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How the Top 25 Fared
Week 6
1. Alabama (5-1) 21
19. South Carolina (4-1) 35
2. Ohio State (6-0) 38
Indiana (3-2) 10
The skinny: Terrelle Pryor threw for a career-best 334 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Buckeyes past the surprisingly punchless Hoosiers for coach Jim Tressel's 100th victory at Ohio State. Indiana's Ben Chappell was har- assed all day, completing 16 of 26 for 106 yards with two interceptions.
3. Oregon (6-0) 43
Washington State (1-5) 23
4. Boise State (5-0) 57
Toledo (3-3) 14
The skinny: Jeremy Avery ran for three touchdowns, Kellen Moore passed for three and the defense forced five turnovers to lift the Broncos to their 19th consecutive victory, the nation's longest streak because Alabama lost.
5. TCU (6-0) 45
Wyoming (2-4) 0
6. Oklahoma (5-0) 6 p.m.
Iowa State (3-2) Sat.
7. Nebraska (5-0) 48
Kansas State (4-1) 13
8. Auburn (6-0) 37
Kentucky (3-3) 34
9. Arizona (4-1) 27
Oregon State (3-2) 29
10. Utah (5-0) 68
Iowa State (3-3) 27
11. Arkansas (4-1) 24
Texas A&M (3-2) 17
12. LSU (6-0) 33
14. Florida (4-2) 29
13. Miami (3-1) 17
23. Florida State (5-1) 45
The skinny: Jermaine Thomas had the first three-touchdown game of his career, all coming in the first 21 minutes, and Chris Thompson broke a 90-yard run in the Seminoles' surprisingly one-sided win. Thomp-son's run was the biggest part of a 298-yard rushing effort by FSU.
15. Iowa (4-1) 2:30 p.m.
18. Michigan (5-0) Sat.
16. Stanford (5-1) 37
USC (4-2) 35
The skinny: Nate Whitaker made up for a missed extra point by kicking a 30-yard field goal on the final play to give the Cardinal the victory. Andrew Luck calmly drove Stanford down the field to set up the game-winning kick after USC had taken the lead with 1:15 remaining.Robert Woods caught 12 passes for 224 yards and three touchdowns and Matt Barkley threw for 390 yards for the Trojans, who lost for the second straight week on a field goal in the final seconds.
17. Michigan State (6-0) 34
18. Michigan (5-1) 17
20. Wisconsin (5-1) 41
Minnesota (1-5) 23
21. Nevada (5-0) Late
San Jose State (1-4)
22. Oklahoma State (5-0) 54
La.-Lafayette (2-3) 28
24. Missouri (5-0) 26
Colorado (3-2) 0
25. Air Force (5-1) 49
Colorado State (1-5) 27
GAMES OF THE DAY
AUBURN 37, KENTUCKY 34. Cam Newton drove the Tigers into position for Wes Byrum's 24-yard field goal as time expired, lifting eighth-ranked Auburn to victory. Newton ran for a career-high 198 yards and four touchdowns and deftly guided the Tigers 88 yards in the final 7:22 after the Wildcats had tied it at 34. Randall Cobb accounted for four touchdowns - one passing, two running and one receiving - for Kentucky.
OREGON STATE 29, ARIZONA 27. Ryan Katz threw for 393 yards and two touchdowns and sneaked across for another score, and the Beavers held on to upset the No. 9 Wildcats. Katz completed 30 of 42 against an Arizona defense that had been ranked No. 2 nationally, giving up 230.8 yards per game. The Wildcats in the top 10 for the first time since the 1999 preseason rankings, never led in a loss that dampened their hopes for the school's first trip to the Rose Bowl. The Wildcats' Nick Foles completed 35 of 46 for 440 yards and three touchdowns.
Not much enchantment in this matchup
The focus in college football usually is on the ranked teams, the stellar players, the high-profile coaches. But let's take a brief departure and recognize the truly awful in the sport.
In the non-game of the year, New Mexico State beat New Mexico 16-14 for, naturally, the Aggies' first win while keeping the Lobos, of course, winless.
To understand how dreadful these teams are, consider how they ranked nationally coming into this weekend. In the 17 major team statistical categories kept by the NCAA, New Mexico ranked worse than 100th in 15 of them; New Mexico State in a mere 13 (there's your two-point margin).
But at least New Mexico State has one semi-magical night to remember.
3 Wins in 2010 for South Carolina teams over the No. 1-ranked teams in the three highest-profile men's sports. The basketball team beat Kentucky in January, the baseball team beat Arizona State in June and the football team, led by Stephen Garcia, right, beat Alabama.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCEs
LaMichael James, RB, Oregon. Ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns and had an 84-yard touchdown reception in a 43-23 victory over Washington State.
Bilal Powell, RB, Louisville. Ran for 204 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries in a 56-0 victory over Memphis.
Anthony Allen, RB, Georgia Tech. Had 195 of the Yellow Jackets' 477 rushing yards in a 33-21 victory over Virginia.
PAINFUL DAY FOR AREA DUO
Two Pac-10 stars from the Houston area suffered injuries Saturday.
Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas, a sophomore from Aldine, left in the second quarter of a victory over Washington State with a right shoulder injury that he said afterward he could have come back from.
James Rodgers, a senior from Lamar Consolidated, missed the second half of Oregon State's victory over Arizona with a knee injury.
ODDS AND ENDS
Illinois held Penn State to seven first downs in a 33-13 victory.
Georgia's slow start, interrupted with a 44-17 victory over Tennessee that broke a four-game losing streak, is testing the fans' loyalty. While officially a sellout of more than 92,000, there were noticeable chunks of empty seats in Sanford Stadium.
North Carolina State's 44-17 victory over Boston College was Tom O'Brien's first in four tries against the program he coached for 10 seasons.
Air Force's Tim Jefferson threw for 160 yards on only five completions in nine attempts in a 49-27 win over Colorado State.
A 13-9 victory over South Florida has Syracuse (4-1) off to its best start since 1999.
A 28-27 loss to Navy was the second in a row suffered by Wake Forest in the final minute.
Union, Ky., beat Bethel, Tenn., 84-55 in an NAIA game. Bethel had 854 yards of total offense, 509 rushing.
They said it "I thought it was a very poor decision by a head football coach, and he’ll have to live with that. ... Everybody in college football knows it (was wrong)." - MINNESOTA COACH TIM BREWSTER, who confronted Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema after a 41-23 loss in which the Badgers tried a two-point conversion when leading by 25. Bielema defended the decision by saying, "that’s what the card says."
