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By The Associated Press• Brady Quinn, Notre Dame, threw for 287 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Fighting Irish to a 41-17 win over No. 19 Penn State.• Brian Brohm, Louisville, threw for 307 yards and a score in the Cardinals 62-0 rout of Temple.• Troy Smith, Ohio State, passed for 269 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Buckeyes to a 24-7 win over Texas.• Chris Leak, Florida, threw for a career-high 352 yards and four scores, and the No. 7 Gators routed Central Florida 42-0.• Mike Hart, Michigan, ran for 116 yards and matched a career high with three touchdowns, leading the No. 10 Wolverines to a 41-17 win over Central Michigan.• Zac Taylor, Nebraska, threw a career-high four touchdown passes, leading the No. 21 Cornhuskers to 56-7 victory against California.• Kory Sheets, Purdue, scored four touchdowns, including the game-winner in overtime, as the Boilermakers beat Miami (Ohio) 38-31.• Drew Stanton, Michigan State, threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more, leading the Spartans to a 52-20 win over Eastern Michigan.• Danny Woodhead, Chardon State, ran for 215 yards and two touchdowns in a 35-24 win against Montana State.• Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma, ran for 165 yards and two scores as the Sooners pulled away from Washington in the second half for a 37-20 win.• Rudy Carpenter, Arizona State, threw a career-high five touchdowns, completing 17 of 26 passes for 333 yards as the Sun Devils' beat Nevada 52-21.• Martell Mallet, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, had 30 carries for 229 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Golden Lions to a 42-14 victory over Alcorn State.• Ahmad Bradshaw, Marshall, rushed for 152 yards and four touchdowns in a 54-31 victory over Division I-AA Hofstra.• Jorvorskie Lane, Texas A&M, rushed for a career-high four touchdowns as the Aggies beat Louisiana-Lafayette 51-7.

STILL NUMBER ONEIn the first regular season matchup of No. 1 vs. No 2 in a decade, Troy Smith riddled Texas for 269 yards passing and two touchdowns, leading the Buckeyes to a 24-7 victory and snapping the Longhorns' 21-game winning streak. The last time 1-2 met in the regular season, No. 2 Florida State beat No. 1 Florida, but the Gators won the rematch in the Sugar Bowl to win the national championship.

SHUTOUTNo. 12 Georgia posted its first shutout in three years — and only the second ever hung on South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier — in an 18-0 victory. This was Georgia's first shutout since a 30-0 win at Clemson to start the 2003 season. The only other time Spurrier's team was held without points came during his first year as a college coach in 1987, with a 7-0 loss to Rutgers — a span of 193 games.

ROAD WOESRutgers handed Illinois its 15th straight road loss, beating the Illini 33-0. Illinois has been outscored 110-5 in its last three road losses. ... No. 19 Penn State lost to No. 4 Notre Dame 41-17 and hasn't beaten a ranked team on the road since a 34-31 win at No. 19 Wisconsin on Oct. 5, 2002.

STREAKINGNo. 21 Nebraska's 56-7 victory over I-AA Nicholls State was its fifth in a row and it gave the Huskers their longest winning streak since opening the 2003 season 5-0. ... Alabama extended its winning streak over Vanderbilt to 18 games with a 13-10 victory. ... Syracuse dropped its 11th straight, after a 20-14 double overtime loss to No. 14 Iowa.

CLOSE CALLNo. 11 Tennessee held off scrappy Air Force when Xavier Mitchell stuffed a late 2-point conversion try by the Falcons to give the Volunteers a 31-30 victory. The Falcons scored on Ryan Williams' 1-yard run to cut the lead to a point and coach Fisher DeBerry decided to go for the lead instead of the tying kick.

MOSS RETURNSTyrone Moss added a 20-yard scoring run in his first game back from a knee injury as No. 17 Miami eased past Florida A&M 51-10.

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