No. 1 Florida State 33, Wake Forest 10
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| FSU's Chris Weinke found Atrews Bell for a 16-yard TD 4:17 into the third quarter. After that, the Seminoles began to pull away afer a slim 9-3 halftime lead. |
Weinke, who doesn't seem to be missing Peter Warrick. The Noles' QB was 19 for 35, completing passes to 10 different receivers for a career-high 354 yards. |
Florida State (7-0, 5-0 ACC): at Clemson
Wake Forest (3-3, 1-3): vs. UAB |
No. 2 Penn State 23, No. 17 Ohio State 10
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| Penn State didn't let the Buckeyes pick up momentum after they cut the score to 13-10. The defense stayed strong, giving up just 143 total yards. |
Penn State RB Eric McCoo, who ran through the Ohio State defense like it wasn't there. McCoo ripped the Buckeye defense for 211 yards on 22 carries. |
Penn State (7-0, 3-0 Big Ten): at Purdue
Ohio State (4-3, 1-2): at Minnesota
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No. 4 Virginia Tech 62, No. 15 Syracuse 0
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| The schedule-makers set this one up. Syracuse has now been outscored 169-34 in its last four trips to Blacksburg. Tech scored at least 14 points in each quarter. |
Tech RB Shyrone Stith, one of many offensive weapons for the Hokies. Stith gained 140 yards and scored two TDs, both one-yard runs. |
Virginia Tech (6-0, 2-0 Big East): at Pittsburgh (Oct. 30)
Syracuse (5-2, 2-1): vs. Boston College (Oct. 30) |
No. 6 Florida 32, Auburn 14
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| Despite taking a 25-point lead after three quarters, Florida needed a 1-yard touchdown run by Robert Gillespie to seal the win with 2:59 to play. |
Bennie Alexander -- his interception of Jeff Klein's pass six plays after the Gators had been intercepted led to Gillespie's touchdown. |
Florida (6-1, 4-1 SEC): vs. Georgia (Oct. 30)
Auburn (3-4, 1-3): at Arkansas (Oct. 30)
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No. 21 Purdue 52, No. 7 Michigan State 28
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| Drew Brees scored on a one-yard TD run to put Purdue up 42-28. Brees accounted for the Boilermakers' first six TDs -- five passes and one run. |
Purdue WR Chris Daniels, who set Big Ten records with 21 catches and 301 yards and added three TDs. By halftime, Daniels had 12 catches for 200 yards. |
Purdue (5-2, 2-2 Big Ten): at Penn State
Michigan State (6-1, 3-1): at Wisconsin
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No. 8 Kansas State 40, Utah State 0
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| The Wildcats stopped scoring field goals and started scoring touchdowns. K-State finally found the end zone until the third quarter after taking a 12-0 lead on four Jamie Rheem field goals. |
K-State RB Joe Hall, who filled in admirably for the banged-up David Allen, who left with a leg injury in the first quarter. Hall, a beefy 300-pound junior college transfer, rumbled for 195 yards and two TDs. |
Kansas State (6-0): at Oklahoma State
Utah State (2-4): at Idaho
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No. 9 Georgia Tech 38, Duke 31
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| Tech's Sean Gregory found room up the middle on a 19-yard TD run to put Tech back in front with 2:56 left. The Yellow Jackets had blown a 21-0 lead. |
Tech QB Joe Hamilton. His rough second half took some luster off his flawless start, but Hamilton finished 23-of-34 for 324 yards and two TDs. |
Georgia Tech (5-1, 3-1 ACC): vs. North Carolina State (Oct. 30)
Duke (1-5, 1-2): vs. North Carolina State
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No. 11 Texas A&M 34, Kansas 17
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| After scoring 14 points in the final 52 seconds of the first half, the Aggies opened up the third quarter with another TD just 58 seconds into the half after trailing 10-3 late in the second quarter. |
Aggies QB Randy McCown, who was 21-of-30 for 360 yards. He accounted for all three TDs (two passing, one rushing) in A&M's 21-point outburst to take the lead. |
