'Horns hooked
AUSTIN, Texas — Troy Smith and the Ohio State Buckeyes showed the defending champions who's No. 1.
Now comes the burden of holding on to the top spot.
In the first regular season matchup of No. 1 vs. No 2 in a decade, Smith riddled the Longhorns for 269 yards passing and two touchdowns, leading the Buckeyes to a 24-7 win Saturday night.
The victory keeps the Buckeyes (2-0) in perfect position for a run to a national title. Keep winning and they stay right where they are.
The Buckeyes defense, which had to replace nine starters this season, looked championship caliber, holding a Texas team that had scored at least 40 points in 12 consecutive games to a single touchdown.
Brad Lester rushed for two touchdowns and Brandon Cox passed for two more as Auburn overpowered the Bulldogs.The Tigers (2-0, 1-0 SEC) have won 18 of their last 19 Southeastern Conference games, dating back to the 2004 league title game, and are a conference-best 37-12 since 2000.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Chris Leak threw for a career-high 352 yards and four scores, freshman Percy Harvin provided more dazzling moments for the Gators.
Jonathan Zenon returned an interception for a touchdown for the second consecutive week, highlighting a smothering defensive performance by LSU.Arizona had only 54 total yards through the first three quarters. The rest of the Wildcats' yardage came after replacements had begun to take over and a boisterous crowd of 92,218 was half gone.
Buster Davis' interception set up a 4-yard touchdown run by Joe Surratt with 1:56 left, and the Seminoles rallied late to escape against Troy.The Seminoles (2-0) scored two touchdowns in the final 6:12 to avoid what might have been the most embarrassing home loss in coach Bobby Bowden's 31 years coaching at the school.
Mike Hart ran for 116 yards and matched a career high with three touchdowns for Michigan (2-0).
Erik Ainge threw for 333 yards, and the Vols (2-0) held off Air Force when Xavier Mitchell stuffed a late 2-point conversion try by the Falcons.
One day after the program's longtime defensive coordinator Erk Russell died, Georgia posted its first shutout in three years — and only the second ever hung on South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier.
George Stripling and Sergio Spencer each ran for two touchdowns, ably filling in for Michael Bush.
Albert Young scored on a 1-yard run in the second overtime and Iowa kept Syracuse out of the end zone on seven consecutive plays from the 2.Playing without star quarterback Drew Tate, it was the Hawkeyes defense that came through in a big way in the second OT to hand Syracuse (0-2) its 11th loss in a row. Iowa is 2-0. Tate missed the game with an abdominal strain.
Paul Thompson threw two touchdown passes to Malcolm Kelly, and Adrian Peterson ran for 165 yards and two scores for Oklahoma (2-0).
Two of Branden Ore's three touchdowns were set up by Virginia Tech's dominating defense and special teams.
Charlie Jones rushed for two touchdowns, Javarris James ran for one and caught another, and Tyrone Moss added a 20-yard scoring run in his first game back from a knee injury.
Jolonn Dunbar blocked an extra point in the second overtime, then L.V. Whitworth scored on a 6-yard run to help Boston College beat Clemson — the second consecutive year BC has beaten the Tigers in OT.No. 21 Nebraska 56, Nicholls State 7Zac Taylor threw a career-high four touchdown passes, Marlon Lucky ran for 103 yards and Nebraska prepped for next week's game at Southern California with a rout.
DeSean Jackson caught three of Nate Longshore's four touchdown passes in the first half, and Cal rebounded impressively from last week's season-opening loss.Marshawn Lynch rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns.
