Gathering the Top 25: Alabama # 1 excludes LSU # 3 with humor

Quarterback Team Tua Tagovailoa has managed 295 yards, two touchdowns and 44 yards for another goal, and Alabama's defense has smothered the LSU attack to propel the crimson tide No. 1 at 29-0 on the Tigers No. 3 Saturday night. in Baton Rouge, La.

Alabama (9-0, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) held LSU (7-2, 4-2) to only 196 yards in total offense. With the win, the Tide earned a spot in the SEC title game, where he will face Georgia.

Tagovailoa completed 25 of his 42 badists and started the match with his 44-yard run on the third try which allowed the tide to win the match at 22-0, while he was 5:14 remaining at the third quarter.

The tide raised 576 yards and held a 29-13 lead in the first few tries. Alabama ended the shutout by intercepting LSU quarterback Joe Burrow in the end zone with 3:35 left to go.

# 5 Michigan 42, # 14 Penn State 7

Shea Patterson scored two touchdowns and rushed for another while the Wolverines 'defense silenced the Nittany Lions' offense until the end of the match in Ann Arbor, Michigan .

Karan Higdon broke the 100-yard mark for the seventh consecutive game he went on to win 132 yards on 20 carries with a score for the Wolverines (8-1, 6-0, Big Ten).

Michigan, the only Big Ten team to have no conference losses, took the lead last season 42-13 at the expense of Penn State, bringing the Nittany Lions 6-3 overall and 3 -3 in conference.

No. 2 Clemson 77, Louisville 16

The undefeated Tigers continued their impressive career at the Atlantic Coast Conference, pbading the cardinals in Clemson, S.C.

Clemson (9-0, 6-0 ACC) has won his last four games by a combined score of 240-36. It was the sixth consecutive loss for Louisville (2-7, 0-6).

Clemson set the tone of the day by scoring twice in his first five plays. Travis Etienne scored on a 10-yard run to limit the mark to four games and 75 yards. Offensive back Tavien Feaster added a 70-yard mark for the first game of the Tigers' next possession.

No. 4 Notre Dame 31, Northwestern 21

Ian Book completed 22 of 34 pbades for 343 yards and two touchdowns, while the Fighting Irish dominated the Wildcats in Evanston, Ill., And remain undefeated.

Book and Dexter Williams both rushed to score a goal for Notre Dame, while Miles Boykin and Michael Young scored a touchdown. The Fighting Irish (9-0) have yet to play three games to get a perfect regular season and qualify for the playoffs.

Clayton Thorson completed 16 of 29 pbades for 141 yards and a touchdown for the Wildcats (5-4), who were trying to beat a ranked opponent for the third time in a row. Thorson also rushed for a pair of touchdowns.

No. 6 Georgia 34, No. 9 Kentucky 17

The Bulldogs scored their second consecutive victory in the SEC championship game, humbling the Wildcats in Lexington, Kentucky.

Georgia (8-1, 6-1 SEC) won the East Division convincingly by dominating one of the best defensive units in the country. Kentucky (7-2, 5-2) entered the match with the best defense in the country (13 points per game) and has not yielded more than 20 points per game this season. Georgia had 14 points at half-time and outscored 20 with more than 10 minutes in the third quarter.

Georgia used a powerful racing game to clinch victory, collecting 331 of its 444 yards of offense from the ground. D'Andre Swift had 156 yards and two touchdowns and Elijah Holyfield added 115 yards and a touchdown. Jake Fromm scored 14 of 20 pbades for 113 yards and one touchdown.

No. 7 Oklahoma 51, Texas Tech 46

Kyler Murray overcame a difficult start scoring 360 yards and three touchdowns to help the Sooners survive the Red Raiders in Lubbock, Texas.

Oklahoma (8-1, 5-1 Big 12) has won three straight following a three-point loss to Texas on Oct. 6. Murray also scored for 100 yards and a touchdown, and Trey Sermon added 206 yards and three touchdowns to the championship. ground.

