Saturday's college football report: Mercer's thriller, Georgia's romp, Tech's stumble, GSUs win; roundups by conference and region, plus top 25 and the nation, and full scoreboard
CENTRAL GEORGIA/STATE
Scoreboard
FBS (or FBS vs. FCS)
No. 3 Utah 28, No. 9 BYU 20
No. 8 UCLA 34, Minnesota 20
No. 7 Texas 34, No. 18 Missouri 20
Baylor 42, Iowa State 31
Clemson 18, Syracuse 13
Florida State 31, Boston College 24
North Carolina 38, UConn 21
Tulsa 60, Tulane 10
Duke 41, NC State 3
Maryland 34, Purdue 29
Auburn 26, Arkansas 23
Oklahoma State 66, Kansas State 28
Old Dominion 21, Coastal Carolina 8
Georgia State 39, App State 23
No. 21 South Carolina 17, Texas A&M 9
ULM 19, Arkansas State 17
Kennesaw State 42, Delaware 40
No. 5 Alabama 31, No. 14 LSU 13
No. 23 Oregon 41, No. 12 Ohio State 28
No. 16 Wake Forest 77, Merrimack 0
No. 17 Houston 31, Cincinnati 24
Penn State 28, Washington 25
UAB 23, Charlotte 12
Navy 42, Temple 35
Georgia Southern 49, Marshall 13
Middle Tennessee 51, Western Kentucky 42
UCF 33, Kansas 32
North Texas 52, Rice 23
San Jose State 30, Northern Illinois 19
FIU 23, Missouri State 20
Louisiana Tech 41, Troy 17
Vanderbilt 25, Mississippi State 23
Wisconsin 31, Rutgers 10
Louisiana 28, South Alabama 26
No. 25 Boise State 64, Colorado State 38
No. 13 Tennessee 34, No. 6 Kentucky 6
Jacksonville State 47, Sam Houston 14
No. 11 Notre Dame 31, No. 1 Miami (Florida) 24
No. 2 Georgia 42, No. 10 Ole Miss 7
No. 19 Iowa 24, Northwestern 10
Arizona State 20, Colorado 10
Louisville 44, Georgia Tech 17
Michigan State 15, Michigan 6
Air Force 24, Army 21
Oklahoma 23, No. 24 Florida 7
Liberty 30, New Mexico State 14
West Virginia at No. 15 Texas Tech | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN
Fresno State at Utah State | 9:30 p.m. | USA Network
Hawai'i at UTEP | 9:30 p.m. | FS1
Texas State at Oregon State | 10:30 p.m. | CW
Wyoming at UNLV | 10:30 p.m. | CBSSN
FCS
Brown 24, Yale 20
Princeton 21, Dartmouth 14
Robert Morris 13, Duquesne 10
North Carolina Central 29, Norfolk State 28
Lehigh 33, Colgate 7
Dayton 31, Valparaiso 20
Marist 14, Morehead State 13
Holy Cross 27, Georgetown 24
Harvard 37, Columbia 0
Penn 14, Cornell 13
Central Connecticut 31, Stonehill 7
Delaware State 24, Morgan State 14
Fordham 38, Bucknell 13
Lafayette 19, William & Mary 14
Villanova 30, Richmond 0
Davidson 33, Stetson 14
San Diego 40, Drake 17
Mercer 14, Chattanooga 7
Samford 37, East Tennessee State 35
Western Carolina 26, Wofford 10
Lindenwood 34, Gardner-Webb 21
North Dakota 49, Illinois State 21
Youngstown State 62, Murray State 35
UT Martin 20, Charleston So. 10
UTRGV 52, Northwestern State 7
South Dakota State 41, UNI 15
Tennessee Tech 66, VMI 14
Furman 24, The Citadel 14
Montana 57, Portland State 24
Southern Utah 31, Northern Colorado 24
Western Illinois 44, Eastern Illinois 23
Southeast Missouri State 33, Tennessee State 14
Austin Peay 55, Eastern Kentucky 31
Lamar University 45, SFA 28
Nicholls 32, East Texas A&M 31
Northern Arizona 38, Cal Poly 10
Idaho 62, Eastern Washington 31
Central Arkansas 35, West Georgia 14
McNeese 10, Houston Christian 0
Southern Illinois 37, Indiana State 20
Montana State 28, Idaho State 26
Tarleton State 40, Abilene Christian 27
North Alabama 28, West Florida 21
UC Davis 24, Utah Tech 17
UIW 35, Southeastern Louisiana 16
DII
Ouachita Baptist 31, Southwestern Oklahoma 14
Albany State (Georgia) 49, Fort Valley State 0
Benedict 45, Central State (Ohio) 38
Southeastern Oklahoma 30, Southern Arkansas 27
Miles 35, Tuskegee 27
CENTRAL GEORGIA/STATE
(Box scores and some stories in link in scoreline)
Mercer defeats Chattanooga in overtime on Picklesâ TD pass to Tattnallâs Smith
Mocs doomed by fourth-down stop, overtime fumble in loss to Mercer
Albany State 49, Fort Valley State 0
Watts ignites Golden Ramsâ blitz of Wildcats in 36th Fountain City Classic
GMC JC 41, College of DuPage 10
Central Georgia Tech 35, Louisburg 34
Georgia 42, Mississippi 7
Stockton and No. 2 Georgia pound No. 12 Mississippi 42-7 to make case for top ranking
Golding owns up to âbutt-whuppingâ
Barnes has Smart eating crow after big day on D
Georgia flips the script on Chamblsis
'We obviously did not have them ready to play': No. 10 Ole Miss throttled by No. 2 Georgia
