South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers, a preseason Heisman Trophy candidate and a potential high pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, left the No. 11 Gamecocks’ eventual 31-7 loss to Vanderbilt in Columbia, S.C., on Saturday after taking a hit to the head and did not return.

Sellers, a redshirt sophomore, entered Saturday with 337 yards and two touchdowns passing without an interception in two games, leading the Gamecocks to a 2-0 start and the verge of a top-10 ranking.

With Vanderbilt leading 14-7 and less than two minutes left in the first half, Sellers opened a drive with a 1-yard completion to running back Rahsul Faison in the right flat to the South Carolina 26. Commodores linebacker Langston Patterson blitzed on the play and made contact with Sellers just after the quarterback threw the ball.

Patterson kept his arms extended outward and did not wrap up Sellers nor take him to the ground, but Patterson hit Sellers helmet-to-helmet and was eventually ejected for targeting after a lengthy delay.

As Sellers lay on the ground holding his head, training staff came out and tended to him, with the 20-year-old ultimately walking off the field under his own power but never returning to the game.

He finished the game 6 of 7 for 94 yards passing with his lone incompletion his first interception of the season. Luke Doty replaced Sellers at quarterback and finished 18 of 27 passing for 148 yards and an interception without a score.

South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer did not have an update on Sellers’ status after the game.

Sellers had a breakout 2024 season as a redshirt freshman, completing 65.6 percent of his passes for 2,534 yards, 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also ran for 674 yards and seven scores on 166 carries.

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Nate Boerkircher caught a go-ahead 11-yard touchdown pass with 13 seconds to go, and No. 16 Texas A&M held on for a 41-40 win over No. 8 Notre Dame in a Saturday night thriller in South Bend, Ind.

Marcel Reed completed 17 of 37 passes for 360 yards, two touchdowns and one interception for Texas A&M (3-0). Le’Veon Moss rushed for three touchdowns for the Aggies, who knocked off a ranked opponent on the road for the first time since 2014, ending a 13-game skid.

CJ Carr completed 20 of 32 passes for 293 yards, one touchdown and one interception for Notre Dame (0-2). Jadarian Price (68 rushing yards) ran for two touchdowns and Jeremiyah Love (94 rushing yards, 53 receiving yards) notched one rushing touchdown and one receiving touchdown.

The score was tied at 34-all when Love burst across the goal line for a 12-yard rushing score with 2:53 to go. The Fighting Irish lined up for an extra-point attempt but holder Tyler Buchner fumbled the snap and threw an errant pass to keep the score at 40-34.

That left the door open for Texas A&M to put together the game-winning drive.

No. 1 Ohio State 37, Ohio 9

Julian Sayin threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns to help the Buckeyes overcome their red-zone flubs and defeat the Bobcats in Columbus on Saturday.

The Buckeyes reached the red zone on each of their first three possessions, but managed just six points on those trips. With OSU leading just 16-9 in the third quarter, Sayin created separation with touchdown passes to Jeremiah Smith (nine catches for 153 yards) and Carnell Tate (five catches for 101).

Bobcats quarterback Parker Navarro was injured early in the second quarter but returned on the first drive of the third quarter, and on the second play back threw a 67-yard touchdown to Chase Hendricks. He finished the game 6 of 13 for 94 yards.

No. 2 Penn State 52, Villanova 6

Nicholas Singleton ran for two touchdowns and Drew Allar threw for 209 yards and a touchdown as the Nittany Lions cruised against the visiting Wildcats.

Allar finished 16-of-29, Kaytron Allen ran for a team-high 86 yards and Singleton ran 20 times for 84 yards for the Nittany Lions (3-0), while Trebor Pena chipped in 60 receiving yards and a touchdown on four catches.

Villanova quarterbacks Pat McQuaide and Tanner Maddocks combined to go 13-of-27 for 96 yards with an interception each. Maddocks got the Wildcats (1-1) on the scoreboard with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Binkowski on the final play of the game.

No. 3 LSU 20, Florida 10

Garrett Nussmeier threw a touchdown pass, Dashawn Spears returned one of five Tigers interceptions for a touchdown in a victory over the Gators in Baton Rouge, La.