Texas A&M (5-1, 2-1 Big 12): at Oklahoma
Kansas (2-5, 0-3): vs. Missouri
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No. 13 Alabama 30, No. 22 Mississippi 24
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| Mississippi couldn't finish off a big comeback. After cutting a 20-point deficit to three at 27-24, the Rebels couldn't get over the hump before 'Bama added a late field goal. |
Tide RB Shaun Alexander, who rushed for 214 yards and 3 TDs against the nation's No. 2 run defense. Ole Miss came into the game allowing just 45 rushing yards per contest. |
Alabama (5-1, 4-0 SEC): vs. Tennessee
Mississippi (5-2, 2-2): at LSU (Oct. 30)
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No. 14 Georgia 27, Vanderbilt 17
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| Georgia LB Kendrell Bell intercepted Greg Zolman with 3:02 left, putting the finishing touches on the Bulldogs' comeback from a 17-0 deficit. It was Bell's second interception of the game. |
The Georgia defense, which helped spark the Bulldogs' comeback. Georgia intercepted four Vanderbilt passes in the second half and stopped a key fake punt in the fourth quarter. |
Georgia (5-2, 3-1 SEC): vs. Kentucky
Vanderbilt (4-3, 1-3): at South Carolina
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No. 16 Marshall 38, Toledo 13
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| Marshall's James Williams caught a 15-yard TD pass from Chad Pennington with 6:06 remaining. Williams' second TD gave Marshall a 31-13 lead. |
Pennington. The Marshall QB added to his legacy as the conference's all-time passing leader. He completed 27 of 37 passes for 393 yards and 3 TDs. |
Marshall (6-0, 3-0 Mid-American Conference): at Buffalo
Toledo (3-3, 2-2): vs. Eastern Michigan
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No. 18 Wisconsin 59, Indiana 0
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| The Badgers found out they could score just about every time they touched the ball. Wisconsin never punted and failed to score on only two drives, both in the second half. |
Wisconsin's offensive line. The big uglies rolled over the Indiana defense, springing Ron Dayne for 167 of the team's 461 rushing yards. Wisconsin's 705 yards of total offense set a school record. |
Wisconsin (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten): vs. Michigan State
Indiana (3-4, 2-2): at Iowa
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No. 20 Brigham Young 31, New Mexico 7
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| BYU capitalized on the Lobos' mistakes, scoring three TDs in the first quarter off a roughing-the-punter penalty, a bad decision on a kickoff return and a 10-yard punt. |
BYU's defense. It held New Mexico to minus 10 yards rushing, 124 total yards and sacked QB Sean Stein seven times.
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Brigham Young (5-1, 2-0 Mountain West): at UNLV
New Mexico (2-4, 1-1): UNLV (Oct. 30)
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Temple at No. 24 Miami (Fla.)
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| Hurricane Irene dumped up to 18 inches of rain on the state, preventing Temple from traveling to Miami. A tropical storm warning remains in effect Saturday, with roughly 425,000 people without power. |
The game will be replayed Dec. 4. Last year, Miami had its game with UCLA postponed due to weather and rescheduled for the end of the regular season, when the Hurricanes stunned the undefeated Bruins 49-45. |
Miami (2-3, 0-0 Big East): at Boston College
Temple (1-5, 1-1): at West Virginia
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Utah 21, No. 25 Air Force 15
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| Utah recovered an onside kick after Air Force's Jackson Whiting kicked his third field goal, from 33 yards, to cut the deficit to 21-15 with 58 seconds left. |
Utah's junior receiver Steve Smith scored three touchdowns in the second half -- two of them on passes and one on a 61-yard punt return. |
Utah 5-1 overall, 2-0 Mountain West): vs. San Diego State
Air Force (4-2, 1-2): at Brigham Young
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