Top 25 roundup: Late FG pushes No. 3 Oregon past No. 2 Ohio State

A 19-yard field goal by Atticus Sappington with 1:47 to play gave No. 3 Oregon a 32-31 win over No. 2 Ohio State in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday night.The Ducks drove 74 yards to the Ohio State 1-yard line to set up the game-winning kick. It was the seventh lead change of the contest after a 40-yard field goal by Jayden Fielding with six minutes left put the Buckeyes ahead 31-29.Dillon Gabriel’s 27-yard touchdown run gave the Ducks a 29-28 lead early in the fourth quarter. Gabriel was 23-of-34 passing for 341 yards and two touchdowns for Oregon (6-0, 3-0), and Evan Stewart had seven catches for 149 yards and a TD. Jordan James ran for 115 yards and a score.Ohio State (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) reached the Oregon 38 with six seconds left, but on the final play of the game, Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard ran for 12 yards as time expired. Howard was 28-of-35 passing for 326 yards and two touchdowns.No. 1 Texas 34, No. 18 Oklahoma 3Quintrevion Wisner ran for 118 yards and a touchdown and the Longhorns defense held the Sooners to just 237 yards as Texas blew out Oklahoma in Dallas in the schools’ first Red River Rivalry game as members of the Southeastern Conference.The win was just the Longhorns’ second in the past seven meetings with the Sooners. Texas (6-0, 2-0) took control right before the half, breaking open a tight game by scoring 14 points in the final 2:21.Michael Hawkins Jr. was 19-of-30 for 148 yards and was sacked five times for Oklahoma (4-2, 1-2), which was handed its lowest-scoring output since its 49-0 loss to the Longhorns in 2022.No. 4 Penn State 33, USC 30 (OT)Ryan Barker’s 36-yard field goal in OT completed the Nittany Lions’ come-from-behind win over the Trojans in Los Angeles. After losing an early 3-0 lead, Penn State (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) didn’t lead again until Barker capped the first extra session with the last of his four field goals.The Nittany Lions had to battle back from a two-touchdown halftime deficit. Tight end Tyler Warren was on the receiving end of 17 of Drew Allar’s 30 completions, hauling in a 32-yard touchdown catch just after the break to ignite Penn State’s rally. Warren’s 224 receiving yards are the second most by any Penn State player. Allar went 30-for-43 passing for 391 yards and two touchdowns but also three interceptions.Miller Moss completed 20 of 34 passes for 220 yards and a pair of scores for the Trojans (3-3, 1-3). Running back Quinten Joyner powered USC to an early lead with a monster first half that featured a 75-yard rushing touchdown and a 9-yard TD reception. Woody Marks rushed for 111 yards on 20 carries in the loss.No. 5 Georgia 41, Mississippi State 31Carson Beck completed 36 of 48 passes for 459 yards and three touchdowns as Georgia beat visiting Mississippi State in Southeastern Conference play in Athens, Ga.Beck, who threw two interceptions, set a career high in passing yards as Georgia (5-1, 3-1) won its second straight game. Arian Smith caught five balls for 134 yards and a touchdown for Georgia.Michael Van Buren Jr. completed 20 of 37 passes for 306 yards and three touchdowns for Mississippi State (1-5, 0-3), which dropped its fifth straight game. Van Buren also threw an interception in his second career start. Kevin Coleman Jr. caught eight passes for 103 yards.No. 7 Alabama 27, South Carolina 25Quarterback Jalen Milroe rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another as the Crimson Tide rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit and held off the Gamecocks in Southeastern Conference play at Tuscaloosa, Ala.Alabama entered the fourth trailing 19-14 before Milroe led consecutive touchdown drives. South Carolina scored with 43 seconds left and recovered an onside kick after its failed two-point conversion attempt but could not move into field goal range.Domani Jackson made the game-sealing interception as time expired for the Crimson Tide (5-1, 2-1 SEC), who rebounded from last week’s 40-35 upset loss at Vanderbilt. LaNorris Sellers tossed two touchdowns for the Gamecocks (3-3, 1-3) but also lost a key fourth-quarter fumble in addition to his interception on the final play.No. 8 Tennessee 23, Florida 17 (OT)Dylan Sampson’s third touchdown proved the game-winner in overtime as the Volunteers rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat the Gators in Knoxville, Tenn.Sampson totaled 112 yards on 27 carries, while quarterback Nico Iamaleava was 16-for-26 passing for 169 yards and an interception. Tennessee (5-1, 2-1 SEC) entered as two-touchdown favorites and but won for only the third time in the past 20 matchups with their former East Division rivals.Graham Mertz completed 11 of 15 passes for 125 yards and a touchdown for Florida (3-3, 1-2). True freshman DJ Lagway was 9-of-17 for 98 yards with a touchdown and an interception.No. 13 LSU 29, No. 9 Ole Miss 26 (OT)Garrett Nussmeier threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Kyren Lacy on the second possession of overtime to give the Tigers a victory over the Rebels in Baton Rouge, La.Nussmeier, who passed for 337 yards, threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Anderson with 27 seconds left in the fourth quarter to force overtime. The Rebels (5-2, 1-2 SEC) committed two penalties on the first possession of overtime before Caden Davis kicked a 57-yard field goal. That left the Tigers (5-1, 2-0) with an opportunity to take their first lead of the game.Jaxson Dart passed for 284 yards, a touchdown and a pick, Tre Harris caught seven passes for 102 yards and a score and Cayden Lee had nine catches for 132 yards for Ole Miss.No. 10 Clemson 49, Wake Forest 14Cade Klubnik fired three touchdown passes as the visiting Tigers notched their 16th straight win against the Demon Deacons with a convincing romp in Winston-Salem, N.C.Clemson scored touchdowns on four consecutive first-half possessions for a 28-14 halftime lead. Klubnik completed 31 of 41 passes for 309 yards, while running back Phil Mafah racked up 118 rushing yards and two touchdown runs. The Tigers (5-1, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) have won five straight games.Wake Forest quarterback Hank Bachmeier, who was replaced midway through the third quarter, had two touchdown passes and two interceptions. He was 12-for-21 for 126 yards. The Demon Deacons (2-4, 1-2) have lost four consecutive home games.No. 11 Iowa State 28, West Virginia 16Carson Hansen rushed for three touchdowns and Rocco Becht threw for 265 yards as the Cyclones improved to 6-0 with a win over the Mountaineers in Morgantown, W. Va.Hansen picked up 96 yards on 20 carries for the Cyclones, who improved to 3-0 in the Big 12 Conference. Becht completed 18 of 26 passes with a touchdown on the night the Mountaineers honored his father, Anthony, by inducting him into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.Garrett Greene completed 18 of 32 attempts for 206 yards and a 10-yard touchdown strike to Jahiem White with 1:10 left in the game. But Greene threw two damaging interceptions that Iowa State cashed in to break the game open during the fourth quarter.No. 11 Notre Dame 49, Stanford 7Riley Leonard completed 16 of 22 passes for a season-high 229 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for another score, and the Fighting Irish cruised past the Cardinal in South Bend, Ind.Jeremiyah Love, Jadarian Price and Aneyas Williams rushed for one touchdown apiece for Notre Dame (5-1), which won its fourth straight game. Kris Mitchell, Jayden Thomas and Eli Raridon each caught one touchdown pass from Leonard.

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