B.J. Cunningham made an acrobatic grab for the go-ahead
touchdown with two minutes left. Edwin Baker added a 25-yard scoring run and
Eric Gordon intercepted Dan Persa to seal a wild win.
The Spartans face another big hurdle next week when they
visit Iowa in a game that could go a long way toward determining the Big Ten
champion.
At Columbia,
Missouri, Jerrell Jackson spun free from a knot of tacklers on a 38-yard
reception for the go-ahead score, sparking a 16-point fourth quarter that
helped Missouri upend the top team in the BCS standings.
The third-ranked Sooners committed three costly turnovers,
out of character considering they had only five giveaways the first six games.
Two of the turnovers led to 10 points and the other squelched a drive deep in
Missouri territory, and the Sooners also missed a chip-shot field goal.
At Fort Worth, Texas, Ed Wesley
had a career-high 209 yards and two touchdowns, and the TCU defense stiffened
after giving up its first October touchdown, leading the Horned Frogs to a
victory over Air Force.
Wesley had more yards by himself than the nation's No. 1
rushing offense as the Frogs piled up 377 yards on the ground, 30 more than the
Falcons averaged coming in.
At Auburn, Alabama, Cam
Newton ran for 217 yards and Onterio McCalebb sprinted 70 yards for the
go-ahead score with 5:05 left to lift Auburn to a victory over LSU.
The host Tigers moved on as the powerful league's last
unbeaten team. LSU finally had a Les Miles gamble backfire in an adventurous
season.
: At Knoxville, Tennessee,
Trent Richardson's 65-yard touchdown run and 5-yard touchdown reception were
part of 28 unanswered second-half points as Alabama beat Tennessee.
Greg McElroy completed 21 of 32 for 264 yards, mostly to
Julio Jones, who set an Alabama single-game record with 221 yards on 12 catches.
At Salt Lake City, Jordan
Wynn threw for 321 yards and three touchdowns in drizzly weather and Utah
thrashed Colorado State to stay unbeaten.
The sophomore quarterback went 23 of 29 and reached the
300-yard mark for the third time in his career.
At Iowa City, Iowa,
Montee Ball ran 8 yards for a touchdown with 1:06 left and Wisconsin rallied to
beat Iowa.
Scott Tolzien threw for 205 yards and a touchdown, John Clay
added a pair of touchdowns for the Badgers, who kept their final drive alive by
converting a fake punt deep in their own territory.
At Columbus, Ohio, Terrelle
Pryor threw for three scores, Dan Herron ran for two and No. 11 Ohio State
showed it was over its loss to Wisconsin that cost it the No. 1 ranking with a
victory over Purdue, which didn't exceed 100 yards in total offense until its
final possession.
No. 12 Stanford 38, Washington State 28: At Stanford,
California, Andrew Luck threw for 190 yards and three touchdowns to help
Stanford beat Washington State to post its best record after seven games in 40
years.
Stepfan Taylor ran for 142 yards and two touchdowns for the
Cardinal, who hadn't won six of seven to open a season since Heisman Trophy
winner Jim Plunkett helped them do it in 1970 on the way to the Rose Bowl.
At Stillwater,
Oklahoma, Taylor Martinez set a Nebraska freshman record with 323 yards passing
and threw a career-high five touchdown passes as the Cornhuskers knocked
Oklahoma State from the ranks of the unbeaten.
At Morgantown, West
Virginia, Ryan Nassib threw a touchdown pass, Ross Krautman kicked four field
goals and Syracuse scored nine points off turnovers in ending an eight-game
losing streak to West Virginia. West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith threw
three first-half interceptions and was sacked five times. Neither team scored
after halftime.
At Tucson, Arizona, Nic
Grigsby and Keola Antolin ran for two touchdowns apiece and Matt Scott had no
trouble replacing Nick Foles as Arizona easily handled up-and-down Washington.
At Nashville,
Tennessee, Brian Maddox rushed for a career-high 146 yards and the
game-clinching touchdown to lead South Carolina to a difficult win over
Vanderbilt, giving Steve Spurrier his 40th victory with the Gamecocks.
At Morgantown, West
Virginia, Ryan Nassib threw a touchdown pass and Ross Krautman kicked four
field goals as Syracuse scored nine points off turnovers in shocking West
Virginia.
At Fayetteville,
Arkansas, Knile Davis ran for 176 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 21
Arkansas waited out two weather delays to beat former coach Houston Nutt and
Mississippi.
At Austin, Texas, Austen
Arnaud passed for two touchdowns, Alexander Robinson ran for 120 yards and two
scores as Iowa State beat Texas for the first time, and handed the Longhorns a
second straight home loss for the first time since 1997.
At Blacksburg, Virginia,
Tyrod Taylor threw for 280 yards and three touchdowns and Virginia Tech rolled
to a victory over Duke.
At Starkville,
Mississippi, freshman LaDarius Perkins rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown as
Mississippi State survived an upset scare to beat Alabama-Birmingham.
At Miami, Jacory Harris
threw three touchdown passes to move into second place on Miami's career list
and Damien Berry ran for his fourth straight game of 100-plus yards and the
Hurricanes scored 30 straight points to easily get past North Carolina.
