No. 1 Florida State 42, No. 20 N.C. State 11
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| Travis Minor found the end zone on a tough 2-yard run to put the 'Noles up 25-3 in the third quarter. FSU's offense had managed just one TD in the first half. |
Florida State kicker Sebastian Janikowski, who tied his career high with five field goals. Janikowski booted two 47-yarders along with 22-, 30-, and 31-yard kicks. |
Florida State (3-0): at North Carolina
N.C. State (2-1): at Wake Forest |
No. 4 Florida 23, No. 2 Tennessee 21
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| Tennessee's Jamal Lewis came up short on a 4th-and-3 and Florida ran out the clock. |
Florida DE Alex Brown, who collected five sacks and was the star the new-look Florida defense was looking for. |
Florida (3-0): at Kentucky
Tennessee (1-1): vs. Memphis
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No. 3 Penn State 27, No. 9 Miami 23
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| Miami QB Kenny Kelly was picked off by Penn State's Askari Adams in the final two minutes. Miami got the ball back again with 35 seconds left, but Kelly threw another interception. |
Penn State WR Chafie Fields, who beat single coverage for a 79-yard TD to put the Nittany Lions back on top with 1:41 left in the game. Fields also had a 49-yard TD catch. |
Penn State (3-0): vs. Indiana
Miami (1-1): at East Carolina |
No. 5 Michigan 18, Syracuse 13
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| Syracuse QB Madei Williams'
fourth-and-4 pass was beyond the reach of diving Pat Woodcock and
Michigan took over on downs and ran out the clock.
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Michigan CB James Whitley. He had a key fourth-quarter sack to end a Syracuse threat and had a second-quarter interception. |
Michigan (3-0): at Wisconsin
Syracuse (2-1): vs. West Virginia
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No. 6 Nebraska 20, Southern Mississippi 13
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| Nebraska's Keyuo Craver
intercepted Southern Miss QB Jeff Kelly at the Nebraska 1-yard line with 1:17 left in the game to preserve the win.
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Nebraska LB Julius Jackson, who returned a fumble 16 yards for a TD and scored on a 28-yard interception return. |
Nebraska (3-0): at Missouri
Southern Miss (2-1): at Texas A&M
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No. 7 Texas A&M 62, Tulsa 13
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| Texas A&M exploded for 28 points in the second quarter, turning this one into a laugher. |
A&M QB Randy McCown, who threw for two TDs and ran for another. One of his TD passes covered 96 yards to Chris Taylor, the longest in school history. |
Texas A&M (2-0): vs. Southern Miss
Tulsa (1-2): at San Jose State |
Cincinnati 17, No. 8 Wisconsin 12
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| Wisconsin QB Scott Kavanagh threw out of the back of the end zone on 4th-and-12 at the Cincinnati 19 with six seconds left in the game. A Badger TD on the previous play had been nullified by a false start penalty. |
Cincinnati RB Robert Cooper, who ran for 143 yards and a TD. His 51-yard scoring run on the first play of the second quarter gave the Bearcats a 7-3 lead and stunned Wisconsin. |
Cincinnati (2-1): at Ohio State
Wisconsin (2-1): vs. Michigan
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No. 12 Ohio State 40, Ohio U. 16
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| The Buckeyes woke up from a sluggish first half to score three TDs in four plays in the third quarter. |
Ohio State WR Ken-Yon Rambo, who caught touchdowns of 15 and 68 yards. He finished with 7 catches for 181 yards. |
Ohio State (2-1): vs. Cincinnati
Ohio U. (0-3): vs. Buffalo
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No. 13 Georgia Tech 41, Central Florida 10
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| Third-string RB Sean Gregory scored on a 2-yard run in the second quarter to put Tech up 24-10. It was his second TD of the game. |
Georgia Tech's offensive line. The big uglies helped Tech to 318 yards rushing, the second time this season the Yellow Jackets have cracked the 300-yard barrier. |
Georgia Tech (2-1): vs. Maryland, Sept. 30
Central Florida (0-3): at Georgia
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No. 14 Purdue 58, Central Michigan 16
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| The Boilermakers put 24 points on the board during a 6:43 stretch in the second quarter, coasting into halftime with a 41-17 lead. |
Purdue punt returner Vinny Sutherland, who returned a punt 64 yards for a score, caught seven passes for 134 yards and added 30 rushing yards on three end-around runs.
