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College Football SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2000 TOP 25 ROUNDUP 9D Kansas State dims Nebraska's BCS hopes II I I in i iiium i i iiiii 1 7 Ihti'1 as No. 22 Auburn beat 14th-ranked Georgia. Rudi Johnson ran 34 times for 152 yards and gained 21 yards in overtime to set up the winning score. The Tigers (8-2, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) beat the Bulldogs in Jordan-Hare Stadium for the first time since 1990. NO.

15 MISSISSIPPI ST. 29, ALABAMA 7 STARKVILLE, Miss. Dontae Walker ran for 117 yards and Dicenzo Miller had 104 in Mississippi State's most lopsided victory ever against Alabama. Miller ran for two TDs and also caught a 13-yard touchdown pass for the Bulldogs (7-2, 4-2 SEC), whose previous largest margin of victory against Alabama was a 26-7 win in 1955. N0.18TCU24, FRESNO ST.

7 FORT WORTH, Texas LaDainian Tomlinson ran for 231 yards and his 50th career touchdown, and Casey Printers scored on a pair of short keepers. A week after its dreams of an undefeated season and BCS bowl ended at San Jose State, TCU (8-1, 5-1 WAC) accepted an invitation to play in the Mobile Alabama Bowl for the second straight year. Tomlinson, the nation's leading rusher with 1,680 yards, had his 11th straight game with more than 100 yards. That stretch began when he set an NCAA Division l-A record with 406 yards last season against Texas-El Paso. He had a 65-yard TD run.

NO. 19 TEXAS 51, KANSAS 16 LAWRENCE, Kan. Hodges Mitchell ran for a career-high 264 yards and three TDs, and freshman Roy Williams caught two With Texas ahead 31-21, Heupel just 2-for-8 on third-down conversions at the time made three straight third-down plays leading to a 2-yard TO run by Quentin Griffin with 7:43 left. Moments later, Marshall gave the Sooners the lead en route to their first victory in College Station since 1903. NO.

2 MIAMI 35, PITTSBURGH 7 MIAMI Ken Dorsey completed 22-of-35 passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score. Miami (8-1, 5-0 Big East) forced three turnovers and held Antonio Bryant, the nation's leading receiver, to 31 yards on four catches. Santana Moss caught six passes for 100 yards and set the school record for career receiving yards. Moss has 2,462 yards to break the record of 2,423 set by Michael Irvin. NO.

3 FLORIDA ST. 35, WAKE FOREST 6 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Chris Weinke threw for 324 yards and five touchdowns three to Marvin Minnis. Florida State ACC) led only 21-6 at the start of the fourth quarter. But Weinke, who also had two interceptions, threw scoring passes of 4 and 14 yards to Anquan Boldin on consecutive series to give the Seminoles a 35-6 lead with 7:22 to play.

The win was the 31 4th of Bobby Bowden's career, tying him with Amos Alonzo Stagg for fourth place in Division l-A history. NO. 5 FLORIDA 41, NO. 21 SOOTH CAROLINA 21 GAINESVILLE, Fla. Jesse Palmer passed for 250 yards and three TDs as Florida (9-1, 7-1) earned a trip to the SEC championship game with its seventh East title.

South Carolina (7-3, 5-3) blew a 21-3 lead and a lost chance to continue Lou Holtz's impossible journey, from 0-11 last season to SEC champions in 2000. NO. 6 OREGON 25, CALIFORNIA 17 EUGENE, Ore. Joey Harrington ran for two second-half touchdowns and passed for another as Oregon clinched at least a tie for the Pacific-10 title. Harrington, 20-of-35 for 252 yards in an erratic performance, gave the Ducks (9-1, 7-0) an 18-17 lead with a 29-yard scoring pass to Keenan Howry with 12:38 to play.

Kyle Boiler completed 15-of-39 passes for 197 yards and a touchdown as Cat nearly pulled off a huge upset. Oregon has won 20 straight home game and 15 of its last 16 overall. NO. 7 WASHINGTON 35, UCLA 28 SEATTLE Freshman Rich Alexis ran for 127 yards on 21 carries and No. 7 Washington rallied in the third quarter to beat UCLA for its sixth straight Pac-10 victory.

The Huskies (9-1, 6-1) beat the Bruins (6-4, 3-4) for the first time in four seasons. UCLA's victory in Los Angeles last season cost Washington a trip to the Rose Bowl. Trailing 21-14 at halftime, the Huskies THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANHATTAN, Kan. It took a mixture of rain, sleet and snow and a great game by a wide receiver, but Kansas State finally beat a Top 10 team. Quincy Morgan caught seven passes for 199 yards and two touchdowns and No.

16 Kansas State survived a late charge and beat No. 4 Nebraska 29-28 on a frightful Saturday night, ending the national title hopes of the Huskers (8-2, 5-2 Big 12). Morgan's 12-yard touchdown catch from Jonathan Beasley put the Wildcats ahead by one point with 2:52 to play and put a record KSU Stadium crowd on the edge of its seats waiting to flood the snow-covered field. With 50 seconds left, Eric Crouch's pass bounced off the hands of Matt Davison on fourth-and-5 and Kansas State went to 2-18 against Top 10 teams in the Bill Snyder era. Snyder, the architect of the amazing turnaround of the once-woeful Kansas State program, went to 2-11 against Nebraska.

The victory puts the Wildcats (9-2, 5-2) one win away from the Big 12 North title and a possible rematch in the Big 12 title game with No. 1 Oklahoma, which is one win away from the South title. After Eric Crouch's 1-yard touchdown run with 31 seconds left in the first quarter, a Nebraska offense which had been averaging more than 487 yards per game had four punts, one interception, one fumble and one missed field goal in its next seven possessions. NO. 1 OKLAHOMA 35, NO.

