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Top 25 college football: Kenny Hill, Texas A&M rally past Arkansas

Karl Roesler, right, and Arkansas couldn’t reel in Texas A&M quarterback Kenny Hill. (Associated Press)
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Kenny Hill threw for 386 yards and four touchdowns, with a 25-yarder to Malcome Kennedy on the first play of overtime, and sixth-ranked Texas A&M rallied from a two-touchdown deficit to beat Arkansas 35-28 in Southeastern Conference action on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.

The Aggies (5-0, 2-0 SEC) trailed 28-14 going into the fourth quarter before Hill threw two long scoring passes – 86 yards to Edward Pope and 59 yards to Josh Reynolds, the latter with 2:08 left only two plays after Arkansas (3-2, 0-2) missed a field goal.

Texas A&M is 5-0 for the first time since 2001. Arkansas has lost 14 consecutive SEC games.

( 1) Florida State 56, North Carolina State 41: Jameis Winston threw for 365 yards and four TDs in his return from a suspension, helping the Seminoles (4-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) rally from 17 points down to beat the Wolfpack (4-1, 0-1) in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The Heisman Trophy winner directed four straight second-half touchdown drives to help the reigning national champions fight through and extend the nation’s longest active winning streak to a program-record 20 games.

(5) Auburn 45, Louisiana Tech 17: Nick Marshall threw three TD passes and rushed for 105 yards to lead the Tigers (4-0) to a romp over the Bulldogs (2-3) in Auburn, Alabama.

(7) Baylor 49, Iowa State 28: Bryce Petty threw for 336 yards and a TD and ran for a pair of scores and the Bears (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) cruised past the Cyclones (1-3, 0-2) in Ames, Iowa.

(8) Notre Dame 31, Syracuse 15: Everett Golson passed for a career-best 362 yards with four TDs and completed 25 straight passes, shattering the old Notre Dame record of 14 held by three differenct QBs, to lead the Fighting Irish (4-0) to a lopsided victory over the Orange (2-3) in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

(9) Mighigan State 56, Wyoming 14: Connor Cook completed just six passes, but two went for TDs and Jeremy Langford rushed for 137 yards as the Spartans (3-1) crushed the Cowboys (3-2) in East Lansing, Michigan.

The Spartans topped 50 points in back-to-back games for the first time since 1978.

(10) Mississippi 24, Memphis 3: Jaylen Walton ran for a key fourth-quarter TD and the Rebels used a dominant defensive performance to beat the Tigers (2-2) in Oxford, Mississippi, for their first 4-0 start since 1970.

(12) Georgia 35, Tennessee 32: Todd Gurley ran for a career-high 208 yards and two TDs, including a 51-yarder in the fourth quarter, as the Bulldogs (3-1, 1-1 SEC) rallied from an early 10-point deficit to beat the Volunteers (2-2, 0-1) in Athens, Georgia.

Missouri 21, (13) South Carolina 20: Russell Hansbrough scored two of his three TDs in the final seven minutes and the Tigers (4-1, 1-0 SEC) rallied from 13 points down to beat the Gamecocks (3-2, 2-2) in Columbia, South Carolina.

(17) LSU 63, New Mexico State 7: Brandon Harris passed for 178 yards and three TDs and led LSU to TDs on each of his seven series after relieving struggling sophomore Anthony Jennings and the Tigers (4-1) pummeled the Aggies (2-3) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

(19) Wisconsin 27, South Florida 10: Melvin Gordon rushed for 181 yards and two TDs and the Badgers (3-1) overcame a sluggish start to defeat the Bulls (2-3) in Madison, Wisconsin.

(21) Nebraska 45, Illinois 14: Ameer Abdullah ran for 208 yards and three TDs, Imani Cross added a career-high 109 yards and a score and the Cornhuskers (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten) roughed up the Illini (3-2, 0-1) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

(22) Ohio State 50, Cincinnati 28: J.T. Barrett passed for 330 yards and four TDs and Ezekiel Elliott ran for 182 yards and a score to lead the Buckeyes (3-1) over the Bearcats (2-1) in Columbus, Ohio.

(25) Kansas State 58, UTEP 28: Charles Jones ran for three TDs, Tyler Lockett returned a punt for another score and the Wildcats (3-1) cruised past the Miners (2-2) in Manhattan, Kansas.