Young's 5 touchdowns lead Texas to romp over Colorado

Top 10 teams Alabama, Miami and LSU also posted victories.
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AUSTIN, Texas -- Vince Young ran for three touchdowns, passed for two more Saturday as No. 2 Texas avoided any post-Oklahoma letdown with a convincing 42-17 win over No. 24 Colorado.
Off to its best start since an 11-0 regular season in 1983, the Longhorns appeared ripe for an upset -- or at least a close game -- after their emotional win over Oklahoma a week earlier snapped a five-year losing streak to the Sooners.
Instead, Texas (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) played its best half of football of the season to put the quickly put the game away.
Young was flawless running and passing in the first two quarters, scoring on runs of 1, 16 and 9 yards. He also threw a 35-yard TD pass to Limas Sweed that made it 35-3. Sweed and Young hooked up for another touchdown in the fourth.
Joel Klatt led Colorado (4-2, 2-1) with 189 yards passing and two touchdowns.
Given plenty of time to throw behind a dominant performance by his offensive line, Young finished with 394 total yards with a career-high 336 passing. His 86.2 percent completion rate (25-of-29) set a Texas record. He was 16-of-18 in the first half for 258 yards.
No. 6 Alabama 13, Mississippi 10
OXFORD, Miss. -- Jamie Christensen's 31-yard field goal as time expired lifted Alabama over Mississippi.
Brodie Croyle finished with 234 yards passing and converted three third downs on the game-winning drive for the Crimson Tide (6-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference), who looked out of sync against an inspired Ole Miss (2-4, 0-3) team looking for its first big win under new coach Ed Orgeron.
But the Tide shook off its sluggishness and made the plays when they counted to remain unbeaten heading into next week's showdown with rival Tennessee.
Alabama began its decisive drive at its own 24-yard line with 2:39 to play.
Croyle was 3-of-5 for 22 yards on the drive with three key conversions -- a 20-yard run on third-and-9, a 7-yard pass to Matt Miller on third-and-2 and a 2-yard sneak on third-and-1 in the final minute.
That set up Kenneth Darby's 16-yard run to the Ole Miss 14. Alabama called time out with 3 seconds left. Christensen converted his game-winner from the right hash, then was mobbed by his relieved teammates.
No. 7 Miami 34, Temple 3
PHILADELPHIA -- Kyle Wright threw four touchdown passes in the first 19 minutes, leading Miami to a victory over woeful Temple in the Owls' first game since coach Bobby Wallace said he will leave at the end of the year.
The Hurricanes (5-1) completely outclassed Temple (0-7), jumping out to a 27-0 lead in the first quarter.
No. 10 LSU 21, No. 11 Florida 17
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Joseph Addai ran for a career-high 152 yards and a touchdown, JaMarcus Russell had two TD passes and ranked LSU ended a three-game home losing streak to Florida.
LSU led 14-0 in the first quarter, but the Gators scored 17 straight points to move ahead in the third.
The Tigers (4-1, 3-1 SEC) put together a 12-play, 75-yard drive -- converting on fourth down and getting a big play on third-and-9 -- to move back in front for good with 12:35 to play. Addai ran seven times on the drive, including a 3-yarder for the go-ahead score.
No. 13 Texas Tech 59, Kansas St. 20
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Cody Hodges threw for 643 yards and five touchdowns to help Texas Tech to its best start since 1998.
Hodges, who left the game with 4:48 remaining, completed 44 of 65 passes and threw two interceptions. He threw TD passes of 34, 20, 21, 3 and 39 yards.
The Red Raiders (6-0, 3-0) had four receivers with more than 100 yards. Hodges' favorite receiver was Joel Filani, who set a new conference record for receiving yards in a game with 255 on 10 catches.
No. 14 Boston College 35,Wake Forest 30
BOSTON -- Kevin Challenger made a foot-dragging catch for a 26-yard touchdown at the end zone sideline with 1:18 remaining as Boston College rallied,
The Eagles (6-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) fell behind 17-0 on a wet and windy day when it had five turnovers, a blocked punt and no fewer than 10 dropped passes. BC trailed 30-21 with 3:24 left when Matt Ryan replaced Quinton Porter for the final two drives.
Ryan hit Tony Gonzalez for a 38-yard touchdown pass to pull BC within two with 2:30 to go.
BC moved to the Wake Forest 26 when linebacker Aaron Curry was called for pass interference. On the next play, Ryan threw to the left side of the end zone, and Challenger kicked his feet across the slippery turf while falling out of bounds to catch the ball.
Oregon St. 23, No. 18 California 20
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Yvenson Bernard rushed for a career-high 185 yards and the go-ahead touchdown with 6:41 to play, and Oregon State snapped California's 10-game home winning streak.
Matt Moore passed for 196 yards and Oregon State's defense forced five turnovers in a miserable performance by the Golden Bears (5-2, 2-2 Pac-10), who lost their second straight after the school's best start since 1996.
No. 20 Oregon 45, Washington 21
EUGENE, Ore. -- Kellen Clemens threw for 425 yards and four touchdowns for Oregon.
Clemens completed 36 passes, an Autzen Stadium record, with no interceptions as the Ducks (6-1, 1-1 Pac-10) handed the Huskies (1-5, 0-3) their 11th consecutive loss against a conference opponent.
Demetrius Williams had five catches for 92 yards, including a pair of Clemens' scoring passes.
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