23 TEXAS ASM 31 COLLEGE STATION, Texas Torrance Marshall kept Oklahoma's national championship drive alive when he scored on a 41 -yard interception return in the fourth quarter to rally the No. 1 Sooners to a victory over No. 23 Texas Marshall's first career interception came with 7:18 left in the game, completing a comeback from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit that allowed the Sooners (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) to remain the nation's only major team with a perfect record. Josh Heupel completed 28-of-42 passes for 263 yards. Top 25 Summaries Associated Press HERE'S THE PITCH: Nebraska quarterback Eric Crouch (7) pitches the ball to running back Dan Alexander (38) during the second quarter against Kansas State Saturday in Manhattan, Kan.

Alexander gained 7 yards on the play. NO. 10 OREGON ST. 33, ARIZONA 9 TUCSON, Ariz. Jonathan Smith completed 17 of 31 passes for 231 yards and a TD as Oregon State keep its Rose Bowl hopes alive.

The Beavers (9-1, 6-1) held Arizona to Sean Keel's three field goals, the first time the Wildcats had not scored a touchdown in a game since 1994. Oregon State has won nine games in a season for the first time since going 9-1-1 in 1939. Arizona held Ken Simonton, the Pac-10's leading rusher, to a season-low 73 yards on 19 carries, but he had 47 in five carries in the fourth quarter, including a 21 -yard touchdown run. NO. 11 NOTRE DAME 28, BOSTON COLLEGE 16 SOUTH BEND, Ind.

Tony Fisher ran for a career-high 196 yards and two touchdowns, and Notre Dame rushed for a season-high 380 yards as it avenged last year's loss to Boston College. Notre Dame (7-2), which lost its last four games last season to finish with its first losing season in 13 years, will play in a Bowl Championship Series game most likely the Fiesta or Sugar bowls if it wins its final two games at Rutgers and Southern Cal. dominated the third quarter as Alexis returned after spraining his left shoulder. He had 75 yards on seven carries in the first quarter. NO.

8 VIRGINIA TECH 44, CENTRAL FLORIDA 21 ORLANDO, Fla. Lee Suggs ran for 1 43 yards and five touchdowns as Virginia Tech rebounded from its loss to Miami. With quarterback Michael Vick taking the night off with a sprained right ankle, Suggs took the pressure off replacement Dave Meyer by scoring on three 1-yard runs in the first half and bursts of 13 and 4 yards in the third quarter. The victory, a week after the Hokies' hopes of returning to the national championship game were crushed by a 20-point loss to Miami, kept Virginia Tech (9-1) in the running for an at-large berth in the Bowl Championship Series. MICHIGAN ST.

30, NO. 9 PORDUE 10 EAST LANSING, Mich. T.J. Duckett ran for 174 yards and a touchdown to help Michigan State (5-5, 2-5 Big Ten) keep its bowl hopes alive. Drew Brees was 26-of-43 for 279 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions for Purdue (7-3, 5-2), which can still advance to the Rose Bowl with a victory next week at home against Indiana.

IOWA 27, NO. 12 NORTHWESTERN 17 IOWA CITY, Iowa Kyle McCann threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score and Iowa's defense bottled up Northwestern's potent offense. Iowa (3-8, 3-4 Big Ten) won consecutive games for the first time since 1997 while holding Northwestern (7-3, 5-2) to 348 yards 109 below its conference-leading average. McCann was 17-of-27 for 250 yards, including TD passes to Kahlil Hill and Kevin Kasper. Northwestern's Damien Anderson gained 132 yards on 31 carries.

NO. 13 OHIO ST. 24, ILLINOIS 21 CHAMPAIGN, III. Dan Stultz kicked a 34-yard field goal on the final play of the game for Ohio State. Ohio State (8-2, 5-2 Big Ten) moved into a four-way tie atop the conference standings and set up a climactic regular-season finale against Michigan next week.

Stultz, who made four field goals, tied it at 21 with 6:05 remaining with a 17-yard kick. Jonathan Wells ran for 131 yards for the Buckeyes. NO. 22 AUBURN 29, NO. 14 GEORGIA 26 AUBURN, Ala.

Quarterback Ben Leard scored on a 1-yard run in overtime touchdown passes and ran for another TD. Williams finished with four receptions for 180 yards for the Longhorns (8-2, 6-1 Big 12). Kansas (4-6, 2-5) was lost three straight to guarantee the Jayhawks their fourth losing season in as many years under coach Terry Allen. NO. 20 MICHIGAN 33, PENN ST.

11 ANN ARBOR, Mich. Anthony Thomas ran for 1 71 yards and a touchdown, and Drew Henson passed for 212 yards and two TDs. Michigan (7-3, 5-2 Big Ten) handed Joe Paterno his first seven-loss season in his 35 years with the Nittany Lions (4-7, 3-4). Penn State has its worst record since finishing 2-5 in 1932. NO.

25 SOUTHERN MISS 33, ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM 30 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Jeff Kelly threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Dawayne Woods in the second overtime. Woods, who also scored on runs of 3 and 5 yards, had 194 all-purpose yards, including 82 on a kickoff return. Kelly threw for two scores, both in overtime. On the first possession of the second overtime, UAB's Rhett Gallego kicked a 37-yard field goal.

Passing 231 89 Comp-Att-Int 17-31-1 9-22-1 Return Yards 24 25 Punts-Avg. 4-43 .8 8-36 .0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-52 8-112 Time of Possession 32:38 27:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Oregon St. Simonton 19-73. McCall 14-36, Smith 7-(minus 35), Team 1-(minus 1). Arizona, Farmer 9-61.

