Saturday's Peach State college football roundup (and South and national)
Scoreline is the box score for state games
Albany State 57, Fort Valley State 0
The 22nd-ranked Rams led 24-0 after a quarter, starting off with a blocked punt, to hammer FVSU (5-5/3-3) in the 31st Fountain City Classic.
Albany State outgained FVSU 217-68 on the ground and 144-80 through the air, went 5 for 5 in the red zone and had five sacks.
No. 2 Iowa Western 23, No. 15 GMC 19
GMC trailed 10-2 at half and 17-2 after three only to storm back with 17 fourth-quarter points, the rally falling short.
The Bulldogs tied it at 17 with 4:34 left on Maurice Bell’s 1-yard run and the conversion. Iowa Western retook the lead at the 1:18 mark on a 21-yard pass. GMC’s Ja’Maric Morris, though, returned the botched conversion 97 yards to pull the Bulldogs within four, but that was it.
GMC, 6-3, is at College of DuPage on Saturday.
Column: Tribute to Richt was overdue
Kennesaw State 45, Robert Morris 21
Passing game – yes, passing game – explodes for Owls
Canes survive three first-half fumbles
No. 21 Coastal Carolina 28, Georgia Southern 8
Coastal rides backup QB to road win
Turnovers, mistakes doom Eagles
South
113 points later, North Carolina takes down unbeaten Wake
South Carolina pummels Florida
LSU gives Alabama a 60-minute battle
Orgeron: ‘We were the better team tonight’
Auburn offense muddled by self, A&M D
Mississippi rolls past former coach Freeze
Ole Miss apologizes for Freeze tweets
Hogs top Mississippi State – 0 for 3 in FGs – in last minute
Leary throws four TD passes to dump Florida State
QB rallies Clemson past Louisville
Old Dominion hands FIU eighth straight loss
Defense leads Samford over The Citadel
QB sets record in Jacksonville State win as coach ‘steps down’
National
Purdue opens the playbook, knocks off No. 3 Michigan State
Cincinnati struggles, barely survives Tulsa
Ohio State gets a tussle from Nebraska
Oklahoma State racks up eight sacks vs. WVU