MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Will Howard threw for three touchdowns and ran for two others as No. 15 Kansas State defeated Troy 42-13. Howard threw touchdown passes of 9 yards to Jadon Jackson and 39 yards to Philip Brooks to help the Wildcats to a 21-10 lead at half. His 2-yard run late in the third quarter made it an 18-point game. Howard finished 21 of 32 for 250 yards and had eight carries for 33 yards. K-State held the Trojans to 286 total yards a week after they gained 540 against Stephen F. Austin. Troy’s Gunnar Watson was 17 of 32 for 167 yards with a touchdown.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Quinn Ewers finished what he started last season, passing for 349 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 11 Texas to a 34-24 victory over third-ranked Alabama on Saturday night in a huge win for a program trying to climb back into national championship contention. The Longhorns delivered the biggest victory under Steve Sarkisian in a game that slipped away last season after a red-hot Ewers exited with a first-quarter shoulder injury. He was back and with another big weapon in Adonai Mitchell. This amounted to a welcome-to-the-Southeastern Conference moment for a program set to join Alabama & Co. next season.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Dillon Gabriel threw four touchdown passes, Tawee Walker ran for a career-high 117 yards and No. 18 Oklahoma clawed out a 28-11 win over SMU. Andrel Anthony caught seven passes for 76 yards and a touchdown for the Sooners and linebacker Danny Stutsman anchored a steady defense with 17 tackles and a sack. Preston Stone passed for 250 yards, Jaylan Knighton had 103 yards from scrimmage and Jake Bailey had seven catches for 73 yards for SMU. The Mustangs outgained Oklahoma 367 yards to 365. But the Sooners went without a turnover while SMU turned it over twice and had a punt blocked.
WACO, Texas (AP) — Jaylon Glover's 11-yard run with 17 seconds remaining was Utah’s second touchdown in the final two minutes as the 12th-ranked Utes escaped Baylor with a 20-13 win. It was a matchup of future Big 12 foes both missing their starting quarterbacks. Utah’s game-winning drive was set up at the Baylor 29 after Cole Bishop’s interception on a pass that Sawyer Robertson threw while under pressure. The 2-0 Utes tied the game at 13 with 1:59 left when redshirt freshman quarterback Nate Johnson scored on a 7-yard draw.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Bo Nix threw for 359 yards and two touchdowns, Jeffrey Bassa had a 45-yard interception return for a score in the final minute and No. 13 Oregon rallied for a 38-30 victory over Texas Tech. Tyler Shough threw for three TDs and ran for 101 yards and another score against his former team. It wasn’t enough to extend the Red Raiders’ school-record 23-game winning streak in home openers. The Ducks had twice rallied in the fourth quarter behind Nix, who led a pair of drives to go-ahead field goals. Shough was trying to answer for a second time with a drive to a field goal when Brandon Dorlus hit Shough as he was throwing. The ball went straight to Bassa for the easy score.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Garret Rangel found a wide-open Brennan Presley on a 16-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter and Oklahoma State stymied Arizona State defensively for a 27-15 win. The Cowboys overcame one of the hottest games in Arizona State history with a bruising defensive game that gave the offense a short field all night. Oklahoma State had an interception and forced Arizona State to turn it over on downs three times — the last one from the Sun Devils’ 33-yard line in the fourth quarter. Rangel, the Cowboys’ third quarterback of the night, caught Arizona State clogging up the middle and floated a pass to Presley, who had no one within 15 yards of him.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Blake Nowell returned a blocked punt 24 yards for a touchdown, Chandler Morris threw for 263 yards with two TDs and TCU beat FCS team Nicholls 41-6. Morris also ran for a score, converting a third-and-12 with a 32-yard touchdown. He was 26-of-30 passing. The 1-1 Frogs never trailed a week after losing to Colorado at home as a three-touchdown favorite. The first score came when Trent Battle blocked the punt to end Nicholls’ opening possession of the game and took it into the end zone.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Colton Boomer hit four field goals including the 40-yard game winner on the final play to lift Central Florida over Boise State 18-16. UCF, which struggled in the red zone, leaned on Boomer, who tied a school record with a 55-yard field goal in the second quarter. Boise State, which had fallen behind midway through the fourth quarter for the first time since the opening period, took a 16-15 lead with 1:49 remaining when backup quarterback Maddux Madsen threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Stefan Cobbs. But the two-point conversion pass attempt failed, which proved to be costly. UCF quarterback John Rhys Plumlee, who finished 16-of-24 passing for 272 yards, engineered a comeback of his own. Plumlee drove the Knights 58 yards on nine plays to set up Boomer’s game-winning kick at the horn.
