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No. 1 Georgia 38, Tennessee 10

Knoxville, Tenn.: Carson Beck threw for 298 yards and three touchdowns to lead Georgia to a win over Tennessee.

Dillon Bell caught five passes for 90 yards and a touchdown, and also threw an 18-yard TD pass to Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint for the Bulldogs (10-0, 8-0 Southeastern Conference). Rosemy-Jacksaint caught seven passes for 91 yards and two TDs.

Georgia became the first team to go unbeaten in the SEC three years in a row since the league went to an eight-game schedule in 1992.

No. 2 Michigan 31, Maryland 24

College Park, Md.: Blake Corum scored twice in the first half, Mike Sainristil intercepted two passes, and No. 2 Michigan —- playing again without suspended coach Jim Harbaugh — became the first college football program to win 1,000 games.

The Wolverines (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) remained unbeaten in their final tune-up before next weekend’s showdown against No. 3 Ohio State, but it wasn’t easy. .

No. 3 Ohio State 37, Minnesota 3

Columbus, Ohio: TreVeyon Henderson rushed for 146 yards and two touchdowns and Kyle McCord passed for 212 yards and two scores, leading Ohio State to a win over Minnesota.

Next up for the Buckeyes (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten, CFP No. 2) is a trip to Ann Arbor to face second-ranked Michigan (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten, CFP No. 3) next Saturday. The Wolverines beat Maryland 31-24 on Saturday.

No. 4 Florida State 58, North Alabama 13

Tallahassee, Fla.: Florida State lost star quarterback Jordan Travis to a leg injury in the first quarter, yet rallied behind backup Tate Rodemaker and beat North Alabama.

Travis suffered what appeared to be a major injury to his left knee/leg on a run up the middle late in the first quarter. Rodemaker completed 13 of 23 passes for 217 yards as the Seminoles (11-0) won their 17th straight game.

No. 5 Washington 22, Oregon State 20

Corvallis, Ore.: Michael Penix

Jr. threw for two TDs and ran for another, and Washington remained undefeated and clinched a spot in the Pac-12 championship game with a victory over Oregon State.

Played in a nearly constant rain, it was the final Pac-12 game at Reser Stadium as the conference currently stands. The Pac-12 collapsed over the summer, leaving Oregon State and Washington State as the lone remaining teams.

No. 6 Oregon 49, Arizona State 13

Tempe, Ariz.: Bo Nix threw for 404 yards and a career-high six touchdowns, Patrick Herbert and Troy Franklin both caught two touchdown passes and Oregon rolled to a win over Arizona State.

The Ducks buried the Sun Devils with an avalanche of offense on the way to a 42-0 lead, scoring touchdowns on their first six drives and gaining 444 total yards.

No. 7 Texas 26, Iowa State 16

Ames, Iowa: Quinn Ewers passed for 281 yards and two touchdowns, and Texas pulled away from Iowa State.

The win keeps the Longhorns (10-1, 7-1, No. 7 CFP) alone atop the Big Ten standings and moves them closer to the conference championship game.

Ewers completed 23 of 33 passes a, helping Texas extend its winning streak to five.

No. 8 Alabama 66, Chattanooga 10

Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Jalen Milroe passed for 197 yards and three touchdowns before sitting out the second half of Alabama’s rout of Chattanooga.

The Crimson Tide (10-1, No. 8 CFP) won their ninth straight game but got a breather from Southeastern Conference opponents against the Mocs (7-4), an FCS team.

No. 9 Louisville 38, Miami 31

Miami Gardens, Fla.: Jack Plummer threw three touchdown passes, the last of them a 58-yarder to Kevin Coleman with 4:17 remaining, and Louisville clinched a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game by beating Miami.

Coleman ended up wide open after Miami defenders Te’Cory Couch and Jaden Davis collided at full speed as the play was developing, and he went down the right sideline with the go-ahead score for the Cardinals (10-1, 7-1 ACC, No. 10 CFP).