Mills 8-32, Croom 4-12, Jenkins 9-(minus 36), Team 1-0. PASSING Oregon 8mith 17-31-1 231. Arizona, Jenkins 6-17-1 ,66, Johnson 3-5-0 23. RECEIVING Oregon C. Johnson 7-109, Prescott 3-55, Maurer 3-49, Simonton 2-6, Houshmandzadeh 1-12, B.

Johnson 1-0. Arizona, Wade 3-38. Farmer 2-5, Relford 1-16, Thurman 1- 12, Leonard 1-12, Manumaleuna 1-6. NO. 11 NOTRE DAME 28, BOSTON COLLEGE 16 Boston College 3 0 7 616 Notre Dame 7 7 14 028 First Quarter ND Jones 1 run (Setta kick), 13:40.

BC FG Sutphin 43, 6:35. Second Quarter ND Fisher 37 run (Setta kick), 4:49. Third Quarter NO Fisher 1 run (Setta kick), 10:31. BC Utzler 4 pass from St. Pierre (Sutphin kick), 7:03.

ND Setta 5 run (Setta kick), 1:51. Fourth Quarter BC Oewalt 20 pass from St. Pierre (pass failed), 5:40. A 80,653. BC ND First downs 15 21 Rushes-yards 30-124 61-380 Passing 172 86 Comp-Att-Int 15-29-2 9-12-0 Return yards 23 00 Punts-Avg.

8-40 4-40 Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-2 Penalties-yards 7-58 7-77 Time of possession 25:31 34:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Boston College, Green 15-81, Dewalt 1-33, Washington 8-22, St. Pierre 6-(minus 12). Notre Dame, Fisher 26-196, Howard 16-84, LoVecchio 10-73, Jones 5-19, Setta 1-5, Yura 1-4, Givens 1-1, Team 1-(minus 2). PASSING Boston College, St. Pierre 15-29-2-172.

Notre Dame, LoVecchio 9-12-0-86. RECEIVING Boston College, Ellis 5-93. Washington 3-22. Burke 3-20, Dewalt 2-24, Read 1-9, Utzler 1-4. Notre Dama, Howard 3-41, Givens 3- 13, Holloway 1-17, Hunter 1-8, Fisher 1-7.

IOWA 27, NO. 12 NORTHWESTERN 17 Northwestern 0 3 7 717 Iowa 310 7727 First Quarter IA FGKaeding 42, 1:20. Second Quarter NU FG Long 34, 9:28. IA FG Kaeding 46. 4:11.

IA Hill 11 pass from McCann (McLaughlin kick), 35 Third Quartar IA Kasper 42 pass from McCann (Kaeding kick), 10:13. NU Kustok 1 run (Long kick), 1:59. Fourth Quarter IA McCann 1 run (Kaeding kick), 6:58. NU Schweighardt 10 pass from Kustok (Long kick), 3:01. A 54,345.

Nor low First downs 26 18 Rushes-yards 50-129 40-103 Passing 248 250 Comp-Att-Int 25-45-0 17-27-0 Return Yards 3 26 Punts-Avg. 8-41 7-38 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 7-66 9-54 Time of Possession 29:22 30:38 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING northwestern, Anderson 31-132, Kustok 18-19, team 1-(minus 22). lews. Berts 24-79, Allen 5-11, McCann 10-10. Hill 1-3.

PASSING Northwestern, Kustok 25-45-0-248 Iowa. McCann 17-27-0-250. RECEIVING Northwestern, Anderson 5-75, Patrick 5-58, Johnson 4-34, Schweighardt 4-29. Jordan 4-23, Simmons 2-23. Thompson 1-6.

Iowa, Hill 7-79, Kasper 5-105. Trippeer 2-30, Barton 1-32, Betts 1-4, Allen 1-0. NO. 13. OHIO STATE 24, ILLINOIS 21 Ohio St.

3 9 1 (24 Illinois 7 7 9 721 First Quarter III Harvey 29 run (Tubbs kick), 13:25. Mitchell 2-23, Healy 2-22, Johnson 2-15. Williams, Ivan 1-1. Kansas, Hill 3-25, Fulton 3-24, Thompson 2-42, Ross 1- 16, Winbush 1-4. NO.

20 MICHIGAN 33, PENN STATE 11 PsnnSt. 3 0 0 811 Michigan 0 17 3 1333 First Quarter PSU FG Primanti 35. 2:55. Second Quarter Mich Thomas 7 run (Epstein kick), 9:36. 1 Mich Seymour 15 pass from Henson (Epstein kick), 1:32.

Mich FG Epstein 33, :23. Third Quarter Mich FG Epstein 31. 5:10. Fourth Quarter Mich Askew 40 pass from Henson (Epstein kick), 14:14. PSU B.Johnson 50 pass from Senneca (Drummond pass from Senneca), 9:23.

Mich Perry 1 run (kick failed), :01. A 110,803. PSU Mich First downs 16 22 Rushes-yards 34-177 50-232 Passing 230 212 Comp-Att-Int 19-35-4 14-29-3 Return Yards 24 32 Punts-Avg. 3-33 .3 7-32 .9 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-48 6-40 Time of Possession 26:01 33:59 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Penn McCoo 9-102. Casey 8-37.

Johnson 10-35, Senneca 2- 8. Cerimele 2-0, Easy 2-(minus-4), team 1-(minus 1). Michigan, Thomas 35-171, Perry 14-65, Henson 1-(minus-4). PASSING Penn Casey 16-28-3-158, Senneca 3-7-1-72. Michigan, Henson 14-29-3-212.

