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09/01/24 - QB Miller Moss, rSr/2026, Louisville + More +      Woody Marks scored on a 13-yard run with 8 seconds left to give No. 23 Southern California a 27-20 win over No. 13 LSU on Sunday night. Miller Moss passed for 378 yards and a touchdown and his 20-yard completion to Kyron Hudson and a subsequent targeting penalty on LSU with 18 seconds to play set up the winning score by Marks in the season opener for both teams. Moss outdueled LSU's Garrett Nussmeier, who completed 29 of 38 passes for 304 yards with two touchdowns and an interception on the final drive. Moss was similarly efficient in going 27 of 36 in a battle of QBs who waited their turns after sitting behind the two most recent Heisman Trophy winners, LSU's Jayden Daniels and USC's Caleb Williams. USC, in its first season of Big Ten Conference play, sent a message with this victory in the teams' first meeting in 40 years that the Trojans could be a factor after going a disappointing 8-5 last year. And it came against a Southeastern Conference opponent hoping to show it belongs in the College Football Playoff. LSU will still have its chances to make that case, but this is the Tigers' third consecutive season-opening loss under coach Brian Kelly. LSU also had its four-game winning streak going back to last season snapped. The Tigers represented about 60% of the crowd, an Allegiant Stadium announced record gathering of 63,969 that sometimes felt like Baton Rouge West. There was some star power, too, with LSU greats Shaquille O'Neal and Daniels with his Heisman Trophy in tow. Former USC Heisman winners Marcus Allen and Matt Leinart also were on hand. Two tremendous catches helped define the first half. - AP College Football QB Miller Moss, rSr/2026 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (00) Recruiting Grade: 4* (11) + Louisville Roster/Recruiting/Scouting Louisville Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - WR Tetairoa McMillan, Jr/2025, Arizona + More +      New Mexico had a plan in place to slow Tetairoa McMillan, one that included multiple coverages against Arizona's All-American receiver. The Lobos lost track of McMillan on Arizona's opening drive, leading to a big play, and couldn't corral him no matter what they tried. McMillan had a school-record 304 yards receiving and matched another with four touchdown catches - all from Noah Fifita - and No. 21 Arizona opened coach Brent Brennan's first season with a 61-39 win over New Mexico on Saturday night. "We tried man, man with help, zone pressures," New Mexico coach Bronco Mendenhall said. "They did a very good job of moving him around and we didn't do a very good job stopping him." The Wildcats (1-0) put on an offensive show in their first game as a Big 12 member, with McMillan and Fifita headlining. Arizona's stars connected on a 69-yard touchdown on the Wildcats' opening drive and kept gouging New Mexico's defense for big chunks. McMillan averaged 30.4 yards on 10 catches and broke the Arizona single-game record of 283 yards receiving set by Jeremy McDaniel in 1996. McMillan matched Jacob Cowing's touchdown catches record set against Southern California last season and fell 10 yards short of the Big 12 record set by Baylor's Terrance Williams in 2012. Fifita finished with 422 yards and four touchdowns on 19-of-31 passing with an interception. Quali Conley ran for 90 yards and three touchdowns to round out an Arizona offense that racked up 627 total yards. "I like the way we rallied in the second half and thought we played good team football," Brennan said. "That's the rhythm that we need, complementing each other as we play." The Lobos (0-2) opened Mendenhall's first season by blowing a 17-point lead in a 35-31 loss to Montana last week. - AP College Football WR Tetairoa McMillan, Jr/2025 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (00) Recruiting Grade: 4* (05) + Arizona Roster/Recruiting/Scouting Arizona Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - QB Tommy Mellott, Sr/2025, Montana State + More +      Tommy Mellott threw a touchdown pass and ran for two more touchdowns to help FCS No. 4 Montana State beat Utah Tech 31-7 Saturday night. Mellott was 14-of-21 passing for 152 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown