Texas rolls past Mississippi State

AUSTIN, Texas — Arch Manning passed for two touchdowns and ran for another score, and Texas got another standout performance from its defense to earn a 35-13 victory over Mississippi State.

Manning was 26-of-31 passing for 324 yards in his second consecutive start in place of Quinn Ewers, who is still recovering from a strained abdomen.

Manning’s 49-yard touchdown pass to Deondre Moore in the second quarter, and his 1-yard TD run in the third, opened up a tighter-than-expected matchup with the Bulldogs, who have lost four in a row.

Texas had cruised through its first four games and raced to an opening touchdown in five plays. But the Longhorns soon bogged down with a turnover, a dropped touchdown pass and a partially blocked punt.

The Longhorns defense did not allow a touchdown until Mississippi State quarterback Michael Van Buren’s 12-yard run with just under 7 minutes left. That score snapped a streak of nine consecutive quarters without giving up a touchdown.

Kentucky upset No. 6 Mississippi 20-17 on Saturday, when Rebels kicker Micah Davis hooked a 48-yard field-goal attempt way wide with 48 seconds left in the fourth quarter to give the Wildcats their highest-ranked road win since 1977.

The Rebels (4-0, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) had a seven-game winning streak snapped and were shocked as a double-digit favorite in their SEC opener.

The Wildcats (3-2, 1-2) took a three-point lead with 2:25 left in the fourth quarter, with a little fumble luck. Backup quarterback Gavin Wimsatt was heading toward the goal line with a keeper when an Ole Miss defender knocked the ball free — right to tight end Josh Kattus, who fell into the end zone.

OHIO STATE 38, MICH.STATE 7

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Jeremiah Smith had a 19-yard touchdown run and made a one-handed, 17-yard catch for a score in the second quarter, helping No. 3 Ohio State pull away and rout Michigan State 38-7 Saturday night.

The Buckeyes (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) were in a closely contested game until their freshman phenom took over.

The Spartans (3-2, 1-1) lost the football three times in the red zone in the first half to hurt their chances of hanging around.

Smith’s speed allowed him to go untouched on an end-around midway through the second quarter. His skill set him up to leap and snag Devin Brown’s pass with his right hand — three plays after needing only one hand to make a 27-yard catch — to put Ohio State ahead 24-7 in the final minute of the first half.

The country’s top-rated recruit, who is from Miami Gardens, Florida, finished with five receptions for 83 yards.

Smith has lived up to the billing.

He became the first freshman to catch two touchdown passes in a season opener with a program that has a rich tradition at receiver and had 14 catches for 281 yards and four touchdowns over the first three games.

Marvin Harrison Jr., drafted No. 4 overall by Arizona, was the latest great at the position for the powerhouse program and the Buckeyes look like they have another one with the 6-foot-3, 215-pound Smith.

No. 12 MICHIGAN 27, MINNESOTA 24

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Kalel Mullings rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns as the Wolverines held on to the Little Brown Jug with a 27-24 win in the rain against the Gophers.

Michigan led 24-3 going into the fourth quarter, but Minnesota scored three touchdowns to pull within 27-24 with 1:37 left.

The Gophers recovered the onside kick but were flagged for offsides. Mullings grabbed the second kick, allowing the Wolverines to run out the clock.

The Wolverines (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) extended their school-record conference winning streak to 27 games. They haven’t lost a Big Ten game since Michigan State beat them in 2021.

No. 13 SOUTHERN CAL 38, WISCONSIN 21

LOS ANGELES — Miller Moss threw two of his three touchdown passes to Ja’Kobi Lane, and the Trojans rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half for a 38-21 victory over Wisconsin.

Lane caught 10 passes for 105 yards, while Duce Robinson scored the Trojans’ go-ahead touchdown with 1:28 left in the third quarter on another sharp throw from Moss, who passed for 308 yards.

USC linebacker Mason Cobb then returned an interception 55 yards for a TD with 5:04 to play to seal it.

Tawee Walker rushed for two touchdowns, but Wisconsin faded badly in the second half of its first game at the Coliseum since 1966. The Badgers have lost 13 of their last 15 games against ranked teams, going 0-4 under coach Luke Fickell.

No. 16 NOTRE DAME 31,

No. 15 LOUISVILLE 24

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Riley Leonard threw two touchdown passes and ran for another, and Notre Dame capitalized on Louisville’s first three turnovers of the season to hold on for a 31-24 victory.

Notre Dame (4-1) relied on a last-minute defensive stand to hand the Cardinals their first loss of the season. Louisville (3-1) had a delay-of-game penalty on a fourth-and-1 at the Notre Dame 46. After the five-yard penalty, an incomplete pass ended the Louisville comeback attempt.

Leonard was 17 for 23 for 163 yards. Louisville’s Tyler Shough was 24 for 41 for 264 yards and three touchdowns, but was intercepted once. Shough had thrown 88 passes without an interception this season before getting picked off on a deflected pass.

CLEMSON 40, STANFORD 14

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik threw for four touchdowns and ran for another and the Tigers’ defense had three interceptions in a 40-14 victory over Stanford on Saturday night.

The victory for the 17th-ranked Tigers (3-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) was the 173rd for coach Dabo Swinney, who tied the Florida State’s late national championship coach Bobby Bowden for most coaching victories with an ACC school.

And unlike Clemson’s wins the past two games, the defense led the way.

The Tigers stopped the Cardinal (2-2, 1-1) three times inside the Clemson 20, two on interceptions and the last when safety R.J. Mickens forced Emmett Mosley V out of bounds on fourth-and-5 at the Clemson 10 with the Tigers up just 20-7.

Clemson’s defense stopped the Cardinal on downs three times despite giving up 361 yards, 236 of that rushing.

The Tigers held Stanford to 71 yards passing through three quarters with quarterback Ashton Daniels going just 9 of 19 before he was helped off the field in the fourth after Clemson stopped him short on fourth-and-1.

No. 22 BYU 34, BAYLOR 28

WACO, Texas — Crew Wakley had an game-clinching interception with 59 seconds left as the Cougars held on for a 34-28 victory at the Bears to remain undefeated, after the Cougars had twice built three-touchdown leads as Jake Retzlaff threw for two scores and ran for another one.

Wakley made a leaping interception near midfield along the sideline in front of the Baylor bench to secure the first Big 12 road victory for the Cougars (5-0, 2-0 Big 12).

No. 24 TEXAS A&M 21, ARKANSAS 17

ARLINGTON, Texas — Le’Veon Moss was banged up and bottled up with the Aggies down three points in the fourth quarter of the final scheduled neutral-site game against Arkansas at the home of the Dallas Cowboys.

Three straight carries covering 46 yards triggered the winning drive in yet another victory for the Aggies over the Razorbacks at AT&T Stadium.

Marcel Reed threw for two touchdowns, including the go-ahead 5-yarder to Tre Watson that was set up by Moss, and ran for a score in the win.