Oklahoma's defense may have played the best game of the game after Texas Tech (5-4, 3-3) fell to less than two on a touchdown in the middle of the fourth quarter. In the two-point conversion attempt, the second student, Robert Barnes, intercepted Jett Duffey's pbad to a depth of 5 yards in the end zone and returned it in the other direction for a two-point conversion for the Sooners, giving Oklahoma a 44-40 lead with 6:54. to play.

No. 10 Ohio State 36, Nebraska 31

J.K. Dobbins scored three goals and Dwayne Haskins made two touchdown pbades as the Buckeyes rallied in the second half to defeat the Cornhuskers in Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio State (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten), who played for the first time since a 49-20 defeat at Purdue on October 20, led 21-16 at the half before Dobbins had a 3-yard run and Parris Campbell scored a 9-yard touchdown at the end of the third quarter as the Buckeyes took control.

While Nebraska (2-7, 1-5) led by 12, rookie quarterback Adrian Martinez beat JD Spielman on a 17-yard touchdown to bring the score to 36-31 with 2:57 left in the match. But Ohio State had two first duels in the ensuing race, leaving the clock to keep the win.

Missouri 38, No.11, Florida 17

A week after taking an 11-point lead at half-time over Kentucky, the Tigers never let up against the Gators, winning a rare top-15 victory in Gainesville, Fla.

After Missouri (5-4, 1-4 LP) took a 21-10 lead at half-time against Florida (6-2, 4-3), Tiger's quarterback, Drew Lock, took the is in the third quarter with two touchdowns to extend the Missouri advance. at 35-10. In doing so, he pbaded Chris Leak, Tim Tebow and Peyton Manning in third place on the touchdown list with the total number of touchdowns by the SEC, with 90.

It was the first Missouri road victory against a top-15 opponent since his victory over South Carolina on September 27, 2014.

# 13 West Virginia 42, # 17 Texas 41

Will Grier hit Gary Jennings on a 33-yard pbad with 16 seconds to play, then turned around the left end to score an all-or-nothing conversion goal to bring the Mountaineers to defeat the Longhorns in Austin, Texas.

With a score of 34, Texan quarterback Sam Ehlinger escaped to avoid David Long Jr.'s race from West Virginia and hit Devin Duvernay, who was siding behind the Virginia-corner cornerback. Western Josh Norwood for a score of 48 yards with 2:34 play.

But it left Grier too long (28 for 42,346 yards) and the Mountaineers, who racked up 75 yards in seven innings for Jennings' 33-yard touchdown pbad. West Virginia (7-1, 5-1) remained first in the Big 12 while Texas (6-3, 4-2) is essentially two games away from the mountaineer.

Arizona State 38, No. 15, Utah 20

Manny Wilkins racked up 285 yards and three touchdowns, while Eno Benjamin raised 175 yards and two goals to get the Sun Devils to beat the Utes in Tempe, Arizona.

N'Keal Harry scored nine catches for 161 yards and three touchdowns. The Sun Devils defeated the Utes for the second season in a row, after collecting 536 yards in the best defense of the Pac-12.

Arizona State (5-4, 3-3 Pac-12) has won two straight victories after a 1-to-3 start in Pac-12. Utah (6-3, 4-3) saw his winning streak end and his one-game lead in the South Pac-12 disappear.

Purdue 38, No. 16 Iowa 36

David Blough had four touchdown pbades, receiver Terry Wright, and the decisive 25-yard 25-yard goal, while the Boilermards defeated the Hawkeye in West Lafayette, Indiana, to maintain their hopes of live in the Big Ten West. living.

Purdue (5-4, 4-2 in Big Ten) racked up 434 yards in total offense by destroying the Iowa defense, which had the fourth highest FBS score in yards per game. The Hawkeyes (6-3, 3-3) also finished 11th in defense scoring with 16.1 points per game.

A couple driven after Iowa took their first lead of the game at 36-35 with just over 10 minutes in the fourth quarter, the Boilermakers took possession of the ball with 4:24 left in the middle of the field after a 31-yard deep kick by Colten Rastetter of Iowa. . Purdue then led 11 games to establish the only goal of Evans' match.

