Kevin Jennings threw for 303 yards with three touchdowns and ran for another score as SMU stayed in contention to reach another ACC title game with a 38-6 win over Louisville on Saturday. The Mustangs (8-3, 6-1 ACC) would make the Atlantic Coast Conferen ce championship game for the second year in a row since joining the league if they win their regular-season finale at California and get a little help. Jennings completed 29 of 37 passes in his third consecutive 300-yard game. His nifty 5-yard TD pass pu t SMU up 21-3 late in the first half. Jennings initially went right, then reversed to avoid defenders and had what seemed a clear lane to the end zone when, still on the run, he flung the ball forward with his right arm to TJ Harden.Louisville (7- 4, 4-4), without starting quarterback Miller Moss and leading rusher Isaac Brown, lost its third game in a row. Moss, a transfer from USC, had started the first 10 games and was in uniform but didn't play because of a foot injury. Brown has missed all th ree of those losses since injuring a leg against Virginia Tech. Adams, a redshirt freshman from Austin, Texas, was 12-of-17 passing for 94 yards in his first career start for the Cardinals, who had only 228 total yards. SMU last year made its ACC debut b y going 8-0 in league play, and still made the 12-team College Football Playoff after losing to Clemson in the conference championship game. On Saturday, Jennings put SMU ahead to stay with his 2-yard TD on the game's opening drive, and Jordan Hudson mad e a spectacular leaping 7-yard TD catch while defended and being able to get his foot down in bounds. Yamir Knight had a similar 6-yard scoring catch in the back of the end zone in the fourth quarter. - SMU/AP College Football
(DS#19 QB) rJr/2027 QB Kevin Jennings, Southern Methodist
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