No. 4 Stanford 38, Oregon State 13: CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Andrew Luck shook off the rain and the chill to throw for 206 yards and three touchdowns in No. 4 Stanford's 38-13 victory over Oregon State on Saturday.
The victory was costly for the Cardinal, who lost senior receiver Chris Owusu to a concussion in the second quarter after a helmet-to-helmet collision with Beavers cornerback Jordan Poyer. Owusu was taken from the field by ambulance.
Stanford (9-0, 7-0 Pac-12) extended the nation's longest winning streak to 17 games. The Cardinal have not opened 9-0 since 1952.
Redshirt freshman Sean Mannion threw for 252 yards and a touchdown for Oregon State (2-7, 2-4), which is guaranteed a losing season with the defeat. The Beavers' only wins have come against Arizona and Washington State.
Northwestern 28, No. 9 Nebraska 25: LINCOLN, Neb. -- Second-string quarterback Kain Colter ran for two touchdowns and passed for another to lead Northwestern to a 28-25 upset of No. 9 Nebraska on Saturday.
Filling in for injured starter Dan Persa in the second half, Colter scored from the 1 with 1:34 left to finish a 13-play, 66-yard drive that chewed more than 7 minutes off the clock after the Cornhuskers had pulled to 21-18.
Taylor Martinez, who passed for 289 yards and two scores, hurriedly moved Nebraska (7-2, 3-2 Big Ten) down the field. He hit Kenny Bell for a 14-yard touchdown with 18 seconds to play, but Charles Brown recovered the onside kick and Northwestern (4-5, 2-4) ran out the clock.
Persa injured his left shoulder in the second quarter when he was slammed to the ground by Eric Martin.
Colter ran for 58 yards and completed four of six passes for 115 yards.
Iowa 24, No. 13 Michigan 16: IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Marcus Coker ran for 132 yards and a pair of touchdown and host Iowa held off a late Michigan rally to beat the 13th-ranked Wolverines 24-16 on Saturday.
James Vandenberg added 171 yards passing and a TD for the Hawkeyes (6-3, 3-2 Big Ten), who have won three straight over Michigan for the first time in school history.
Michigan drove to Iowa's 3-yard line with 16 seconds left. But Denard Robinson missed on four straight throws, with Iowa's B.J. Lowery breaking up Robinson's final toss to seal the win.
Vincent Smith appeared to pull the Wolverines (7-2, 3-2) within 24-22 on an 82-yard TD run after bouncing off Iowa's James Morris and going untouched for the score. Replay officials, however, ruled Morris' elbow had touched the ground. Still, Michigan drove to the Hawkeyes doorstep before being stopped.
Robinson finished 17-of-37 passing for 194 yards and two TD passes.
Coker's second touchdown, a 13-yard run with 10:42 left, put Iowa ahead 24-9. Robinson wasted little time answering, finding Kevin Koger for a 7-yard touchdown pass that pulled Michigan within 24-16 with 7:53 to go.
The Hawkeyes had a chance to put it away on a 4th-and-1 at the Michigan 43 with 5:22 to go, but they were called for an illegal snap and chose to punt it away. Iowa, which was gashed for a pair of fourth-quarter TDs in last week's 22-21 loss at Minnesota, forced the Wolverines to punt it right back, but Michigan made a stop and gave Robinson one more shot to win it.
In the final sequence, Junior Hemingway's apparent TD grab was ruled out of bounds, and Smith dropped one in the end zone on the next play.
Robinson couldn't connect with Roy Roundtree on fourth down, sending the jubilant Hawkeyes streaming onto the field.
Robinson led the Wolverines to a field goal on their first possession of the second half, cutting Iowa's lead to 17-9 with 6:19 left in third quarter. But he was dinged up after getting drilled by Iowa safety Tanner Miller and replaced for a series by Devin Gardner.
Robinson found himself and the Wolverines in a big hole when he got back.
The Hawkeyes took 5:27 off the clock, and Coker burst through a huge hole and went into the end zone untouched for a 13-yard TD run to put the Hawkeyes ahead 24-9.
