabama to national championship games but lost his starting job, erased any question about possibly taking a redshirt year by playing in his fifth game.
NO. 2 GEORGIA 38, TENNESSEE 12
ATHENS, Ga. — D’Andre Swift ran for two touchdowns, including a late 14-yarder, and Georgia used dominant defense to overcome a sluggish offensive start.
NO. 3 CLEMSON 27, SYRACUSE 23
CLEMSON, S.C. — With new starting quarterback Trevor Lawrence knocked out of the game, Travis Etienne scored on a 2-yard run with 41 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to give Clemson a victory over Syracuse.
NO. 6 OKLAHOMA 66, BAYLOR 33
NORMAN, Okla. — Kyler Murray sat out Oklahoma’s first offensive series then came on to pass for 432 yards and six touch- downs.
NO. 10 AUBURN 24, SOUTHERN MISS 13
AUBURN, Ala. — Jarrett Stidham threw for 245 yards and two touchdowns and Auburn beat Southern Miss in a game disrupted for nearly three hours by lightning.
NO. 12 W. VIRGINIA 42, NO. 25 TEXAS TECH 34
LUBBOCK, Texas — Will Grier threw for 370 yards and three touchdowns, and Keith Washington thwarted a rally with 51-yard interception return for a score for West Virginia.
NO. 13 UCF 45, PITTSBURGH 14
ORLANDO, Fla. — McKenzie Milton threw for 328 yards and four touchdowns and UCF extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 17 games.
NO. 14 MICHIGAN 20, NORTHWESTERN 17
EVANSTON, Ill. — Karan Higdon ran for 115 yards and two touchdowns, Shea Patterson threw 196 yards and No. 14 Michigan overcame a 17-point deficit.
NO. 18 TEXAS 19, KANSAS STATE 14
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Sam Ehlinger threw for 207 yards and a touchdown, D’Shawn Jamison returned a punt 90 yards for another score and Texas snap a five-game road losing streak to Kansas State.
NO. 21 MICH. STATE 31, CENT. MICH. 20
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Brian Lewerke ran for two touchdowns in the first half, and Michigan State overcame a slow start and an underwhelming finish.
VIRGINIA TECH 31, NO. 22 DUKE 14
DURHAM, N.C. — Ryan Willis threw for 332 yards and a career-best three touchdowns in his first start at Virginia Tech.
FLORIDA 13, NO. 23 MISSISSIPPI STATE 6
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Feleipe Franks threw for 219 yards and Florida’s defense dominated.