Saturday's CFB: Bulldogs, Beck rebound; Rough day for GSUs, Bama handles Mercer; Florida stuns LSU; Oregon holds on, BYU upset; SoCon, HBCUs, nation
Area/state boxscores linked in scoreline when available
Central Georgia
1 p.m.: Birmingham Lizards at Central Georgia Tech
Milroe, Williams lead No. 9 Alabama to 52-7 win over Mercer
3 takeaways from Alabama win over Mercer
State
Sam Houston 23, Kennesaw State 17, OT
Watson’s TD run gives Sam Houston overtime win against Kennesaw State
Caldwell accounts for 4 TDs, Troy uses 3 long drives to beat Georgia Southern
Troy stuns first-place Georgia Southern for 2nd straight win
Arkansas State 27, Georgia State 20
Wallace, Cross run for three TDs to lead Arkansas State’s run past Georgia State,
Hurst breaks single-season touchdown record
Beck throws for 2 TDs, runs for another to lead No. 11 Georgia past No. 6 Tennessee
Defense key, limits explosives amid ‘best atmosphere’
‘Composed’ Georgia, Beck comes through in clutch
Georgia-Tennessee news and notes
Heupel has a subtle but strong response to question about controversial flag in loss to Georgia
Smart rips CFP committee after Georgia's thrashing of Tennessee
West Georgia 34, Utah Tech 31
West Georgia rallies past Utah Tech 34-31 for its first United Athletic Conference victory
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SEC
Ewers’ two touchdowns, Texas’ defense lead No. 3 Longhorns past Arkansas
Reed accounts for three TDs as No. 15 Texas A&M rolls over New Mexico State
Lagway returns and Florida upsets No. 21 LSU 27-16 for 1st series win since 2018
Sellers throws career-high 5 TD passes, No. 23 South Carolina beats No. 24 Missouri
Thorne throws for career-high 5TDs and Auburn dismantles UL Monroe
Vandagriff, Cutter Boley each throw 2 TD passes, Kentucky blows out FCS Murray State
ACC
No. 14 SMU moves closer to ACC title game by beating Boston College for 7th win in a row
Klubnick’s late touchdown run helps No. 17 Clemson escape Pitt
Stanford beats No. 22 Louisville on walk-off field goal
Hampton’s huge day helps North Carolina hold off Wake Forest to reach bowl eligibility
Passing leader McCord keeps Syracuse on the ground as Orange grinds out a win over Cal
South
Crittendon accounts for 2 TDs, Rias adds 100-yard KOR; Samford beats Chattanooga
Furman intercepts 3 passes, 2 in the second half, and the Paladins beat East Tennessee State
Western Carolina scores 35 second-quarter points, beats VMI
The Citadel rallies in second half to beat Wofford
Henderson’s 65-yard return of a blocked FG sparks Marshall over Coastal Carolina
Karhu makes a game-winning PAT in overtime and Liberty edges Massachusetts
Baker rushes for 156 yards, 3 touchdowns in Elon victory over Maine
Barbie propels McNeese to romp over winless Northwestern State
Texas State routs Southern Miss behind McCloud’s 4 TD passes, 704 yards of offense
South Alabama defends two-point try to escape Louisiana-Lafayette
Tennessee State takes early lead and holds off Gardner-Webb
Mitchell, Tennessee Tech beat UT Martin, move into 4-way tie atop Big South-OVC
Carter runs for 106 yards, walk-off 23-yard TD as E. Kentucky beats Austin Peay in OT
Stewart breaks loose for 56-yard TD run in 4th to lift Jacksonville State over FIU
Barnett III accounts for 3 TDs, James Madison beats Old Dominion
Joiner runs for 140 yards, 2 TDs as South Florida runs roughshod past Charlotte
Minicucci accounts for 6 TDs and Delaware tops Campbell in final FCS home game
Richmond hangs on to beat Hampton, clinches at least share of CAA title
Woods makes a game-saving tackle on fourth down and Louisiana Tech beats Western Kentucky
SC State blasts Morgan State to clinch MEAC and advance to Celebration Bowl to face SWAC champ
Daniels passes for 2 TD and runs for another score as Norfolk State beats Delaware State
Jacobian Morgan leads Jackson State past Alabama State for SWAC’s East Division title
Southern beats UAPB to clinch spot in SWAC championship game
Renfro runs for 2 TDs, 129 yards to lead Texas Southern over Bethune-Cookman
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National
No. 1 Oregon rallies in 4th quarter to beat Wisconsin
Howard helps No. 2 Ohio State rout Northwestern at Wrigley Field
Allar leads No. 4 Penn State to rout of Purdue
Leonard passes for 3 TDs and No. 8 Notre Dame forces 5 turnovers in win over Virginia
Kansas upsets No. 7 BYU, handing the Cougars their first loss of the season
Jeanty runs for 159 yards and 3 TDs as No. 13 Boise State beats San Jose State
Shedeur Sanders shrugs off shaky start, throws 3 TD passes to lead No. 18 Colorado
Arizona State holds on to beat No. 20 Kansas State and remain in the Big 12 title picture
Dampier leads New Mexico past No. 19 Washington State
No. 25 Tulane routs Navy to clinch a spot in the AAC championship game
Baylor wins fourth straight, beating West Virginia
McCray runs for three TDs to lead Illinois to a win over slumping Michigan State
Becht throws for a score and runs for a score in Iowa State’s win over Cincinnati
Maiava passes for 3 TDs, runs for another in debut start to lead USC past Nebraska
Rutgers gets bowl eligibility with a 31-17 win over Maryland