HOUSTON (AP) — JT Daniels tied a career high passing for 401 yards and three scores, Daelen Alexander rushed for three touchdowns and Rice defeated Houston 43-41 in double overtime in the 42nd Bayou Bucket. Daniels finished 28 for 42 passing and registered his second-career 400-yard game. His only other came against Mississippi State on November 21, 2020.The win for Rice snapped a seven-game winning streak for Houston in the Bayou Bucket series. The last win for the Owls prior to Saturday came on October 16, 2010, when they beat the Cougars 34-31. This is only the second time a game in the Bayou Bucket series has gone to overtime. The last time was September 2, 2000.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Shedeur Sanders accounted for three scores, Colorado’s defense forced four turnovers and the 22nd-ranked Buffaloes beat longtime rival Nebraska 36-14 in the home debut of Deion Sanders at sold-out Folsom Field. Shedeur Sanders threw for 393 yards and two scores, while running for another touchdown. He capped his 6-yard romp with the dance moves his dad made famous during his playing days. The 2-0 Buffaloes needed a moment to wake up given the early kickoff. But once they did, they were unstoppable. After punting on their first four drives, Sanders and the offense scored on seven of eight possessions to turn the game into a rout. Matt Rhule is still looking for his first win at Nebraska
TORONTO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, Bo Bichette had two hits and two RBIs in his return from injury and the Toronto Blue Jays held on to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Friday night. Guerrero’s two-run double off right-hander Carlos Hernández (1-10) helped the Blue Jays (78-63) hold onto the final AL wild-card berth with their fourth win in five games. Bichette went 2 for 5 and scored once after being activated off the 10-day injured list before the game. The two-time AL hits leader returned after missing nine games because of a strained right quadriceps. Chad Green (2-0) got two outs for the win. Jordan Romano recorded the final four outs for his 33rd save.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Logan Webb pitched six scoreless innings for his first win in more than a month, Thairo Estrada homered and had three RBIs, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 9-1 on Saturday night. Mike Yastrzemski had four hits and two RBIs, and J.D. Davis singled twice for San Francisco. The Giants have won back-to-back games following a six-game losing streak that matched their longest of the season. They remain 2 1/2 games behind Arizona for the third NL wild card.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. played the bronze-medal game short-handed, and Canada sent the Americans home from the World Cup empty-handed. Dillon Brooks scored 39 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 31 points and 12 assists and Canada survived a miracle from Mikal Bridges that forced overtime to medal at a global men’s basketball tournament for the first time in 87 years. It beat the U.S. 127-118 in the third-place game at the World Cup on Sunday.
SATURDAY SCORES
INTERLEAGUE
Final Minnesota 8 N.Y. Mets 4
Final Milwaukee 9 N.Y. Yankees 2
Final Houston 7 San Diego 5
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Toronto 5 Kansas City 1
Final Tampa Bay 7 Seattle 5
Final Baltimore 13 Boston 12
Final Detroit 3 Chicago White Sox 1
Final Texas 3 Oakland 2
Final L.A. Angels 6 Cleveland 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Arizona 3 Chicago Cubs 2
Final Washington 7 L.A. Dodgers 6
Final Philadelphia 8 Miami 4
Final St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 3
Final Pittsburgh 8 Atlanta 4
Final San Francisco 9 Colorado 1
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Final (11)Texas 34 (3)Alabama 24
Final (20)Mississippi 37 (24)Tulane 20
Final (15)Kansas St. 42 Troy 13
Final (22)Colorado 36 Nebraska 14
Final (10)Notre Dame 45 NC State 24
Final (12)Utah 20 Baylor 13
Final (1)Georgia 45 Ball St. 3
Final (7)Penn St. 63 Delaware 7
Final (5)Ohio St. 35 Youngstown St. 7
Final (25)Clemson 66 Charleston Southern 17
Final (2)Michigan 35 UNLV 7
Final Miami 48 (23)Texas A&M 33
Final (8)Washington 43 Tulsa 10
Final (9)Tennessee 30 Austin Peay 13
Final (17)North Carolina 40 Appalachian St. 34
Final (18)Oklahoma 28 SMU 11
Final (21)Duke 42 Lafayette 7
Final (13)Oregon 38 Texas Tech 30
Final (14)LSU 72 Grambling St. 10
Final Washington St. 31 (19)Wisconsin 22
Final (4)Florida St. 66 Southern Miss. 13
Final (16)Oregon St. 55 UC Davis 7