2 weeks Ago By By The Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Will Howard threw for 182 yards and two touchdowns and No. 4 Ohio State’s defense made a late defensive stand to lift the Buckeyes over No.
3 Penn State 20-13 on Saturday. Ohio State (7-1, 4-1) kept its hopes alive for a spot in the Big Ten Championship game by beating the Nittany Lions (7-1, 4-1) for the eighth straight time. Howard, who believes Penn State thought he “ wasn’t good enough ” when it declined to offer the Philadelphia-area native a scholarship, exacted a measure of revenge in front of the largest crowd in Beaver Stadium history (111,030).
While Howard wasn’t perfect by any stretch — he threw a pick-6 on his first pass and later fumbled as he was crossing the goalline for what would have been a touchdown — he connected on first-half scoring passes to Emeka Egbuka and Brandon Inniss and Ohio State’s defense did the rest. No. 1 OREGON 38, MICHIGAN 17 ANN ARBOR, Mich.
(AP) — Dillon Gabriel threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score in another efficient performance from the Heisman Trophy front-runner, leading No. 1 Oregon to a win over Michigan . The Ducks (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten) seemed to get a break on their first touchdown when Gabriel’s 2-yard pass to Evan Stewart appeared to be dropped , but they didn’t need much good fortune to stay unbeaten.
The Wolverines (5-4, 3-3) pulled into a 7-all tie on Davis Warren’s 7-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Morris, taking advantage of backup returner Ryan Pellum fumbling on a punt return. They trailed the rest of the game. No.
5 MIAMI 53, DUKE 31 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Heisman Trophy hopeful Cam Ward threw for 400 yards and five more touchdown passes, three to Xavier Restrepo on a record-setting day for both of them, and the Hurricanes erased a double-digit deficit for the third time this season to roll past the Blue Devils. Ward now has 29 touchdown passes, tying Steve Walsh’s Miami season record set in 1988.
A 66-yard scoring grab with 7:36 left was the big history-maker: Restrepo tied Mike Harley’s Miami career reception record with his 182nd, broke Santana Moss’ career receiving yards record with 2,573, and Ward tied Walsh’s TD pass mark for the Hurricanes (9-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Maalik Murphy threw for 325 yards and three touchdowns for Duke (6-3, 2-3), but was intercepted three times and fumbled the ball away once. Sahmir Hagans had nine catches for 139 yards and a score for the Blue Devils, who had a 28-17 lead in the third quarter in Duke coach Manny Diaz’s first game against Miami since the school fired him in 2021.
No. 13 INDIANA 47, MICHIGAN ST. 10 EAST LANSING, Mich.
(AP) — Kurtis Rourke threw for 263 yards and four touchdowns, including two to Elijah Sarratt, and Amare Ferrell had two interceptions Saturday to lead No. 13 Indiana to a victory over Michigan State and its first 9-0 start in school history. Rourke, who missed last week’s game against Washington following surgery on an injured right thumb, showed no ill effects and completed 19 of 29 passes.
The Hoosiers (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten) fell behind 10-0 in the first quarter before scoring 47 consecutive points to claim their ninth straight win by double digits. This is only the third season in Indiana history — dating back to the 1800s — in which the Hoosiers have won nine games. Michigan State (4-5, 2-4 Big Ten) jumped in front in the first quarter off a 47-yard field goal by Jonathan Kim and an 18-yard touchdown pass from Aidan Chiles to Nick Marsh.
Indiana hadn’t trailed this season prior to Kim’s field goal. No. 19 MISSISSIPPI 63, ARKANSAS 31 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.
(AP) — Jaxson Dart set Ole Miss records for yards passing and touchdown throws in a single game, leapfrogging Matt Corral and Eli Manning, in the Rebels’ dominating win over the Razorbacks. Dart threw four scores and 321 yards in just the first half. He found Jordan Watkins on three of the TDs, including one for 62 yards and another for 66 on back-to-back drives.
They were just three offensive plays apart. Dart ultimately finished 25 of 31 passing for 515 yards with six touchdowns. Ole Miss (7-2, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) led 35-10 at halftime after scoring on three straight drives over the first and second quarters.
The Rebels opened and closed the first-half scoring when Princely Umanmielen pounced on a Taylen Green fumble in the end zone midway through the first quarter and Dart capped things with a three-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Watkins with five seconds left in the half, his fourth passing score in the game’s first half-hour. No. 21 ARMY 20, AIR FORCE 3 WEST POINT, N.
Y. (AP) — Kanye Udoh rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns to help Army win over the Falcons and the Black Knights’ nation-leading 12th straight victory. Playing without starting quarterback Bryson Daily , who missed the game with injury or illness per an academy statement, Udoh stepped up and carried the running load.
Udoh ran seven times for 48 yards on Army’s opening drive of the second half. The sophomore finished the possession off with a 12-yard touchdown run, his eighth of the season. MINNESOTA 25, No.
24 ILLINOIS 17 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Max Brosmer threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Jameson Geers and Dragan Kesich kicked his fourth field goal of the game in the final five minutes, rallying the Gophers to a victory over the Fighting Illini. It was the fourth consecutive win for Minnesota (6-3, 4-2 Big Ten), while Illinois (6-3, 3-3) dropped its second straight.
Brosmer completed 22 of 37 passes for 213 yards and a TD. Darius Taylor ran for 131 yards and a TD on 22 carries and was the Golden Gophers’ leading receiver with nine catches for 58 yards. Elijah Spencer had six catches for 67 yards.
Luke Altmyer was 20 of 33 for 226 yards and a TD for Illinois, but lost two fumbles..
