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Top 25 College-Football Roundup: Ole Miss stops LSU; OSU whips Michigan

Top 25 College-Football Roundup: Ole Miss stops LSU; OSU whips Michigan

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Dexter McCluster and Jevan Snead enjoy Mississippi's win over LSU.


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Mississippi 25, No. 10 LSU 23: Dexter McCluster ran for 148 yards and threw for a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, and Ole Miss survived a last-ditch drive by visiting LSU.

After LSU recovered an onside kick, Jordan Jefferson heaved a pass to Terrance Tolliver that he caught at the Ole Miss 6 with one second left. The Tigers had no timeouts and didn't send the field-goal unit out, and the clock expired as they tried to spike the ball.

Ole Miss (8-3, 4-3) likely takes second place in the SEC West with a game left.

No. 9 Ohio State 21, Michigan 10: Tate Forcier was intercepted four times and fumbled in his end zone as visiting Ohio State beat Michigan yesterday for its sixth straight win in the series.
The Buckeyes (10-2, 7-1) clinched an outright Big Ten title and will play in the Rose Bowl with a five-game win streak.

No. 1 Florida 62, FIU 3: Tim Tebow accounted for three touchdowns, and Brandon Spikes returned an interception for a score as Florida routed visiting Florida International yesterday to extend the nation's longest win streak to 21 games.

No. 2 Alabama 45, Chattanooga 0: Mark Ingram ran for 102 yards and two long touchdowns in the first half, and No. 2 Alabama breezed to a win over visiting Chattanooga yesterday.

No. 3 Texas 51, Kansas 20: Colt McCoy set an NCAA record with his 43rd career victory as a starter, passing for 396 yards as Texas wrapped up the Big 12 South title last night with a rout of Kansas and embattled Coach Mark Mangino.
Texas (11-0, 7-0) secured its first division title since 2005, with a Thanksgiving game at rival Texas A&M left to play before the Big 12 championship on Dec. 5.

No. 4 TCU 45, Wyoming 10: Matthew Tucker and Joseph Turner each ran for two touchdowns, and visiting TCU (11-0, 7-0 Mountain West routed Wyoming yesterday for its best start in 71 years.

Northwestern 33, No. 17 Wisconsin 31: Mike Kafka hit Andrew Brewer with two first-half touchdown passes and Brian Peters and Jordan Mabin made key defensive plays late as Northwestern beat visiting Wisconsin yesterday.

No. 13 Penn State 42, Michigan State 14: Daryll Clark passed for 310 yards and four touchdowns as visiting Penn State wrapped up its regular season with a victory at Michigan State yesterday.

California 34, No. 14 Stanford 28: Shane Vereen ran for a career-high 193 yards and three touchdowns on 42 carries and Mike Mohamed intercepted a pass from Andrew Luck at the 3 with less than 2 minutes left as visiting California spoiled Stanford's Rose Bowl hopes last night.

Stanford's Toby Gerhart carried defenders on a 29-yard reception to at the Cal 13 with less than 2 minutes left. Luck threw incomplete on first down, then was intercepted with 1:36 to go.

No. 15 Iowa 12, Minnesota 0: James Vandenberg threw for 117 yards, fellow freshman Brandon Wegher ran for a touchdown, and Iowa kept alive its hopes for a BCS bowl bid by beating visiting Minnesota yesterday.

No. 18 Clemson 34, Virginia 21: C.J. Spiller scored a touchdown yesterday in his final home game and Clemson beat visiting Virginia as the Tigers wrapped up their first trip to the ACC title game.

The Tigers (8-3, 6-2 ACC) won their sixth straight game, but had the Atlantic Division wrapped up as they kicked off thanks to North Carolina's 31-13 victory over Boston College.

No. 19 BYU 38, Air Force 21: Max Hall threw for five touchdowns and set a school record with his 30th career win, and the Cougars won their sixth straight over visiting Air Force.

No. 20 Oregon State 42, Washington State 10: Sean Canfield threw for 231 yards and two scores yesterday as visiting Oregon State beat Washington State to keep its Rose Bowl hopes alive.

No. 23 Utah 38, San Diego State 7: Eddie Wide rushed for 84 yards and two touchdowns and Utah scored all its points in the first half and coasted past visiting San Diego State yesterday.

No. 24 Houston 55, Memphis 14: Case Keenum threw for 405 yards and five touchdowns yesterday as Houston beat visiting Memphis.

Syracuse 31, No. 25 Rutgers 13: Greg Paulus had 142 yards passing and Syracuse upset visiting Rutgers yesterday for its first Big East win of the season.

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