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Snow College 33, GMC 30, OT

Turnovers and a missed field goal hurt the Bulldogs, who could only manage a field goal in overtime and watched Snow win it on a third down from the 1.

Snow led 17-0 after 20 minutes and the 17-14 at halftime. The lead was 27-14 four minutes into the fourth, and then the Bulldogs got a Jamarion Walker TD run and scoring pass from  Chip Cooper to K’veon Poll, tying I with 4:17 left.

Snow converted 52 percentr of the time on third down, to 36 percent for GMC, which was only outgained by 11 yards on a whopping 32 fewer snaps.

Cooper ran for 137 yards on 23 carries and Walker 131 on 22.

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Georgia 27, Auburn 20

Beck-to-Bowers combo rallies No. 1 Georgia to 27-20 win over Auburn

The anatomy of the upset that wasn’t against No. 1 Georgia

Road test passed for Beck

Bowers lived up to t-shirt: make an impact

Auburn DC responds to criticism of defense vs. Georgia’s Brock Bowers

Freeze talks: ‘The feeling that you can get if you can pull that off …’

Smart talks

Third down was good for Georgia

Smart has message for Auburn fans after survival

Notebook

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Freeze talks: ‘The feeling that you can get if you can pull that off …’

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More coming Monday

 

Bowling Green 38, Georgia Tech 27

Underdog Bowling Green scores 38 unanswered points to overwhelm Georgia Tech

Yellow Jackets stumble hard

‘Everything will be evaluated’

Visitors controlled the ball en route to upset

Game thread

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Mercer 38, VMI 3
Wooten, Harper propel Mercer to romp

Bears defense smothering

Postgame press conference      

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Charleston Southern 13, Kennesaw State 10
Charleston Southern tops Kennesaw State on late field goal

Owls outgained Bucs, but …

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Fort Valley State 49, Allen 21

Wildcats set tone early, and keep it

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Georgia Southern 38, Coastal Carolina 28

Brin throws for 3 TDs, Jackson adds key pick return

Complete game for Eagle in front of record crowd

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Troy at Georgia State

Watson, Vidal lead Troy, hand Georgia State first loss

Turnover a problem for Panthers

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          Taylor County grad Gunnar Watson completed 23 of 30 for 256 yards, with a score and a pick to lead Troy.

 

 Around the SEC/ACC

Estime and Hartman help No. 11 Notre Dame push past No. 17 Duke for 21-14 road win

No. 12 Alabama beats Mississippi State for 16th straight time, 40-17 in Starkville

No. 20 Mississippi rallies past No. 13 LSU in fourth quarter for 55-49 victory

Milton, sack-happy defense lead No. 21 Tennessee to 41-20 revenge victory over South Carolina

Davis rushes for career-high 280 yards and scores 4 TDs, Kentucky dominates No. 22 Florida 33-14

Clemson defense shows out with 5 sacks, 3 forced fumbles to beat previously unbeaten Syracuse

Cook throws for career-high 395 yards, No. 23 Missouri beats Vandy 38-21

Johnson throws 2 TD passes for Texas A&M in 34-22 win as Arkansas held to 174 total yards

Drones powers Virginia Tech to 38-21 victory over Pittsburgh

 

Around South (SEC/ACC states)

Hughes kicks 54-yard field goal as time expires, Appalachian State tops Louisiana-Monroe 41-40

Baylor stages remarkable comeback, ruins UCF Big 12 Conference home debut, 36-35

Pratt throws 2 TD passes, Hughes runs for 2 and Tulane defeats UAB 35-23

Appleberry, Crile lead Chattanooga to 23-13 win over Wofford

Reid runs for 5 first-half TDs; Western Carolina beats The Citadel 49-14

Hiers, Stanton account for 5 TDs, Samford pulls away from East Tennessee 42-28

Daniels propels Rice to 24-17 victory over East Carolina

Davius Richard runs for 4 TDs, passes for 1 in North Carolina Central’s wild OT win over Campbell

Knighton sparks SMU to 34-16 victory over Charlotte

UT Martin opens Big South-OVC play with 20-10 win over Tennessee State

Harris punt return TD highlights Louisiana Tech’s 24-10 win over UTEP

Ismail Mahdi scores four times and Texas State holds off Southern Miss in 50-36 shootout

McCloud throws 3 TD passes, James Madison holds on to beat South Alabama 31-23

McKinney accounts for 3 TDs to help Eastern Kentucky beat North Alabama 33-22

Kiani kicks 4 FGs, including 30-yarder in OT; Alcorn State beats Alabama State 23-20

 

Around the  Top 25

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Should Georgia still be No. 1? Leaving Prime behind; Hard to take USC seriously

Roundup

J.J. McCarthy has a hand in 3 touchdowns in No. 2 Wolverines’ 45-7 rout of Nebraska

Jonathon Brooks and No. 3 Texas beats No. 24 Kansas 40-14 with Jayhawks QB Jalon Daniels out

Allar tosses TD pass, runs for another score as No. 6 Penn State beats Northwestern 41-13

Penix picks apart Arizona’s defense in No. 7 Washington’s 31-24 victory

Williams ties career high with 6 TD passes, No. 8 USC withstands late Colorado rally for 48-41 win

Nix throws 4 TD passes to lead No. 9 Oregon past Stanford 42-6

Gabriel has hand in 5 TDs to help No. 14 Oklahoma rout Iowa State 50-20, with Texas up next

Keene throws 2 TD passes to Gill, No. 25 Fresno State beats Nevada 27-9 for 14th straight victory

 

Around the nation

Scores

Kickoff return, blocked punt spark Texas Tech in 49-28 win over Houston

Brown’s 3 TD passes power South Florida to a 44-30 win over Navy

Larrier, Michel lead Air Force to 49-10 romp over San Diego State

West Virginia topples TCU 24-21, ends Frogs’ 10-game Big 12 regular-season win streak

DeJean’s fourth-quarter punt-return TD lifts Iowa over Michigan State 26-16

Top-ranked South Dakota State beats 11th-ranked North Dakota 42-21 for 18th straight victory

Minnesota ends two-game slide by beating Louisiana-Lafayette 35-24

Geoffrey Cantin-Arku’s blocked field goal and return highlights Memphis’ 35-32 win over Boise State

Grambling pulls away to win State Fair Classic, beats Prairie View A&M 35-20