RECEIVING Penn McCoo 6-51, Drummond 3-42, Stewart 3-21. T.Johnson 2-35, Easy 2-12, B.Johnson 1-50, L.Johnson 1-12, Watson 1-7. Michigan, Terrell 3-45, Joppru 3-14, Seymour 3-27, Askew 2-59, Walker 2-21, Thomas 1-46. NO. 25 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 33, ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM 30 So.

Miss 3 7 7 3 7 633 UAB 7 0 10 3 7 330 First Quarter SoM FG Hanna 27, 7:02 UAB Dugger 9 run (Gallego kick), 2:41. Second Quarter 1 SoM Woods 3 run (Hanha kick), 2:52. Third Quarter UAB FG Gallego 29, 7:33. SoM Woods 5 run (Hanna kick), 5:59. UAB Coleman recovered blocked punt in end zone.

(Gallego kick), 1:30. Fourth Quarter UAB FG Gallego 20, 7:58. SoM FG Hanna 20. :09. First Overtime SoM Fowler 5 pass from Kelly (Hanna kick).

UAB Conley 1 run (Gallago kick). Second Overtime UAB FG Gallego 37. SoM Woods 10 pass from Kelly. A 25,000. SM UAB First downs 22 21 Rushes-yards 38-46 51-191 Passing 261 146 Comp-Att-Int 25-34-1 15-25-0 Return Yards 195 33 Punts-Avg.

6-39 5-37 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 12-108 10-79 Time of Possession 25:22 34:38 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Southern Mississippi, Woods 18-50. Nance 4-8. Kelly 16-(minus 12). UAB, Dugger 26-101, Coleman 5-30, Thatch 2-29, Fair 8-22, Aaron 9-8, Conley 1-1. PASSING Southern Mississippi, Kelly 25-34-1-261.

UAB, Aaron 15-25-0-146 RECEIVING Souther Mississippi, Mills 7-80. Johnson 6-64, Woods 5-42, Garner 3-31 Pinkston 2-31 Fowler 2-1 3. UAB, Quinnie 6-88, Crosby 3-36. Johnson 3-18. Coleman 2-3, Dugger 1-1.

SATURDAY'S STARS Chris Weinke threw for 324 yards and five touchdowns three to Marvin Minnis as No. 3 Florida State beat Wake Forest 35-6. Hodges Mitchell had a career-high 264 yards rushing and three tds in No. 19 Texas' 51-16 victory over Kansas. LaDainian Tomlinson ran tor 231 yards and his 50th career touchdown as No.

18 Texas Christian beat, Fresno State 24-7. NO. 8 VIRGINIA TECH 44, CENTRAL FLORIDA 21 Virginia Tech 21 9 14 044 Central Florida 7 0 14 021 First Quarter VT Suggs 1 run (Warley kick), 11:03. CF Hinshaw 7 pass from Schneider (Beorlegui kick), 7:27. VT Suggs 1 run (Warley kick), 4:31.

VT Suggs 1 run (Warley kick), :05. Second Quarter VT FG Warley 33. 2:48. VT Adibi 36 fumble return (run failed), :58. Third Quarter VT Suggs 13 run (Warley kick), 11:08.

CF Hinshaw 24 pass from Schneider (Beorlegui kick), 9:33. VT Suggs 4 run (Warley kick), 6:20. CF Clark 10 pass from Schneider (Beorlegui kick), 3:47. A 50,220. VT CF First downs 21 24 Rushes-yards 61-313 23-21 Passing 55 362 Comp-Att-Int 2-8-0 28-45-4 Return Yards 244 55 Punts-Avg.

3-36 3-38 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2 Penalties-Yards 8-81 9-85 Time of Possession 33:02 26:58 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Virginia Tech, Suggs SOUS. Kendrick 15-81, Meyer 6-45, Ferguson 6-35, Hawkins 3-9, team 1-0. UCF, Mack 7-32, Baker 5-16, Howard 1-3, Schneider 8-(minus 15), Penn 2-(minus 15). PASSING Virginia Tech, Meyer 2-7-0-55. Kendrick 0-1-0-0.

UCF, Schneider 25-41-4-346. Penn 3-4-0-16. RECEIVING Virginia Tech, E. Johnson 1-55, Hawkins 1-0 UCF, Hinshaw 10-116, Clark 4-93, Mack 4-26, Davis 3-22, Fryzel 2-28, Ward 2-19, Jackson 1-30, Baker 1-22, Johnson 1-6. MICHIGAN STATE 30, NO.

0 PURDUE 10 Purdue 3 0 7 010 Michigan St. 6 8 0 1430 First Quarter MSU Smoker 2 (kick failed), 6:37. PU FG Dorsch 36, 2:10. Second Quarter MSU FG Schaefer 32,14:47. MSU Baker 18 pass from Smoker (pass failed), 3:07.

Third Quarter PU Sutherland 68 pass from Brees (Dorsch kick), 7:30. Fourth Quarter MSU Duckett 1 run (Smoker rush), 10:34. MSU Flowers 48 run (Schaefer kick), 7:44. A 74,624. PU MSU First downs 19 27 Rushes-yards 21-79 51-292 Passing 279 195 Comp-Att-Int 26-43-3 12-23-1 Return Yards 115 62 Punts-Avg.

5-42 .2 4-39 .8 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-63 6-66 Time of Possession 24:39 35:21 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Purdue, Lowe 12-31, Brown 4-26, Brees 5-4. Michigan Duckett 32-174, Flowers 6-64, Smoker 11-46, Dortch2-8. PASSING Purdue, Brees 26-43-3-279. Michigan Smoker 12-23-1-195. RECEIVING Purdue, Morales 6-76.