Nussmeier completed 15 of 27 passes for 220 yards with an interception, and LSU (3-0, 1-0 SEC) managed just 316 total yards and 10 first downs, but that was good enough because of the defense.

DJ Lagway threw all five of the interceptions, completing 33 of 49 for 287 yards and a touchdown for the Gators (1-2, 0-1). Florida reached the Tigers’ territory on seven possessions, but four of them ended with interceptions.

No. 4 Oregon 34, Northwestern 14

Quarterback Dante Moore completed 16 of 20 passes for 178 yards with a touchdown, helping the Ducks defeat the Wildcats in Evanston, Ill.

Jayden Limar and two other running backs added touchdown runs for the Ducks (3-0). Oregon’s prolific offense was slowed somewhat by the Wildcats’ efforts to run the ball often to try to control the game clock and keep the high-scoring Ducks off the field, but Northwestern (1-2) didn’t get much going on offense until the outcome of the game was no longer in doubt.

The Ducks defense forced two turnovers on downs and had two takeaways on interceptions, one for linebacker Bryce Boettcher that led to Limar’s first quarter touchdown. Ducks running back Dierre Hill Jr. took his first carry of the game 66 yards for a touchdown, while Dashun Reeder had a 79-yarder late in the fourth for the Wildcats.

No. 5 Miami 49, No. 18 South Florida 12

Carson Beck threw three touchdown passes and Mark Fletcher Jr. ran for two more to lead the Hurricanes to a victory over the Bulls in Miami Gardens, Fla.

The Hurricanes (3-0) jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter behind a pair of touchdown passes from Beck to Joshua Moore. Fletcher ran for 120 yards on 16 carries while Beck completed 23 of 28 passes for 340 yards and threw his first two interceptions at Miami.

USF (2-1) quarterback Byrum Brown completed 20 of 36 passes for 274 yards, one touchdown on a 12-yard connection with Christian Neptune, and one interception. The Bulls cut the deficit to 14-6 before a weather delay that lasted nearly two hours before the Hurricanes pulled away for a 28-6 halftime lead.

No. 6 Georgia 44, No. 15 Tennessee 41 (OT)

Josh McCray ran in the game-winning 1-yard touchdown in overtime to give the visiting Bulldogs a win in Knoxville — their ninth straight win over the Volunteers.

Gunner Stockton threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns and added another on the ground for Georgia (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) while Joey Aguilar threw for 371 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions for Tennessee (2-1, 0-1), which had its best chance to score its first win over Georgia since 2016. Chris Brazzell II had six catches for 177 yards and three touchdowns in the loss.

After Max Gilbert — who had missed a potential go-ahead 43-yard field goal in the final seconds of regulation — made a 42-yard field goal to begin overtime, Nate Frazier ran for 21 yards to begin Georgia’s possession. Two plays later, McCray broke the plane of the end zone to win the game.

No. 7 Texas 27, UTEP 10

Arch Manning overcame some early struggles, scoring on a pair of first-half touchdown runs and adding a short touchdown pass in the fourth quarter as the Longhorns did enough to beat the Miners in Austin, Texas.

The Longhorns’ much ballyhooed quarterback completed only 11 of his 25 passes for 114 yards and was intercepted once. Even with Manning’s struggles, Texas (2-1) was too much for the Miners. The Longhorns finished with a 340-259 edge in total yardage, with 226 of Texas’ yards coming on the ground.

Malachi Nelson passed for 209 yards to lead UTEP (1-2), which has never beaten Texas in seven games between the teams.

No. 9 Illinois 38, Western Michigan 0

Luke Altmyer threw for two touchdowns and rushed for a score while Kaden Feagin added 100 rushing yards and a score as the Illini pulled away from the visiting Broncos in Champaign.

After scoring just 10 first-half points, the Illini pulled away by scoring on their first three possessions of the second half on a Feagin 3-yard run, an Altmyer 2-yard run and an Altmyer 6-yard pass to Ashton Hollins.

Western Michigan outgained Illinois in the first half, but managed just 71 second-half yards. The Broncos played two quarterbacks but neither could get them into the end zone. Broc Lowry completed 10 of 16 passes for 78 yards, while Brady Jones was 3 of 8 for 13 yards. The Illini notched three sacks and recorded nine tackles for loss.

