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Travis Wilson took the blame.

Storm Woods ran for three touchdowns to lead No. 8 Oregon State to its best start in over 100 years as the Beavers downed Utah, 21-7, at Reser Stadium on Saturday.

Backup quarterback Adam Dingwell threw three touchdown passes and a two-point conversion in overtime that gave San Diego State a 39-38 victory over Nevada on Saturday.

Collin Klein outplayed early Heisman favorite Geno Smith, and No. 4 Kansas State steamrolled 17th-ranked West Virginia, 55-14, in a Big 12 blowout at Milan Puskar Stadium.

Derek Carr threw for three touchdowns to lead Fresno State to a 42-14 victory against Wyoming on Saturday night.

AJ McCarron completed 17-of-22 passes for a career-best 306 yards along with four touchdowns, as top-ranked Alabama blew out Tennessee, 44-13, at Neyland Stadium. T.J. Yeldon rushed for 129 yards and a pair of scores for the Crimson Tide (7-0, 4-0 SEC), which hosts nationally- ranked Mississippi State next Saturday night. The Bulldogs are also 7-0 following a blowout win over Middle Tennessee. Amari Cooper caught seven passes for 162 yards and two TDs. A.J. Johnson ran for a touchdown, and Tyler Bray completed 13-of-27 passes for 184 yards and was picked off twice for the Volunteers (3-4, 0-4), who lost their third straight game.

The Red Sox are preparing to announce that John Farrell will be their new manager, according to a baseball official with knowledge of the deal to bring the former Boston pitching coach back one ...

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Oregon State's defense helped out when quarterback Cody Vaz struggled in the rain, and the No. 8 Beavers remained undefeated with a 21-7 victory over Utah on Saturday night that gave them their ...

George Atkinson III scored the go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter, and the fifth-ranked Fighting Irish escaped with a 17-14 win over upset-minded BYU at Notre Dame Stadium.

Danny Garcia remained unbeaten and kept his WBC and WBA super lightweight titles with a fourth-round knockout of Erik Morales Saturday night at the new Barclays Center.

Devonta Freeman scored what proved to be the game winning touchdown early in the fourth quarter as No. 12 Florida State took a 33-20 win over Miami in an ACC battle at Sun Life Stadium.

Aaron Murray set a school record in career touchdowns and amassed a personal-best in passing yards, as the 13th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs escaped Commonwealth Stadium with a 29-24 win over the Kentucky Wildcats.

Matt Scott threw for 256 yards and four touchdowns, Ka'Deem Carey ran for 172 yards and Arizona raced out of its bye week with a 52-17 rout over Washington Saturday night.

An impressive comeback for TCU. Only one problem: that just got the Horned Frogs into overtime.

Up by 10 points, against a heavily favored rival, the biggest home crowd of the season squealing with delight.

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The wide-open Ohio Valley Conference race got even tighter Saturday when No. 17 Tennessee State suffered its first loss of the season, 27-24 in overtime at Jacksonville State.

Toledo's much maligned defense finally did its part.

Andre Broadus threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score in the fourth quarter, helping Cal Poly remain unbeaten with a 37-25 victory over Portland State on Saturday night.

The Red Sox reportedly have reached an agreement to bring Toronto Blue Jays manager John Farrell to Boston to replace Bobby Valentine.

For a half, Florida State did just about everything wrong and still held the lead.

Matt Barkley had a near flawless game as he set a couple records thanks to a 19-for-20 game for 298 yards and six touchdowns to lead 11th-ranked Southern California in a 50-6 rout of Colorado.

Richard Sincere rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns and Timothy Flanders ran for 105 yards rushing and a score to lead Sam Houston State to a 45-10 victory against McNeese State on Saturday night.

Trying to ride the momentum from a fourth-quarter comeback that fell just short, Kansas coach Charlie Weis decided to go with redshirt freshman Michael Cummings instead of Dayne Crist as his starting quarterback against No.

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Cincinnati's habit of getting off to slow starts finally caught up with the No.

New Mexico tailback Kasey Carrier ran all over the record book.

Middle Tennessee had No.

As Aaron Murray was told about his record-breaking numbers, the only ones that mattered to him Saturday night were on the scoreboard.

Though Navy was outgunned for most of the game by Indiana's fast-paced offense, the victory celebration Saturday afternoon belonged to the Midshipmen.

Jordan Haden intercepted Munchie Legaux's pass with less than a minute to go in the fourth quarter to seal the victory for the Rockets, as Toledo upset the No. 21 Cincinnati Bearcats, 29-23, at the Glass Bowl.

Landry Jones threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns, as the 10th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners destroyed the Kansas Jayhawks, 52-7, at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Over the past year, Roy Finch has seen his chances to make an impact for No.

Joe Bergeron ran for five touchdowns and Texas outlasted Baylor 56-50 Saturday night in another wild one in the Big 12, snapping the Longhorns' two-game losing skid.

BC-FBC--Penn St.-Iowa Stats PENN ST. 38, IOWA 14Penn St.141077 — 38Iowa00014 — 14First Quarter PSU_James 31 pass from McGloin (Ficken kick), 7:24.

The final touchdown pass drew only a slight fist pump from Collin Klein. It was still the third quarter, but Milan-Puskar Stadium was half-empty. Most of the West Virginia fans had seen enough o...

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Latavius Murray rushed for 192 yards and two touchdowns and Blake Bortles threw for two more scores as Central Florida pulled away from mistake-prone Memphis 35-17 Saturday night.

Air Force linebacker Alex Means single-handedly turned the tide with an interception return for a touchdown he said was pure luck, then snuffed out New Mexico's comeback with a fourth-down stop in the closing minutes.

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Bill Belton ran for 103 yards and three touchdowns and surging Penn State throttled Iowa 38-14 on Saturday night for its fifth straight win.