Stars
Aaron Murray, Georgia, threw four touchdown passes – including a 25-yarder to Justin Scott-Wesley with 1:47 left – and ran for another score to help the No. 9 Bulldogs rally to beat No. 6 LSU 44-41.
Zach Mettenberger, LSU, threw for 372 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers’ loss to Georgia.
Sean Mannion, Oregon State, passed for 414 yards and a school-record six touchdowns to lead the Beavers to a 44-17 victory over Colorado.
Tajh Boyd, Clemson, threw for three touchdowns and ran for another score to join Phillip Rivers as the only ACC quarterbacks to account for 100 career touchdowns, leading the No. 3 Tigers to a 56-7 victory over Wake Forest.
Jameis Winston, Florida State, threw for 330 yards and four touchdowns – including a 55-yard desperation heave as time expired in the first half – to help the No. 8 Seminoles rally from a slow start to beat Boston College 48-34.
Shane Carden, East Carolina, threw three touchdown passes and ran for three more scores to help the Pirates beat North Carolina 55-31 for their first win in Chapel Hill in nearly four decades.
Nathan Scheelhaase, Illinois, threw for 278 yards and five touchdowns to help the Illini blow by Miami of Ohio 50-14.
Timothy Flanders, Sam Houston State, rushed for 280 yards to reach 5,000 yards for his career and scored two touchdowns in a 49-34 win over Eastern Washington.
Brandon Connette, Duke, threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two more scores to lead the Blue Devils to a 38-31 win over Troy.
Lorenzo Taliaferro, Coastal Carolina, ran for a career-best 205 yards and three touchdowns in a 53-28 win over Elon.
Quinn Epperly, Princeton, ran for touchdowns on his first four attempts in a 50-22 win over Georgetown.
Sawyer Kollmorgen, Northern Iowa, passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for another score in a 41-6 win over McNeese State.
John Robertson, Villanova, passed for three touchdowns, rushed for a 36-yard score and accounted for 398 total yards in a 35-6 victory over Pennsylvania.
Michael German, Tennessee State, completed all eight of his passes and threw for three touchdowns in a 73-6 rout over Central State.
Andy Summerlin, Samford, threw for 327 yards and four touchdowns in a 62-23 win over Western Carolina.
Deon Randall, Yale, scored four second-half touchdowns in a 38-23 win over Cornell.
Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M, accounted for 320 yards of total offense and threw two touchdown passes to Mike Evans as the No. 10 Aggies A&M pulled away for a 45-33 win over Arkansas.
Bishop Sankey, Washington, carried a school-record 40 times for 161 yards and a touchdown to help the No. 16 Huskies beat Arizona 31-13.
Caleb Herring, UNLV, threw four touchdowns, including the game-winner to Devante Davis late in the fourth quarter in a 56-42 victory over New Mexico.
Jerry Lovelock, Prairie View A&M, threw four touchdown passes and ran for three more scores in a 56-48 win over Stephen F. Austin.
Tuskani Figaro, Nicholls State, threw three touchdowns and ran for 281 yards and two more scores in a 44-34 win over Arkansas Tech.
Numbers
37: Completions by Arkansas State’s Adam Kennedy against Missouri, tying a school record.
652: Total yards by Coastal Carolina in its 53-28 win over Elon, setting a school record.
1,052: Combined yards by Sam Houston State and Eastern Washington. The teams combined for 1,026 in last year’s FBC semifinals.
Injuries
South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw sprained his right shoulder in a 28-25 win over UCF, but coach Steve Spurrier is hopeful he’ll be able to return within two weeks.
Shaw left the game during the Gamecocks’ opening series after he landed awkwardly on his shoulder during a run with 6:34 left in the first quarter.
Associated Press
