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Michigan St. 31, Oregon 28
EAST LANSING, Mich. ( AP) — Connor Cook threw two touchdown passes, and No. 5 Michigan State held on with one final defensive stand to beat No. 7 Oregon 31-28 on Saturday night.
The Spartans (2-0) led for most of the second half, and it was 31-21 before Oregon’s Vernon Adams threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Byron Marshall with 3:25 remaining. After a Michigan State punt, the Ducks (11) drove to the Spartans’ 33 before Adams overthrew Marshall, who had beaten his defender.
The Spartans then sacked Adams for a loss of 10, and his fourth-down pass was incomplete.
LJ Scott ran for two touchdowns for Michigan State, and Aaron Burbridge caught eight passes for 101 yards and a touchdown.
It was the first time two teams in the AP Top 10 met at Spartan Stadium since 1966, when No. 2 Michigan State and No. 1 Notre Dame played to a 1010 tie. Cook threw for 192 yards and Scott ran for 76. Madre London added 103 yards rushing for the Spartans.
NO. 19 OKLAHOMA 31, NO. 23 TENNESSEE 24, 2xOT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Baker Mayfield threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Sterling Shepard in double overtime and Oklahoma beat Tennessee after overcoming a 17point deficit.
Zack Sanchez clinched Oklahoma’s victory by picking off Joshua Dobbs’ pass on Tennessee’s second overtime possession, continuing the Vols’ recent history of frustration against Top 25 foes.
Oklahoma (2-0) forced overtime on Mayfield’s 5-yard touchdown pass to Shepard with 40 seconds left.
Tennessee went ahead 17-0 in the first 18 minutes and still led 17-3 until Mayfield engineered two fourth-quarter touchdown drives.
After going 8 of 25 for 84 yards with two interceptions in the first three quarters, Mayfield was 9 of 14 for 103 yards with three touchdown passes and touchdown run in the fourth quarter and overtime.
Tennessee (1-1) has lost 28 of its last 29 games against Top 25 teams.
TOLEDO 16, NO. 18 ARKANSAS 12
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former Alabama reserve quarterback Phillip Ely threw for 237 yards and the Toledo defense rattled Arkansas into a number of mistakes in an upset victory.
Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen threw his first interception since last Nov. 1 — after 134 attempts. He misfired on two passes from the Toledo 16 in the final 6 seconds.
Deep in their own territory, the Rockets (1-0) gave up a safety with 52 seconds left that cut their lead to four points. Arkansas (1-1) received the free kick, then drove from its 32 to the 16 with no timeouts before Allen’s throws sailed away.
Ely completed 21 of 38 passes. Allen was 32 of 53 for 412 yards.
NO. 1 OHIO STATE 38, HAWAII 0
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott had three short touchdown runs and Ohio State overcame a slow start to score a flurry of late points against Hawaii.
Elliott scored on 1- and 3-yard runs in the first half, and added a 1-yarder with about 9 minutes left for a 24-0 lead. The Buckeyes (2-0) added two more touchdowns, with safety Vonn Bell scooping up a fumble and running 14 yards less than 2 minutes later, and Bri’onte Dunn running for another score.
Cardale Jones made his first start at quarterback at Ohio Stadium, and passed for 100 yards. He fumbled twice, but recovered each one. J.T. Barrett replaced him for the final three series of the second, but Jones returned to start the third quarter.
Paul Harris, a Columbus native, ran for 46 yards on 14 carries for Hawaii (1-1).
NO. 2 ALABAMA 37, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 10
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ( AP) — Jake Coker passed for 214 yards in the first half and Derrick Henry ran for three touchdowns to lead Alabama past Middle Tennessee.
Coker started for the second straight game for the Crimson Tide (2-0) and gave no indication he’s going to yield the job to Cooper Bateman, who played the second half against the Blue Raiders (1-1). Coker was 15 of 26 with a touchdown, but also had a pass intercepted after throwing into double coverage.
Henry has three TDs in each of Alabama’s first two games and gained 96 yards. Kenyan Drake set up one TD with a 69-yard catch and run and scored on a 14-yard pass from Bateman.
NO. 11 FLORIDA STATE 34, SOUTH FLORIDA 14
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Dalvin Cook ran for 266 yards and three touchdowns on 30 carries to help Florida State beat South Florida.
Cook had the second-highest rushing total in school history and the first 200-yard game since Sammie Smith had 212 yards against Tulane in 1988. Greg Allen set the school record with 322 yards against Western Carolina in 1981.