Simpson 5-33, Sutherland 4-99, Standeford 4-28, Winston 3-17. Brown 3-12, Stratton 1-14. Michigan Waters 5-98, Baker 2-43, Haygood 2-32, Richardson 2-8. McCoy 1-14. NO.

10 OREGON STATE 33, ARIZONA 9 Oregon SL I 17 1033 Arizona 3 I I 9 9 First Quarter Ariz fG Keel 42, 10:39. OSt FG Cesca 23, 7:06. OSt FG Cesca 44. 2:03. Second Quarter OSt McCall 1 run (Cesca kick), 13:48.

OSt C. Johnson 26 pass trom Smith (Cesca kick). 8:56. OSt FG Cesca 31. 2:16.

Third Quartar Ariz FG Keel 31. 11:18. Ariz FG Keel 37. 5:58. Fourth Quarter OSt Simonton 21 run (Cesca kick), 1344 OSt FG Cesca 30, 6:40.

A 44,109 OSU Ariz first downs 22 9 Rushes-yards 41-73 31-69 OSU FG Stultz 19, 8:33. Second Quarter OSU FG Stultz 41, 14:42. Ill-Harris 25 run (Tubbs kick). 12:44. OSU Sanders 1 pass from Bellisarl (pass failed), :23.

Third Quarter OSU Sanders 7 pass from Bellisari (pass failed). 8:21. Fourth Quartar III Cook 1 pass from Ward (Tubbs kick), 14:17. OSU FG Stultz 17, 6:05. OSU FG Stultz 34, :00.

1 A 61,207. OSU Ill First downs 29 15 Rushes-yards 57-223 30-152 Passing 251 181 Comp-Att-Int 23-38-3 16-30-1 Return Yards 96 5 Punts-Avg. 4-37 .3 7-40 .4 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-40 2-15 Time of Possession 36:01 23:59 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Ohio Wells 27-131, Combs 18-65, Bellisari 10-27, Westbrooks 2-0. Illinois, Harris 17-93, Harvey 6-59, Cook 2-2, Kittner 5-(minus 2). PASSING Ohio Bellisari 23-38-3-251.

Illinois, Kittner 13-26-1-166, Ward 3-4-0-15. RECEIVING OSU, Wells 5-50, Cac-chio 4-45. Provitt 3-30, Sanders 3-25, Rambo 2-43. Westbrooks 2-17, Combs 1-15, Germany 1-13, Carter 1 -7. Locke 1 -6.

Illinois, Moorehead 4-32. Cook 4-18, Lewis 2-51, Whitman 2-35, McGoey 1-25, Harris 1-11, Smith 1-9, Harvey 1-0. NO. 22 AUBURN 29, NO. 14 GEORIGA 26 Georgia 7 6 0 10 326 Auburn 0 3 10 10 629 First Quarter Geo Bierria 75 interception return (Bennett kick), 7:33.

Second Quarter Geo FG Bennett 34, 11:13. Geo FG Bennett 37. 6:01. Aub FG Duval 48. :00.

Third Quarter Aub Worthy 4 pass from Leard (Duval kick), 13:47. Aub FG Duval 37, 7:33. Fourth Quarter Aub Daniels 10 pass from Leard (Duval kick), 14:55. Aub FG Duval 49,11:56. Geo Edwards 16 pass from Phillips (Bennett kick), 5:16.

Geo FG Benn 19. :41. Overtime Geo FG Bennett 25. Aub Leard 1 run. A 85.612.

Geo Aub First downs 12 16 Rushes-yards 26-55 37-150 Passing 164 149 Comp-Att-Int 23-35-1 24-38-2 Return Yards 66 130 Punts-Avg. 6-50 .3 7-32 .3 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 8-49 6-50 Time of Possession 26:33 33:27 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Georgia, Millican 8-62, Sanks 8-20, Edwards 2-5, Smith 3-3, Thornton 1-0, Brown 1-(minus 10), Phillips 3-(minus 25). Auburn, Ru Johnson 34-152, Leard 3-(minus 2). PASSING Georgia, Phillips 23-35- 1- 164 Auburn, Leard 24-38-2-149. RECEIVING Georgia, Edwards 8- 54, Gary 7-71, Robinson 2-24, Brown 2- (minus 2), Johnson 1-9, McMichael 1-4, Sanks 1-3.

Mitchell 1-1. Auburn, Willis 6-42, Green 4-19, Carter 3-23, Diamond 2-23, Ro Johnson 2-14, Daniels 2-12, Robinson 2-7, Worthy 1-6, RuJohnson 1-4, Evans 1 -(minus 1). NO. 15 MISSISSIPPI STATE 29, ALABAMA 7 Alabama 9 9 7 97 Mississippi St. 14 0 9 729 First Quarter MSU Miller 12 run (Westerfield kick).

8:55. MSU Miller 13 pass from Madkin (Westerfield kick), 1:40. Third Quarter MSU Safety. McClintock tackled end zone after recovering blocked punt, 12:53. MSU FG Westerfield 31, 10:17.

MSU FG Westerfield 30, 3:14. Ala McAddley 35 pass from Zow (Thomas kick). 1:56. Fourth Quarter MSU Miller 5 run (Westerfield kick), 11:56. A 44,114.

