TOP 25 ROUNDUP \ Saturday’s other games

Colorado 27, No. 3 Oklahoma 24

BOULDER, Colo. — Just as Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops predicted, the Sooners couldn’t run it up on Colorado. In fact, the Sooners couldn’t even beat the Buffaloes. Kevin Eberhart kicked a career-long 45-yard field goal as time expired to send Colorado past the stunned Sooners. It was the Buffaloes’ first win over a top-five team since Dec. 1, 2001, when they beat Texas in the Big 12 title game. After Eberhart’s kick cleared the crossbar, the fans stormed the field as the dejected Sooners, who had blown a 24-7 second-half lead, walked off, their hopes of a national championship having taken a major hit. The Sooners (4-1, 0-1) came in averaging a whopping 61.5 points to lead the nation. But behind a tough defense, the Buffs (3-2, 1-0) earned their biggest win under Dan Hawkins, who went 2-10 in his inaugural season last year.

No. 2 LSU 34, Tulane 9

NEW ORLEANS — One good half was more than enough for LSU. Jacob Hester’s second touchdown of the game and Charles Scott’s pair of scoring runs helped LSU (5-0) amass 24 unanswered second-half points. Matt Flynn shook off six sacks to throw for 258 yards. His passing was inconsistent in the face of constant pressure and he was intercepted once, but he kept fighting to eventually lead the Tigers to the lopsided triumph everyone expected. Still, it wasn’t as easy as expected for the Tigers, whose average margin of victory coming in was 35.5 point and who were favored by almost six touchdowns. Tulane (1-3) trailed only 10-9 at halftime and didn’t fall more than one score behind until Hester’s 1-yard touchdown run gave LSU a 20-9 lead with 5:53 remaining in the third quarter.

No. 6 California 31, No. 11 Oregon 24

EUGENE, Ore. — DeSean Jackson had 11 catches for 161 yards and two touchdowns, while Justin Forsett ran for 101 yards and another two scores to lead California. The Golden Bears (5-0, 2-0 Pac-10) snapped a seven-game losing streak at Autzen Stadium — they hadn’t won there since 1987 — and needed a close call to go their way to hang on to the victory. With 22 seconds to go, Oregon’s Dennis Dixon hit receiver Cameron Colvin, who fumbled trying to reach the ball into the end zone when he was hit by Marcus Ezeff. The loose ball went through the end zone and was ruled a touchback and possession for Cal. The play was reviewed, the call stood and time ran out for Oregon (4-1, 1-1). Nate Longshore completed 28 of 43 passes for 285 yards and two scores for the Golden Bears.

Kansas State 41, No. 7 Texas 21

AUSTIN, Texas — Two kick returns for touchdowns and an interception return for another score propelled the Wildcats over the Longhorns, handing Texas its worst home defeat in 10 years under coach Mack Brown. Linebacker Ian Campbell scored on a 41-yard interception return in the second quarter and James Johnson took a kickoff 85 yards for a 21-14 lead moments after Texas had tied the score. Jordy Nelson’s 89-yard punt return in the third put the Wildcats up 34-21 and all but sealed their second consecutive victory over Texas. Kansas State (3-1, 1-0) scored on its opening drive, then didn’t need another offensive touchdown until the fourth quarter. The Wildcats put up the most points scored against Texas (4-1, 0-1) in Austin since 1997, the Longhorns’ infamous “Rout 66” loss to UCLA, 66-3.

Maryland 34, No. 10 Rutgers 24

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers apparently doesn’t like being in the Top 10. Backup quarterback Chris Turner led three second-half scoring drives, Keon Lattimore rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown and Maryland’s defense shut down Ray Rice. It marked the second straight year that Rutgers was upset after getting into the Top 10. Last year, Cincinnati surprised the Scarlet Knights a week after they reached No. 7 following an upset of then-No. 3 Louisville. This year it was Maryland (3-2), which had dropped two straight games and was coming off a disheartening 31-24 overtime loss to Wake Forest, a game in which the Terps blew a 24-3 third quarter lead. Maryland squandered a 14-3 lead late in the second quarter in this one, but rallied in the second half behind Turner, getting field goals of 26 and 37 yards from an erratic Obi Egekeze, a 2-yard TD run by Lattimore and a late 14-yard dash by Lance Ball, who rushed 90 yards and two touchdowns.

