No. 16 Mississippi shuts down No. 2 Georgia for 28-10 win

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jaxson Dart threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Antwane Wells Jr. in the third quarter, and No. 16 Mississippi shut down No. 2 Georgia for a 28-10 victory on Saturday.

Caden Davis kicked five field goals as Mississippi (8-2, 4-2 SEC, No. 16 CFP) earned its third consecutive win. Ulysses Bentley had a 9-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.

“We’ve really played well over the past two games,” Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin said. “We dominated Arkansas and a three-score win over Georgia. I’m really proud of how our team is responding.”

A rain-soaked Ole Miss student section stormed the field with 16 seconds left, leading to a delay. The scene was repeated after Dart’s kneeldown closed it out.

“Absolutely we’re peaking and I think everybody sees that,” Dart said. “I’m just so proud of our guys and our coaching staff right now.”

Georgia (7-2, 5-2, No. 3 CFP) scored on a 2-yard run by Nate Frazier early in the first quarter. But Mississippi quickly grabbed control from there.

After the opening series, Ole Miss recorded five sacks and nine tackles for loss, forced four fumbles and intercepted a Carson Beck pass. Jared Ivey and Princely Umanimielen had two sacks apiece and linebackers TJ Dottery and Chris Paul combined for 19 tackles.

“We stopped the run and then we had some fun,” Ivey said. “After we were able to stop the run, we were able to get after the quarterback. Great job.”

Bentley’s TD run tied it at 7, and Davis connected from 23, 43 and 53 yards to make it 16-7 at the break.

After Peyton Woodring kicked a 23-yard field goal for Georgia, Dart finished an eight-play, 75-yard drive when he found Wells for the TD.

Dart was 13-of-22 passing for 199 yards with an interception. He also rushed for 50 yards as the Rebels finished with 397 total yards.

No. 1 OREGON 39, MARYLAND 18

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Dillon Gabriel broke the NCAA record for total career touchdowns and top-ranked Oregon remained undefeated with a 39-18 victory over Maryland on Saturday night.

Gabriel threw for 183 yards and three touchdowns for the Ducks (10-0, 7-0 Big Ten), who were No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season announced earlier this week. It was Oregon’s 14th straight win at home.

Gabriel’s pass 3-yard scoring pass to Gernorris Wilson early in the second half gave him 179 total touchdowns, breaking Case Keenum’s record of 178 (155 passes, 23 rushes) at Houston from 2007-11. Gabriel added another TD pass before the night was over.

Billy Edwards Jr. threw for 206 yards and a touchdown for Maryland (4-5, 1-5 Big Ten), which was coming off a bye after a demoralizing 48-23 loss to Minnesota. The Terrapins have lost five of their last six games.

Gabriel was without one of his favorite targets against Maryland. Receiver Tez Johnson injured his shoulder in the Ducks’ 38-17 victory last weekend at Michigan.

Gabriel turned to Traeshon Holden, who had six catches for a career-best 149 yards against the Wolverines last week. Holden left the game against Maryland briefly in the first half with what appeared to be a lower leg injury, but returned.

Jack Howes kicked a 37-yard field goal to cap Maryland’s first series of the game. The Ducks went ahead 7-3 on Jordan James’ 3-yard touchdown run.

Jordan Burch’s sack forced Edwards to fumble, and the ball was scooped up by Brandon Johnson, who ran it back 62 yards for a touchdown.

Roman Hemby’s 1-yard scoring run closed the gap to 14-10 for the Terps, who were helped by a pass interference call on Oregon’s Tysheem Johnson.

Oregon added a touchdown before the half on Gabriel’s 9-yard pass to Terrance Ferguson.

With the TD pass, Gabriel tied Keenum’s NCAA record for most touchdowns responsible for. He broke it early in the second half, with his short pass to Wilson that put the Ducks up 29-10.

Maryland narrowed the score with Edwards’ 3-yard TD pass to Octavian Smith Jr., and a successful 2-point conversion early in the fourth quarter.

No. 3 OHIO ST. 45, PURDUE 0

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Will Howard threw three touchdown passes and rushed for another score, Jeremiah Smith broke the Ohio State freshman receiving record with his ninth touchdown of the season as the No. 3 Buckeyes rolled over the Boilermakers.

Smith’s 17-yard TD on a crossing route late in the first half broke the tie with Cris Carter, who had eight in 1984. Smith finished with six catches for 87 yards.

GEORGIA TECH 28, No. 4 MIAMI 23

ATLANTA — Cam Ward and No. 4 Miami finally ran out of second-half comebacks as Haynes King led Georgia Tech to a win over the previously unbeaten Hurricanes, giving the Yellow Jackets their first win over a top-five team in 15 years.

Fans rushed the field, toppling both goalposts, after the game.