Ala MSU First downs 12 22 Rushes-yards 28-31 50-276 Passing 281 262 Comp-Att-Int 13-31-2 18-27-0 Return Yards 150 126 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 6-43 15-130 Time of Possession 25:07 34:53 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Alabama, Miree 11-23, Galloway 10-20, McAddley 1-1, McClintock 1-1, team 1-(minus-2), Milons 1-(minus-2), Zow 3-(minus-10). Mississippi Walker 16-117, Miller 16-104, Madkin 5-39, Griffith 9-33, Fant 2- 1, team1-(minus-11). PASSING Alabama, Zow 13-31-2-281. Mississippi Madkin 18-27-0-262.

RECEIVING Alabama, Carter 4-95, McAddley 3-92, Collins 2-18, Milons 1-56, Woods 1-12, Galloway 1-6, Luke 1-2. Mississippi Griffith 4-46, Grindle 3-20, Miller 3-18, Huntington 2-75, Lee 2-26, Jenkins 1-32, Parker 1-30, Butler 1-9, Walker 1-6. NO. 18 TCU 24, FRESNO STATE 7 Fresno St. 7 0 0 07 TCU 0 14 10 024 First Quarter FSt Berrian 27 pass from Carr (Asparuhov kick).

2:40. Second Quarter TCU Printers 2 run (Kaylakie kick), 2:51. TCU Printers 1 run (Kaylakie kick), :43. Third Quarter TCU Tomlinson 65 run (Kaylakie kick), 12:14. TCU FG Kaylakie 46, :29.

A 29,116. FS TCU First downs 13 15 Rushes-yards 30-41 62-217 Passing 183 78 Comp-Att-Int 15-31-2 7-15-0 Return Yards 21 75 Punts-Avg. 8-40 .0 7-40 .4 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1 Penalties-Yards 5-25 11-84 Time of Possession 25:12 34:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Fresno Gaines 7-14, Levi 8-11, Smith 2-7, Armstrong 4-6, Carr 9-3. TCU, Tomlinson 42-231, Hayes-Stocker 7-21, Layne 1-0, Williams 1-(minus 6), Printers 11-(minus 29). PASSING Fresno Carr 15-30-2-183, Gaines 0-1-0-0.

TCU, Printers 6-14-0-73. Schobel 1-1-0-5. RECEIVING Fresno Berrian 6-121. Gaines 3-16. Levi 2-17, Smith 2-4, Gilbert 1-20, Greco 1-5.

TCU, Maiden 3- 55, Brown 2-23, Dunbar 1-15, Layne 1-5. NO. 19 TEXAS 51, KANSAS 16 Texas 16 14 14 751 Kansas 16 0 0 016 First Quarter KU Mills 29 run (Garcia kick), 12:45. KU Davison 43 interception return (Garcia kick). 10:11.

UT FG 19 Stockton, 4:50. UT Williams 38 pass from Simms (pass failed). 3:06. KU Nesmith interception return of conversion attempt, 3:06. UT Mitchell 14 run (Stockton kick), :55.

Second Quarter UT Williams 65 pass from Simms (Stockton kick). 14:32. UT Mitchell 2 run (Stockton kick), :11. Third Quarter UT Williams 35 run (Stockton kick), 4:22. UT Mitchell 19 run (Stockton kick), 2:08.

Fourth Quarter UT Ike 2 run (Stockton kick), 9:54. A 27.200. UT KU First downs 30 12 Rushes-yards 61-396 36-125 Passing 241 111 Comp-Att-Int 11-19-2 10-25-1 Return Yards 97 69 Punts-Avg. 2-39 9-40 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 9-80 7-81 time of Possession 33 54 26:06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Texas, Mitchell 37-264. Ike 7-40.

Williams 1-35, Sims 8-19. Havter 4-15, Trahan 1-14, Robin 2-6, Williams 1-3. Kansas, Winbush 9-42. Coke 4-39. Mills 1-29.

Duncan 10-19. Ross 1-2, Smith 9-(minus 1), Dyer 1-(minus 2). team 1-(minus 3). PASSING Texas, Simms 10-18-2-240. Trahan 1-1-0-1.

Kansas, Smith 10-24-1-111, Dyer 0-1 -0-0. RECEIVING Texas, Williams 4-180, Time of Possession 29:02 30:58 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING South Carolina, Pinnock 17-52, Watson 12-35, Petty 5-(minus 1), Brewer 1-(minus 5). Florida, Gillespie 14-80, Graham 10-55, Rhine 1- 26, Grossman 2-0, Team 1-(minus 2), Palmer 3-(minus 7). PASSING South Carolina, Petty 19-28-0-166. Florida, Palmer 15-27-0-250.

Grossman 12-19-0-106. RECEIVING South Carolina, Brewer 7-63, Kelly 3-41 Watson 3-14, Spikes 2-21, Pinnock 2-14, Scott 2-13. Florida, Gaffney 7-168. Caldwell 6- 75, Haugabrook 3-42, Wells 2-19, Graham 2-14, Gillespie 2-14, Frazier 2- 13, Moody 1-6, Walker 1-3, Jackson 1-2. NO.

6 OREGON 25, CALIFORNIA 17 California 7 0 10 017 Oregon 0 6 0 1325 First Quarter Cal Igber 1 run (Jensen kick), 12:42. Second Quarter Ore FGFrankel 34, 12:11. Ore FG Frankel 43, 7:12. Third Quarter Ore Harrington 2 run (pass failed), 10:19 Cal FG Jensen 38, 8:31 Cal McArthur 63 pass from Boiler (Jensen kick), 3:36. Fourth Quarter Ore Howry 29 pass trom Harrington (pass failed), 12:38.

