Around the country
East
Pittsburgh 20, Syracuse 17: At Pittsburgh, LeSean McCoy ran for 140 yards to lead the Panthers (4-5, 2-2 Big East) past the Orange (2-7, 1-3).
Penn St. 26, Purdue 19: At State College, Pa., Derrick Williams scored two touchdowns to lead the Nittany Lions (7-3, 4-3 Big Ten) to a win over the Boilermakers (7-3, 3-3).
South
N.C. State 19, Miami 16 (OT): At Miami, Steven Hauschka’s fourth field goal lifted the Wolfpack (4-5, 2-3 ACC) over the Hurricanes (5-4, 2-3).
Mississippi 38, Northwestern St. 31: At Oxford, Miss., BenJarvus Green-Ellis rushed for 120 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Rebels (3-7) to the victory over the Demons (3-6).
E. Carolina 56, Memphis 40: At Memphis, Tenn., Chris Johnson rushed for 301 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Pirates (6-4, 5-1 C-USA) to a win over the Tigers (4-5, 3-2).
C. Florida 47, Marshall 13: At Orlando, Fla., Kevin Smith rushed for 188 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Knights (6-3, 4-1 C-USA) to a win over the Thundering Herd (1-8, 1-4).
N. Carolina 16, Maryland 13: At Chapel Hill, N.C., Connor Barth kicked three field goals and T.J. Yates threw a touchdown pass as the Tar Heels (3-6, 2-3 ACC) got the victory over the Terrapins (4-5, 1-4 ACC).
S. Mississippi 37, UAB 7: At Birmingham, Ala., Jeremy Young threw a pair of touchdown passes to Ed Morgan to lead the Golden Eagles (5-4, 4-2 C-USA) past the Blazers (2-7, 1-4).
Tulsa 49, Tulane 25: At New Orleans, Paul Smith threw for three touchdowns and ran for two others to help the Golden Hurricane (6-3, 4-2 C-USA) defeat the Green Wave (2-7, 1-4).
Middle Tennessee 43, Louisiana-Monroe 40: At Monroe, La., Bradley Robinson returned a kickoff 89 yards to lift the Blue Raiders (5-5, 4-1 SBC) to the victory over the Warhawks (3-6, 3-3).
Midwest
Indiana 38, Ball State 20: At Bloomington, Ind., Kellen Lewis had 406 yards of total offense to help the Hoosiers (6-4) beat the Cardinals (5-5).
Miami (Ohio) 31, Buffalo 28: At Oxford, Ohio, Daniel Raudabaugh threw two touchdown passes as the RedHawks (5-5, 4-1 MAC) beat the Bulls (4-6, 4-2).
Iowa 28, Northwestern 17: At Evanston, Ill., Jake Christensen threw for 299 yards to carry the Hawkeyes (5-5, 3-4 Big Ten) past the Wildcats (5-5, 2-4).
Iowa St. 31, Kansas St. 20: At Ames, Iowa, Chris Singleton made two key interceptions as the Cyclones (2-8, 1-5 Big 12) beat the Wildcats (5-4, 3-3).
Toledo 52, E. Michigan 28: At Toledo, Ohio, Jalen Parmele rushed for 168 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Rockets (5-5, 3-3 MAC) to a victory over the Eagles (3-7, 2-3).
Illinois 44, Minnesota 17: At Minneapolis, Rashad Mendenhall ran for 201 yards and two touchdowns to lift the Illini (7-3, 4-2 Big Ten) to the victory over the Gophers (1-9, 0-6).
Southwest
Texas Tech 38, Baylor 7: At Waco, Texas, Graham Harrell passed for 433 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Red Raiders (7-3, 3-3 Big 12) to the win over the Bears (3-7, 0-6).
Arkansas St. 27, Fla. International 24: At Jonesboro, Ark., Josh Arauco kicked a 31-yard field goal with 2 seconds left and the Indians (4-5, 2-3 SBC) beat the Panthers (0-9, 0-4).
Rice 56, UTEP 48: At Houston, Chase Clement threw for six touchdowns and ran for two more to lead the Owls (2-7, 2-3 C-USA) to a win over the Miners (4-5, 2-3).
TCU 37, New Mexico 0: At Fort Worth, Texas, Andy Dalton threw for two touchdowns to help the Horned Frogs (5-4, 2-3 MWC) to a victory over the Lobos (6-3, 3-2).
Far West
BYU 35, Colorado St. 16: At Provo, Utah, Max Hall passed for 355 yards and three touchdowns and the Cougars (6-2, 4-0 MWC) beat the Rams (1-7, 0-5).
Cal Poly 28, Utah St. 21: At Cedar City, Utah, Jonathan Daly passed for 147 yards and the Broncos (6-3, 2-1 Great West) got the victory over the Thunderbirds (0-9, 0-3).
Air Force 30, Army 10: At Air Force Academy, Colo., Chad Hall ran for a school-record 275 yards and a touchdown and the Falcons (7-3) defeated the Black Knights (3-6).
San Diego St. 27, Wyoming 24: At San Diego, Kevin O’Connell threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Vincent Brown to help the Aztecs (3-5, 2-2 MWC) to the win over the Cowboys (6-3, 3-2).
Associated Press