Smart says Georgia 'played to a standard'
Louisville 44, Georgia Tech 17
Louisville clinches bowl eligibility with 44-17 rout at Georgia Tech
Loud Key is âdamn pissed off ⊠itâs embarrassingâ
Louisville offense shines again in road rout of Georgia Tech
Georgia Southern 49, Marshall 13
Johnson throws 4 TD passes, adds 1 on the ground as Georgia Southern pounds Marshall
Georgia State 39, App State 23
Pereira throws 3 TDs, Owens has pick-6 as Georgia State tops App State for first time in 13 tries
SEC
Russell passes for 3 TDs to propel No. 9 Alabama past No. 15 LSU,
Manning and No. 10 Texas stay in the playoff race by rallying past No. 19 Missouri
Morris, defense lead No. 16 Tennessee past No. 8 Kentucky
Sellers leads No. 23 South Carolina to 4th straight victory with win over Texas A&M
Oklahoma throttles No. 25 Florida
Brownâs 300 yards of total offense power Auburn in 26-23 victory over Arkansas
Vanderbilt holds off Mississippi State to win its first SEC game
ACC
Cristobal 'beyond upset' over refs denying Canes tying TD in loss to Irish
No. 14 Wake Forest rolls to record-setting 77-0 rout of Merrimack behind backup QB Steele Pizzella
Lawson returns fumble 22 yards for a score, Clemson holds on to defeat Syracuse
Sheppard runs for 217 yards, Pellicciotta has a 100-yard âKick Sixâ as Duke beats NC State
Thomas runs for 2 TDs; FSU beats BC 31-24 to make interim coach Rick Stockstill a winner in 1st game
SOUTHEAST
Piening scores late touchdown as UCF stuns Kansas
Creedâs total 3 TDs lead Jacksonvilleâs romping of Sam Houston
Lyons runs for career-high 216 yards and Czeremcha kicks late FG to lift FIU over Missouri State
Leatherwoodâs 5 touchdown passes power Tennessee Tech in 66-14 rout of VMI
Johnsonâs TD pass to Thomas on last play lifts Samford over ETSU
Calwise Jr. powers offense, Jackson Jr. leads defense in Louisiana Techâs 41-17 win over Troy
Williams scores on opening kickoff and Parson accounts for 3 TDs, leading Austin Peay over EKU
TOP 25
No. 3 Utah snaps three-game losing streak to No. 7 BYU with 28-20 win over Cougars
No. 4 Notre Dame takes big lead, then holds off No. 1 Miami 31-24 in a classic
No. 5 UCLA turns up the speed late to stay unbeaten with 34-20 win at Minnesota
Oregon storms back from 2-touchdown deficit to hammer No. 11 Ohio State
Castellanos throws 5 TD passes as No. 13 Texas Tech holds off West Virginia
Sanford II breaks tie with long TD run as No. 17 Houston beats Cincinnati
Cutforth, Riley spark No. 20 Boise Stateâs 8th straight win as Broncos beat Colorado State
Brown, No. 21 Iowa defense combine to give Northwestern first loss at new stadium
NATION
East
Penn State starts strong, holds on to beat Washington
Marylandâs 2nd half turnaround leads to 34-29 win at Purdue to snap long losing streaks
Weaver passes, runs for TDs and Monmouth clinches at least share of CAA title with 7th straight win
Gutierrez runs for 5 TDs, Navy blows 28-point lead before recovering to edge Temple
Mid-South
Garner leads Louisiana-Lafayette to bowl-eligibility again with 28-26 win over South Alabama
Murray kicks 40-yard FG, Howard has game-sealing interception as UL Monroe edges Arkansas State
Midwest
Michigan State makes 5 field goals, forces 4 turnovers and has 5 sacks in 15-6 win over Michigan
Hopkins shines in his first start as Wisconsin trounces Rutgers
Brungardâs 423 passing yards lift Youngstown State over Murray State
Plains/Southwest
Hodges and Medders score, Air Force clinches Commander-in-Chiefâs Trophy in 24-21 win over Army
Receiver Steele and TE Schlepp connect for game winner in 3OT as Montana State beats Idaho State
Mestemaker and Hawkins lead Oklahoma Stateâs dominant effort over Kansas State
Lagway throws 2 TD passes, runs for a score as Baylor surges to 42-31 win over Iowa State
Hayes to Oran Singleton Jr. connection lights it up for Tulsa in 60-10 rout of Tulane
Tarleton State remains unbeaten with 40-27 victory over Abilene Christian
Montanaâs Eli Gillman sets Big Sky TD record in 57-24 win over Portland State
West
Fette throws, catches a TD pass in Arizona Stateâs 20-10 win over Colorado
UCLA stays unbeaten by speeding past Minnesota with a two-play, 150-yard burst by Aidan Mizell
Utah State keeps Fresno State out of the end zone until late in the game