Ore Harrington 1 run (Frankel kick), 4:48. A 45,845 Cal UO First downs 14 22 Rushes-yards 28-88 38-76 Passing 197 252 Comp-Att-Int 15-39-1 20-36-1 Return Yards 98 164 Punts-Avg. 6-368 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1 Penalties-Yards 11-88 6-61 Time of Possession 25:37 34:23 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING California, Muhammad 12-61, Igber 12-41, Boiler 3-(minus 6), Harris 1-(minus 8). Oregon, Morris 22-46, Harrington 15-22, Line 1-8. PASSING California, Boiler 15-39-1-197.

Oregon, Harrington 20-35-1-252. Kennybrew 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING CalilOfnia. Swafford 6-53, McArthur 3-95, Heydorff 2-20, Igber 2-(minus 3), Pipersburg 1-26, Lyman 1-6. Oregon, Howry 8-82, Tucker 6-118, Collins 2-26, Parker 1-17, Morris 1-7, Peelle 1-4, Line 1-(minus 2).

NO. 7 WASHINGTON 33, USC 27 Washington St 0 12 7 1433 USC 0 0 7 2027 Second Quarter WSU Wynn 25 run (kick blocked), 10:50. WSU Thielbahr blocked punt return (run failed), 1:11. Third Quarter USC Kelly 34 pass from Van Raaphorst (Bell kick), 11:01. WSU Williams 88 pass from Kegel (Dunning kick), 7:04.

Fourth Quarter WSU Acholonu 35 tumble return (Dunning kick), 11:58. USC Moreno 56 fubmle return (Bell kick), 9:05. USC Stevenson 30 pass from Van Raaphorst (kick failed). 4:28. WSU Minnich 2 run (Dunning kick), 1:42.

USC Colbert 21 pass from Van Raaphorst (Bell kick), 00. A 40,565. WSU USC First downs 18 29 Rushes-yards 38-130 41-91 Passing 242 379 Comp-Att-Int 12-32-0 29-54-1 Return Yards 94 64 Punts-Avg. 10-32 8-33 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-2 Penalties-Yards 13-123 13-123 Time of Possession 27:45 32:15 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING WSU, Minnich 20-88, Wynn 1-25, Burnett 9-8. Hawkins 3-5, Kegel 4-4, Zubedi 1-0.

USC, McCullough 18-44, Pierson 5-36, MacKenzie 3-10, Landrigan 2-10, Papadakis 1-0, Van Raaphorst 10-(minus-1), Kelly Hminus-3). Palmer 1-(minus-5). PASSING WSU, Kegel 12-32-0-242. USC, Van Raaphorst 17-38-0-234, Palmer 12-26-1-145. RECEIVING WSU, Williams 4-126, Wynn 3-61.

Henderson 2-33. Burnett 1-14 Zubedi 1-7, Nettles 1-1. USC, Kelly 7- 114, Colbert 5-85, Nickels 5-57, Stevenson 4-77, Landrigan 2-9, MacKenzie 2-8, Harris 1-11, Butler 1-6. Holmes 1-6, Pierson 1-6. (Cimonelli kick), 5:40.

Fourth Quarter FSt A.Boldin 4 pass from Weinke (Cimonelli kick). 11:08. FSt A.Boldin 14 pass from Weinke (Cimonelli kick), 7:22. A 27,071. FSU WF First downs 23 17 Rushes-yards 25-229 46-162 Passing 327 114 Comp-Att-Int 24-39-3 11-26-1 Return Yards 87 56 Punts-Avg.

3-45 .7 7-43 .0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 Penalties-Yards 8-77 7-55 Time of Possession 21:57 38:03 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Florida State, Minor 9-72. Maddox 4-52, Jones 3-46. Gardner 1-29, Ford 3-19, Boldin 1-8, Chaney 2-3, Golightly 1-3, Weinke 1 -(minus 3). Wake Forest, Williams 23-95, Stone 6-40, Mughelli 6-11, Davis 1-7, Young 1-5, Scott 2-4, Love-Lane 1-2, MacPherson 4-0, McCoy 2-(mlnus 2). PASSING Florida State, Weinke 23-36-2-324, Outzen 1-3-1-3.

Wake Forest, MacPherson 11-25-1-114, McCoy 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING Florida State, Minnis 6- 122, Minor 6-59, Gardner 3-44, Sprague 2-34, Boldin 2-18, Chaney 2-16, Bell 1-23, Golightly 1-8, Jones 1-3. Wake Forest, I.Williams 5-65, T. Williams 2-12, Caldwell 1-13, Davis 1-12, Thomas 1-12, Love-Lane 1-0. NO.

16 KANSAS STATE 29, NO. 4 NEBRASKA 28 Nebraska 14 0 0 1428 Kansas St. 7 10 6 029 First Quartar Neb Craver 12-yard blocked punt return (Brown kick), 12:55. KSU Scobey 1 run (Rheem kick), 5:21. Neb Crouch 1 run (Brown kick), :31.

Second Quarter KSU FG Rheem 38, 2:42. KSU Morgan 49 pass from Beasley (Rheem kick), 1:17. Third Quarter KSU FG Rheem 27,11:41, KSU FG Rheem 29, 9:11. Fourth Quarter Neb Alexander 19 run (Brown kick), 14:02 Neb Alexander 45 run (Brown KSU Morgan 12 pass from Beasley (pass failed), 2:52. A 53,811.

Neb KSU First downs 11 17 Rushes-yards 45-200 43-143 Passing 39 234 Comp-Att-Int 2-13-1 12-36-1 Return Yards 52 25 Punts-Avg. 7-38 7-29 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 11-94 13-103 Time of Possession 26:31 33:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Nebraska, Alexander 18-130, Crouch 17-42. Miller 4-16, Buckhalter 6-12. Kansas Scobey 26-62, Cartwright 2-32, Beasley 8-26, Ronsick 1-16, Lockett 1-5, Allen 3-4, Team 2-(minus 2). PASSING Nebraska, Crouch 2-13-1-39.

