TOp 25 roundup \ Saturday’s games

No. 1 Florida 56, Troy 6

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tim Tebow threw four touchdown passes, ran for another score and the Gators beat Troy in their final tuneup before beginning Southeastern Conference play. Florida (2-0) started slow in this one, punting twice and fumbling once in its first four series. But once Tebow & Co. got on track, the Trojans (0-2) looked nearly as overmatched as Charleston Southern did last week. Tebow completed 15 of 24 passes for 237 yards and equaled his career high with four TD passes. He also ran 13 times for 71 yards. His 4-yard TD run was the 45th of his career and tied him with former Auburn star Cadillac Williams for third on the SEC’s all-time list.

No. 2 Texas 41, Wyoming 10

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Colt McCoy warmed up after a shaky start and No. 2 Texas overcame poor special teams play and a bad first half to beat Wyoming. The Longhorns (2-0) looked ready to be lassoed until taking a 13-10 lead just before halftime, although their defense had a great afternoon against a spread offense in preparation for next weekend’s showdown with Texas Tech. The defense held the Cowboys (1-1) out of the end zone and limited them to 3-for-17 on third down in helping to secure the Longhorns’ 15th straight non-conference win, tying a school record established in the 1940s.

No. 4 Alabama 40, Florida International 14

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Greg McElroy completed a school-record 14 straight passes, freshman Trent Richardson rushed for a pair of second-half touchdowns and Alabama pulled away. The Crimson Tide (2-0) couldn’t shake the 33-point underdog Golden Panthers (0-1) until Richardson scored from 9 and 35 yards in the final 19 minutes. Terry Grant added a 42-yard TD run.

Houston 45, No. 5 Oklahoma State 35

STILLWATER, Okla. — Case Keenum threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns, and Bryce Beall caught the go-ahead 6-yard pass off a batted ball as Houston stunned Oklahoma State. The Cougars (2-0) gave second-year coach Kevin Sumlin his first marquee win with the program’s first victory over a Top 5 team since an upset of third-ranked Texas in 1984. Oklahoma State (1-1) was coming off of perhaps the biggest opening win in the program’s history last week against Georgia and vaulted into the Top 5 for the first time since 1985. But after overcoming a 17-point halftime lead, the Cowboys squandered their final chances for a win.

No. 9 Brigham Young 54, Tulane 3

NEW ORLEANS — Max Hall threw two touchdown passes, Bryan Kariya scored twice and Brigham Young crushed Tulane. The Cougars (2-0) got off to a sluggish start following their big win over Alabama, managing only two field goals by Mitch Payne in the first quarter. BYU began hitting its stride just before halftime, building a 20-3 lead. BYU had 527 yards of total offense, including 206 on the ground. Tulane (0-2) was held to 162 yards and managed only 37 yards rushing. Hall completed 24 of 32 passes for 309 yards, with two touchdowns and one interception. His counterpart for Tulane, Joe Kemp, managed to complete 14 of 19 passes for 101 yards with an interception and three sacks.

No. 10 California 59, Eastern Washington 7

BERKELEY, Calif. — Jahvid Best rushed for 144 yards and scored two touchdowns to make sure California avoided a letdown. Best caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Kevin Riley in the first half and scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter for the Golden Bears (2-0). Riley also ran for a touchdown and Shane Vareen had three short TD runs as Cal posted its second straight blowout to open the season.

No. 11 LSU 23, Vanderbilt 9

BATON ROUGE, La. — Keiland Williams rushed for 72 yards and LSU’s only two touchdowns. The Commodores (1-1, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) trailed by only one touchdown midway through the fourth quarter as they attempted to win in Tiger Stadium for the first time since 1951.

No. 13 Oklahoma 64, Idaho State 0

NORMAN, Okla. — Freshman quarterback Landry Jones threw three touchdown passes in his first career start. Jones, replacing injured Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford, found a favorite target in Ryan Broyles, who caught scoring passes of 24, 51 and 11 yards and finished with seven catches for 155 yards for Oklahoma (1-1), which bounced back from a season-opening loss to BYU.

No. 14 Virginia Tech 52, Marshall 10

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Freshman Ryan Williams ran for 164 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 14 Virginia Tech more than tripled its offensive production from last week in a rout of Marshall. The Hokies (1-1) managed only 155 yards in their opener against Alabama, but that tally was topped before the end of the first quarter against the Thundering Herd (1-1). Marshall barely laid a hand on Williams during his 57-yard scamper up the middle in the first quarter.

No. 16 TCU 30, Virginia 14

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — TCU held Virginia’s new spread offense to seven first downs, and the Horned Frogs breezed to a victory in their season opener. Virginia (0-2) largely avoided the turnover problems that led to their opening loss to William and Mary, but couldn’t get anything going against the stout TCU defense. Virginia escaped its first home shutout since 1984 when Jameel Sewell heaved a 56-yard touchdown pass to Javaris Brown late in the game.

No. 21 Georgia 41, South Carolina 37

ATHENS, Ga. — Rennie Curran broke up a fourth-down pass at the goal line and Georgia held off South Carolina in a wild game. The nearly four-hour contest wasn’t decided until Curran, a linebacker, batted down Stephen Garcia’s final throw on a fourth-and-4 play at the Georgia 7 with 27 seconds remaining.

No. 22 Nebraska 38, Arkansas State 9

LINCOLN, Neb. — Zac Lee passed for 340 yards and four touchdowns, and Nebraska warmed up for next week’s trip to Virginia Tech with a victory over Arkansas State. The Cornhuskers (2-0) scored on five of their first six possessions, ending any hopes the Red Wolves (1-1) had of pulling an even bigger upset than their win at Texas A&M last year.

No. 24 Kansas 34, UTEP 7

EL PASO, Texas — Jake Sharp ran for 104 yards and three touchdowns while Kansas got two big punt returns from Daymond Patterson to beat Texas-El Paso.

Associated Press