The upset was a huge win for Iowa after losing at Minnesota -- a game that ranked among the worst in coach Kirk Ferentz's 13-year tenure.
The Hawkeyes came out like they'd had enough of hearing about that stinker, driving 76 yards on just six plays and going ahead 7-0 on Coker's 4-yard TD run less than five minutes in.
Michigan answered on Robinson's 5-yard TD pass to Toussaint late in the first quarter. But holder Drew Delio bobbled the snap on the kick, allowing Iowa to stay ahead 7-6.
Iowa made it 14-6 on Vandenberg's 1-yard TD pass to Brad Herman midway through the second -- and pushed it to 17-6 at halftime behind a pair of Robinson blunders.
Iowa's Tyler Neilsen had Robinson wrapped up for a sack, and as Robinson tried to slip away he put the ball on the ground to steady himself. The ball stayed there, though, and Neilsen's recovery led to a 42-yard field goal by Mike Meyer.
Robinson finished the half by being picked off by Christian Kirksey on a deflected ball at the Iowa goal line with 1:02 left before the break.
Michigan had gained over 500 yards of offense in three of its last four games, but Iowa held the Wolverines to 323 yards.
No. 15 Michigan State 31, Minnesota 24: EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Le'Veon Bell's 35-yard touchdown run with 10:58 remaining helped No. 15 Michigan State hold off upset-minded Minnesota 31-24 on Saturday.
Bell ran for 96 yards and two touchdowns, and Kirk Cousins threw for 296 yards and a pair of TDs. The Spartans (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten) trailed 24-21 after three quarters before rallying.
MarQueis Gray threw three touchdown passes to Da'Jon McKnight for the Golden Gophers (2-7, 1-4), who upset Iowa last weekend but were unable to shake up the conference title race again.
With the score tied at 24, Bell found running room to the right and went all the way to the end zone to put the Spartans ahead. Minnesota had the ball at the Michigan State 45 with 15 seconds left, but Gray threw an interception.
Gray was 19 of 32 for a career-high 295 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions, and McKnight caught nine passes for a career-high 173 yards.
Michigan State entered the game ranked No. 1 in the nation in pass defense, but Gray and McKnight didn't seem to notice. The 6-foot-4 quarterback found his senior receiver with a short pass early in the first quarter, and McKnight slipped past three potential tacklers before eventually dragging defensive back Johnny Adams into the end zone for a 64-yard touchdown to open the scoring.
Cousins answered with a 4-yard scoring pass to Keith Nichol, but a fumble by the Spartans' Edwin Baker later in the quarter gave Minnesota the ball at the Michigan State 26. Gray's 13-yard touchdown pass to McKnight put the Gophers back ahead.
The Spartans tied it at 14 on a 1-yard scoring run by Bell in the second quarter, but Michigan State still looked out of sorts. A short while later, the Spartans had the ball inside the Minnesota 20 when there was movement up front for a false start. A frustrated Cousins took the snap and spiked the ball in exasperation, drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and knocking his team out of field goal range.
Down 17-14 in the final minute of the half, Michigan State finally found a rhythm, driving 74 yards and taking the lead on a 2-yard touchdown pass from Cousins to Todd Anderson with 5 seconds left in the second quarter.
It was Anderson's first career touchdown.
The advantage was short-lived. Minnesota went 80 yards in 11 plays at the start of the third and took a 24-21 lead when Gray found McKnight in the back of the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown on third-and-12.
Michigan State had a touchdown wiped out by a replay review later in the third. A sideways pass from Cousins to Bell hit the ground, and Minnesota defensive back Kyle Henderson stopped, assuming the play was over. Bell picked up the ball and ran 60 yards to the end zone, but after further review, officials ruled the pass went forward and changed their call to an incompletion.
Dan Conroy tied it at 24 with a 40-yard field goal 11 seconds into the fourth quarter, after tight end Brian Linthicum made a nice play in the end zone to prevent a possible interception. That drive started at the Minnesota 41 after Trenton Robinson's acrobatic interception.