Vanderbilt 31, No. 11 South Carolina 7

Diego Pavia completed 18 of 25 passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns to help the Commodores post an impressive upset in Columbia, SC., over the host Gamecocks, who lost star quarterback LaNorris Sellers to injury.

Pavia also threw an interception for the Commodores (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference), who snapped a 16-game losing streak against South Carolina, earning their first win over the Gamecocks since September 2008.

Sedrick Alexander ran 13 times for 41 yards and a score for Vanderbilt, which won its conference opener for the first time since 2011.

Sellers — a potential Heisman Trophy candidate — exited in the second quarter and did not return after taking a hit to the head from Langston Patterson. Sellers was 6-for-7 passing with 94 yards and an interception before the hit, which earned Patterson an ejection for targeting.

Georgia Tech 24, No. 12 Clemson 21

Aidan Birr hit a 55-yard field goal as time expired to help the Yellow Jackets upset the Tigers in Atlantic Coast Conference play.

Haynes King completed 20 of 28 passes for 211 yards and added 101 yards and a score on the ground for Georgia Tech (3-0, 1-0 ACC).

Clemson QB Cade Klubnik completed 15 of 26 passes for 207 yards, a touchdown and an interception, while rushing for 62 yards and a score. Adam Randall rushed for 80 yards and a score, Bryant Wesco Jr. caught seven passes for 126 yards and a touchdown for the Tigers (1-2, 0-1 ACC), who trailed by 13 points in the first half.

No. 13 Oklahoma 42, Temple 3

John Mateer threw for 282 yards and a touchdown and ran for 63 yards and another score to lead the Sooners over the Owls in Philadelphia. Freshman running back Tory Blaylock also rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns.

The Sooners (3-0) outgained the Owls 515-104, holding Temple to just 26 yards rushing. Oklahoma had 29 first downs to just seven for the Owls. Isaiah Sategna led the Sooners with seven catches for 97 yards.

Temple (2-1) quarterback Evan Simon came into the game leading the nation in passing efficiency but was just 13 of 25 for 75 yards in the loss.

No. 14 Iowa State 24, Arkansas State 16

Rocco Becht was 14-of-25 passing for 265 yards, a touchdown and an interception to help the Cyclones escape with a win over the Red Wolves in Jonesboro, Ark.

Carson Hansen rushed for 116 yards on 18 carries and Xavier Townsend caught three passes for 92 yards to lead Iowa State (4-0), which rushed for 187 yards and had 452 total yards. Abu Sama’s fourth-quarter touchdown gave the Cyclones some cushion after a pair of field goals had cut their lead to just one point.

Jaylen Raynor went 19-of-33 passing for 222 yards and one interception and also rushed for 83 yards and a score on 16 carries to lead Arkansas State (1-2), which got to the brink of the end zone late in the fourth quarter before turning it over on downs. ASU kicker Clune Van Andel was 3-for-3 on field goals.

No. 17 Ole Miss 41, Arkansas 35

Trinidad Chambliss passed for 353 yards and one touchdown and rushed for two scores in his first major college start to help the Rebels win a shootout against the Razorbacks in Southeastern Conference play at Oxford, Miss.

Chambliss drew the start because Austin Simmons is dealing with an ankle injury. The transfer from Division II Ferris State completed 21 of 29 passes and rushed for 62 yards on 15 attempts for the Rebels (3-0, 2-0 SEC). Harrison Wallace III caught six passes for 92 yards and one touchdown for Ole Miss. De’Zhaun Stribling also caught a scoring pass and Kewan Lacy ran for one for the Rebels.

Taylen Green completed 22 of 35 passes for 305 yards and one touchdown and rushed for 111 yards and one score for Arkansas (2-1, 0-1). Mike Washington rushed for two touchdowns, Braylen Russell rushed for one and O’Mega Blake caught one for the Razorbacks.

No. 19 Alabama 38, Wisconsin 14

Ty Simpson completed 24 of 29 passes and established career bests of 382 yards and four touchdowns to help the Crimson Tide roll to an easy victory over the Badgers.

