LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Max Duggan passed for three touchdowns in the second half, including the game-winning 24-yarder to Quinten Johnston with 1:36 left, and No. 17 TCU beat 19th-ranked Kansas 38-31. The Horned Frogs are 5-0 for their best start since 2017 after winning the matchup of surprise unbeatens. Duggan was 23 of 33 for 308 yards and outdueled Kansas backup quarterback Jason Bean in a wild second half. Jalon Daniels, who led the Jayhawks to five straight wins for their best start since 2009, suffered an injury to his right shoulder late in the first half.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Adrian Martinez passed for 246 yards and rushed for 77, and Chris Tennant kicked a late field goal to lead No. 20 Kansas State to a 10-9 win over Big 12 rival Iowa State on Saturday night. Tennant kicked a 30-yard field goal with 7:14 left in the fourth quarter to rally Kansas State (5-1, 3-0) for the win. The Cyclone (3-3, 0-3) have scored just one touchdown in their last 20 possessions. Jace Gilbert made three field goals to give Iowa State a 9-7 lead entering the fourth quarter. Gilbert missed three times a week earlier at Kansas, including a potential game-tying kink in the closing seconds.
DALLAS (AP) — Quinn Ewers threw for 289 yards and four touchdowns in his return to the Texas lineup and the Longhorns beat Oklahoma 49-0. It was the most lopsided loss ever for the 3-3 Sooners, who have their first three-game losing streak since 1998. Bijan Robinson ran for 130 yards and two touchdowns for the 4-2 Longhorns. Evers was back back after missing three games with a collarbone injury. The Sooners had only 39 yards passing and 195 overall without starting quarterback Dillon Gabriel, who warmed up but didn’t play a week after a concussion against TCU.
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Spencer Sanders ran for two touchdowns and passed for another and No. 7 Oklahoma State beat Texas Tech 41-31 on Saturday. Sanders passed for 297 yards and ran for 56, and Bryson Green had five catches for a career-high 115 yards for the Cowboys. Texas Tech redshirt freshman Behren Morton got his first career start in place of Donovan Smith. He completed 39 of 62 passes for 379 yards and two touchdowns for the Red Raiders. Jerand Bradley caught eight passes for 119 yards and a touchdown and Trey Cleveland caught nine passes for 110 yards for a Texas Tech team that was playing its fifth straight ranked opponent and already had claimed wins over Houston and Texas.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jalen Milroe threw for three touchdowns in his first start and No. 1 Alabama made a final goal-line stand to escape with a 24-20 victory over Texas A&M on Saturday night in a battle of backup quarterbacks. Playing without injured Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young, the Crimson Tide (6-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) needed two late stops from Will Anderson Jr. and the defense. Haynes King, subbing for injured starter Max Johnson, drove the Aggies (3-2, 1-2) 69 yards in the final 1:50. Jordan Battle appeared to end the threat with an interception in the end zone, but Brian Branch was flagged for pass interference. That set up one final shot from the 2 with three seconds left, but King’s pass to Stewart fell incomplete.
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso launched a tiebreaking homer and Jacob deGrom pitched well enough to help save the New York Mets’ season with a 7-3 victory over the San Diego Padres that evened their wild-card playoff series at one game apiece. Francisco Lindor also went deep, Jeff McNeil laced a critical two-run double and All-Star closer Edwin Díaz entered much earlier than usual to protect a one-run lead in the seventh inning. New York broke it open by scoring four times in the bottom half, keyed by McNeil's bases-loaded double. Seth Lugo retired cleanup hitter Josh Bell with the bases loaded for a save, ending a game that took 4 hours, 13 minutes.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Aaron Nola pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, Bryce Harper’s homer gave Philadelphia an early lead, and the Phillies held off the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 to sweep their National League wild-card series. The Cardinals made one finally charge off Zach Eflin in the ninth, getting consecutive two-out singles from Corey Dickerson and Yadier Molina. But the starter-turned-closer responded by getting Tommy Edman to foul out to end the game, giving the Phillies their first postseason series win since topping Cincinnati in the 2010 divisional round. They’ll face a familiar foe, the NL East champion Braves, when their divisional series begins Tuesday night in Atlanta.
TORONTO (AP) — Adam Frazier hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the ninth inning, and the Seattle Mariners erased a seven-run deficit while topping the Toronto Blue Jays 10-9 for a sweep of their AL wild-card series. It was the biggest road comeback win in playoff history and baseball’s largest comeback victory to clinch a postseason series. Next up for resilient Seattle is Houston in the AL Division Series. Making the franchise’s first playoff appearance since 2001, Seattle trailed 8-1 through five innings, but it tied it at 9 with four runs in the eighth.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Oscar Gonzalez broke up the longest scoreless postseason game in major league history with a leadoff home run off Corey Kluber in the 15th inning, giving the Cleveland Guardians a 1-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays and a two-game Wild Card Series sweep. Gonzalez, who walks to the plate to the “SpongeBob SquarePants” theme song, drove a 1-0 cutter, the 432nd pitch in the nearly five-hour game, over the 19-foot wall in left-center to touch off a celebration. AL Central champion Cleveland opens the best-of-five Division Series on Tuesday at the AL East champ New York Yankees.
DENVER (AP) — A person with knowledge of the procedure confirms to The Associated Press that Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson flew to Los Angeles on Friday to get an injection for his ailing throwing shoulder. The NFL Network first reported the news Saturday. Wilson landed on the injury report last week and coach Nathaniel Hackett said he had gotten “dinged up” in the Broncos' loss at Las Vegas. Wilson played poorly in the Broncos' 12-9 overtime loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday night. Afterward he mentioned “battling” shoulder discomfort but didn't blame the injury for his performance.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster has been limited in practice because his hamstring tightened up. That leaves one of Patrick Mahomes’ top weapons questionable for their game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday night. The Chiefs have a number of lingering injuries. Kicker Harrison Butker has a sprained ankle that will keep him out for the fourth consecutive game. Defensive end Mike Danna and right guard Trey Smith were also limited.
SATURDAY SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final Cleveland 1 Tampa Bay 0
Final Seattle 10 Toronto 9
NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final N.Y. Mets 7 San Diego 3
Final Philadelphia 2 St. Louis 0
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Final (18)UCLA 42 (11)Utah 32
Final (17)TCU 38 (19)Kansas 31
Final (8)Tennessee 40 (25)LSU 13
Final (23)Mississippi St. 40 Arkansas 17
Final (4)Michigan 31 Indiana 10
Final (24)Cincinnati 28 South Florida 24
Final (2)Georgia 42 Auburn 10
Final (7)Oklahoma St. 41 Texas Tech 31
Final Arizona St. 45 (21)Washington 38
Final (3)Ohio St. 49 Michigan St. 20
Final (9)Mississippi 52 Vanderbilt 28
Final (20)Kansas St. 10 Iowa St. 9
Final (5)Clemson 31 Boston College 3
Final South Carolina 24 (13)Kentucky 14
Final (15)Wake Forest 45 Army 10
Final (6)Southern Cal 30 Washington St. 14
Final Notre Dame 28 (16)BYU 20
Final (1)Alabama 24 Texas A&M 20
Final (14)NC State 19 Florida St. 17
Final (12)Oregon 49 Arizona 22