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No. 1 Oklahoma 23,
No. 5 Florida State 13

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Kenny Stills reached high to grab a 37-yard touchdown pass from Landry Jones midway through the fourth quarter for the tiebreaking score, and Oklahoma’s defense made the lead stand as the top-ranked Sooners beat No. 5 Florida State 23-13 on Saturday night.
Javon Harris picked off two passes for the Sooners (2-0), who forced three turnovers and harassed both Florida State quarterbacks all night.
The Seminoles (2-1) played the final 20 minutes without starting quarterback E.J. Manuel, who left in the third with a left shoulder injury.
Backup Clint Trickett kept the Seminoles in it. He hooked up with freshman Rashad Greene for a 56-yard touchdown on a third-and-28 with 9:32 left in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 13.

No. 7 Wisconsin 49, Northern Illinois 7
CHICAGO (AP) — Russell Wilson threw for 347 yards and three scores, Montee Ball rushed for another two TDs and the Badgers piled up more than 600 yards in the game at Soldier Field.
Ball finished with 91 yards on 18 carries, James White added 100 yards and another score, and Nick Toon had two TD catches for the Badgers (3-0), who have won 31 straight against non-conference opponents in the regular season. Wisconsin also improved to 12-1 against the Huskies (1-2).

No. 9 Texas A&M 37, Idaho 7
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Cyrus Gray had three touchdowns and 101 yards rushing, Ryan Tannehill threw for 337 yards and two scores in less than three quarters and No. 9 Texas A&M shook off a sloppy start for a win over Idaho on Saturday night.
The Aggies had two turnovers in the first quarter, but Idaho didn’t take advantage. Texas A&M had tacked on 27 points before halftime thanks to two touchdowns by Gray to take a comfortable lead and go on to the win.
Gray finished with 101 yards rushing for his ninth straight 100-yard game dating to last season. He had a 17-yard touchdown run and a 3-yard reception for a score in the second quarter. His 1-yard run midway through the third quarter pushed the lead to 37-0.

No. 11 Nebraska 51, Washington 38
LINCOLN, Neb. — Taylor Martinez threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third to lead the Cornhuskers.
Martinez looked to have put away the Huskies with his 6-yard TD run, but Keith Price passed 52 yards to James Johnson for his fourth TD toss to make it a 13-point game with 4:27 left.
Nebraska (3-0) won the third meeting of the teams in 364 days. Nebraska won in Seattle last September but lost in a rematch at the Holiday Bowl.
The Huskies (2-1) had their six-game winning streak ended.
Washington’s Chris Polk ran for 130 yards. Nebraska’s Rex Burkhead had 120 yards rushing.
Price was 21 of 37 for 274 yards.

No. 12 Oregon 56, Missouri State 7
EUGENE, Ore. — LaMichael James ran for 204 yards and three touchdowns, including a 90-yarder, and the Ducks cruised.
James’ 90-yard dash was Oregon’s longest run since 1938. He also had a 1-yard TD in the first quarter and a 50-yarder in the third.
Darron Thomas threw for 206 yards and three touchdowns for the Ducks (2-1). Lavasier Tuinei caught scoring passes of 8 and 34 yards, and Oregon sat most of its starters early in the second half. Missouri State fell to 0-3.

No. 13 Virginia Tech 26, Arkansas State 7
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Logan Thomas threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns for the Hokies, who are 3-0 for the first time since 2006.
Thomas hit D.J. Coles with a short pass that Coles took 49 yards for a touchdown and found Danny Coale from 4 yards out. Thomas was 21 for 33 and also threw two interceptions.
Arkansas State (1-2) came in averaging 480 yards but managed little after a 51-yard pass on its first offensive play set up its only scoring drive.

Notre Dame 31, No. 15 Michigan State 13
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Cierre Wood ran for two touchdowns, freshman George Atkinson III returned a kickoff 89 yards for a score and Robert Blanton had a late interception for the Irish (1-2).
The Spartans (2-1), who stunned Notre Dame in overtime a year ago with a game-winning TD pass off a fake field goal, tried to surprise the Irish with another fake late in the first half. But it failed when Ethan Johnson broke up a shovel pass attempt and the Irish led 21-10 at the break.
Michigan State’s Kirk Cousins was 34 of 53 for 329 yards with one TD and one interception. Tommy Rees was 187 of 26 for 161 yards with a TD and an interception.

No. 16 Florida 33, Tennessee 23
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Chris Rainey had 233 total yards, including an 83-yard touchdown catch, and the Gators extended two decades of dominance in the Southeastern Conference series.
Rainey finished with 108 yards rushing, 104 yards receiving and blocked a punt that led to a field goal. His touchdown pretty much sealed it, allowing the Gators (3-0, 1-0) to push their winning streak in the series to seven games.
Florida has won 16 of 22 since the Eastern Division teams started playing annually in 1990. The Volunteers (2-1, 0-1) had hoped to end the streak with quarterback Tyler Bray, but it ended with another Florida celebration in the Swamp.

No. 18 West Virginia 37, Maryland 31
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Geno Smith threw for a career-high 388 yards, and the Mountaineers (3-0) withstood a furious comeback.
After WVU let a 24-point lead dwindle to 34-31 with 10:29 remaining, Smith directed a 14-play, 65-yard drive that produced a field goal with 4:42 left.
The Terrapins (1-1) then moved to the West Virginia 35 before Eain Smith intercepted a Danny O’Brien pass with 1:13 remaining to saddle coach Randy Edsall with his first defeat at Maryland.

No. 19 Baylor 48, Stephen F. Austin 0
WACO, Texas — Robert Griffin III continued his sterling start to the season, and No. 19 Baylor celebrated its highest ranking since October 1991 by routing Stephen F. Austin Saturday night in a game that was ended in the third quarter because of lightning.
He was 20 of 22 for 247 yards and three touchdowns, with eight carries for 78 yards. He led Baylor to scores on its first five drives and eight of the nine series he played.
Five of his touchdown drives covered at least 61 yards. There was a 96-yarder and an 80-yarder that took only 50 seconds because of the deep pass to Wright.

No. 23 Texas 49, UCLA 20
PASADENA, Calif. — Case McCoy passed for 168 yards and two touchdowns, D.J. Grant made his first three career TD catches, and the Longhorns avenged last season’s stunning home loss to the Bruins.
Malcolm Brown rushed for 110 yards and a score, and Fozzy Whittaker ran for two more touchdowns for the Longhorns (3-0), who got solid production from two young quarterbacks. McCoy went 12 for 15 without a turnover in his first career start, and freshman David Ash went 3 for 3 in frequent action.
Richard Brehaut passed for 150 yards after Kevin Prince threw three interceptions in the first quarter for the Bruins (1-2).

No. 23 TCU 38, Louisiana-Monroe 17
FORT WORTH, Texas — Greg McCoy returned the second-half kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown for the Horned Frogs.
Three plays after McCoy’s sprint up the right sideline in front of the Louisiana-Monroe bench, the Warhawks (1-2) gave the ball back when Jyruss Edwards fumbled after a hit from Stansly Maponga. D.J. Yendrey recovered at the 28, setting up Matthew Tucker’s second TD run, a 1-yarder for a 35-17 lead less than 5 minutes into the second half.
TCU (2-1) matched a Mountain West Conference record with its 21st consecutive home win. The win gave Gary Patterson his 100th victory as the Horned Frogs’ coach.