TOP 25 ROUNDUP \ Saturday’s other games

No. 4 Oregon 35, No. 6 Arizona State 23

EUGENE, Ore. — Dennis Dixon threw four touchdown passes before leaving with an injury in Oregon’s second consecutive victory over a Top 10 team. Dixon, a Heisman Trophy contender, was hurt on a run early in the fourth quarter and did not return. Dixon completed 13-of-22 passes for 189 yards and four touchdowns, and he also ran for 57 yards. Arizona State came into the game as one of five undefeated teams in major college football, with its own hopes for a national title run. Oregon ended those hopes behind the deft playmaking of Dixon and the running of Jonathan Stewart, who ran for 99 yards, including a 33-yard touchdown.

No. 3 LSU 41, No. 17 Alabama 34

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Maybe now those folks at LSU can get over Nick Saban and relish what they have: a living-on-the-edge team that’s still in the thick of the national championship race after another heart-stopping victory. Les Miles’ Cardiac Tigers did it again, scoring two touchdowns in the final three minutes to rally LSU over Alabama. LSU (8-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) pulled this out in typical fashion, going down to the wire in their fourth straight game. Alabama (6-3, 4-2) went ahead on a 61-yard punt return by Javier Arenas with 7 1/2 minutes left, and the Crimson Tide was in position to clinch it when the Tigers faced fourth-and-4 at the Bama 32. No problem for this team that went 5-for-5 on fourth-down conversions in a win over Florida that started this remarkable run. Matt Flynn tossed a pass over the middle to Early Doucet, who shook away from one defender, faked out another and went all the way to the end zone for the tying score with 2:49 remaining. Alabama got it back, but freshman Chad Jones burst up the middle to sack John Parker Wilson and knock the ball away. It rolled along the turf until LSU’s Curtis Taylor fell on it at the Tide 4. Two plays later, Jacob Hester dove over from the 1 with 1:26 left. LSU was still in the title race.

No. 8 Kansas 76, Nebraska 39

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Dominating the once-mighty Huskers like never before, Todd Reesing threw a school-record six touchdown passes and Kansas battered Nebraska. Kansas (9-0, 5-0 Big 12) scored touchdowns on 10 straight possessions and rolled up the most points ever scored against Nebraska in the Husker’ 117-year football history. Reesing was 30-of-41 for 354 yards, and his 23 touchdown passes also set a school single-season record. Brandon McAnderson ran for 119 yards and tied a school record with four rushing TDs. Nebraska (4-6, 1-5) is in the throes of its first five-game losing streak since 1958.

No. 9 Missouri 55, Colorado 10

BOULDER, Colo. — Tight end Chase Coffman caught three of Chase Daniel’s five touchdown passes as Missouri routed Colorado, the Tigers’ first win in Boulder since 1997. Jeremy Maclin gained 187 all-purpose yards to break the single-season school record and Missouri (8-1, 4-1) stayed right behind Big 12 North leader Kansas. Coffman’s three TDs gave him 19 for his three-year career, surpassing the school record of 18 set by wide receiver Justin Gage from 1999-2002.

No. 10 Georgia 44, Troy 34

ATHENS, Ga. — Knowshon Moreno ran for 196 yards and three touchdowns and became the first Georgia freshman since Herschel Walker to top 1,000 yards rushing. Georgia (7-2) lost fumbles on its first two possessions, but Moreno ran for three scores for the second week in a row. His 80-yard first-quarter TD was Georgia’s longest in 10 years, and he added two 1-yard scoring runs in the second half. Troy (6-3) fell to 0-3 against the Southeastern Conference this season despite scoring a combined total of 81 points in the losses to Arkansas, Florida and Georgia.

No. 14 Texas 38, Oklahoma State 35

STILLWATER, Okla. — Ryan Bailey kicked a 40-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Longhorns (8-2, 4-2 Big 12) and cap another wild comeback against the Cowboys. For the second straight week, Jamaal Charles led a late charge. He scored two of his three touchdowns in the fourth quarter as Texas outscored Oklahoma State 24-0 in the final 15 minutes. The Longhorns twice trailed by 21 points, including a 35-14 deficit entering the fourth quarter. It’s the fourth time in five years Texas has staged a big rally to beat Oklahoma State (5-4, 3-2). Colt McCoy, who finished 20-of-27 for 282 yards, guided the Longhorns into position for Bailey’s game-winner.

No. 18 Florida 49, Vanderbilt 22

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tim Tebow accounted for five touchdowns, Percy Harvin became the first player school history with 100 yards rushing and receiving in the same game, and the Gators rebounded from their third loss in four outings. Tebow and Harvin helped the Gators extend their winning streak against Vandy to 17 games and stay in the hunt for the SEC Eastern Division title.

No. 19 Auburn 35, Tennessee Tech 3

AUBURN, Ala. — Brandon Cox completed his first seven passes, leading Auburn to three early touchdowns before leaving the game in the second quarter. Cox completed 9-of-11 passes for 167 yards and a touchdown and Auburn (7-3) to scored on its first three possessions on homecoming.

No. 21 Boise St. 42, San Jose St. 7

BOISE, Idaho — Taylor Tharp threw three touchdown passes, two to Austin Pettis, to lead Boise State to its seventh straight win. Boise State (8-1, 5-0 WAC) beatthe Spartans (3-5, 2-3) for the eighth consecutive time. The offense piled up 434 total yards and the defense allowed San Jose State just 198 and had three sacks. Broncos’ special teams had a string of three kick returns of 38 yards or more that the offense converted into 21 points in the second and third quarters, putting the game out of reach.

Virginia 17, No. 21 Wake Forest 16

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Mikell Simpson ran 1 yard for a touchdown with 2:18 to play to lift the Cavaliers (8-2, 5-1 ACC) to their third one-point victory in four games. Virginia moved into first place in the Coastal Division, while Wake Forest (6-3, 4-2) lost for the first time in seven games. Wake Forest drove to Virginia’s 30 in the closing seconds, but Sam Swank’s 47-yard field goal attempt with two seconds left missed.

No. 24 Tennessee 59,
Louisiana-Lafayette 7

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Antonio Reynolds scored on a 70-yard interception return, Antonio Wardlow scored on a 20-yard blocked punt return for the Vols (6-3). The win was Tennessee’s most lopsided since a 70-3 homecoming victory over Louisiana-Monroe in 2000. Arian Foster and Lennon Creer both ran for touchdowns. Foster finished with 100 yards on 20 carries, propelling him just past the 2,000-yard career mark. He is the 12th Tennessee tailback to surpass that mark.

No. 25 Clemson 47, Duke 10

DURHAM, N.C. — Cullen Harper threw two touchdowns and ran for another, and Clemson scored 16 points in a 39-second span. C.J. Spiller returned a kickoff 84 yards for a touchdown, James Davis had a career-long 70-yard scoring run, Aaron Kelly caught TD passes covering 19 and 5 yards and Harper set a school record with his Atlantic Coast Conference-leading 23rd touchdown pass. The Tigers (7-2, 4-2) won their third straight, shrugging off a slow start with a 23-point second quarter. Their previous visit to Durham in November 2004 ended with Duke pulling a last-second upset — and the Blue Devils (1-8, 0-6) haven’t won an ACC game since, dropping their 23rd in a row.

Associated Press