College football: Baylor shows plenty of offense in 56-21 opener at SMU

Seth Russell threw for 376 yards and five touchdowns and also ran for a score to help fourth-ranked Baylor open the season with a 56-21 victory at SMU on Friday night in Dallas.

SMU played its first game for new coach Chad Morris, Clemson’s offensive coordinator the past four seasons. The Mustangs, who scored only 12 total points their first four games last season including a 45-0 loss at Baylor, had 21 points in the first 1 1/2 quarters.

Jay Lee had three TD catches for the Bears, who had 723 total yards.

Dual-threat quarterback Matt Davis had 166 yards passing and 115 rushing for SMU.

(5) Michigan State 37, W. Michigan 24: Madre London ran for two touchdowns in the first several minutes of his college career to help the Spartans build a big 20-point lead they needed to hold off the Broncos in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Western Michigan pulled within 10 points in the fourth by putting together two touchdown drives.

Oregon State 26, Weber State 7: True freshman Seth Collins threw a pair of touchdown passes, including a 44-yard fourth-quarter strike to Jordan Villamin, and the Beavers defeated the Wildcats in Gary Andersen’s debut as the Beavers’ head coach.

Collins, who started both halves, is sharing quarterback duties with redshirt freshman Marcus McMaryion as the Beavers adjust to a new spread offense under Andersen, who came to Corvallis after two years in Wisconsin.