Saturday's CFB: Mercer rolls to outright title; Beck leads UGA, Kennesaw State holds on, both GSUs get big wins; Alabama, Mississippi, Texas A&M stunned; SoCon, South, SEC/ACC, HBCUs, nation
Area/state boxscores linked in scoreline when available
Central Georgia
State
Beck throws 4 TD passes and Frazier runs for 3 scores to lead No. 8 Georgia past UMass
Bulldogs play down to UMass level
Defensive effort perturbs Bulldogs, Smart
‘I just don’t think our guys were ready to play’
Kennesaw State 27, Florida International 26
Bryson, Welch rally Kennesaw State to a 27-26 win over Florida International
Georgia Southern 26, Coastal Carolina 6
French, White lead Georgia Southern past Coastal Carolina
Georgia State 52, Texas State 44
Big underdog Panthers win shootout
Veilleux throws 3 TDs to Fleming, Brock runs for 3 TDs; Georgia St. beats Texas St
SEC
Auburn wins 43-41, four-OT thriller over playoff hopeful No. 15 Texas A&M
Arnold, Robinson run for more than 100 yards as Oklahoma stuns No. 7 Alabama
Florida knocks No. 9 Ole Miss out of College Football Playoff contention, 24-17 in the Swamp
Iamaleava throws 4 TD passes to lead No. 10 Tennessee over UTEP 56-0
Freshman Sellers shines again in No. 19 South Carolina’s 56-12 win over Wofford
Green’s four touchdowns lead Arkansas to 35-14 win over Louisiana Tech
Carroll runs for 3 TDs, Missouri beats Mississippi State
Williams runs for 3 TDs, LSU beats Vanderbilt 24-17, snaps 3-game skid
ACC
No. 11 Miami pulls away late to beat Wake Forest and move one win from the ACC title game
Jennings has 3 TDs as No. 13 SMU routs Virginia to clinch a spot in the ACC title game
Klubnik’s 3 TD passes, DT Page’s pick-6 lead No. 17 Clemson over The Citadel
McCord leads Syracuse to first eight-win regular season in six years
Kromenhoek throws 3 TD passes as Florida St. ends six-game skid vs. Charleston Southern
Murphy, Pancol combine for three TD plays as Duke beats Virginia Tech
Mendoza throws for three touchdowns, Cal rallies over Stanford in Big Game
Brown, Shough each have 2 touchdowns, Clark intercepts 2 passes as Louisville blows out Pitt
South
Dickens’ 3TD passes pace Western Carolina past Samford
Irby scores only TD to give ETSU win over VMI
Artopoeus has two TD passes, TD run as Chattanooga tops Austin Peay in season finale
Palmer-Smith, Coleman power Richmond over William & Mary and CAA automatic bid
Beebe, Kitna team to lead UAB over Rice
Lamb, Farmer lead Western Illinois past Gardner-Webb
Lopez throws for 3 TDs and South Alabama rolls past Southern Miss
Liberty gains 419 on the ground with 4 TDs in victory over Western Kentucky
Nunez tosses 2 TD passes to help New Mexico State beat Middle Tennessee
Raynor, Zak Wallace help Arkansas State hold off UL Monroe
East Carolina scores 24 third-quarter points to rally and beat North Texas
Appalachian State spoils James Madison’s chance at a possible Sun Belt crown
Jacksonville State wins 8th straight, clinches its 1st berth in the CUSA championship game
Blake’s career receiving day helps Charlotte beat FAU
Morrissey throws 67-yard TD pass to Calwise Jr. to lift Eastern Kentucky over North Alabama
Kinkead Dent, Tyler Dostin rally UT Martin to OT victory over Lindenwood
Ellis accounts for 3 TDs, Tennessee State beats SE Missouri State
Lopez throws for 3 TDs and South Alabama rolls past Southern Miss
Bryce Archie and Israel Carter each throw for 2 touchdowns in South Florida rout
Tennessee Tech rides Mitchell, 5-game winning streak to 4-way share of Big South-OVC title
Rutherford, Jones lead Stephen F. Austin over FCS playoff-bound Abilene Christian
Franklin, Dean combine for 298 yards rushing, 4 TDs to lead Florida A&M over Bethune-Cookman
Muasau, Collins power Morgan State over Howard
Jones accounts for 4 TDs, defense adds two TDs, NC Central swamps Delaware State
Jackson State rolls past Alcorn State, will play Southern for SWAC championship
Downing throws for 2 TDs, runs for another, Elon tops North Carolina A&T
Stubblefield accounts for 4 TDs, South Carolina State runs past Norfolk State
Brown IV throws 5 TD passes to lead Alabama A&M past Mississippi Valley State
Alabama State tops Prairie View to secure a third straight winning season under Robinson
National
No. 2 Ohio State takes control in the 2nd half and runs over No. 5 Indiana
No. 4 Penn State stays on playoff track with narrow 26-25 win over Minnesota
Love scores 3 TDs, No. 6 Notre Dame hands No. 18 Army 1st loss with romp at Yankee Stadium
No. 12 Boise State holds off stubborn Wyoming 17-13 and advances to Mountain West title game
After fans storm field early, No. 21 Arizona State stops Hail Mary try for win over No. 14 BYU
Neal scores 4 times, Kansas beats No. 16 Colorado as Buffs’ Big 12 title hopes take hit
No. 22 Iowa State keeps Big 12 title, CFP hopes alive with win over Utah
No. 24 Illinois stuns Rutgers on Bryant’s 40-yard TD reception with 4 seconds left
Oregon St. claims Pac-12 ‘title’ and snaps a 5-game skid with win over No. 25 Washington St.
Yale beats Harvard in the 140th playing of The Game; Crimson claims a share of Ivy title
Columbia, a perennial football loser, wins Ivy League title for first time since 1961
Robertson throws for 204 yards and 2 TDs, Baylor beats Houston
Johnson rushes 35 times for 164 yards in Iowa’s victory over Maryland
Donaldson has two short TD runs, West Virginia beats UCF to become bowl eligible
Mullings runs for career-high 3 TDs, Michigan beats Northwestern to become bowl eligible
Morton, Brooks lead Texas Tech to win, keep Oklahoma State winless in Big 12
Giddens runs for 143 yards, 2 touchdowns to lead Kansas State over Cincinnati
Morancy, Edwards lead Northern Iowa past Indiana State in Farley’s final game as coach
South Dakota scores with 12 seconds left to beat FCS top-ranked North Dakota State 29-28
South Dakota State ensures share of MVFC title smashing FBS-bound Missouri State
Gettman kicks go-ahead FG as Villanova ends Delaware’s FCS-era with a 38-28 win in finale