Southern California routs Arizona; Louisiana State and Texas keep pace

Mike Williams of USC set a career record for touchdown catches.
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TUCSON, Ariz. -- Mike Williams caught three touchdown passes to break Southern California's career record for scoring receptions -- with two games remaining in his sophomore season -- and the second-ranked Trojans routed Arizona 45-0 on Saturday night.
Williams caught 11 passes for 157 yards, including scoring plays of 15, 22 and 26 yards, and didn't play the last 11/2 quarters.
His three TD catches tied a school record, and gave him 26 in his 23-game college career, breaking the USC career record of 25 touchdown receptions by Kevin Williams from 1977-80.
It was one of several records broken as the Trojans (9-1, 5-1 Pac-10) took another step toward an appearance in the Sugar Bowl for the national championship.
Arizona (2-9, 1-6) was shut out for the first time in 146 games, dating to a 54-0 loss at Washington on Oct. 5, 1991.
Matt Leinart completed 22 of 30 passes for 296 yards and four touchdowns before sitting down with 61/2 minutes remaining in the third quarter. He ran his streak of consecutive passes without an interception to 165 and counting, breaking the school record of 147 set last season by Carson Palmer.
LenDale White ran 43 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the third quarter, his 11th TD of the season, breaking Charles White's freshman record set in 1976.
Ryan Killeen's six extra points gives him 49 for the season, tying the school record with home games remaining against UCLA and Oregon State.
No. 3 LSU 27, Alabama 3
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Matt Mauck threw for 251 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 3 LSU held Alabama scoreless until the fourth quarter.
With representatives from the Sugar Bowl watching, the Tigers (9-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) moved within a game of Mississippi in the SEC West heading into next week's showdown in Oxford and kept pace with Southern California and Ohio State in the BCS standings.
Mauck took advantage of soft coverage by Alabama (4-7, 2-5) to connect 12 times with Michael Clayton for 130 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown in the first quarter. Mauck finished 24-for-36.
The Tide couldn't generate anything on offense, finally getting on the scoreboard on Brian Bostick's 27-yard field goal with 6:38 to play. Alabama finished with 219 yards and 10 first downs.
No. 6 Texas 43, Texas Tech 40
AUSTIN, Texas -- Chance Mock hit B.J. Johnson with a 9-yard touchdown pass with 46 seconds remaining.
Mock, who began the season as the starter for Texas (9-2, 6-1 Big 12), relieved Vince Young after Texas Tech (7-4, 4-3) took a 40-35 lead on Taurean Henderson's third touchdown run of the night.
Faced with 86 yards to cover with 1:57 on the clock and no timeouts, Mock ran Texas' two-minute offense to perfection.
His 54-yard pass to Roy Williams got Texas out from deep in its own territory, and he scrambled for a first down.
The touchdown came when Mock floated a pass into the corner of the end zone and Johnson made a sliding, over-the-shoulder catch.