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East

Penn State 31, Temple 0: At Philadelphia, Anthony Morelli threw two touchdowns to Jordan Norwood as the Nittany Lions (8-3) beat the Owls (3-7).

South Florida 41, Syracuse 10: At Syracuse, N.Y., Matt Grothe threw for two touchdowns to lead the Bulls (7-3, 2-3 Big East) past the Orange (2-8, 1-4).

South

N.C. State 31, North Carolina 27: At Raleigh, N.C., Jamelle Eugene ran for three touchdowns and the Wolfpack (5-5, 3-3 ACC) got the win over the Tar Heels (3-7, 2-4).

Georgia Tech 41, Duke 24: At Durham, N.C., Tashard Choice picked up his sixth 100-yard game of the season, running for 170 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Yellow Jackets (6-4, 3-4 ACC) past the Blue Devils (1-9, 0-7).

La-Lafayette 34, Middle Tennessee 24: At Murfreesboro, Tenn., Michael Desormeaux rushed for 175 yards and threw two touchdowns to lead the Ragin’ Cajuns (2-8, 2-3 SBC) to a win over the Blue Raiders (5-6, 4-2).

Memphis 29, Southern Miss. 26: At Hattiesburg, Miss., Martin Hankins threw four touchdowns passes to help the Tigers (5-5, 4-2 C-USA) past the Golden Eagles (5-5, 4-3).

Marshall 26, East Carolina 7: At Huntington, W.Va., Bernard Morris threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to lift the Thundering Herd (2-8, 2-4 C-USA) over the Pirates (6-5, 5-2).

Tulane 34, UTEP 19: At New Orleans, Matt Forte rushed for a pair of touchdowns to lead the Green Wave (3-7) past the Miners (4-6).

Florida Atlantic 34, Arkansas St. 31: At Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Willie Rose caught two touchdown passes and also a two-point conversion pass to lead the Owls (5-4, 4-1 SBC) to a victory over the Indians (4-6, 2-4).

Central Florida 45, UAB 31: At Birmingham, Ala., Kevin Smith carried 41 times for 320 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Golden Knights (7-3, 5-3 C-USA) to the victory over the Blazers (2-8, 1-5).

La.-Monroe 28, Grambling St. 14: At Monroe, La., the Warhawks (4-6) held the Tigers (8-2) to 165 yards of total offense to earn the victory.

Midwest

Iowa 21, Minnesota 16: At Iowa City, Iowa, Albert Young rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns as the Hawkeyes (6-4, 4-4 Big Ten) beat the Gophers (1-10, 0-7).

Northwestern 31, Indiana 28: At Evanston, Ill., C.J. Bacher hit Ross Lane on a 3-yard touchdown pass to lift the Wildcats (6-5, 3-4 Big Ten) past the Hoosiers (6-5, 2-5).

Michigan St. 48, Purdue 31: At West Lafayette, Ind., Brian Hoyer passed for 266 yards and two touchdowns as the Spartans (6-5, 2-5 Big Ten) beat the Boilermakers (7-4, 3-4).

Iowa State 31, Colorado 28: At Ames, Iowa, Todd Blythe caught two touchdown passes to help the Cyclones (3-8, 2-5 Big Ten) earn the victory over the Buffaloes (5-6, 3-4).

Nebraska 73, Kansas St. 31: At Lincoln, Neb., Joe Ganz threw for 510 yards and seven touchdowns and the Cornhuskers (5-6, 2-5 Big 12) got the victory over the Wildcats (5-5, 3-4).

Air Force 41, Notre Dame 24: At South Bend, Ind., Chad Hall rushed for 142 yards and Shaun Carney threw for two touchdowns as the Falcons (8-3) beat the Fighting Irish (1-9).

N. Illinois 27, Kent State 20: At Dekalb, Ill., tailbacks Justin Anderson and David Bryant combined for 208 yards rushing to lead the Huskies (2-8, 1-5 MAC) to the victory over the Golden Flashes (3-7, 1-5).

Southwest

Tulsa 56, Houston 7: At Tulsa, Okla., Paul Smith completed 15 of 28 passes for 313 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Golden Hurricane (7-3, 5-2 C-USA) past the Cougars (6-4, 5-2).

Rice 43, SMU 42: At Dallas, Clark Fangmeier hit a 31-yard field goal with no time left to give the Owls (3-7, 3-3 C-USA) a win over the Mustangs (1-9, 0-6).

Navy 74, North Texas 62: At Denton, Texas, Zerbin Singleton ran for three touchdowns and the Midshipmen (6-4) defeated the Mean Green (1-8) in a game that broke the all-time record for Division I scoring (136). Weber State and Portland State racked up 141 for the all-division record two weeks ago.

Far West

Utah 50, Wyoming 0: At Salt Lake City, Darrell Mack ran for 97 yards and two touchdowns and the Utes (7-3, 4-2 MWC) beat the Cowboys (5-5, 2-4).

New Mexico 26, Colorado St. 23: At Albuquerque, N.M., John Sullivan kicked four field goals, including a 43-yarder as time expired to lead the Lobos (7-3, 4-2 MWC) over the Rams (1-9, 1-6).

San Diego St. 38, UNLV 30: At Las Vegas, the Aztecs (4-5) held off the Rebels (2-8) in a shootout.

Associated Press