King ran for 93 yards with a touchdown and threw for a score. The Yellow Jackets overcame 347 passing yards and three touchdown passes by Ward, the Heisman Trophy contender.

Miami (9-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference, No. 4 College Football Playoff) was denied its first 10-0 start since 2017. Georgia Tech (6-4, 4-3) became bowl-eligible and ended a two-game losing streak that came with King, the dual-threat quarterback, held out with a right shoulder injury.

No. 5 TEXAS 49, FLORIDA 17

AUSTIN, Texas — Quinn Ewers passed for 333 yards and five touchdowns as the No. 5 Longhorns rolled over the struggling Gators two days after third-year Gators coach Billy Napier was given a public statement of support from the school’s athletic director.

Ewers connected on open passes to Matthew Golden and Gunnar Helm for touchdowns in the first quarter. Quintrevion Wisner took a screen pass 50 yards for a score before Ewers connected with Golden again for a 32-yard strike in the second.

Texas (8-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference, No. 5 CFP) led 35-0 at halftime.

No. 8 INDIANA 20, MICHIGAN 15

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Kurtis Rourke and No. 8 Indiana’s offense looked in sync through the first half Saturday.

Then the high-scoring Hoosiers needed their defense to bail them out for a record-breaking win in the second half.

Rourke threw two touchdown passes and navigated two late drives — one for a field goal, the other to run out the clock — as Indiana limited Michigan to just one touchdown in a 20-15 victory for the first 10-win season in school history.

“It tells you a lot about the resiliency of this team, it’s competitive character,” first-year coach Curt Cignetti said after Indiana beat Michigan for just the second time since 1988. “At the end of the day, they all count as one. Whether it’s 72-6 or 3-2, they all count as one. And you know what? We’re going to take the win over Michigan.”

And why not?

Indiana’s last win over Michigan came in front of a tiny home crowd during the 2020 COVID-19 shortened season. This time, they played in front of a sellout crowd, sung the school fight song with a student section that did not rush the field and kept their playoff hopes alive.

Rourke was 17 of 28 with 206 yards as the Hoosiers (10-0, 7-0 Big Ten, No. 8 CFP), college football’s losingest program, beat college football’s winningest program, Michigan.

The Wolverines (5-5, 3-4 Big Ten) also had their lowest scoring total in the series since Indiana’s 14-10 victory in 1987, generated one TD in three red-zone trips and came up a yard short on fourth-and-10 with 95 seconds to play.

“The story of the game is not scoring in the red zone. You can’t get down there and have it first-and-6, first-and-7 and not score,” Michigan coach Sherrone Moore said. “We weren’t getting any movement up front. They executed, and we didn’t.”

KANSAS 45, No. 17 IOWA ST. 36

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Devin Neal ran for 116 yards and two scores and became Kansas’ all-time leader in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns in a win over No. 17 Iowa State at Arrowhead Stadium.

Neal broke June Henley’s rushing record with a 14-yard run on his first carry and now has 3,951. Neal’s touchdown runs of 13 and 10 yards gave him 43, breaking Henlsey’s mark of 41.

Jalon Daniels finished 12 of 24 for 295 yards and two touchdowns for Kansas (3-6, 2-4 Big 12).

Rocco Becht was 24 of 37 for 383 yards and three touchdowns for Iowa State (7-2, 4-2, No. 17 CFP), which has lost two straight after a 7-0 start.

No. 19 CLEMSON 24, VIRGINIA TECH 14

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Cade Klubnik threw three touchdown passes to help No. 19 Clemson beat Virginia Tech.

The Tigers (7-2, 6-1) used Klubnik’s arm and a terrific performance by their defense, which held Virginia Tech to a season-low 228 yards, to bounce back from a home loss to Louisville and remain in the ACC title race. Clemson also beat Virginia Tech for the seventh straight time.

Kyron Drones paced Virginia Tech (5-5, 3-3) with 115 yards passing, but he was replaced in the fourth quarter after the Hokies fell behind 21-7.

The Tigers trailed 7-0 at halftime, but they scored touchdowns on three of their first four second-half possessions.

SOUTH CAROLINA 28, No. 24 VANDERBILT 7

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Raheim Sanders ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns and scored a 43-yard TD catch as South Carolina thumped No. 24 Vanderbilt for the Gamecocks’ second straight win over a Top 25 team.

The Gamecocks (6-3, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) followed up their rout of then-No. 10 Texas A&M by going on the road and dominating Vanderbilt (6-4, 3-3). They outgained Vandy 452-274.

The Commodores now have lost 16 straight to their former SEC Eastern Division rival. Worse, this was their biggest loss this season after losing their first three games by a combined 10 points — two of those to teams ranked inside the Top 10.