Ryan Williams returned from a one-game absence due to a concussion to make five catches for 165 yards and two touchdowns for Alabama (2-1). Germie Bernard also scored two touchdowns — one receiving, one rushing — as Alabama coasted to its second straight victory.

Vinny Anthony II returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown for Wisconsin (2-1). Danny O’Neill again started in place of injured Billy Edwards Jr. (knee) and completed 11 of 17 passes for 117 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.

No. 20 Utah 31, Wyoming 6

Devon Dampier threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns to help the Utes pull away in the second half for a victory over the Cowboys in Laramie.

Dampier added 86 yards on the ground, pacing a third straight game for the Utes with at least 200 rushing yards. Utah (3-0) finished with a season-high 311 rushing yards and averaged 6.9 yards per carry. For the Utes, it was their highest single-game total on the ground since churning out 352 rushing yards in a 55-3 win over Arizona State in 2023.

Kaden Anderson threw for 108 yards and an interception for Wyoming, which suffered its fifth straight loss to Utah and ninth in the last 10th meetings between the two former conference rivals. The Cowboys (2-1) committed two turnovers and avoided a shutout on Terron Kellerman’s 15-yard run with 4:23 left.

No. 21 Texas Tech 45, Oregon State 14

A lengthy lightning delay couldn’t hinder the high-powered offensive attack of the Red Raiders and Behren Morton as they stumped the struggling Beavers in Lubbock, Texas.

Morton had a career day, finishing with a career-high 464 yards in three quarters. He added four touchdown passes and completed 23 of his 35 attempts with an interception as the only blemish. Coy Eakin and Terrance Carter Jr. torched the Oregon State secondary, with Eakin finishing with six catches for 139 yards and Carter Jr. hauling in six as well for 102 yards. They had a touchdown apiece.

After a nearly two-and-a-half hour lightning delay that paused the game after six plays, Morton came out firing for the Red Raiders (3-0) on the third play back with a perfectly thrown ball in the corner of the end zone to Eakin for 38 yards as the Red Raiders would build a 45-0 lead over the Beavers (0-3).

No. 23 Michigan 63, Central Michigan 3

Bryce Underwood was 16-of-25 passing for 235 yards, a touchdown and an interception to lead the Wolverines to a rout of the in-state foe Chippewas in Ann Arbor. Underwood also was effective with his legs, rushing for 114 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries.

Justice Haynes rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries, and Semaj Morgan caught four passes for 69 yards and a touchdown as well for Michigan (2-1), which had eight rushing touchdowns.

Angel Flores rushed for 76 yards on nine carries in defeat for Central Michigan (1-2).

No. 24 Auburn 31, South Alabama 15

Quarterback Jackson Arnold produced three touchdowns, Jeremiah Cobb rushed for over 100 yards and scored, and the Tigers earned a homecoming win over the Jaguars.

Arnold rushed for 50 yards on 10 attempts and scored twice in the first half. He completed 13 of 24 passes for 142 yards and a score. Cobb carried 19 times for 119 yards to eclipse the century mark for the second straight week.

For the Jaguars (1-2), Bishop Davenport completed 18 of 26 passes for 170 yards and two TDs, one to Jeremy Scott and the other to Devin Voisin.

No. 25 Missouri 52, Louisiana 10

Ahmad Hardy rushed for 250 yards and three touchdowns on 22 carries Saturday as the Tigers hammered the visiting Ragin’ Cajuns.

Hardy scored on runs of 7, 71 and 7 yards for the Tigers (3-0), while quarterback Beau Pribula threw for 174 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, two through the air. Backup running back Marquise Davis added 113 yards and a score on 20 carries as Missouri outgained the Ragin’ Cajuns 606-121.

Most of Louisiana’s offense came on one play, an 84-yard touchdown run in the second quarter by Zylan Perry. The Ragin’ Cajuns (1-2) used two quarterbacks and neither was effective. Starter Daniel Beale hit 1 of 8 passes for 5 yards and backup Lunch Winfield was 1 of 6 for minus-1 yard.

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Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt threw for 188 yards and two touchdowns, wide receiver Jordyn Tyson had 105 yards and a highlight-reel touchdown, and the Sun Devils beat the Texas State Bobcats 34-15 in a nonconference game Saturday in Tempe, Ariz.