No. 11 Missouri 33, Florida 31

Columbia, Mo.: Harrison Mevis kicked a 30-yard field goal with five seconds remaining, and Brady Cook completed 20 of 34 passes for 326 yards and a touchdown to help Missouri rally past Florida.

Cody Schrader carried the ball 23 times for 148 yards and a touchdown, Luther Burden III caught nine passes for 158 yards, and Mevis converted all four of his field goal attempts.

No. 12 Penn State 27, Rutgers 6

State College, Pa.: Kaytron Allen ran for two touchdowns, Alex Felkins kicked a pair of field goals and Penn State pulled away from Rutgers after quarterback Drew Allar left with an apparent injury.

Allen finished a 15-play, scoring drive with a 2-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter and added another short, bruising scoring run up the middle early in the fourth to seal Penn State’s 17th-straight win over Rutgers.

No. 13 Mississippi 35, Louisiana-Monroe 3

Oxford, Miss.: Jaxson Dart threw for three touchdowns on three consecutive third-quarter series as Mississippi used a strong second half to defeat Louisiana-Monroe.

Ole Miss (9-2, 5-2 SEC, No. 13 CFP) struggled to a 7-3 halftime lead over the Sun Belt Conference Warhawks (2-9, 0-8) before Dart capped consecutive touchdown drives of 78, 60 and 60 yards to build a 28-3 cushion.

No. 14 Oklahoma 31, BYU 24

Provo, Utah: Oklahoma forced three turnovers and scored 21 points off those takeaways and edged BYU, despite playing the second half without quarterback Dillon Gabriel.

Gabriel threw for 191 yards and a pair of touchdowns, but he suffered a head injury just before halftime.

No. 15 LSU 56, Georgia State 14

Baton Rouge, La.: Senior quarterback Jayden Daniels piled up 509 total yards, threw six touchdown passes and rushed for two more scores as LSU won.

No. 19 Arizona 42, No. 16 Utah 18

Tucson, Ariz.: Noah Fifita threw for two touchdowns and Arizona used a fast start beat Utah for its first fivegame winning streak in nine years.

The Wildcats (8-3, 6-2 Pac-12, No. 17 CFP) built a 28-0 lead by the first play of the second quarter.

No. 17 Tulane 24, Florida Atlantic 8

Boca Raton, Fla.: Michael Pratt threw for three touchdowns in his South Florida homecoming to lead Tulane to a victory over Florida Atlantic. Pratt, who attended high school in Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach, completed 21 of 28 passes for 252 yards.

Appalachian State 26, No. 18 James Madison 23

Harrisonburg, Va.: Kaedin Robinson’s toe barely touched the goal line before the football squirted out, scoring the winning touchdown in overtime as Appalachian State beat previously unbeaten James Madison.

No. 20 Notre Dame 45, Wake Forest 7

South Bend, Ind.: Sam Hartman tormented his former team, passing for 277 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 20 Notre Dame to a win over Wake Forest. Notre Dame (8-3) improved to 6-0 all-time vs. Wake Forest (4-7).

Clemson 31, No. 22 North Carolina 20

Clemson, S.C.: Cade Klubnik threw for 219 yards and a touchdown and Clemson’s defense held high-scoring North Carolina to its fewest points this season. The revived Tigers (7-4, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their third straight.

No. 23 Kansas State 31, Kansas 27

Lawrence, Kan.Will Howard threw two touchdown passes and ran for the go-ahead score, and Kansas State took advantage of two special teams blunders by rival Kansas as the Wildcats rallied to beat the Jayhawks for their 15th straight win in the Sunflower Showdown.

No. 24 Oklahoma State 43, Houston 30

Houston: Alan Bowman threw for 348 yards and two touchdowns, Ollie Gordon II rushed for 164 yards and three second-half TDs for OSU.

No. 25 Liberty 49, UMass 25

Lynchburg, Va.: Kaidon Salter threw for 225 yards, rushed for 118 and accounted for four touchdowns as Liberty defeated UMass. Salter averaged better than 20 yards per pass while completing 11 of 16.

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