No. 12 Boston College 24,
Massachusetts 14

BOSTON — Andre Callender ran for 115 yards and two touchdowns and Matt Ryan threw for one TD to lead Boston College past its feisty cross-state rival and give the Eagles their best start in more than 50 years.

Georgia Tech 13, No. 13 Clemson 3

ATLANTA — Thunder and Lightning were nothing special, and Clemson’s special teams were downright horrible. Georgia Tech stifled the dynamic running duo of James “Thunder” Davis and C.J. “Lightning” Spiller and took advantage of a stunningly poor performance by Dean Buchholz and the rest of Clemson’s kicking game.

No. 14 Kentucky 45, Florida Atlantic 17

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Andre Woodson threw for a career-high five touchdowns in an easy win, but had his NCAA-record streak of consecutive passes without an interception snapped at 325. Four different receivers caught scoring throws from Woodson, who completed 26 of 33 passes for a season-high 301 yards in just over three quarters.

No. 15 Georgia 45, Mississippi 17

ATHENS, Ga. — Thomas Brown ran for 180 yards — the most for Georgia in six years — and three touchdowns. The game was tied 17-17 early in the third quarter before Brown, who scored earlier on a 50-yard run, took over. The senior had four carries and one catch for a combined 45 yards on a seven-play touchdown drive that ended with his 4-yard scoring run. He added a 41-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter. Brown’s rushing total was the high for Georgia since 2001, when Verron Haynes ran for 207 yards against Georgia Tech. He matched his career high with the three touchdown runs.

No. 16 South Carolina 38,
Mississippi St 21

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Freshman Chris Smelley threw for a career-best 279 yards and two touchdowns to lead South Carolina. Smelley was given the starting job by coach Steve Spurrier before the Gamecocks (4-1, 2-1 SEC) left the locker room at LSU’s Death Valley last week after a 28-16 loss. Mississippi State fell to 3-2, 1-2.

No. 17 Virginia Tech 17,
North Carolina 10

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Tyrod Taylor, Branden Ore and Virginia Tech still can’t find their offense, but the defense made two more big plays. Taylor scored on a 5-yard run and Ore scored on a 1-yard dive for the Hokies (4-1, 1-0 ACC), who managed just 241 yards of offense.

No. 19 Hawaii 48, Idaho 20

MOSCOW, Idaho — Adam Leonard and Myron Newberry returned interceptions for touchdowns and Hawaii overcame a career-high five interceptions by Colt Brennan. Hawaii improved to 5-0 — 2-0 in the Western Athletic Conference — for the first time since 1981. Brennan finished 30 of 49 for 369 yards with three touchdown passes.

Florida State 21, No. 21 Alabama 14

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Xavier Lee came off the bench to throw a pair of touchdown passes to De’Cody Fagg, and Antone Smith scored on a 5-yard run for Florida State. Florida State (3-1) gave Bobby Bowden, who grew up in Birmingham, Ala., and always figured he was destined to follow Bear Bryant in Tuscaloosa, his 369th coaching win in his first game against Alabama.

No. 25 Nebraska 35, Iowa St. 17

LINCOLN, Neb. — I-back Marlon Lucky passed and ran for touchdowns and Bo Ruud scored on an interception return for the second straight week for Nebraska. Sam Keller and Thomas Lawson also teamed up for two touchdowns as the Huskers (4-1, 1-0 Big 12) won their conference opener for the 11th time in 12 years.

Associated Press