Mississippi St. upsets No. 20 Gators

Auburn is 8-0 with a rout of Kentucky.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Sylvester Croom's first big win for Mississippi State sent Florida to a new low under coach Ron Zook.
Jerious Norwood's 37-yard touchdown run with 32 seconds remaining lifted Mississippi State to a 38-31 upset of the 20th-ranked Gators on Saturday.
Norwood rushed for 174 yards on 29 carries and scored twice for the Bulldogs (2-5, 1-3 Southeastern Conference), who had lost five straight since beating Tulane in their first game under Croom.
Jeramie Johnson set up Norwood's game-winner when he intercepted Chris Leak at the Mississippi State 44 with two minutes remaining.
After four running plays moved the ball to the 37, Norwood took the handoff around left end, spun past a defender, then ran through another Florida player at the goal line.
Florida (4-3, 2-3) couldn't get out of its own end on its final possession.
Ciatrick Fason rushed for 143 yards on 16 carries and had a 55-yard touchdown run for the Gators.
No. 3 Auburn 42, Kentucky 10
AUBURN, Ala. -- Carnell Williams rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns and Auburn allowed only 110 yards.
Ronnie Brown also rushed for two TDs for the Tigers (8-0, 5-0 Southeastern Conference), who overpowered the league's worst defense to overcome a stretch of sloppy play.
Auburn began the week by debuting at No. 4 in the Bowl Championship Series standings. The Tigers capped it with their fifth straight blowout win courtesy of a powerful running game and the nation's No. 2 scoring defense.
The Wildcats (1-6, 0-4) have dropped five consecutive games and 14 in a row against the Tigers.
No. 5 Florida State 20,Wake Forest 17
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Xavier Beitia kicked a 22-yard field goal with 1:03 to play to help Florida State pull off a surprisingly close victory.
Seminoles quarterback Wyatt Sexton had a miserable day, committing three costly turnovers that nearly cost Florida State (6-1, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) the game.
He helped Wake Forest build a 14-3 lead before halftime with an interception and a fumble, and both turnovers were returned for touchdowns.
Florida State needed a 46-yard run by Lorenzo Booker on third-and-10 and a 14-yard pass from Sexton to Dominic Robinson on third-and-6 to set up the game-winning field goal.
Wake Forest (3-4, 0-4) dropped another close one. The Demon Deacons lost to Clemson and North Carolina State in overtime and also battled Virginia Tech down to the wire.
No. 11 Tennessee 17, Alabama 13
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee turned to its defense to turn back Alabama's late rally, and the 11th-ranked Volunteers held on for a victory with key stops and an interception in the final seconds.
The Crimson Tide (5-3, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) was trailing by a touchdown when Brian Bostick's 47-yard field goal with 6:26 left pulled Alabama within four.
Tennessee (6-1, 4-1) allowed the Tide to get to midfield on its next drive, but Omar Gaither dropped Alabama's Kenneth Darby for a loss of 3 to make it fourth-and-6.
Alabama got a break when Parys Haralson was called for roughing the passer on fourth down, moving the ball to the Tennessee 37. The Vols got another stop behind the line, and Corey Campbell secured the win with an interception at the 15 with 46 seconds remaining.
No. 14 Virginia 37, Duke 16
DURHAM, N.C. -- Alvin Pearman ran for a career-high 223 yards and a touchdown, lifting Virginia over Duke.
Wali Lundy added 82 yards and two scores for the Cavaliers (6-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who rebounded from a lopsided loss at Florida State last week by piling up 511 yards -- 348 on the ground.
Pearman, who also had three catches for 44 yards, finished 1 yard shy of tying John Papit's single-game school record set against Washington & amp; Lee in 1948.
Mike Schneider threw two touchdown passes, and Cedric Dargan ran for 108 yards for the Blue Devils (1-6, 0-4) who have lost five straight to Virginia.
No. 17 Texas A & amp;M 29,Colorado 26, OT
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Todd Pegram kicked a 19-yard field goal in overtime and Lee Foliaki recovered a fumble on the next possession, giving Texas A & amp;M a victory.
After Pegram made his fourth field goal of the game, Foliaki poked the ball away from Bobby Purify on the second play of Colorado's possession.
Reggie McNeal finished with 382 yards of offense and Courtney Lewis scored two touchdowns, leading the Aggies (6-1, 4-0) to their sixth consecutive win. It's A & amp;M's longest win streak since 1998, when the Aggies won their only Big 12 championship.
Purify led Colorado (4-3, 1-3) with 130 yards on 20 carries with one touchdown.
No. 21 Arizona State 48, UCLA 42
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Andrew Walter threw for 415 yards and six touchdown passes, two in a wild fourth-quarter rally, to lead Arizona State to a victory.
The senior tied Danny White (1971) for the second-most TD passes in a game by an Arizona State quarterback, and his 76 career scoring throws is one shy of John Elway's 22-year-old Pac-10 record.
Walter has 21 TD passes this season against six interceptions, although the Bruins (4-3, 2-2) picked him off three times in an erratic but sometimes brilliant (25-for-51) performance.
Derek Hagan had three scoring grabs, including a 46-yarder with 6:36 left in the game to start the Sun Devils (6-1, 3-1) on their way back from a 42-31 deficit.
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