TOP 25 Turnovers topple No. 10 Oregon

Virginia Tech won easily while Arkansas needed double overtime to win.
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EUGENE, Ore. -- When Washington State saw Oregon start to panic early, the Cougars knew they had the Ducks.
Matt Kegel threw three touchdown passes and steadily guided the No. 21 Cougars, who took advantage of seven-first half turnovers to beat the 10th-ranked Ducks 55-16 Saturday.
Oregon (4-1, 1-1 Pac-10) grabbed national attention last week of its 31-27 victory over Michigan, but was done in by its own mistakes. The Ducks had nine turnovers and had two punts blocked.
"I could see it in their eyes," Washington State safety Jeremy Bohannon said. "They could see they were playing a tough opponent. We tried to turn the intimidation factor around on them."
Washington State (4-1, 1-0), the defending Pac-10 champions, went to the air and appeared to completely confuse the Ducks -- who had successfully stopped Michigan's vaunted rushing game.
"We were still thinking about the Michigan game, and I really don't think we were really fired up," Oregon receiver Samie Parker said. "Everyone is usually fired up in the locker room, but we were really quiet today. We were just kind of waltzing around, and I don't think we were ready to play."
Kegel completed 13 of 33 passes for 242 yards for the Cougars, who also got a pair of scoring runs from Jermaine Green. The Cougars' only loss of the season came on Sept. 6, when they blew a 19-0 lead and lost 29-26 in overtime at Notre Dame.
"We believed in ourselves and good things happened for us," Kegel said about the change. "It was the Cougars' day."
California 34, No. 3 USC 31, 3OT
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Tyler Fredrickson made a 38-yard field goal to end a third crazy overtime.
Ryan Killeen, who tied it with a 33-yard field goal for the Trojans with 16 seconds remaining in regulation, missed a 39-yarder moments before Fredrickson's kick.
The teams played three madcap extra periods featuring a fumble, a blocked field goal and outstanding passing by both quarterbacks.
Reggie Robertson relieved starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the third quarter and passed for 217 yards and two scores, while Adimchinobe Echemandu rushed for 147 yards in Cal's first home victory over a Top 5 team since upsetting USC 28-14 in 1975.
USC (3-1) was saved twice by its special teams, which blocked field goals in the fourth quarter and at the end of the first overtime -- but the Trojans couldn't score on two of their three overtime possessions.
No. 5 Virginia Tech 47, Connecticut 13
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Eric Green scored on an 84-yard interception return and Mike Imoh returned the second-half kickoff 91 yards for a score as Virginia Tech overwhelmed Connecticut.
The Hokies (4-0), who have specialized in scoring on special teams and defense under coach Frank Beamer, got another when Nathaniel Adibi blocked Adam Coles' punt, and Chris Clifton returned it 16 yards for a touchdown.
Virginia Tech also scored on a spectacular 28-yard catch by Ernest Wilford, who laid out fully extended in the air to catch Bryan Randall's pass, and on a 23-yard run by Kevin Jones, who gained 105 yards on 12 carries.
The Huskies (3-2) lost star tailback Terry Caulley to a knee injury on his second carry.
No. 6 Florida St. 56, Duke 7
DURHAM, N.C. -- Chris Rix threw two touchdown passes and A.J. Nicholson and Antonio Cromartie added defensive touchdowns.
B.J. Ward blocked two field goals for the Seminoles (5-0, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who got rushing touchdowns from three players.
Chris Douglas had a 10-yard touchdown run in the first quarter for Duke (2-3, 0-2), which lost a record 27th straight ACC game.
Florida State scored touchdowns on its first three drives and took a 28-7 halftime lead.
No. 8 Tennessee 23, South Carolina 20, OT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- James Banks caught a 4-yard touchdown pass from Casey Clausen in overtime to give the Volunteers the win.
The Volunteers (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) struggled throughout their first game since winning 24-10 at Florida last week.
Freshman Demetris Summers provided nearly all the offense the Gamecocks (3-2, 0-2) needed running for 158 yards in 27 carries, but recent history indicated this would be a close game.
South Carolina moved to 0-12 at Neyland Stadium and has dropped 11 straight to Tennessee. The Gamecocks had lost the previous three games in the series by an average of six points.
South Carolina got the ball first in overtime and got a break when pass interference was called against Tennessee. The Gamecocks were then penalized twice and had an incomplete pass to push them to third-and-17. A pass to Summers was short of the first down, and Daniel Weaver made a 24-yard field goal.
No. 9 Arkansas 34, Alabama 31, 2OT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Backup Chris Balseiro kicked a 19-yard field goal in the second overtime and Arkansas came back from a 21-point deficit to beat Alabama.
The Razorbacks (4-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference), who trailed 31-10 midway through the third quarter, tied it on Matt Jones' 3-yard touchdown pass to Richard Smith with 27 seconds to play.
Arkansas then nearly blew it in the first overtime, but an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty by Alabama (2-3, 1-1) and a missed 38-yard field goal by Brian Bostick gave the Razorbacks another chance. Jimarr Gallon intercepted a pass from Brodie Croyle to open the second overtime to set up Arkansas' winning score.
No. 14 Texas 63, Tulane 18
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas' quarterback duo provided plenty of offense as Chance Mock threw three touchdown passes and ran for another and Vince Young also ran and passed for scores in the first half.
Cedric Benson ran for three touchdowns and Roy Williams caught two from Mock.
Green Wave quarterback J.P. Losman, the nation's leading passer in yardage and touchdowns coming in, had 114 yards in the first half but it paled in comparison to the 387 total yards Texas rolled up before halftime.
No. 18 Washington 28, Stanford 17
SEATTLE -- Cody Pickett threw two touchdown passes to Reggie Williams, and Rich Alexis ran for 128 yards and a score as Washington beat Stanford in the Pac-10 opener for both schools.
The Huskies (3-1) improved to 20-2 against the Cardinal (2-1) since 1976. Stanford hasn't won in Seattle since 1975.
Stanford, though, had a chance, taking over at its own 25 down by four with 2:54 remaining. Derrick Johnson sealed Washington's victory by intercepting freshman quarterback Trent Edwards' pass and returning it 36 yards for a touchdown. Jimmy Newell intercepted another pass on Stanford's final series.
No. 25 Florida 24, Kentucky 21
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Johnny Lamar's 35-yard interception return set up Ron Carthon's 1-yard touchdown run with 3:15 remaining as Florida rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat Kentucky.
Trailing 21-3 after three quarters, the Gators (3-2, 1-1 SEC) scored three touchdowns in the fourth to complete the biggest road comeback in school history. Florida's largest previous road rally was from 17 points behind in a 1993 win at South Carolina.
Kentucky's Taylor Begley missed a 50-yard field goal attempt with 44 seconds remaining that could have forced overtime. The Wildcats (2-3, 0-2) haven't defeated a ranked team at home since 1999.
Florida freshman Chris Leak, making his first career start, completed 20 of 35 passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns. Carlos Perez caught five passes for 102 yards and two touchdowns.