Tyson had his 11th straight game with at least 60 yards receiving, extending the longest active streak in the FBS, and his 12 touchdown passes are tied with Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith for the most in that span.

Raleek Brown had a career-high 144 yards rushing, including a 75-yard scoring burst, and Leavitt added 59 yards rushing and a touchdown run as Arizona State (2-1) bounced back from a last-minute 24-20 loss at Mississippi State last week that dropped them out of the AP Top 25. They opened the season at No. 11.

Tyson gave the Sun Devils a lead they never lost early in the second quarter, when he took a jump-pass from Leavitt, hurdled a defender at the 5-yard line along the left sideline and dove into the end zone to complete a 30-yard scoring play and break a 3-3 tie.

Quarterback Brad Jackson completed 25 of 36 passes for 184 yards and a touchdown and Beau Sparks had 10 receptions for 70 yards for the Bobcats (2-1).

Jackson scored on a 7-yard keeper on a fourth-down play that closed the deficit to 27-9 with 2:29 left in the third quarter, but Brown scored on the next play from scrimmage to put the Sun Devils back in control.

Jackson’s 3-yard touchdown pass to Kylen Evans capped a 14-play drive to make it 34-15 with 5:26 left.

Chamon Metayer had six receptions and a 27-yard touchdown catch midway through the third quarter for the defending Big 12 champion Sun Devils, who open conference play at Baylor next Saturday.

The Sun Devils outgained the Bobcats 433-303 and did not have a turnover after committing two — Leavitt interceptions — against Mississippi State. Arizona State turned one of the Bobcats’ two turnovers into a touchdown.

Sparks led the FBS with five touchdown receptions entering the game but his fumble led to Leavitt’s 1-yard run at 10:22 of the second quarter for a 17-3 lead that grew to 27-3 on Metayer’s score.

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Micah Ford rushed for a career-high 157 yards on 17 carries with a touchdown to lead Stanford to a 30-20 win on Saturday night over Boston College at Palo Alto, Calif.

The game was the home opener for Stanford (1-2, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) after the Cardinal opened the season losing at Hawaii and BYU. The win was their first under interim coach Frank Reich.

Boston College (1-2, 0-1) lost despite former Alabama quarterback Dylan Lonergan passing for 333 yards while completing 30 of 44 passes with a touchdown and an interception.

Stanford gained 213 yards on the ground on 37 carries.

The Cardinal’s final possession, consisting of 12 rushing plays, took the last 7:36 off the clock. They achieved four first downs in the drive.

Toward the end of the third quarter, a 75-yard run by Ford was followed by his 5-yard scoring run.

The touchdown with 1:35 left in the third quarter put Stanford ahead 27-20.

After a three-and-out for Boston College, Ford started Stanford’s following possession with a 31-yard run.

Emmet Kenney finished the possession with a 26-yard field goal with 11:26 left.

The teams each scored two touchdowns in the second quarter and converted two field goals in the first half for a 20-20 tie at halftime.

Kenney accounted for the scoring in the first quarter with field goals of 23 and 35 yards.

Boston College scored 17 unanswered points in the second quarter, beginning with a 51-yard field goal by Luca Lombardo.

Lonergan’s 49-yard scoring strike to Turbo Richard was followed in the next possession with a 46-yard pass from Lonergan to Jordan McDonald that set up another touchdown.

McDonald scored on a 2-yard run following the connection with Lonergan, giving Boston College a 17-6 lead with 8:04 left in the second quarter.

Stanford scored two touchdowns in the last 1:47 of the half to take a 20-17 lead.

After Ben Gulbranson completed a 69-yard touchdown pass to Sam Roush with 1:47 remaining in the second quarter, Collin Wright returned an interception 19 yards for a touchdown on Boston College’s second play of the next possession.

Boston College, starting at its 25, managed to get a last-second 31-yard field goal by Lombardo heading into halftime.

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Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele threw three touchdowns, leading Cal to a 27-14 win over Minnesota and the program’s second straight 3-0 start Saturday night in Berkeley, Calif.

Three minutes after Minnesota missed a game-tying field goal and two plays after Cal’s Aiden Manutai recovered a muffed punt inside the Minnesota 10-yard line, Sagapolutele threw his third touchdown of the night to Jordan King.

