Top 25 highlights: Alabama starts fast, rolls past Arkansas

Damien Harris opened with a 75-yard touchdown run and No. 1 Alabama rode a fast start to a 41-9 victory over Arkansas on Saturday night in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

The Crimson Tide (7-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) had raced to a 17-0 start by midway through the first quarter before the Razorbacks (2-4, 0-3) managed to slow down the onslaught for a while.

Harris ran for 125 yards and two touchdowns on just nine carries. His run on the game’s first offensive play matched his career long set last week at Texas A&M, putting the Tide in front just 15 seconds into the game.

That game with the Aggies was Alabama’s closest of the season, prompting coach Nick Saban to challenge his team to listen to him instead of the “rat poison” of media hype.

The result was a second straight lopsided SEC loss for Arkansas and embattled coach Bret Bielema.

(4) Georgia 53, Missouri 28: Sony Michel ran for two touchdowns as the Bulldogs found their running game after a slow start and took control with 26 unanswered points to beat the Tigers in Athens, Georgia.

Georgia (7-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) recovered from an early scare by gaining 696 total yards, including 370 on the ground. Missouri (1-5, 0-4) suffered its fifth straight loss as it faded following a 21-all tie in the second quarter.

Missouri’s Drew Lock threw for 253 yards with four touchdowns and one interception.

(6) TCU 26, Kansas State 6: Kenny Hill threw for 297 yards and ran for a touchdown, TCU’s defense shut down Kansas State’s ailing offense and the sixth-ranked Horned Frogs (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) remained unbeaten with a victory over the Wildcats (3-3, 1-2) in Manhattan, Kansas.

(7)Wisconsin 17, Purdue 9: Jonathan Taylor ran for 219 yards on 30 carries, including a 67-yard touchdown, and the Badgers (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) relied on their stifling defense to overcome a three-turnover afternoon and beat the Boilermakers (3-3, 1-2) in Madison, Wisconsin.

No. 9 OHIO STATE 56, NEBRASKA 14:

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – J.T. Barrett passed for five touchdowns and ran for two others, and the Buckeyes (6-1, 4-0 Big Ten) scored on their first eight possessions en route to victory over the Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Nebraska.

They rolled up 633 total yards and had 41 first downs while scoring the most points by a Nebraska conference opponent in Lincoln and most overall since Minnesota won 61-7 in 1945 when the Huskers were in the Big Six.

LSU 27, (10) Auburn 23: D.J. Chark returned a punt 75 yards for a touchdown, Connor Culp kicked clutch field goals of 42 and 36 yards inside the final three minutes, and LSU (5-2, 2-1 SEC) rallied from a 20-point, first-half deficit to beat Auburn (5-2, 3-1) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

(11) Miami 25, Georgia Tech 24: Darrell Langham made another miracle happen, a 28-yard catch on a tipped fourth-down ball keeping desperate Miami’s drive alive and setting up Michael Badgley’s 24-yard field goal with 4 seconds left as the Hurricanes (5-0, 3-0 ACC) rallied to stun the Yellow Jackets (3-2, 2-1) at Miami Gardens, Florida.

(12) Oklahoma 29, Texas 24: Baker Mayfield threw 59 yards to Mark Andrews for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter after Oklahoma had blown a 20-point lead, and the Sooners held on to beat the Longhorns in Dallas.

Mayfield’s second TD throw of more than 50 yards came 68 seconds after freshman quarterback Sam Ehlinger ran 8 yards to give the Longhorns their first lead after trailing 20-0 in the second quarter.

(14) Oklahoma State 59, Baylor 16: Mason Rudolph passed for 459 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score to help the Cowboys (5-1, 2-1 Big 12) defeat the Bears (0-6, 0-3) in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Rudolph guided an offense that gained a school-record 747 yards.

(17) Michigan 27, Indiana 20 (OT): Karan Higdon ran 25 yards for a touchdown on the first play of overtime and Tyree Kinnel intercepted a fourth-down pass in the end zone on the final play, helping the Wolverines (5-1, 1-1 Big Ten) hold off the Hoosiers (3-3, 0-3) in Bloomington, Indiana.

Indiana’s losing streak to Michigan is now 22 games, but the last two times the Wolverines have come to Bloomington it has gone to overtime. The Hoosiers have one victory (1987) against Michigan since 1967.

Memphis 30, (25) Navy 27: Riley Ferguson threw three touchdown passes, and the Tigers (5-1, 2-1 AAC) took advantage of five turnovers to defeat the Midshipmen (5-1, 3-1 AAC) in Memphis, Tennessee.

Navy quarterback Zach Abey ran for 146 yards, but the Tigers held the nation’s leading running game 100 yards under its 416-yard average.