Alabama, Florida State roll to huge shutouts

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas: The top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide demolished the beleaguered Arkansas Razorbacks 52-0 in top-25 college football Saturday.
Arkansas’ much-anticipated season has crumbled three weeks into the season. The Razorbacks lost 34-31 in overtime last week to Louisiana-Monroe, and Wilson suffered a head injury in that game.
Eddie Lacy ran for three touchdowns and Atlanta forced five turnovers to win its 21st straight to SEC opener.
No. 21 Stanford 21 No. 2 USC 14: At Stanford, California, Stanford still had every answer for Matt Barkley and Southern California.
Josh Nunes threw a go-ahead 37-yard touchdown to Zach Ertz, Stepfan Taylor ran for 153 yards and scored two touchdowns, and No. 21 Stanford upset second-ranked USC for its fourth straight win in this series.
No. 3 LSU 63 Idaho 14: At Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tigers safety Ronald Martin and defensive end Lavar Edwards each snagged deflected passes and returned them for scores.
Kansas State had 39 straight non-conference regular-season wins from 1993-2003.
No. 4 Oregon 63 Tennessee Tech 14: At Eugene, Oregon, Marcus Mariota threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns before Oregon pulled its starters.
Multitalented De’Anthony Thomas had 222 all-purpose yards on 10 touches. He ran for a 59-yard touchdown and caught a 16-yard scoring pass from Mariota.
No. 5 Florida State 52 Wake Forest 0: At Tallahassee, Florida, Chris Thompson scored on runs of 74 and 80 yards on consecutive carries in the first half to lead the Seminoles.
Thompson, who suffered a broken back at Wake Forest a year ago that nearly ended his career, already had a career-high 197 yards following his 80-yard touchdown run that put the Seminoles into a 28-0 lead with 9:42 remaining in the first half.
No. 7 Georgia 56 Florida Atlantic 20: At Athens, Georgia, Aaron Murray passed for a career-best 342 yards and two touchdowns, and scored twice on short runs.
Playing without Jarvis Jones and two other defensive starters, Georgia (3-0) struggled in the first half to slow a Florida Atlantic team that scored a single touchdown against lower-division Wagner. The 44-point underdog Owls kept converting third downs and found themselves tied at 14 early in the second quarter.
No. 8 South Carolina 49 UAB 6: At Columbia, South Carolina, Connor Shaw went 8 of 14 for 107 yards before reinjuring his throwing shoulder.
Shaw left the game after taking a brutal hit just after he released a 20-yard pass to Bruce Ellington late in the first half.
No. 9 West Virginia 42, James Madison 12: At Landover, Maryland, Geno Smith completed 34 of 39 passes for 411 yards and five touchdowns for West Virginia.
Smith set the school’s career passing yardage record, topping Marc Bulger.
No. 20 Notre Dame 20 No. 10 Michigan State 3: At East Lansing, Michigan, Everett Golson made plays with his arms and legs, and an inspired Manti Te’o helped Notre Dame’s defense smother Michigan State. The Fighting Irish are off to their best start in 10 years, with the type of marquee victory that’s eluded them for almost as long.
No. 11 Clemson 41 Furman 7: At Clemson, South Carolina, Tajh Boyd threw for 310 yards and three touchdown passes, Sammy Watkins had a 58-yard touchdown run in his season debut and Clemson won its 30th straight over Furman.
No. 12 Ohio State 35 California 28: At Columbus, Ohio, Braxton Miller lofted a 72-yard touchdown pass to an all-alone Devin Smith with 3:26 left and Christian Bryant snuffed out California’s last chance with an interception for the Buckeyes.
Pittsburgh 35 No. 13 Virginia Tech 17: At Pittsburgh, Ray Graham ran for 94 yards and two scores and added an 18-yard touchdown reception to lead Pitt to its first victory of the season.
Tino Sunseri passed for 283 yards and two touchdowns and freshman running back Rushel Shell added 157 yards as Pitt (1-2) gave coach Paul Chryst his first career victory in emphatic fashion.
No. 14 Texas 66 Mississippi 31: At Oxford, Mississippi, David Ash threw for a career-high 326 yards and four touchdowns as Texas easily beat Mississippi.
No. 15 Kansas State 35 North Texas 21: At Manhattan, Kansas, Collin Klein threw for 230 yards and accounted for three touchdowns and Tyler Lockett returned a kickoff 96 yards for another score.
No. 16 TCU 20 Kansas 6: At Lawrence, Kansas, Casey Pachall threw for 335 yards and two touchdowns, both to Brandon Carter, and TCU won its Big 12 debut.
No. 17 Michigan 63, UMASS 13: At Ann Arbor, Michigan, Denard Robinson put up 397 yards of total offense and accounted for four touchdowns for Michigan.
No. 18 Florida 37 No. 23 Tennessee 20: At Knoxville, Tennessee, Jeff Driskel threw a pair of touchdown passes and Trey Burton rushed for two more scores as Florida scored the final 24 points to beat the Vols for the eight straight meeting.
No. 19 Louisville 39 North Carolina 34: At Louisville, Kentucky, Teddy Bridgewater threw three first-half touchdowns and No. 19 Louisville scored on its first six possessions, and then had thwart North Carolina’s comeback with a late defensive stand.
No. 22 UCLA 37 Houston 6: At Pasadena, California, Redshirt freshman Brett Hundley passed for 320 yards and two touchdowns, and UCLA’s hard-hitting defense held high-scoring Houston in check.
No. 24 Arizona 56 South Carolina State 0: At Tucson, Arizona, Matt Scott accounted for 349 total yards and four touchdowns in three quarters, and Arizona breezed through its final nonconference game, rolling over South Carolina State.
Utah 24, No. 25 BYU 21: At Salt Lake City, Jon Hays had two touchdown passes, Moe Lee returned a fumble 47 yards for another and BYU missed two last-second field goal attempts as Utah upset the Cougars.