Robinson also made the interception in the final seconds that sealed the win.
No. 18 Georgia 63, New Mexico State 16: ATHENS, Ga. -- Aaron Murray threw five second-quarter touchdown passes, former walk-on receiver Brandon Harton ran for 98 yards and No. 18 Georgia won its seventh straight game by cruising past New Mexico State 63-16 on Saturday.
The Bulldogs (7-2) turned to Harton this week after Isaiah Crowell and Carlton Thomas were suspended one game for failing a drug test. Georgia was also without top reserve tailback Richard Samuel, who will miss the next month after undergoing ankle surgery.
But with Murray running the offense, Georgia had little reason for concern against New Mexico State (3-6).
Murray, who played only the first half, completed 18 of 23 passes for 238 yards, five TDs and no interceptions.
Coming off a 24-20 win over Florida, the Bulldogs used the game as a tuneup for next week's home matchup with Southeastern Conference rival Auburn. After facing the Tigers next Saturday, Georgia will close the regular season by hosting Kentucky on Nov. 19 and visiting Georgia Tech on Nov. 26.
With wins against Auburn and Kentucky and one conference loss by South Carolina, Georgia would win the SEC East.
Harton had not taken a snap since the Bulldogs' blowout win over Coastal Carolina on Sept. 17. He lost a fumble on his first carry, a 9-yard run to the Aggies' 3, before redeeming himself with a 4-yard TD run to make it 14-3 early in the second.
Cornerback Branden Smith, who occasionally plays offense, started at tailback and made it 7-0 with a 56-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter.
Kenny Turner scored New Mexico State's first touchdown on a 10-yard run early in the fourth quarter to make it 56-10. The Aggies (3-6) from the Western Athletic Conference have lost three straight.
New Mexico State quarterback Matt Christian was knocked out of the game with an undisclosed injury. Christian seemed to be injured as he was trying to tackle Baccari Rambo on the Georgia safety's 51-yard interception return.
No. 19 Wisconsin 62, Purdue 17: MADISON, Wis. -- Montee Ball rushed for a career-high 223 yards with three touchdowns and No. 19 Wisconsin rebounded from back-to-back losses with a 62-17 rout of Purdue on Saturday.
Russell Wilson threw two touchdowns and scored on a scramble for the Badgers (7-2, 3-2 Big Ten). The lopsided victory was a boost to the Badgers after their late collapses at Michigan State and Ohio State the past two weeks.
Raheem Mostert had five kickoff returns for 206 yards for the Boilermakers (4-5, 2-3), helping them stay in the game early on. Caleb TerBush started at quarterback for Purdue, with Robert Marve also getting some time.
Wilson was 15 of 20 for 205 yards, and had 76 yards rushing for the Badgers before coach Bret Bielema rested him early in the fourth quarter.
Wisconsin lost safety Aaron Henry to a right ankle injury in the first half. The extent of his injury was not immediately clear.
Already trailing 38-17 at halftime, the Boilermakers tried a fourth-down conversion early in the third quarter but Wisconsin's Mike Taylor stopped Akeem Shavers short on fourth-and-5 at the Wisconsin 36.
The ball went back to the Badgers -- and it wasn't long before Ball broke free for a rambling 29-yard touchdown to put Wisconsin ahead 45-17.
Wisconsin's Chris Borland then came up with an interception deep in Purdue territory, and the Badgers' James White scored on a 5-yard touchdown run to make the score 52-17 with 11:01 left in the third quarter.
The rout was on.
The Badgers made it look easy on their first possession, as Ball went through a big hole in the middle of the line to break a 44-yard run on Wisconsin's first play from scrimmage. A slant to Nick Toon gave the Badgers first-and-goal, and Wilson threw a 1-yard touchdown to tight end Jacob Pedersen two plays later and Wisconsin took a 7-0 lead.
But the Boilermakers came right back, getting a 49-yard kickoff return from Mostert. TerBush immediately found tight end Crosby Wright up the middle for a 30-yard touchdown to tie the game.