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Purdue (3-0): vs. Northwestern
Central Michigan (1-2): vs. Miami (Ohio) |
No. 15 Arkansas 44, Louisiana-Monroe 6
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| ULM's special teams decided to make it easy on the Razorbacks. A mishandled snap on a punt, a 20-yard punt and a blocked punt led to 17 quick third-quarter points. |
Arkansas QB Clint Stoerner, who threw two first-half TDs. However, he did leave the game in the fourth quarter with an injured shoulder. |
Arkansas (2-0): at Alabama
Louisiana-Monroe (1-2): vs. Northwestern State
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No. 16 Kansas State 40, UTEP 7
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| Kansas State went into halftime on a high note after Lamar Chapman returned an interception 69 yards to put the Wildcats up 21-7. |
K-State RB Frank Murphy, who rushed for 162 yards and opened the game with a 76-yard kickoff return. He capped his day with a 12-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. |
Kansas State (2-0): at Iowa State
UTEP (1-2): vs. New Mexico State
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Stanford 50, No. 17 Arizona 22
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| Stanford scored three TDs in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, ending any hopes of an Arizona comeback after the 'Cats had cut it to 30-22. |
Everybody on Stanford. Todd Husak threw for 364 yards, Kerry Carter scored three TDs, Troy Walters caught eight passes for 168 yards and Tim Smith had three interceptions. |
Stanford (2-1): vs. UCLA
Arizona (2-2): at Washington State |
Louisiana Tech 29, No. 18 Alabama 28
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| Backup QB Brian Stallworth threw a 28-yard TD to Sean Cangelosi on fourth-and-26 with two seconds left. Cangelosi hauled in the winning catch amid three 'Bama defenders. |
Louisiana Tech QBs Tim Rattay and Stallworth. Rattay threw for 368 yards before leaving the game due to injury two plays before Stallworth threw the game-winner. |
Louisiana Tech (2-2): at Louisiana-Lafayette (Oct. 2)
Alabama (2-1): vs. Arkansas |
No. 19 USC 24, San Diego State 21
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fourth-and-6 at the USC 44. |
USC QB Carson Palmer, who completed 16 of 24 passes for 188 yards and two touchdowns. |
USC (2-0): at Oregon
San Diego State (1-2): at Kansas |
No. 21 UCLA 35, Fresno State 21
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| Drew Bennett found Freddie Mitchell for a 15-yard TD to give UCLA a 14-point cushion in the fourth quarter. |
Bennett, who shook off being demoted to complete 13-of-24 passes for 176 yards and two TDs after starting QB Cory Paus went down with an injury. |
UCLA (2-1): at Stanford
Fresno State (1-2): at Nevada |
No. 22 Texas 18, Rice 13
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| Texas used a 14-play, 66-yard drive to set up Kris Stockton's fourth field goal, this from 30 yards, with 14 seconds left to seal the game. |
Texas RB Hodges Mitchell, who ran for 188 yards. It was the first 100-yard game by a Texas back this season. |
Texas (3-1): at Baylor
Rice (0-3): vs. Navy
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New Mexico State 35, No. 23 Arizona State 7
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| Aggies RB Walter
Taylor had a 48-yard TD run, pushing the Aggies' lead to 28-0 with 2:09 left in the third quarter. |
New Mexico State QB K.C. Enzminger, who threw for a career-high 205 yards and two TDs and ran for 52 yards. |
New Mexico State (3-0): at UTEP
Arizona State (1-2): at California |
BYU 34, No. 24 Colorado State 13
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| Luke Staley scored his second TD of the game -- on a 7-yard pass from Kevin Feterik -- to give the Cougars a 14-0 lead and all the momentum. |
BYU QB Feterik. It's tempting to give it to freshman RB Staley for his three TDs, but Feterik was again in control for the Cougars, completing 28 of 37 passes for 310 yards. |
BYU (2-0): vs. Virginia
Colorado State (2-1): vs. New Mexico State |
No. 25 Marshall 35, Bowling Green 16
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| Marshall's defense clamped down in the second half, allowing just three points. Overall, the Thundering Herd held Bowling Green to 247 total yards. |
Marshall QB Chad Pennington, who threw for 4 TDs for the second game in a row. He completed 15 of 31 passes for 257 yards. |
Marshall (3-0): vs. Temple
Bowling Green (1-2): at Kent |
