Stars
Tajh Boyd, Clemson, kept his Heisman Trophy aspirations intact by throwing for 455 yards and a school record-tying five touchdowns in three quarters of work to lead the No. 3 Tigers over Syracuse 49-14.
Conner Halliday, Washington State, threw for 521 yards and three touchdowns to help the Cougars snap an eight-game skid against California with a 44-22 victory.
Jared Goff, California, threw for 489 yards and two touchdowns in the Bears’ 44-22 loss to Washington State.
AJ McCarron, Alabama, completed 15-of-16 passes for 166 yards and four touchdowns in the first half, and the No. 1 Crimson Tide rolled to a 45-3 victory over Georgia State.
Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, threw for 348 yards and two touchdowns to keep the No. 7 Cardinals undefeated with a 30-7 win over winless Temple.
Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska, ran for a career-high 225 yards and two touchdowns in the Cornhuskers’ 39-19 victory over Illinois.
Quinn Epperly, Princeton, scored six touchdowns and had 326 total yards in a 53-7 win over Columbia.
Andy Summerlin, Samford, threw for a school-record 495 yards and three touchdowns in a 44-34 win over Georgia Southern.
David Fluellen, Toledo, rushed for 220 yards and four touchdowns in a 47-20 win over Western Michigan.
Jaquez Johnson, Florida Atlantic, had a career-high 404 yards of total offense and three touchdowns in a 37-23 win over Alabama-Birmingham.
Matt Johnson, Charlotte, threw five touchdown passes in a 53-51 win over Gardner-Webb.
Mason Mills, San Diego, threw for 413 yards and three touchdowns in a 45-13 win over Mercer.
Tanner Price, Wake Forest, threw three touchdown passes and ran for another to help the Demon Deacons beat North Carolina State 28-13.
Cameron Stingily, Northern Illinois, ran for a career-high 266 yards and two scores in a 38-24 win over Kent State.
Ross Scheuerman, Lafayette, had a career-high 280 all-purpose yards and scored two touchdowns in a 31-7 win over Bucknell.
Michael Nebrich, Fordham, threw for 384 yards and four touchdowns in 52-34 win over Lehigh.
Terrance West, Towson, rushed for 238 yards and three touchdowns in a 44-28 win over New Hampshire.
Jameis Winston, Florida State, put up career-highs with 393 yards passing and five touchdowns during a 63-0 victory over No. 25 Maryland.
Numbers
17: Consecutive losses by Southern Miss after being beat 24-23 by Florida International.
22: Consecutive Big 12 losses by Kansas after Texas Tech scored 54 unanswered points in a 54-16 win over the Jayhawks.
63: The second-most points scored by No. 8 Florida State during coach Jimbo Fisher’s tenure.
63: No. 8 Florida State’s 63-0 win over No. 25 Maryland on Saturday was the most lopsided win against a top-25 program in school history, and it tied the point-differential for the worst loss by a top-25 team. No. 11 Texas lost 66-3 to UCLA in 1997.
500: All-time wins by Tulane after beating North Texas 24-21.
11,625: Career passing yards by Georgia’s Aaron Murray, breaking the SEC record of 11,528 set by Georgia’s David Greene from 2001 to 2004.
Injuries
Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill missed an entire game for the first time because of his epilepsy, staying at home for the Golden Gophers’ 42-13 loss to No. 19 Michigan after suffering another seizure.
Minnesota officials said Kill was not feeling well Friday but planned to travel to Ann Arbor to coach the game. But he suffered a seizure Saturday morning and was resting at home in Minnesota while the Gophers played.
It’s the fifth game-day seizure he has had in three seasons at Minnesota and the second this year.
Minnesota defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys served as the acting head coach at Michigan.
Associated Press