Sagapolutele finished 24-of-38 passing for 279 yards, throwing touchdowns to three different receivers.

Minnesota quarterback Drake Lindsey completed 19 of 32 passes for 205 yards, a touchdown and an interception. A large percentage of those yards went to receiver Lemeke Brockington, who finished with 106 yards on eight catches.

For a long early stretch, Minnesota’s offense appeared to be missing standout running back Darius Taylor, who was out after sustaining a leg injury last week.

The Golden Gophers (2-1) managed just 33 yards and one first down on their three first-quarter drives. After four scoreless possessions to begin the game, the Gophers finally reached the end zone on a 16-play, 69-yard drive capped off by a 1-yard TD run by Cam Davis with 43 seconds left in the half.

Cal responded with a quick 48-yard drive to set up a 45-yard Abram Murray field goal for a 10-7 halftime lead.

The Gophers took their first lead on a 3-yard TD pass from Lindsey to Jameson Geers with 4:36 left in the third quarter.

Again, the Golden Bears scored right back, reclaiming the lead at 17-14 on their ensuing 75-yard drive with a 9-yard scoring toss from Sagapolutele to Mason Mini.

Without Taylor, Minnesota managed to be two-dimensional offensively with 205 passing yards and 130 rushing yards. Fame Ijeboi stepped up in Taylor’s absence with 85 rushing yards while Davis had 44.

Cal’s offense was not as two-dimensional as the Bears managed just 61 rushing yards, 40 of which came in the fourth quarter. But Sagapolutele put the offense on his back once again, completing passes to nine different receivers.

Through his first three starts, the true freshman has thrown for 780 yards, six touchdowns and one interception.

Cal wideout Jacob De Jesus led the way with seven catches for 54 yards and the first touchdown of the game while Trond Grizzell added 60 yards on four catches.

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Josh Hoover tied a career high with four touchdown passes to lead TCU to a 42-21 victory over visiting Abilene Christian on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas.

Hoover, who exited early in the fourth quarter after TCU went ahead 42-9, enjoyed a 21-for-27 night for 337 yards as coach Sonny Dykes celebrated his 100th victory. Aside from a one-play, kneel-down drive that ended the first half, the Horned Frogs (2-0) ended Hoover’s other six drives in the end zone.

Joseph Manjack IV caught four passes for 114 yards and Jordan Dwyer finished with five receptions for 89 yards and a score.

After getting an early off week in the wake of their Sept. 1 trouncing of North Carolina on the road, the Horned Frogs showed no rust. They racked up 489 yards on offense, went 9-for-11 on third downs and gashed the Wildcats (1-2) for seven plays of at least 20 yards.

While the Wildcats could not contain TCU’s offense, they showed they could move the ball on a Power 4 team. The FCS school finished with 453 yards of offense. They held the ball for 36:43 and converted 12 of 17 third downs. However, Abilene Christian could not overcome a 28-0 halftime deficit.

Stone Earle completed 22 of 29 passes for 276 yards and two touchdowns, and Rovaughn Banks Jr. ran for 105 yards and a score on 19 carries to lead the Wildcats.

Hoover threw for 217 yards in the first half, at one point connecting on 13 of 14 passes. He threw three touchdowns in the half, with two going to freshman receiver Ed Small.

Horned Frogs starting running back Kevorian Barnes left the game after going down on a 7-yard carry with less than two minutes left in the first half. The UTSA transfer grabbed his left leg but walked off on his own. He went to the locker room before halftime, and the team announced he would not return for precautionary reasons.

Barnes, who amassed 113 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown, on 11 carries against North Carolina on Sept. 1, finished Saturday with 43 yards on 10 attempts.

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Jake Retzlaff set a single-game school record for a quarterback with four rushing touchdown runs and Tulane spoiled the return of Darian Mensah in a 34-27 win against Duke on Saturday night in New Orleans.

Retzlaff, a transfer from BYU, completed 15 of 23 passes for 245 yards, and ran 17 times for 111 yards, including touchdowns of 19, 6, 20 and 11 yards. Shazz Preston caught three passes for 95 yards as Tulane improved to 3-0.

