TOP 25 roundup \ Saturday’s games

No. 1 Florida 13, No. 4 LSU 3

BATON ROUGE, La. — Tim Tebow arrived at raucous Death Valley ready to play. Then Florida’s defense left LSU in a daze. Two weeks after suffering a concussion, Tebow and the Gators’ swarming defense silenced the largest crowd in the history of Tiger Stadium. The day began with Tebow’s status uncertain for what looked like the defending national champions’ toughest regular-season test. By the time it was over, Tebow had thrown a touchdown pass and Brandon Spikes had a led Florida defense that sacked Jordan Jefferson five times.

No. 2 Texas 38, Colorado 14

AUSTIN, Texas — Earl Thomas returned an interception 92 yards for a touchdown and Ben Wells recovered a blocked punt for another score to help Texas pull away. Jordan Shipley returned a punt for a touchdown in the fourth quarter for the Longhorns (5-0, 2-0 Big 12), who can now look ahead to next weekend’s showdown with No. 19 Oklahoma.

No. 3 Alabama 22, No. 20 Mississippi 3

OXFORD, Miss. — Mark Ingram rushed for 172 yards and a touchdown and Alabama stuffed Mississippi. Jevan Snead threw four interceptions for Ole Miss (3-2, 1-2 SEC), tying a career high, and the Crimson Tide (6-0, 4-0) scored after a blocked punt and a fumble recovery on a punt return. Leigh Tiffin hit five short field goals, passing his father Van Tiffin on the Crimson Tide career list for third place in career scoring. Snead completed 11 of 34 passes for 140 yards.

No. 5 Virginia Tech 48, Boston College 14

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Tyrod Taylor, Ryan Williams and Virginia Tech’s swarming defense made sure the Hokies’ regular season losing streak against Boston College ended. Taylor threw two early touchdown passes, and Williams ran for 159 yards and a TD. The victory ended a three-game regular season skid by Virginia Tech (5-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) against Boston College (4-2, 2-2).

No. 10 TCU 20, Air Force 17

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Andy Dalton and TCU slid their way through the icy mist, the freezing cold and the Air Force defense to keep their BCS hopes alive. With temperatures in the teens and a frozen mist and drizzle falling, Dalton threw for 198 yards, receiver Jeremy Kerley had a rushing touchdown and a 52-yard kickoff return and the Horned Frogs (5-0, 1-0 Mountain West) finished with 393 yards, all but 22 of them in the first three quarters.

No. 11 Miami 48, Florida A&M 16

MIAMI — Already trailing the Miami Hurricanes by three touchdowns, Florida A&M tried lining up on defense with 13 players. That didn’t work either. The referee threw a flag and sent two Rattlers to the sideline, and four plays later the Hurricanes scored another touchdown en route to victory.

No. 13 Oregon 24, UCLA 10

PASADENA, Calif. — Kenjon Barner returned the second-half kickoff for a 100-yard touchdown, and Talmadge Jackson returned an interception 32 yards for another score just 13 seconds later. Jeff Maehl took a short reception 20 yards for the Ducks’ third touchdown in less than four minutes during a spectacular opening to the second half of their fifth straight win.

No. 15 Oklahoma State 36, Texas A&M 31

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Zac Robinson threw two touchdown passes and Oklahoma State overcame the absence of its top two playmakers. The Cowboys (4-1, 1-0 Big 12) played without All-America receiver Dez Bryant, who was ruled ineligible by the school this week for lying to the NCAA about contact he made with a former NFL player. Oklahoma State was also missing Kendall Hunter, the Big 12’s leading rusher in 2008, who sat out with an ankle injury. Robinson completed 14 of 25 passes for 279 yards, Keith Toston ran for 130 yards and Beau Johnson ran for two scores as the Cowboys won at Kyle Field for only the second time since 1983. Jerrod Johnson threw three touchdown passes for the Aggies (3-2, 0-1) and set a Big 12 record by extending his streak of consecutive passes without an interception to 228.

No. 16 Kansas 41, Iowa State 36

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Todd Reesing threw for 442 yards and four touchdowns and Kerry Meier set two school receiving records in a game filled with big plays and missed extra points. Iowa State’s Austen Arnaud, scrambling on fourth-and-9, had Darius Darks in the open in the end zone but overthrew him with a minute left and the Jayhawks (5-0, 1-0 in the Big 12) held on. Reesing was 37 for 49 and tied his own school record for completions. The Jayhawks scored twice in the fourth quarter after the Cyclones (3-3, 0-2) took a 30-27 lead behind Arnaud and Alexander Robinson, who ran for 152 yards and two TDs. Arnaud passed for 293 yards and two scores.

Arkansas 44, No. 17 Auburn 23

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Michael Smith rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown, and Arkansas held off a late Auburn rally to hand the Tigers their first loss. Arkansas jumped out to a 34-3 lead before Auburn (5-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) responded with a three-touchdown flurry toward the end of the third quarter. Dennis Johnson helped the Razorbacks (3-2, 1-2) regain momentum with a 70-yard kickoff return, and Arkansas shut out the Tigers in the fourth. Ryan Mallett threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns for the Razorbacks. Ben Tate ran for 184 yards and two TDs for Auburn.

No. 19 Oklahoma 33, Baylor 7

NORMAN, Okla. — Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford threw for 389 yards and a touchdown in his return from a shoulder injury and Chris Brown had two short scoring runs for Oklahoma. Bradford broke former Heisman runner-up Josh Heupel’s school record with the 14th game of his career with at least 300 yards passing, and he could have had even bigger numbers if the Sooners’ receivers didn’t have trouble handling his passes. Bradford had a career-high 22 incompletions, but at least six of those came on drops. A few other passes also hit off receivers’ hands. Bradford had been out for a month with a sprained AC joint in his right, throwing shoulder and had hoped to return this week so he’d have a game under his belt before next week’s rivalry game against No. 2 Texas. Brown’s touchdown runs of 1 and 4 yards in the second quarter put Oklahoma up 14-0, but the Sooners (3-2, 1-0 Big 12) couldn’t get into the end zone on their first four trips inside the 20-yard line in the second half. Jimmy Stevens hit four field goals to tie a school record held by Jeremy Alexander and Garrett Hartley before Bradford finally connected with Adron Tennell in the back of the end zone for a 3-yard score with 4:03 to play.

No. 25 South Carolina 28, Kentucky 26

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Stephen Garcia threw for three touchdowns and ran for another and South Carolina stopped a potential tying two-point conversion in the fourth quarter, keeping coach Steve Spurrier a perfect 17-0 against the Wildcats. The Gamecocks (5-1, 2-1 SEC) won their 10th straight over Kentucky (2-3, 0-3). Wildcats quarterback Mike Hartline left the game with a sprained left knee early in the third quarter after leading Kentucky to a 17-14 halftime lead. Garcia had touchdown passes of 10, 28 and 22 yards to freshman Alshon Jeffery. Garcia added what proved to be the winning margin with his leap from the 1 with 8:22 remaining to give South Carolina a 28-20 lead.

Associated Press