College football around the country

East

South Florida 48, Pittsburgh 37: At Pittsburgh, Matt Grothe ran 80 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the second half and the Bulls (9-3, 4-3 Big East) beat the Panthers (4-7, 2-4).

South

Maryland 37, N.C. State 0: At Raleigh, N.C., Lance Ball and Keon Lattimore rushed for two touchdowns apiece as the Terrapins (6-6, 3-5 ACC) beat the Wolfpack (5-7, 3-5).

Wake Forest 31, Vanderbilt 17: At Nashville, Tenn., Alphonso Smith had two interceptions to lead the Demon Deacons (8-4) past the Commodores (5-7), shattering any chance the Commodores had to make their first bowl game in 25 years.

Central Florida 36, UTEP 20: At Orlando, Fla., Kevin Smith rushed for 219 yards and a touchdown and quarterback Kyle Israel threw three touchdowns to lead the Knights (9-3, 7-1 C-USA) past the Miners (4-8, 2-6).

Southern 22, Grambling State 13: At New Orleans, Darren Coates scored a rushing touchdown and caught a touchdown pass as the Jaguars (8-3, 6-3 SWAC) beat the Tigers (8-3, 8-1).

North Carolina 20, Duke 14: At Chapel Hill, N.C., Greg Little ran for a career-high 154 yards, caught a 7-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter and ran in the go-ahead 25-yard score in overtime to help the Tar Heels (4-8, 3-5 ACC) earn the victory over the struggling Blue Devils (1-11, 0-8).

Memphis 55, SMU 52 (3OT): At Memphis, Tenn., Matt Reagan connected on a 32-yard field goal in the third overtime as the Tigers (7-5, 6-2 C-USA) survived a rally by the Mustangs (1-11, 0-8).

Southern Mississippi 16, Arkansas State 10: At Hattiesburg, Miss., Justin Estes kicked three field goals and Damion Fletcher ran for 133 yards and a touchdown as the Golden Eagles (7-5) beat the Indians (5-7).

East Carolina 35, Tulane 12: At Greenville, N.C., Chris Johnson ran for a pair of touchdowns and caught one of three Rob Kass scoring passes as the Pirates (7-5, 6-2 C-USA) beat the Green Wave (4-8, 3-5).

Marshall 46, UAB 39: At Huntington, W. Va., quarterback Bernard Morris finished his career at Marshall on a high note, throwing for 309 yards and accounting for two touchdowns as the Thundering Herd (3-9, 3-5 C-USA) defeated the Blazers (2-10, 1-7).

Louisiana-Monroe 17, Louisiana-Lafayette 11: At Lafayette, La., quarterback Kinsmon Lancaster scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 3-yard draw as the Warhawks (6-6) beat the Ragin’ Cajuns (3-9).

Florida Atlantic 55, Florida International 23: At Miami, Rusty Smith threw four touchdown passes and the Owls (6-5, 5-1 SBC) beat the Golden Panthers (0-11, 0-6).

Midwest

Buffalo 30, Kent State 23 (OT): At Kent, Ohio, Drew Willy led an 11-play, 73-yard fourth-quarter scoring drive to tie Kent State, setting up Bran Thermilus’s 1-yard TD run in overtime that gave the Bulls (5-7, 5-3 MAC) a win over the Golden Flashes (3-9, 1-7).

Ohio 38, Miami (Ohio) 29: At Athens, Ohio, Kalvin McRae rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown to help the Bobcats (6-6, 4-4 MAC) beat the RedHawks (6-6, 5-2).

Western Michigan 16, Temple 3: At Kalamazoo, Mich., Tim Hiller threw for 276 yards and one touchdown to carry the Broncos (5-7, 3-4 MAC) to a victory over the Owls (4-8, 4-4).

Ball State 27, Northern Illinois 21: At Dekalb, Ill., Nate Davis threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another as the Cardinals (7-5, 5-2 MAC) secured the victory over the Huskies (2-10, 1-6).

Southwest

Tulsa 48, Rice 43: At Houston, Paul Smith threw for 441 yards and five touchdowns and ran for another score to lead the Golden Hurricane (9-3, 6-2 C-USA) past the Owls (3-8, 3-5).

North Texas 27, Western Kentucky 26: At Denton, Texas, Jamario Thomas ran for three second-half touchdowns to help the Mean Green (2-9) to the win over the Hilltoppers (7-5).

Houston 59, Texas Southern 6: At Houston, Anthony Alridge and Terrance Ganaway ran for more than 100 yards and two touchdowns each to lead the Cougars (8-4) to a victory over the Tigers (0-11).

Far West

New Mexico 27, UNLV 6: At Albuquerque, N.M., Marcus Smith caught a 63-yard touchdown pass from Donovan Porterie and Rodney Ferguson had 117 yards rushing as the Lobos (8-4, 5-3 MWC) beat the Rebels (2-10, 1-7).

TCU 45, San Diego State 33: At San Diego, Joseph Turner ran for 226 yards and four touchdowns as the Horned Frogs (7-5, 4-4 MWC) beat the Aztecs (4-7, 3-4).

Associated Press