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By The Associated PressSTARS• Darren McFadden and Felix Jones, Arkansas. McFadden ran for 145 yards and a touchdown, and Jones had 104 yards and a score in the Razorbacks' 27-10 upset victory over second-ranked Auburn.• Nate Longshore, California, threw for 189 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for a score in the No. 16 Golden Bears' 45-24 win over 11th-ranked Oregon.• Jared Zabransky, Boise State, threw for 184 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more scores in the No. 20 Broncos' 55-14 rout of Louisiana Tech.• Justise Hairston, Central Connecticut, set a school record with 332 yards rushing and tied a Blue Devils mark with five touchdown runs in a 62-21 rout of St. Francis, Pa.• Tashard Choice, Georgia Tech, rushed for a career-high 138 yards and two touchdowns, lifting the No. 18 Yellow Jackets over Maryland 27-23.• Micah Rucker, Eastern Illinois, had 10 receptions for 180 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Panthers to a 21-0 win over of Southeast Missouri.• Arkee Whitlock, Southern Illinois, ran for 216 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-24 victory over Western Illinois.• Matt Grothe, South Florida, threw for 146 yards and score and ran for 82 yards and three touchdowns in the Bulls' 38-16 victory over Connecticut.• Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern, threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 87 yards and another pair of scores in a 38-13 victory over Savannah State.• Josh Johnson, San Diego, threw for 235 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score to help the Toreros extend their winning streak to 13 in a 56-3 drubbing of Butler.• Lester Ricard, Tulane, passed for 344 yards and four touchdowns in a 38-24 win over Rice.

RAZOR BURNSecond-ranked Auburn's national title hopes were severely damaged with a 27-10 loss to Arkansas. Darren McFadden and Felix Jones combined for nearly 250 yards rushing and two touchdowns against the nation's No. 3 scoring defense. The Razorbacks' defense sacked Brandon Cox five times and held the Tigers to 60 yards rushing on 31 carries.

BOWLED OVERTop-ranked Ohio State stretched the nation's longest winning streak to 13 with a 35-7 rout of Bowling Green. Troy Smith completed 17 of 20 passes for 191 yards and three scores, Antonio Pittman ran 13 times for two touchdowns and Ted Ginn Jr. caught a career-high 10 passes for 122 yards and a score.

LEASHEDNo. 10 Georgia, which had only allowed 34 points all season, lost 51-33 to 13th-ranked Tennessee. The Bulldogs were giving up a nation's-best 6.8 points per game entering the matchup.

STREAKSJohn David Booty threw for 243 yards and a touchdown and Mario Danelo kicked four field goals to help No. 3 Southern California extend its home winning streak to 29 with a 26-20 win over Washington. The Trojans also stretched their record string in the Pac-10 to 26 straight. ... Fourth-ranked West Virginia extended the nation's second-longest winning streak to 12 games with a 42-14 victory over Mississippi State. Steve Slaton ran for 185 yards and a score for the Mountaineers, who have won 30 of their last 34 regular-season games. ... Fifth-ranked Florida beat No. 9 LSU 23-10 to improve to 6-0 for the first time since 1996 — the school's lone national championship season. The Gators extended their home winning streak to 13 games and won their 18th straight homecoming game. ... No. 7 Texas beat 14th-ranked Oklahoma 28-10 for its 17th consecutive conference win. The Longhorns trailed their Big 12 rival 10-7 at halftime.

COMEBACK KIDSNo. 15 Clemson rallied from 14 points down in the fourth quarter for a 27-17 victory over Wake Forest. Defensive lineman Gaines Adams scored on a 66-yard fumble return to spark the comeback. ... No. 19 Iowa rebounded from last week's loss to top-ranked Ohio State with a 47-17 win over Purdue. Drew Tate threw for two touchdowns.

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