Upon review, Texas edges Nebraska 13-12 on field goal

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ARLINGTON, Texas — Colt McCoy and No. 3 Texas are headed for the BCS championship game.

Hunter Lawrence nailed a 46-yard field goal as time expired, giving McCoy and the Longhorns a 13-12 victory over No. 21 Nebraska in the Big 12 championship on Saturday night.

McCoy was hit, hurried and hassled by waves of Cornhuskers, dazing the winningest quarterback in college football history into a guy who made a bunch of freshman mistakes — including the nearly costly flub of letting time run out on his chance of reaching the title game.

Officials put 1 second back on the clock and Lawrence converted to keep the Longhorns undefeated. Texas players flung helmets and rushed the field to celebrate this agonizingly close conference championship. The Cornhuskers slunked off, unable to believe they weren’t going away with the upset.

No. 12 Georgia Tech 39, No. 25 Clemson 34

TAMPA, Fla. — Georgia Tech’s swift turnaround under Paul Johnson now includes its first Atlantic Coast Conference title in more than a decade.

Jonathan Dwyer’s 15-yard touchdown run with 1:20 remaining gave the 12th-ranked Yellow Jackets a 39-34 victory over No. 25 Clemson in Saturday night’s ACC championship game.

Josh Nesbitt threw a 70-yard TD pass to DeMaryius Thomas and Scott Blair kicked a title game-record four field goals to help the Yellow Jackets (11-2) win the crown — Tech’s first since sharing it with Florida State in 1998 — in their second season under Johnson.

ACC player of the year C.J. Spiller rushed for 233 yards and four touchdowns for Clemson (8-5), which has lost two straight following a six-game winning streak that revived its season after a slow start.

Connecticut 29, South Florida 27

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Dave Teggart kicked a 42-yard field goal as time expired and Connecticut beat South Florida 29-27 Saturday night, finishing a season marred by tragedy with three consecutive wins.

UConn (7-5, 3-4 Big East) drove 31 yards in six plays to set up the kick by Teggart, who had a field goal blocked earlier in the quarter.

Zach Frazer threw for 225 yards two touchdowns, completing 20 of 30 passes in a light but steady snow.