By The Associated PressSTARS• Brady Quinn and Jeff Samardzija, Notre Dame. Quinn passed for four touchdowns and a season-high 346 yards, and Samardzija broke a school record with his 23rd career touchdown catch in the No. 11 Fighting Irish's 45-26 victory over North Carolina. Samardzija finished with six catches for 177 yards and passed Derrick Mayes' mark for career TD receptions set in 1995.• Bryan Cupito, Minnesota, passed for 378 yards and four touchdowns, leading Minnesota to a 63-26 rout of Indiana. The 63 points were the most scored by the Gophers in a Big Ten contest since they had 67 against Iowa in 1916.• Darren McFadden, Arkansas, ran for a career-high 219 yards and two touchdowns in the No. 12 Razorbacks' 26-20 win over South Carolina.• Reggie Ball and Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech. Ball threw for 215 yards and four touchdowns, and Johnson caught nine passes for 168 yards and two scores in the No. 20 Yellow Jackets' 31-23 victory over North Carolina State.• Herb Donaldson, Western Illinois, ran for a school and Gateway Conference-record 328 yards and six touchdowns, lifting the Leathernecks to a 46-41 win over Indiana State.• R.V. Carroll, Oberlin, rushed for 336 yards and five touchdowns on 38 carries to help the Yeomen beat Kenyon 56-42.• Matt Moore, North Greenville, ran for 214 yards and three touchdowns in the Crusaders' 44-35 win over Austin Peay.

UNEXPECTED ANGSTTop-ranked Ohio State, which had won each of its first nine games by at least 17 points, failed to score in the final two quarters of a 17-10 win over Illinois. The Illini, who have lost five straight, clamped down on the Buckeyes' running game and held Troy Smith to 108 yards passing. ... Second-ranked Michigan, expected to win by five touchdowns, escaped with a 34-26 victory over Ball State. Mike Hart ran for 154 yards and a touchdown and Brandon Minor rushed for 108 yards and a score for the Wolverines, who face No. 1 Ohio State on Nov. 18.

LIGHTNING COLTColt McCoy threw three touchdowns passes to break Texas' single-season record and the No. 4 Longhorns beat Oklahoma State 36-10. McCoy's 27 touchdown passes broke the school mark of 26 shared by Vince Young (2005) and Chris Simms (2002). The freshman, who also had a career-high 346 yards, is two TD passes shy of the NCAA freshman season record of 29, set by Nevada's David Neill in 1998.

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'No. 10 California remained undefeated against Pac-10 opponents with a a 38-24 victory over UCLA. The Golden Bears (8-1, 6-0) haven't lost at Memorial Stadium in six games this season and are moving closer to their first conference title since 1975.

BACK TO FORMNo. 9 Southern California bounced back from its first regular-season loss in more than three years with a 42-0 drubbing of Stanford. John David Booty threw for 203 yards and three touchdowns, Dwayne Jarrett caught five passes for 118 yards and a score and Terrell Thomas returned a blocked field goal 71 yards for a touchdown. The Trojans' 32-game, regular-season winning streak, dating to Sept. 2003, was snapped in last week's 33-31 loss at Oregon State. ... Temple lost 42-26 to Central Michigan, a week after snapping a 20-game skid with a victory over Bowling Green. Dan LeFevour threw for 268 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score for the Chippewas, who rolled up 499 yards of total offense against the Owls.

RUSHING REPLACEMENTAllen Patrick had a career-high 173 yards rushing and a touchdown to lift No. 18 Oklahoma to a 17-16 win over No. 21 Texas A&M. Patrick has 440 yards in the three games since replacing Adrian Peterson, who is out with a broken collarbone.

INDOMITABLE DEFENSENo. 6 Auburn's defense limited Arkansas State to 177 total yards and the Tigers recorded their second shutout of the season with a 27-0 victory. The Indians gained only 86 yards and four first downs in the first three quarters before finally starting to move the ball against Auburn's backups.