No. 18 Mississippi State 45, Louisiana Tech 3

Nick Fitzgerald threw four touchdown pbades as the state of Mississippi was forced to travel to Louisiana Tech in a Bulldogs unconferenceed game in Starkville, Missouri.

Fitzgerald, a player known more for his run than his defeat, completed 17 of 28 pbades for a total of 243 yards and was paired with Stephen Guidry, Deddrick Thomas, Kylin Hill and Jesse Jackson for touchdown pbades in the first half while the Bulldogs lost 3 lead at half-time.

Mississippi State (6-3) has won for the third time in four games since a series of two defeats that have temporarily ruled it out of the Top 25. The Bulldogs return to the SEC after playing No. 1 Alabama in Tuscaloosa , Alabama. next week. Louisiana Tech, who had won her last three games, dropped to 6-3.

No. 19 Syracuse 41, Wake Forest 24

Quarterback Eric Dungey ran for 119 yards and a touchdown while Orange crossed – and more – the Demon Deacons at Winston-Salem, Nc.

Syracuse (7-2, 4-2 Atlantic Conference), playing its first 17-year, nationally ranked game, scored five touchdowns to spoil Wake Forest's return (4-5, 1- 4). Jarveon Howard scored on two points, helping to overcome an early 10-point deficit.

Dungey, a senior, tied his career high with 24 rush attempts, while Syracuse had 264 rushing yards. He also threw for 157 yards, completing 23 of 35 shots.

Auburn 28, No. 20 Texas A & M 24

Jarrett Stidham threw an 11-yard touchdown pbad to Seth Williams with a time of 1: 41 to make a spectacular comeback as the Tigers knocked out Aggies in Auburn, Ala.

Texas A & M (5-4, 3-3 SEC) led 24-14 after three quarters but missed an opportunity to increase the margin when Seth Small missed a 37-yard pitch early in the fourth quarter . An interception allowed Chandler Cox to play with a point at 5:14 and, after Auburn (6-3, 3-3) forced a punt, Stidham took the win.

The Tigers are now 8-0 after a date opened under coach Gus Malzahn.

No. 21 State of North Carolina 47, State of Florida 28

Offensive halfback Ricky Person scored three touchdowns as the Wolfpack rebounded after two consecutive losses to strangle the Seminoles in Raleigh, Nc.

The person who missed the previous game due to injury rushed for two touchdowns and scored another at a reception as NC State (6-2, 3-2 ACC) became eligible for the draw. chopped off.

James Blackman played in the injured Florida State's quarterback quarterback from Florida and pitched for four touchdowns and a total of 421 yards. But the Seminoles (4-5, 2-5) were hampered by 16 penalties that cost them 121 yards.

# 22 Boston College 31, Virginia Tech 21

Travis Levy scored two touchdowns and played the most productive game of his career, as the Eagles skyrocketed dominating the Hokies in Blacksburg, Va.

Levy rushed eleven times for a 75-yard career record. The second running back scored his first two career touchdowns. Boston College (7-2, 4-1 ACC), 14-7 in the middle of the third quarter, scored three touchdowns in a row before a 28-yard goal for Colton Lichtenberg sealed the win with a time of 2 : 31 to play.

The Eagles won their third consecutive game after entering the university football playoffs for the first time. They are one and a half behind Clemson No. 2 of the Coastal Division and the Eagles will host the Tigers next week. Virginia Tech (4-4, 3-2) lost for the third time in four games.

No. 24 State of Iowa 27, Kansas 3

Quarterback Brock Purdy was 263 yards and three touchdowns, including two scoring bombs for junior junior catcher Hakeem Butler, while the Cyclones hit the Jayhawks in Lawrence, Kan.

Butler entered the match as the leader of the top 12 scorers in average yards per game (22.4) and immediately broke two big games, scoring 83 and 51 yards in the first eight minutes. He finished with 164 yards on five receptions.

The victory was the fourth in a row for the Cyclones (5-3, 4-2 Big 12). Kansas (3-6, 1-5) was attempting to win two consecutive wins with Big 12 for the first time since 2008, but could not gain the offensive beat against a 10th-ranked Iowa State defense. stop the race.