HIGHLIGHTS
STARSLenDale White, Southern California, scored four touchdowns and rushed 179 yards, leading the top-ranked Trojans to a 42-21 victory over Arizona.Tyrell Sutton, Northwestern, ran for 244 yards and three touchdowns in the Wildcats' 51-48 win over No. 14 Wisconsin.Miles Austin, Monmouth, caught 10 passes for 235 yards and four touchdowns in a 45-14 win over Sacred Heart.Drew Weatherford, Florida State, threw for 351 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score in the fourth-ranked Seminoles' 41-24 victory over Wake Forest.Obozua Ehikioya, Marist, ran for 253 yards and two touchdowns in a 27-0 rout of La Salle.Elijah Brooks, William & Mary, ran for 135 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-10 win over New Hampshire.Brandon Sweeney, North Carolina A&T, ran for 205 yards and four touchdowns, including a 3-yard TD run in overtime, to lift the Aggies over Morgan State 40-33.James Pinkney, East Carolina, went 22-of-34 for a career-high 355 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score in a 41-28 victory over Rice.Drew Tate and Clinton Solomon, Iowa. Tate passed for a career-high 357 yards and three touchdowns, and Solomon added 166 yards and two scores on five receptions in the Cyclones' 34-17 victory over Purdue.Maurice Drew, UCLA, ran for three touchdowns, scored a fourth on a punt return, and caught a 28-yard pass for the go-ahead touchdown as No. 20 UCLA rallied to beat No. 10 California 47-40. Drew finished the game with 279 total yards - 162 on three punt returns, 65 on 15 carries, and 52 on two receptions.
RED RIVER ROUTNo. 2 Texas beat Oklahoma 45-12 to end one of the most dominant runs in the 100-game series between the Red River rivals. The Sooners hadn't lost to the Longhorns in five years - their longest series winning streak since the 1950s.
UNDEFEATEDTop-ranked Southern California won its school-record 23rd home game, 42-21 over Arizona. LenDale White and Reggie Bush each ran for 100-plus yards for the third consecutive game, Steve Smith added seven catches for 134 yards and the Trojans piled up 724 yards in total offense on their way to their 27th consecutive victory.
ROAD TO RECOVERYBaylor won a Big 12 road game for the first time in the league's 10-year history, beating Iowa State 23-13. The Bears had been 0-37 on the road in the Big 12 and had lost 38 straight conference games overall away from home. Their last league victory on the road was a 48-7 win over SMU on Nov. 11, 1995, in the Southwest Conference.
IMPRESSED YET?D.J. Shockley, starting for the first time against a Top 10 team, led No. 5 Georgia to a 27-14 victory over No. 8 Tennessee. Shockley went 16-of-27 for 207 yards and ran 11 times for 51 yards, alleviating any fear Georgia fans had about his ability to adequately replace four-year starter David Greene.
RED RAIDER RALLYCody Hodges threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Joel Filani with 12 seconds left to help Texas Tech beat Nebraska 34-31. After squandering a 21-point lead, the Red Raiders (5-0) converted two fourth downs in the last 2 minutes and handed the Huskers their first homecoming loss since 1968.
SUNKNo. 11 LSU kept Vanderbilt from its best start in 55 years, routing the Commodores 34-6. JaMarcus Russell threw for 285 yards and two touchdowns, Joseph Addai ran for 102 yards and a score, and the Tigers limited the SEC's second-best offense to 138 yards. Vanderbilt had not started 5-1 or 3-0 in the SEC since 1950.
JUST IN TIMEQuinton Porter, who missed Boston College's last two games with a sprained right ankle, was 25-for-37 for 301 yards and two touchdowns in a 28-17 win over Virginia. His return helped the No. 18 Eagles overcome three missed field goals, 111 penalty yards and the loss of their best defensive player, Mathias Kiwanuka, who was ejected in the third quarter.
TURNAROUNDSteven Moffett passed for 290 yards and three touchdowns to lead resurgent Central Florida to its third straight win, 38-17 over Memphis. The Golden Knights are the third team in the last 55 years to win three straight games one season after going winless, joining Boston College (1979) and South Carolina (2000).
BIRD FOODBrian Brohm threw for 304 yards and four touchdowns, Michael Bush ran for three scores and No. 23 Louisville routed North Carolina 69-14 - the most points allowed by the Tar Heels since a 66-0 loss to Virginia in 1912. The Cardinals' nine touchdowns also set a record against North Carolina, which has fielded teams since 1888.
PASSING POWERSBlake Powers threw for 198 yards and four touchdowns to lead Indiana to a 36-13 win over Illinois and break Antwaan Randle El's single-season school record of 17 TD passes. Powers, who has 18 TD passes in five games, also extended his school record of three or more TD passes in four straight games.
LITTLE OUTPUTDuke quarterback Zack Asack had 31 plays that gained only 14 yards in a 52-7 loss to No. 9 Miami. He finished 4-of-15 for 8 yards passing and carried 16 times for 6 yards. ... Northeastern was held to 72 total yards by Massachusetts in a 27-0 loss. The Huskies hadn't been held scoreless since Sept. 30, 2000, in a 42-0 loss to Delaware. ... Georgetown quarterback Nick Cangelosi was 4-for-13 for 8 yards - the third-fewest passing yards in school history in a 10-7 win over Duquesne.
BITING BACKNo. 13 Florida avenged last year's humiliating defeat in Starkville with a 35-9 victory over Mississippi State. A 38-31 defeat by the Bulldogs last season was one of the most embarrassing losses in the Gators' history and cost coach Ron Zook his job.
