STARS
– Andre Woodson, Kentucky, completed 26-of-33 for 301 yards and a career-high five touchdowns and the Wildcats defeated Florida Atlantic 45-17.
– Thomas Brown, Georgia, rushed for a 180 yards and three touchdowns in the Bulldogs’ 45-17 win over Mississippi.
– Brian Yost, Morehead State, threw for a 371 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Eagles past Dayton 42-35.
– Kevin Rombach, Duquesne, threw for 343 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a fourth, in a 37-10 win over Frostburg State.
– DeSean Jackson, California, had 11 receptions for 161 yards and two touchdowns in the Golden Bears 31-24 victory over Oregon.
– Eugene Jarvis, Kent State, rushed for 230 yards on 30 carries and two touchdowns to lead the Golden Flashes past Ohio 33-25.
– Adam Tafralis, San Jose State, passed for four touchdowns and 330 yards, in 34-14 win over UC Davis.
– Nick Graziano, Nevada, completed 20-of-38 passes for 330 yards and three touchdowns, and the Wolf Pack hung on to beat UNLV 27-20.
– Demetrius Crawford, Montana State, had 23 carries for 173 yards and a touchdown, and the Bobcats beat Idaho State 40-20.
UPSET SPECIALS
Kevin Eberhart kicked a career-long 45-yard field goal as time expired to send Colorado past the No. 3 ranked Oklahoma 27-24 Saturday. It was the Buffaloes’ first win over a top-5 team since Dec. 1, 2001, when they best Texas in the Big 12 title game. … Kansas State used two kick returns for touchdowns and an interception return for another score in a 41-21 win Saturday over No. 7 Texas, handing the Longhorns its worst home defeat in 10 years under coach Mack Brown. … Maryland defeated Rutgers 34-24 on Saturday. It marked the second straight year that Rutgers was upset after getting into the Top 10. The victory over a Top 10 team was the first for Maryland since upsetting Florida State in 2004. … Tashard Choice had 145 yards and a touchdown and Georgia Tech beat No. 13 Clemson on Saturday 13-3. … Freshman Regus Benn returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown and caught a pass for another and the Illinois defense intercepted three passes for a 27-20 upset over No. 21 Penn State on Saturday. … Xavier Lee came off the bench to throw a pair of touchdown passes in Florida State’s 21-14 upset victory over No. 22 Alabama.
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CLOSE CALLS
LSU needed 24 unanswered points in the second half to beat Tulane 34-9 on Saturday. … P.J. Hill ran for 155 yards and two touchdowns and No. 9 Wisconsin held off Michigan State 37-34 on Saturday. … Kyle Wright returned from an injury to throw a game-sealing touchdown pass to DajLeon Farr with 2:15 left, and Miami escaped an upset bid by Duke for the second straight year by beating the Blue Devils 24-14 on Saturday.
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QUICK STARTS
Andre Callender ran for 115 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 12 Boston College past rival Massachusetts 24-14 on Saturday. The Eagles (5-0) has not opened a season with five straight wins since 1954. … Andre Dixon ran for 116 yards and Tyvon Branch ran a kickoff back 97 yards for a touchdown to spark undefeated Connecticut to a 44-10 win over Akron on Saturday. The 5-0 start is the best for a UConn team since 1995 when the Huskies went 6-0 as a Division I-AA school. … Kory Sheets rushed for 141 yards, and Purdue beat Notre Dame 33-19 on Saturday to keep the Irish winless. The Boilermakers (5-0), are off to their best start since 2004. … Hawaii beat Idaho 48-20, to improve to 5-0 – 2-0 in the Western Athletic Conference – for the first time since 1981, when the Warriors started 7-0.
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SCORING SPREE
Southern Illinois used four first half turnovers in a 72-10 blowout of Indiana State on Saturday. The Salukis scored seven rushing touchdowns and returned an interception for another score as they set a Gateway Conference record for most points scored in a league game. Southern Illinois opened the game with three rushing touchdowns in the first quarter and led 55-10 at halftime.
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PICKED OFF
Colt Brennan threw a career-high five interceptions in Hawaii’s 48-20 rout of Idaho on Saturday. Brennan finished 30 of 49 for 369 yards with three touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown. Brennan’s five interceptions tied a school record, and his 19 incompletions were the most since missing on 20 throws against Wisconsin in 2005 and third highest of his career.
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STRONG IN DEFEAT
o caught 14 passes for 162 yards in Elon’s 49-32 loss to Appalachian State. … Stadford Brown threw for 372 yards and three scores in N.C. Central’s 34-27 loss to Presbyterian. … Eddie Cohen caught eight passes for 212 yards and three touchdowns in Western Carolina’s 50-21 loss to Georgia Southern.
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SNAPPED
Kentucky quarterback Andre Woodson’s NCAA record streak of passes thrown without an interception was snapped Saturday in the Wildcats 45-17 victory over Florida Atlantic. Woodson’s record streak ended at 325. … California beat Oregon 31-24 on Saturday. The Golden Bears snapped a seven-game losing streak at Autzen Stadium. They had not won a game there since 1987. … Miami (Ohio) snapped a seven-game home losing streak with a 17-14 win over Syracuse on Saturday. … Syracuse had its 14-game winning streak against Mid-American Conference teams snapped in a 17-14 loss to Miami (Ohio). …
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SPEAKING
olorado’s first win over a top-five team since Dec. 1, 2001., and their most significant victory in Boulder since a 62-36 win over second-ranked Nebraska.