Northwestern 17, No. 8 Iowa 10: Iowa finally ran out of time. Dan Persa threw a touchdown pass and Marshall Thomas recovered a fumble for another score, and visiting Northwestern snapped the Hawkeyes' 13-game winning streak with a 17-10 victory yesterday.
It was the first win over a top-10 opponent for the Wildcats (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten) since knocking off then-No. 6 Ohio State 33-27 in overtime in 2004. It also ended the nation's second-longest winning streak.
No. 1 Florida 27, Vanderbilt 3: Florida didn't do much to erase all the negative vibes from rough week for the defending champions.
Tim Tebow accounted for two touchdowns, Caleb Sturgis kicked two field goals and the Gators beat visiting Vanderbilt last night in a lackluster effort.
The Gators (9-0, 7-0 Southeastern Conference) extended their winning streak to 19 games overall — and their streak against Vandy (2-8, 0-6) to 19 games, too — but struggled on offense for the fifth time in seven league games.
No. 2 Texas 35, Central Florida 3: Jordan Shipley set a Texas record with 273 yards receiving, including an 88-yard touchdown, and the No. 2 Longhorns shook off a slow start for a win over visiting Central Florida yesterday.
The sixth-year senior broke the previous best of 242 yards set in 1987 by Tony Jones. The touchdown came early in the fourth quarter on a drive that started at the 1.
Colt McCoy passed for 470 yards with two touchdowns.
No. 4 Cincinnati 47, Connecticut 45: Zach Collaros kept No. 4 Cincinnati unbeaten with the second-best passing performance in school history, one that will make it tough to send him back to the bench.
The Bearcats' near-perfect replacement threw for 480 yards and a touchdown last night, ran for two more scores and led a clinching touchdown drive in the closing minutes of a wild victory over visiting Connecticut that let Cincinnati match the best start in its history.
No. 6 TCU 55, San Diego State 12: Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more as visiting TCU beat San Diego State yesterday for its 11th straight win. TCU (8-0, 4-0 Mountain West) remained in the chase for a BCS bowl berth by staying undefeated.
The Horned Frogs jumped in front with touchdowns on five of their first six possessions. Dalton scored on runs of 13 and 7 yards as TCU held a 31-6 halftime lead. He also hit Ryan Christian on touchdown passes of 44 and 29 yards.
Stanford 51, No. 7 Oregon 42: Toby Gerhart bowled over the Oregon defense to make the Cardinal bowl eligible for the first time in eight years. Gerhart ran for a school-record 223 yards and three scores, Andrew Luck threw for two touchdowns and Stanford held on to beat visiting Oregon yesterday for its all-important sixth win of the season.
No. 15 Ohio State 24, No. 11 Penn State 7: Terrelle Pryor threw for two touchdowns and ran for another in his return to his home state and visiting Ohio State won a duel of the Big Ten's top two defenses with a win over Penn State yesterday.
The Buckeyes (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten) got an added bonus, too: a tie for the conference lead with Iowa after Northwestern handed the Hawkeyes their first loss of the season.
No. 12 USC 14, Arizona State 9: Will Harris returned an interception 55 yards for a score, Matt Barkley threw a 75-yard pass to Damian Williams for another score, and visiting USC held on for a shaky victory over Arizona State last night.
Coming off the worst loss in the Pete Carroll era, the Trojans (7-2, 4-2 Pac-10) barely survived on a night they produced little on offense. The victory kept the Trojans in the hunt for an eighth straight Bowl Championship Series berth.
No. 13 Houston 46, Tulsa 45: Matt Hogan kicked a 51-yard field goal as time expired to lift visiting Houston to a 46-45 victory against Tulsa last night, finishing off another thrilling comeback led by quarterback Case Keenum.
Keenum finished with 522 yards on 40 for 60 passing with three touchdown passes. It was the second straight game with more than 500 yards passing for the nation's most prolific passer.
No. 14 Pittsburgh 37, Syracuse 10: Greg Williams' 51-yard interception return for a touchdown late in the first half got slow-starting Pittsburgh going, and the Panthers extended their best start to a season since 1982 by beating visiting Syracuse yesterday.
No. 17 Utah 45, New Mexico 14: Jordan Wynn passed for 297 yards and two touchdowns in his first college start and Eddie Wide set a school record with his sixth straight 100-yard rushing game as Utah beat winless and visiting New Mexico last night.
No. 18 Oklahoma State 34, Iowa State 8: Keith Toston ran for a career-high 206 yards and three touchdowns, Zac Robinson threw a touchdown pass and visiting Oklahoma State bounced back from its drubbing by Texas with a rout of Iowa State yesterday.
Oklahoma State (7-2, 4-1 Big 12) controlled the game with a solid performance on both sides of the ball and reached seven victories for the fourth straight season, the first time in school history that has happened.
Navy 23, No. 19 Notre Dame 21: Navy did it to Notre Dame again, and this loss to the Midshipmen is even more costly. Craig Schaefer sacked Jimmy Clausen in the end zone with 60 seconds left yesterday and visiting Navy held on to win, its second straight at Notre Dame Stadium.
No. 19 Notre Dame (6-3) scored with 24 seconds left on a 31-yard pass from Jimmy Clausen to Golden Tate to cut the lead to two, but the ensuing onside kick went out of bounds.
Nebraska 10, No. 20 Oklahoma 3: Matt O'Hanlon had three of Nebraska's five interceptions against Landry Jones and the Cornhuskers squeezed enough production out of their struggling offense to upset visiting Oklahoma last night.
The Sooners (5-4, 3-2 Big 12) failed to score a touchdown for the first time since a 29-0 loss to Texas A&M in 1998.
No. 21 Arizona 48, Washington State 7: Travis Cobb returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to set the tone for No. 21 Arizona and the Wildcats went on to rout visiting Washington State yesterday.
The Wildcats scored the first seven times they had the ball.
Oregon State 31, No. 23 Cal 14: Sean Canfield threw for 342 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score last night in visiting Oregon State's victory over California, which lost star tailback Jahvid Best to a concussion after he took a scary fall.
No. 24 Wisconsin 31, Indiana 28: Wisconsin followed the same old script to grind down Indiana. John Clay ran for 134 yards and a touchdown, Montee Ball scored two touchdowns and the visiting Badgers held off the Hoosiers' fourth-quarter rally for a victory yesterday.
The Badgers (7-2, 4-2 Big Ten) have now won two straight and still have not lost to an unranked team this season.
No. 25 BYU 52, Wyoming 0: Max Hall threw for 312 yards and four touchdowns in just over two quarters yesterday, and visiting BYU won its sixth straight over Wyoming..
BYU (7-2, 4-1 Mountain West) recorded its first shutout of the season.
and second consecutive against the Cowboys. The Cougars beat Wyoming 44-0 last year.
Hall now has 28 career wins, one behind the school record held by Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer, who played at BYU from 1988-91.
Against Wyoming (4-5, 2-3), he was 20 of 22 and had touchdown passes of 44, 2, 79 and 15 yards. He completed passes to seven different receivers before taking a seat midway through the third quarter.
It was the most lopsided loss for Wyoming since 1985.
Cougars receiver McKay Jacobson, who missed the previous four games with a hamstring injury, caught three passes for 100 yards, including the 79-yard touchdown.
Harvey Unga rushed for 85 yards before limping off the field early in the third quarter.
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