Mensah quarterbacked the Green Wave to nine wins and an American Conference Championship appearance in 2024 but then transferred to Duke and the ACC.

He was 30-of-51 passing for 301 yards, three touchdowns and one interception as Duke (1-2) lost its second straight game.

With Tulane up 24-9 early in the third quarter Retzlaff took off on a 29-yard gain, but the ball was knocked out and the Blue Devils recovered at the Tulane 42. Mensah later hit Landen King for a 3-yard touchdown and Duke was within 24-16.

Tulane answered. Retzlaff converted fourth-and-2 at the Green Wave 45. After three straight passes moved the ball to the Blue Devils 11, Retzlaff went up the middle for the touchdown.

Duke then drove to the Tulane 24 but Todd Pelino’s 41-yard field-goal attempt was blocked by Tavare Smith.

Retzlaff then threw a 63-yard bomb to Preston, and Patrick Durkin’s 27-yard field goal made it 34-16 with 14:12 left in the game.

Mensah hit Nate Sheppard for a 4-yard score and the two-point conversion pulled Duke within 34-24 with 2:57 left.

Duke got the ball back and Mensah hit Chase Tyler to the 15, but a face mask penalty pushed the Blue Devils back 15 yards. Pelino’s 47-yard field goal made it 34-27 with 1:06 left, but Tulane recovered the onside kick.

The Green Wave went 64 yards in six plays on their first possession of the game with Retzlaff running up the middle for an 18-yard touchdown.

After Duke missed a field goal from 44 yards, Retzlaff completed three passes for 42 yards and capped a 74-drive with a 6-yard touchdown run.

With Tulane up 14-3, Retzlaff hit Preston for 28 yards to the Duke 20. Retzlaff covered those 20 yards and the lead was 21-3 with 6:00 left in the half.

Duke scored when Mensah and Sahmir Hagans hooked up for a 29-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left in the half. The two-point conversion pass failed and Duke trailed 24-9.

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Devon Dampier threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns to help No. 20 Utah pull away in the second half for a 31-6 victory over Wyoming in Laramie on Saturday night.

Dampier added 86 yards on the ground, pacing a third straight game for the Utes with at least 200 rushing yards. Utah (3-0) finished with a season-high 311 rushing yards and averaged 6.9 yards per carry. For the Utes, it was their highest single-game total on the ground since churning out 352 rushing yards in a 55-3 win over Arizona State in 2023.

Kaden Anderson threw for 108 yards and an interception for Wyoming, which suffered its fifth straight loss to Utah and ninth in the last 10th meetings between the two former conference rivals. The Cowboys (2-1) committed two turnovers and avoided a shutout on Terron Kellerman’s 15-yard run with 4:23 left.

After struggling to finish drives for an entire half, Utah’s offense finally came to life in the third quarter.

NaQuari Rogers plowed across the goal line from a yard out on his third try for Utah’s first touchdown of the game to cap its opening drive of the second half. Then the Utes made it 17-0 going into the fourth quarter after Dampier capped a 19-play, 80-yard drive by picking up a dropped snap and hitting Larry Simmons with an 8-yard dart.

Utah gained 181 yards on 29 total plays in the third quarter while limiting Wyoming to just seven plays over that 15-minute stretch.

Dampier threw his second touchdown pass — a 14-yard strike to JJ Buchanan — early in the fourth quarter to make it 24-0. Jackson Bennee set up the score after returning an interception 57 yards to the Cowboys’ 18-yard line.

During the first half, Utah moved the ball downfield with ease until crossing the Wyoming 30. Five of six first-half drives for the Utes died inside the 30-yard line.

Utah scored the only points for either team before halftime when Dillon Curtis capped their opening drive with a 43-yard field goal. Then the Utes’ kicking game unraveled.

Curtis missed from 45 yards out on each of Utah’s next two drives, opening the door for the Cowboys to hang around and keep the game close. Aneesh Vyas blocked a fourth field-goal attempt by Curtis — from 46 yards out — with three seconds left before halftime.

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Diego Pavia completed 18 of 25 passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns to help Vanderbilt post an impressive 31-7 upset over the No. 11 South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia, SC., on Saturday.

