Stars
Bo Wallace, Mississippi, threw for 251 yards and three touchdowns to help the 11th-ranked Rebels rally from a fourth-quarter deficit to stun No. 3 Alabama 23-17.
Dak Prescott, Mississippi State, ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more scores, helping the No. 12 Bulldogs overwhelm No. 6 Texas A&M 48-31.
Todd Gurley, Georgia, ran for 163 yards and two touchdowns to lead the No. 13 Bulldogs past Vanderbilt, 44-17.
Godwin Igwebuike, Northwestern, had three interceptions to help the resurgent Wildcats upset Melvin Gordon and No. 17 Wisconsin 20-14. Gordon ran for a career-high 259 yards and a touchdown in the No. 17 Badgers’ 20-14 loss to Northwestern.
Shock Linwood, Baylor, ran for 148 yards and the clinching touchdown, helping the No. 7 Bears beat Texas 28-7.
J.T. Barrett, Ohio State, threw for 267 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 71 yards and another score in the No. 20 Buckeyes’ 52-24 win over Maryland.
Thomas Rawls, Central Michigan, ran for a career-high 229 yards and two touchdowns in a 28-10 win over Ohio.
Rashard Higgins, Colorado State, had six catches for 178 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Rams to a 42-17 win over Tulsa.
Shane Carden, East Carolina, threw for 410 yards and four touchdowns to help the No. 22 Pirates beat SMU 45-24.
Marshaun Coprich, Illinois State, ran for 174 yards and a career-best four touchdowns in a 45-10 rout of South Dakota State.
Morgan Roberts, Yale, threw for 312 yards and a career-high five touchdowns in a 51-13 win over Cornell.
Numbers
3: Interceptions by Mississippi State linebacker Richie Brown, matching a school record.
52: Years since No. 11 Mississippi started a season 5-0.
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College football had its own version of March Madness in October with one of the wildest days the sport ever has seen.
It started with No. 12 Mississippi State knocking off No. 6 Texas A&M. A big game, but that turned out to be just the appetizer.
As the afternoon kept rolling, one thriller after another followed.
No. 9 Norte Dame legitimized its top-10 ranking by holding off No. 14 Stanford 17-14. Not long after that, No. 11 Ole Miss took down No. 3 Alabama 23-17, sending the fans rushing out of the stands in Oxford to tear down the goal posts.
That upset still fresh, 25th-ranked Texas Christian took down No. 4 Oklahoma 37-33 in North Texas.
With No. 2 Oregon’s loss to Arizona on Thursday night, that’s four of the top six teams in The Associated Press poll that lost this week.
Good luck with that, College Football Playoff committee.
Associated Press
