The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Saturday's College Football: Georgia sweats, Mercer Ds up on the road, FVSU with shutout, GMC vs. CGTC, Georgia State upsets, Tech cruises, Georgia Southern rolls; SEC, ACC, South, National

Boxscores linked in scoreline when available

 

GMC JC 65, Central Georgia Tech 0

 

Fort Valley State 42, Kentucky State 0

Durham throws for 283 and 4 as Wildcats cruise

 

Mercer 10, Chattanooga 3

Tattnall’s Smith TD the difference as Bears D bows up in road upset

 

Georgia Tech 59, VMI 7

Jackets roll as expected

King solid in romp

Georgia Southern 42, South Carolina State 14

French, Arnold and White each account for 2 TDs

 

Georgia State 36, Vanderbilt 32

Veilleux throws TD pass with 15 seconds remaining, Georgia State beats Vanderbilt

San Jose State 31, Kennesaw State 10

Brown, Nash connect for 3 TDs to send San Jose State past Kennesaw State 31-10

Georgia 13, Kentucky 12

Robinson runs for 3-yard go-ahead touchdown, top-ranked Georgia rallies

Defense comes up big

Ugly play aside, Smart proud of resilience

UGA notes: Harris not playing, injuries, etc.

Stoops: UGA made more plays

SEC

New QB Brown throws for 4 TDs, leads Auburn

Milroe accounts for 5 TDs as No. 4 Alabama rips Wisconsin, Badgers QB Tyler Van Dyke injured

Ol’ Miss not sharp, but controls Wake Forest

Sampson rushes for 4 TDs as No. 7 Tennessee routs Kent Stat

Ewers leaves game, but Texas still routs UTSA

Cook helps No. 6 Missouri rally past No. 24 Boston College 

Williams’ late touchdown rescues No. 16 LSU at South Carolina

Reed shines in 1st collegiate start as Texas A&M tops Florida in the Swamp

Toledo stuns SEC host Mississippi State

Jackson, Green lead potent ground game and Arkansas tops UAB after trailing by two touchdowns

ACC

Led by Ward’s five touchdown passes, No. 10 Hurricanes trample Ball State

Holstein guides late rally as Pitt slips by West Virginia in the Backyard Brawl

Hampton scores three TDs on 210-yard night as North Carolina beats NC Central

Virginia Tech Beats Old Dominion 37-17 as Antwaun Powell-Ryland Shines in 757 Homecoming

Felton’s latest big day leads Maryland to 27-13 victory over turnover-prone Virginia

Duke uses 4th QT rally to snuff UConn’s upset bid for a 26-21 win

Backup QB Bailey helps NC State overcome Louisiana Tech

South

Jefferson’s 3rd TD pass pushes UCF past TCU 35-34 after Frogs blocked 3 kicks and led by 3 TDs

Joiner, Wright power South Florida’s ground game in 49-24 win over Southern Miss

Houston earns first victory under Willie Fritz with 33-7 romp over Rice

Johnson rushes for 173 yards and 2 TDs in Iowa win over Troy

Aguilar rallies Appalachian State over East Carolina

 

Miller directs incredible finish as North Dakota State edges East Tennessee State

Ibrahim runs for 114 yards, Fletcher scores twice in The Citadel’s rout of D-II North Greenville

Gonzales, special teams lead Western Carolina in 24-17 comeback win over Elon

Morrissey leads Eastern Kentucky to 26-7 win over West Georgia

Washington rushes for 2 TDs and the Coastal Carolina D locks down Temple

 

Gomez 34-yard FG in 2nd OT lifts Eastern Michigan past Jacksonville State

Lucas scores 3 TDs and Liberty extends Conference USA run with 28-10 victory over UTEP

Presbyterian’s QB carousel accounts for 5 TDs in rout

Veltkamp throws 5 TDs in WKU’s 49-21 win over Middle Tennessee in game with 937 yards passing

UT Martin uses 3 interceptions to beat winless North Alabama

 

Charlotte rallies from 17 down, holds off Gardner-Webb

O’Connor passes, runs for TDs in Delaware win over North Carolina A&T

Wickersham, Palmer-Smith power Richmond past Charleston Southern

Tolbert throws 4 TD passes, Howard beats D-II’s Morehouse

Murray State rushes past Mississippi Valley State 59-8 for coach Jody Wright’s first victory

Smith accounts for 2 second-half touchdowns to help Alabama A&M

Crawley, Bradford send Grambling to 35-28 OT win over Texas A&M Commerce

National (boxes linked)

AP Top 25 Takeaways: While trying to escape ACC in court, Florida State falls from top 10 to 0-3

Whooping cough forces cancellation of game between Portland State and South Dakota

 

Gabriel leads No. 9 Oregon to 49-14 win over rival Oregon State

Wilson throws three TD passes, leads No. 12 Utah over Utah State

Bowman’s 5 TD passes lead No. 13 Oklahoma St. past Tulsa

Arnold runs for 2 scores, passes for another as No. 15 Oklahoma tops Tulane

No. 17 Michigan beats Arkansas State on the ground, overcoming Davis Warren’s 3 interceptions

 

No. 18 Notre Dame rushes for 362 yards, 6 TDs in rout over rival Purdue

Raiola’s sharp 1st half gets No. 23 Nebraska started in win over FCS Northern Iowa

Cincinnati grinds out victory over Miami (Ohio) in 128th Battle for the Victory Bell

Wagner’s 2 TD passes leads Idaho past Albany in an FCS quarterfinal rematch

Chiles, Brantley lead Michigan State over Prairie View A&M

 

Texas Tech ties scoring record for a half in win over North Texas

Washington State reclaims Apple Cup with late stand to top Washington

Colorado wins 7th straight win over Colorado State