Kansas Beasley 12-36-1-234. RECEIVING Nebraska, Davison 1-23, Wistrom 1-16 Kansas Morgan 7- 199, Lockett 2-17, Scobey 2-9, Meier 1-9. NO. 5 FLORIDA 41, NO. 21 SOUTH CAROLINA 21 South Carolina 21 0 0 021 Florida 3 28 10 041 First Quarter Fla FG Chandler 49.

11:57. SC Pinnock 1 run (Corse kick). 4:34. SC Spikes 14 blocked punt return (Corse kick), 1:29. SC Watson 2 blocked punt return (Corse kick), :06.

Second Quartar Fla Caldwell 6 pass from Palmer (Chandler kick), 13:12. Fla Gaffney 70 pass from Palmer (Chandler kick), 10:35. Fla Moody 6 pass from Palmer (Chandler kick). 1:40. Fla Sheppard 57 punt return (Chandler kick).

02. Third Quarter Fla Graham 6 run (Chandler kick), 5:48. Fla FG Chandler 29, 1:17. A 85,718. SC Fll First downs 13 22 Rushes-yards 35-81 31-152 Passing 166 356 Comp-Att-Int 19-28-0 27-46-0 Return Yards 157 108 Punts-Avg.

7-43 4 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-30 7-30 NO. 1 OKLAHOMA 35, NO. 23 TEXAS 31 Oklahoma 3 7 3 2235 Texas 7 10 7 731 First Quarter Fams 2 run (Kitchens kick), 9:14. OUfG Duncan 31.7:39. Second Quarter OU Fagan 7 pass from Heupel (Duncan kick).

12:48. FG Kitchens 37. 2:53. i Ferguson 4 pass from Farris (Kitchens). :19.

Third Quarter i i Toombs 1 run (Kitchens kick), 9:00. OUFG Duncan 27, 1:46. Fourth Quarter OU Griffin 21 run (Anderson pass from Heupel), 14:46. Toombs 27 run (Kitchens kick), 13:36. OU Griffin 2 run (Duncan kick), 7:43.

OU Marshall 41 interception return (Duncan kick), 7:18. A 87,188. OU First downs 18 18 Rushes-yards 28-105 37-97 Passing 263 219 Comp-Att-Int 28-42-2 18-37-2 Return Yards 79 39 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards 7-74 6-60 Time of Possession 29:37 30:23 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Oklahoma, Griffin 17-70, Heupel 8-26, Fagan 1-13, team 2-(minus 4). Texas Toombs 18-72, Whitaker 5-17.

Goynes 2-9, Weber 3-3, Taylor 1-2, Farris 8-(minus 6). PASSING Oklahoma, Heupel 28-42-2-263. Texai Farris 18-37-2-219. RECEIVING Oklahoma, Savage 8-76, Fagan 6-42, Griffin 3-42, Smith 3-18, Wooltolk 3-16, Norman 2-57, Mackey 2-2, Anderson 1-10. Texas Ferguson 8-105.

Porter 3-47, Johnson 2-37, Taylor 2-16, Whitaker 2-13, Madison 1-1. NO. 2 MIAMI 35, PITTSBURGH 7 Pittsburgh 0 7 0 07 Miami 6 7 15 735 First Quarter Mia Buchanon 71 interception return (kick failed), 8:45. Second Quartar Pitt Wilson 4 pass from Turman (Loft kick), 12:38. Mia Dorsey 1 run (Sievers kick), 9:25.

Thin) Quarter Mia Mercer 12 pass from Dorsey (Dorsey run), 12:44. Mia Wayne 7 pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick). 6:17. Fourth Quarter Mia Jackson 7 run (Sievers kick), 14:49. A 47,520.

Pitt Mia First downs 15 23 Rushes-yards 30-77 41-155 Passing 189 264 Comp-Att-Int 19-39-2 22-37-0 Return Yards 6 156 Punts-Avg. 8-40 4-50 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-39 5-63 Time of Possession 29:39 30:21 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Pittsburgh, Barlow 10-36, Goings 6-21, Rutherford 2-14, Picciotti 4-10, Polite 2-3, Turman 5-(minus 3), Priestley 1 -(minus 4). Miami, Jackson 19-89. Portis 12-31, Geathers 5-19, Moss 1-6, Wayne 1-4. R.Williams 1-3, Dorsey 2-3.

PASSING Pittsburgh, Turman 17-31-2-177, Priestley 2-6-0-12, Rutherford 0-2-04). Miami, Dorsey 22-35-0-264, Capshaw 0-1-0-0, team 0- 1- 0-0 RECEIVING Pittsburgh, Grim 5-63, Bryant 4-31 Wilson 3-31 Goings 2-25. Slade 2-23, Polite 2-12, Barlow 1-4. Miami, Moss 6-100, Wayne 6-86. Mercer 2-26, Snockey 2-20.

R.Williams 2- 19, Davenport 2-10, King 1-5, Jackson 1 -(minus 2). NO. 3 FLORIDA STATE 35, WAKE FOREST I Florida State 7 7 7 1435 Wake Forest 3 3 0 First Quarter FSt Minnis 10 pass from Weinke (Cimonelli kick). 10:18. Second Quartar WAKE FG Ashe 28.

9:27. FSt Minnis 46 pass from Weinke (Cimonelli kick). 7:57. Third Quarter WAKE FG Ashe 44, 9:21. FSt Minnis 16 pass from Weinke I.