Miami tops error-prone Florida St., soars to 6-0

The No. 2 Hurricanes posted a 22-14 win over the No. 5 Seminoles.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Three fumbles, two interceptions and a blocked kick.
Miami didn't need to rely on a missed field goal by Florida State. The Seminoles made plenty of other mistakes in rainy and sloppy conditions.
Sean Taylor returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown and No. 2 Miami forced quarterback Chris Rix into four turnovers in a 22-14 victory Saturday over No. 5 Florida State.
After nine losses the previous two years, the Seminoles (5-1) hoped to re-establish themselves as a national power with their first win against the Hurricanes since 1999.
Instead Miami (6-0) proved once again to be the best team in the state -- having beaten Florida 38-33 last month -- and showed it remains a major player for the national title after winning for the 40th time in 41 games.
The winner of this rivalry has played for the national championship 10 times since 1987, with Miami winning four titles and the Seminoles two.
Florida 19, No. 6 LSU 7
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Florida quarterback Chris Leak shrugged off six sacks, the Tiger Stadium noise and a pressing defense to lead the Gators.
Coming off its second loss in the last three games, Florida (4-3, 2-2 Southeastern Conference), made it look easy against the Tigers (5-1, 2-1).
Leak, a freshman making his third start, was 18-of-30 for 229 yards and two touchdowns. Florida out-gained LSU 310 yards to 287.
The LSU offense, No. 1 overall in the SEC going into the game, was inept. On 12 possessions, LSU punted eight times and had two interceptions, a fumble, and failed to pick up a first down on fourth-and-2.
Auburn 10, No. 7 Arkansas 3
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Carnell Williams ran for 150 yards and a touchdown on 35 carries and Auburn shut down the Southeastern Conference's top rushing attack in the Tigers' victory over Arkansas.
Arkansas (4-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) had been averaging 247.8 yards on the ground -- behind Cedric Cobbs' 140.5-yard average -- but Williams' stole the attention as Auburn (4-2, 3-0) remained in contention to win the SEC West.
No. 8 Georgia 41, No. 13 Tennessee 14
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- David Greene was 22-of-27 for 228 yards and one touchdown as No. 8 Georgia moved closer to defending its Southeastern Conference championship with a 41-14 victory over No. 13 Tennessee on Saturday night.
The Bulldogs (5-1, 3-1) moved atop the SEC East division standings by winning their fourth straight game over the Volunteers (4-2, 2-2), who suffered their worst loss home loss since Florida's 31-0 win in 1994.
Oklahoma St. 38, No. 22 Kansas St. 34
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Tatum Bell ran for 143 yards and two touchdowns and Darrent Williams returned one of his two interceptions for a score as Oklahoma State beat Kansas State.
Kansas State, ranked as high as No. 6 a month ago, has watched its season of promise unravel with three straight losses. The Wildcats (4-3, 0-2 Big 12) have virtually no chance of advancing to the conference title game and will probably drop out of the poll.
Clemson 30, No. 25 Virginia 27, OT
CLEMSON, S.C. -- Charlie Whitehurst's 4-yard pass to Kevin Youngblood in overtime lifted Clemson to victory over Virginia.
Virginia (4-2, 3-1 ACC) had the ball first in the extra period and settled for Connor Hughes' 33-yard field goal after running back Alvin Pearman was stopped on a third-and-1 play by linebacker Leroy Hill.