Top 25 roundup: No. 14 Texas A&M sinks No. 8 LSU, goes atop SEC

Backup quarterback Marcel Reed rushed for three second-half touchdowns on Saturday night and No. 14 Texas A&M took sole possession of first place in the Southeastern Conference with a 38-23 win over No. 8 LSU in College Station, Texas.Reed scored on a pair of 8-yard runs in the third quarter after relieving starter Conner Weigman, giving the Aggies (7-1, 5-0 SEC) the lead for good at 21-17.Reed added a 4-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, then answered a Tigers score with his fourth straight touchdown march. Le’Veon Moss made it 35-23 with 8:09 left on a 3-yard TD run, his second score of the night.Randy Bond added a 26-yard field goal with 3:44 remaining to cap Texas A&M’s seventh straight win.Garrett Nussmeier completed 25 of 50 passes for 405 yards and two touchdowns but also tossed three interceptions for the Tigers. LSU (6-2, 3-1) saw its six-game winning streak end.No. 1 Oregon 38, No. 20 Illinois 9Dillon Gabriel threw for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth in the first half as the Ducks blew by the Fighting Illini in Eugene, Ore.In addition to leading Oregon (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) to its first win as the nation’s No. 1 team since Dec. 4, 2010, Gabriel climbed into second place on the FBS’ all-time charts for passing touchdowns (143) and passing yards (17,236). The Ducks rolled up 527 total yards, including 363 in the first half.Illinois (6-2, 3-2) never found its footing in its first game against a No. 1 team since 2007. Quarterback Luke Altmyer completed 17 of 35 passes for 161 yards and his second and third interceptions of the season. Aidan Laughery rushed for 69 yards.No. 3 Penn State 28, Wisconsin 13Starting quarterback Drew Allar exited the game with an apparent injury, but backup Beau Pribula completed 11 of 13 passes and tossed a touchdown to help the Nittany Lions beat the Badgers in Madison, Wis.Penn State (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) remained undefeated behind a stingy defense and an offensive attack that came alive in the second half.Wisconsin (5-3, 3-2) got its lone touchdown of the game from running back Tawee Walker, who ran for 59 yards on 22 carries. Braedyn Locke completed 22 of 42 passes for 217 yards.No. 4 Ohio State 21, Nebraska 17Will Howard had three touchdown passes, including a late, go-ahead score, as the Buckeyes rallied to defeat the Cornhuskers in Columbus, Ohio.Howard’s 9-yard TD pass to Quinshon Judkins with 6:04 to play gave the Buckeyes (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) the lead after the offense had stalled in the third quarter with 23 total yards and no first downs. Jordan Hancock sealed the win with an interception at the Ohio State 45 with 1:16 left.Nebraska (5-3, 2-3) had gone ahead 17-14 with 10:47 remaining on a 1-yard scoring run by Dante Dowdell and a two-point conversion catch by Nate Boerkircher. The Cornhuskers went 74 yards in nine plays for their first fourth-quarter lead against a top-five team since playing Texas in 2009.No. 5 Texas 27, No. 25 Vanderbilt 24Quinn Ewers threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns and the Longhorns’ defense held the Commodores to 269 total yards as Texas prevailed in SEC play at Nashville.The Longhorns entered the day ranked No. 1 in scoring defense (9.7 points allowed per game) and total defense (237.3 yards allowed per game), and it showed, as Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia had a season-worst day (16-of-29 passing, 143 yards, two touchdowns, two interceptions). Vanderbilt (5-3, 2-2 SEC), which had turned it over just twice all season, had three giveaways.Wide receiver DeAndre Moore Jr. caught two first-half touchdowns for Texas (7-1, 3-1), which never trailed after the first quarter.No. 6 Miami 36, Florida State 14Cam Ward threw for 208 yards and also caught a touchdown pass as the Hurricanes remained unbeaten with a win over the Seminoles in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup in Miami Gardens, Fla.Hurricanes running back Damien Martinez rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns. Miami (8-0, 4-0 ACC), which entered the game ranked No. 2 in the nation in scoring (48.3 points per game), was forced to settle for three Andres Borregales field goals.Florida State (1-7, 1-6), meanwhile, was held to 248 yards of total offense, 75 of them on its final drive. Ward completed 22 of 35 throws with no touchdowns. In every other game this season, he had at least 300 yards and two TD passes.No. 11 BYU 37, UCF 24Jake Retzlaff threw for 228 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for another score, to lead the Cougars over the Knights in Big 12 play in Orlando.Retzlaff had his fourth straight game with 200 passing yards to help BYU (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) continue its best start since 2020. LJ Martin racked up 101 yards and a touchdown on the ground for his second straight 100-yard rushing game.RJ Harvey rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Knights. Jacurri Brown threw for 96 yards and two interceptions. Dylan Rizk passed for 102 yards and a TD. UCF (3-5, 1-4) trailed wire to wire en route to a fifth straight loss.No. 12 Notre Dame 51, No. 24 Navy 14Riley Leonard passed for two touchdowns and rushed for one more and the Fighting Irish rolled to a blowout win over the Midshipmen in East Rutherford, N.J.Jeremiyah Love added 12 carries for 102 yards and two touchdowns for Notre Dame (7-1), which won its sixth game in a row. Beaux Collins and Kris Mitchell had one touchdown reception apiece, Kedren Young rushed for a score and Jaylen Sneed had a fumble recovery for a defensive touchdown.

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