Top 25: Baylor upsets Sooners, shake up title race

Robert Griffin and Baylor created even more chaos in the national championship race with a stunning blow against fifth-ranked Oklahoma.

Griffin threw for 479 yards and four touchdowns, including a 34-yarder to Terrance Williams with 8 seconds left and 25th-ranked Baylor beat the Sooners for the first time, 45-38 on Saturday night in Waco, Texas.

The Sooners (8-2, 5-2 Big 12) had overcome a 14-point deficit to tie the game on Blake Bell’s fourth TD run, a 6-yarder with 51 seconds left. The Bears then went 80 yards in five plays, with Griffin scrambling for runs of 22 and 8 yards before finding Williams in the end zone.

The Sooners’ loss came a night after Big 12 rival and No. 2 Oklahoma State suffered its first loss, and right after No. 4 Oregon became a two-loss team.

(1) LSU 52, Mississippi 3: Ron Brooks returned an interception for a TD 28 seconds into the game and the top-ranked Tigers (11-0, 7-0 SEC) never looked back, piling up 353 yards rushing on the way to a rout of the Rebels (2-9, 0-7) in Oxford, Miss.

LSU matched its best start since 1958.

(3) Alabama 45, Georgia Southern 21: Trent Richardson rushed for 175 yards and scored three TDs to power the Crimson Tide (10-1) to a victory over the Division II Eagles (9-2) in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

(6) Arkansas 44, Mississippi State 17: Tyler Wilson had a school-record 32 completions to lead the Razorbacks (10-1, 6-1 SEC) to a romp over the Bulldogs (5-6, 1-6) in Little Rock, Ark.

Wilson finished 32 of 43 for 365 yards and three TDs.

North Carolina State 37, (7) Clemson 13: Mike Glennon threw three TD passes and the Wolfpack (6-5, 3-4 ACC) stunned the Tigers (9-2, 6-2) in Raleigh, N.C.

(11) Houston 37, SMU 7: Case Keenum set the Football Bowl Subdivision career record for completions, threw a TD pass and ran for another score as the Cougars (11-0, 7-0 C-USA) stayed unbeaten by thumping the Mustangs (6-5, 4-3) in Houston.

Keenum completed 30 of 45 passes for 318 yards. He set the completions mark on his seventh throw, breaking the record (1,403) set by Texas Tech’s Graham Harrell (2005-08).

(12) Michigan State 55, Indiana 3: Kirk Cousins threw for 273 yards and three TDs in just over a half as the Spartans (9-2, 6-1 Big Ten) clinched a spot in the Big Ten title game with a rout of the Hoosiers (1-10, 0-7) in East Lansing, Mich.

(13) Georgia 19, Kentucky 10: Aaron Murray threw a TD pass to Marlon Brown on the first play of the fourth quarter, Blair Walsh kicked four field goals and the Bulldogs (9-2, 7-1 SEC) clinched a spot in the SEC championship game with a win over the Wildcats (4-7, 1-6) in Athens, Ga.

Georgia struggled after losing top rusher Isaiah Crowell to a left ankle injury after only two carries.

(14) South Carolina 41, The Citadel 20: Connor Shaw threw for 217 yards and three TDs, including Alshon Jeffery’s first scoring catch in more than a month, and the Gamecocks (9-2) defeated the Bulldogs (4-7) in Columbia, S.C.

South Carolina reached nine wins in back-to-back years for the first time in school history.

(15) Wisconsin 28, Illinois 17: Montee Ball rushed for 224 yards and his 30th TD of the season and the Badgers (9-2, 5-2 Big Ten) forced four turnovers in a comeback win over the Illini (6-5, 2-5) in Champaign, Ill.

The slumping Illini jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the second quarter and carried a 17-7 advantage into halftime.

(16) Kansas State 17, Texas 13: Quarterback Collin Klein ran for one TD and passed for another and the Wildcats (9-2, 6-2 Big 12) held off the Longhorns (6-4, 3-4) in Austin, Texas.

(20) Michigan 45, (17) Nebraska 17: Denard Robinson threw two TD passes and ran for two scores to guide the Wolverines (9-2, 5-2 Big Ten) to a rout of the Cornhuskers (8-3, 4-3) in Ann Arbor, Mich.

(19) TCU 34, Colorado State 10: Antoine Hicks, Ed Wesley and Matthew Tucker ran for TDs and Tank Carder returned an interception 69 yards for a score, helping the Horned Frogs (9-2, 6-0 MWC) win at least a share of the conference title with a victory over the Rams (3-7, 1-4) in Fort Worth, Texas.

(21) Penn State 20, Ohio State 14: Stephfon Green ran for two first-half TDs and the Nittany Lions (9-2, 6-1 Big Ten) beat the Buckeyes (6-5, 3-4) in Columbus, Ohio, for their first win since Joe Paterno was fired.

Penn State earned a share of the Big Ten’s Leaders Division title and set up a division title game next week at Wisconsin. The winner will play in the conference’s first championship game on Dec. 3.

Virginia 14, (23) Florida State 13: Kevin Parks ran 10 yards for a TD with 1:16 left in the game to give Virginia the lead and Florida State’s Dustin Hopkins missed a 42-yard field-goal attempt in the closing seconds as the Cavaliers (8-3, 5-3 ACC) upset the Seminoles (7-4, 5-3) in Tallahassee, Fla.

Virginia will play Virginia Tech next week for a spot in the ACC championship game.

(24) Notre Dame 16, Boston College 14: Jonas Gray rushed for a TD, David Ruffer kicked three field goals and the Fighting Irish (8-3) recovered an onside kick with just under 2 minutes to play to hold off the Eagles (3-8) in South Bend, Ind.

The win was the fourth straight for the Irish.

Temple 42, Army 14: Bernard Pierce ran for 157 yards and three TDs and the Owls (7-4) kept their bowl hopes alive with a win over the Black Knights (3-8) in Philadelphia.

Air Force 45, UNLV 17: Asher Clark rushed for a career-high 169 yards, Wesley Cobb scored two TDs and the Falcons (6-5, 2-4 MWC) kept their bowl hopes alive with a win over the Rebels (2-8, 1-4) in Air Force Academy, Colo.