Pavia also threw an interception for the Commodores (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference), who snapped a 16-game losing streak against South Carolina, earning their first win over the Gamecocks since September 2008.

Sedrick Alexander ran 13 times for 41 yards and a score for Vanderbilt, which won its conference opener for the first time since 2011.

Adding injury to insult, South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers – a potential Heisman Trophy candidate — exited in the second quarter and did not return. Before taking a hit to the head from Langston Patterson, Sellers was 6-for-7 passing with 94 yards and an interception.

In relief of Sellers, Luke Doty completed 18 of 27 passes for 148 yards and an interception for the Gamecocks (2-1, 0-1), who fell at home against Vanderbilt for the first time in 18 years.

After forcing a punt on South Carolina’s opening drive of the second half, Vanderbilt grabbed a 21-7 lead on Jamezell Lassiter’s 44-yard rushing score with 10:48 left in the third.

With a chance to take a three-score lead, Vanderbilt drove to South Carolina’s 11-yard line, where Pavia was intercepted by Justin Okoronkwo.

Vanderbilt then turned South Carolina over on downs for the second straight time, taking over at its own 49-yard line early in the fourth. The Commodores took advantage, taking a 24-7 lead on Brock Taylor’s 51-yard field goal.

Bryce Cowan sacked Doty and forced a fumble — which Miles Capers recovered — on the next drive, leading to Alexander’s second touchdown at the 5:13 mark of the fourth on a 2-yard run.

Vanderbilt took its first drive nine plays and 73 yards to the end zone, finishing with Pavia’s 18-yard TD pass to Alexander at the 9:33 mark.

South Carolina answered with a game-tying scoring drive, as Rahsul Faison’s 7-yard rush knotted the score with 5:58 remaining.

After a Vanderbilt punt, Sellers was picked off by Zaylin Wood at the Commodores’ 12-yard line.

Following punts from both teams, Vanderbilt strung together a 12-play, 76-yard drive, capped with Pavia’s 5-yard touchdown pass to Junior Sherill with 1:56 left in the first half to make it 14-7.

Mason Love missed a 52-yard field goal on the Gamecocks’ ensuing possession. During the drive, Sellers was hit by Patterson — who was ejected for targeting on the play — ending the South Carolina quarterback’s night.

–Field Level Media

Quarterback Mark Gronowski passed for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Iowa to a 47-7 victory over Massachusetts on Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa.

Gronowski, who won two FCS national championships with South Dakota State before he transferred to Iowa, completed 16 of 24 passes for 179 yards. He was pulled from the game after three quarters.

Seth Anderson caught two touchdown passes for the Hawkeyes, who also received a 20-yard TD run from Kaden Wetjen, a 95-yard punt return for a TD from Wetjen and two field goals from Drew Stevens (54 and 27 yards).

Iowa’s final TD came on a 2-yard pass from backup quarterback Hank Brown to KJ Parker.

Iowa (2-1) led 20-0 after one quarter, 30-7 at halftime and 40-7 entering the fourth.

It was victory No. 206 for Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, making him the winningest coach in Big Ten history. Woody Hayes won 205 games as Ohio State’s coach from 1951-1978.

Iowa scored on its first three possessions. After Anderson caught a 20-yard touchdown pass 1:31 into the game, he hauled in a 3-yard TD pass to make it 13-0 with 7:41 left in the opening quarter. Wetjen’s TD run came with 2:08 remaining in the quarter.

UMass (0-3) got on the scoreboard when quarterback Grant Jordan found the end zone from 6 yards away with 11:50 left in the first half. Derek Morris made the PAT to cut Iowa’s lead to 20-7.

The TD was set up when Kezion Dia-Johnson blocked a punt that gave the Minutemen possession on the Iowa 21-yard line.

After Stevens made his 54-yard field goal, Gronowski accounted for the first half’s final TD on a 13-yard run.

UMass was limited to 34 yards of offense in the first half. The Minutemen had zero yards rushing on 16 attempts through two quarters.

Wetjen’s 95-yard punt return plus the PAT extended Iowa’s lead to 37-7 with 12:39 remaining in the third, and Stevens made his 27-yard field goal with 2:58 left in the third.

Brown’s TD pass to Parker came with 11:04 to play.

–Field Level Media