Wisconsin took a 14-7 lead later in the first quarter, as Wilson's 66-yard strike to wide-open receiver Jeff Duckworth helped set up Wilson's 5-yard touchdown to Jared Abbrederis for a 14-7 lead.
But the Badgers' recent special teams problems struck again, allowing a 74-yard kickoff return to Mostert. The Badgers held the Boilermakers to a 25-yard field goal by Carson Wiggs, cutting Wisconsin's lead to 14-10 with 1:13 left in the first quarter. Wisconsin's special teams came under scrutiny the past two weeks after breakdowns in the Michigan State and Ohio State losses.
Ball then got on the scoreboard early in the second quarter, taking it up the middle on second-and-goal from the 1 for an easy touchdown and a 21-10 lead.
The ensuing kickoff went out of the end zone, preventing another big return by Purdue and earning a sarcastic cheer from the crowd.
Taylor picked off TerBush, and Wilson took over with his feet, with a 20-yard scramble to help set up his 6-yard scoring run on second-and-goal. The Badgers led 28-10 with 6:16 left before halftime.
Purdue put together a long drive just before halftime, ending in Justin Siller's 2-yard touchdown run to cut the Badgers' lead to 35-17. But Wisconsin drove for a late 52-yard field goal by Philip Welch and took a 38-17 lead into halftime.
Louisville 38, No. 24 West Virginia 35: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Teddy Bridgewater threw for one touchdown, Andrew Johnson returned a blocked field goal for another score and Louisville shocked No. 24 West Virginia 38-35 Saturday.
Not expected to be a factor in the Big East this season, the surprising Cardinals (5-4, 3-1) won their third straight in a tight race and dealt a severe blow to West Virginia's title chances.
Louisville also got a payback of sorts after being overlooked in the recent Big 12 expansion sweepstakes, a bid that went to the Mountaineers.
Geno Smith threw for 410 yards and three scores but couldn't bring the Mountaineers (6-3, 2-2) back from 10 points down in the fourth quarter.
West Virginia will likely need to win its final three games against Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and South Florida and get some help to have a shot at the league's BCS berth.
Despite being outgained 533-351, Louisville converted all four scoring chances inside the 20-yard line after failing on half its attempts all season.
Three different backs scored rushing touchdowns for Louisville, which broke a four-game losing streak in the series.
Louisville scored a season high and at times it looked as though the Cardinals had the conference's best offense -- not West Virginia, which had trouble at times against the league's No. 1 defense. And the Mountaineers' special teams had another awful day.
Tyler Bitancurt missed one field goal try and had another short one blocked by Adrian Bushell on the first play of the fourth quarter. Johnson picked up the loose ball and went 82 yards to put the Cardinals ahead 31-21.
Smith, who completed 31 of 44 passes but was sacked three times, fumbled the ball away on the next series near midfield. He made up for it on the ensuing 96-yard drive with a 46-yard pass to Ivan McCartney that set up Shawne Alston's 8-yard scoring run with 9 minutes left.
But Louisville ran seven minutes off the clock on a 76-yard drive that included Dominique Brown's 2-yard run on fourth-and-1 at the West Virginia 43. Brown capped the drive with a 3-yard TD run for a 38-28 lead.
Stedman Bailey, who caught eight passes for 118 yards but had two critical drops, scored on a 1-yard pass from Smith with a minute left. But Louisville recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock.
Bridgewater, a freshman, completed 21 of 27 passes for a season-high 246 yards.
He provided a spark just before halftime after an 11-yard punt by West Virginia freshman Michael Molinari. Bridgewater went 5 of 6 on the drive, completing a left-handed shovel pass under pressure before hitting Eli Rogers from 4 yards out to tie the game at 21.
West Virginia went scoreless in the third quarter for the first time all season. Bitancurt missed a 33-yard field goal try after Najee Goode intercepted Bridgewater's first pass of the second half.
A fumble by freshman Andrew Buie at the West Virginia 15 set up Chris Philpott's 39-yard field goal to put Louisville ahead entering the fourth.
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