to Rohan Jones, and added 71 yards rushing on six carries for Montana State (2-0). Scottre Humphrey had 104 yards rushing on 20 carries. Taco Dowler returned a punt 53 yards to the 8, setting up a 1-yard touchdown run by Adam Jones that opened the scoring late in the first quarter and Mellott kept the ball on a zone-read play and raced 47 yards for a TD that made it 14-0 with 13:13 left in the second quarter. Mellott connected with Rohan Jones for a 45-yard touchdown pass early in the third and Myles Sansted kicked a 27-yard field goal to make it 24-0 going into the fourth quarter. Mellott capped an 11-play, 82-yard drive with a 1-yard TD run with 14:02 to play. Deacon Hill scored on a 24-yard run about a minute later for Utah Tech (0-1). - AP College Football QB Tommy Mellott, Sr/2025 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00) Recruiting Grade: 2* (00) + Montana State Roster/Recruiting/Scouting Montana State Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - RB Frank Peasant, rSr/2026, Transfer + More +      Frank Peasant's 30-yard touchdown jaunt with 16 seconds left helped carry Middle Tennessee State past Tennessee Tech 32-25 in a season opener on Saturday night. The game didn't end until 1:18 a.m. EST due to weather delays. The Blue Raiders led 21-5 at halftime before the Golden Eagles scored three touchdowns and took a 25-24 lead when reserve quarterback Jordyn Potts threw a pair of touchdowns in the game's final minutes. Potts relieved injured starter Dylan Laible who departed in the first quarter. Potts threw a 15-yarder to Ashton Maples capping an eight-play, 82-yard drive with 4:21 left. The Golden Eagles' defense forced a three-and-out, and Potts this time led a six-play, 57-yard drive resulting in a 13-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Yates with 1:06 left. MTSU countered when quarterback Nicholas Vattiato connected on pass plays of 14 and 26 yards to Omari Kelly. The 26-yarder occurred on fourth-and-5 at the Blue Raiders' 44-yard line. The play set up Peasant's game-scoring dash. Peasant ran for 49 yards and two touchdowns. His 3-yard plunge with 6:56 left in the first was the game's first score. - AP College Football RB Frank Peasant, rSr/2026 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 0* (00) Recruiting Grade: 3* (182) + Transfer Roster/Recruiting/Scouting Transfer Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - QB Sam Leavitt, rSo/2028, Arizona State + More +      Sam Leavitt threw for 258 yards and two touchdowns, Cam Skattebo and DeCarlos Brooks both ran for a touchdown and Arizona State won its first football game as a member of the Big 12, beating Wyoming 48-7 on Saturday night. The Sun Devils scored a defensive touchdown just 41 seconds into the game when Zyrus Fiaseu picked off Wyoming's Evan Svoboda and ran 29 yards to the end zone. The Sun Devils didn't force a turnover last season until their fourth game. Svoboda threw another interception less than five minutes later. This time, it was Keyshaun Elliott who grabbed the errant pass and ran 18 yards to the Wyoming 42. The Sun Devils capitalized on the good field position with a 29-yard field goal and a 10-0 lead. Arizona State had a 17-0 lead by the end of the first quarter and a 27-0 advantage at halftime. Leavitt, a Michigan State transfer, played well in his first career start, completing 14 of 22 passes. He beat out senior Jeff Sims for the starting job during preseason camp. Svoboda completed 6 of 15 passes for 42 yards and had the two early interceptions. He also made an errant throw on a lateral that was picked up by Arizona State's Justin Wodtly and returned six yards for a touchdown. - AP College Football QB Sam Leavitt, rSo/2028 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (00) Recruiting Grade: 4* (36) + Arizona State Roster/Recruiting/Scouting Arizona State Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - RB Eli Gillman, rJr/2027, Montana + More +      Eli Gillman ran for 89 yards and two touchdowns and Montana held off Missouri State for a 29-24 victory on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Jmariyae Robinson's 7-yard touchdown run capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive that pulled Missouri State to 26-24 with 4:43 to play. Montana's Ty Morrison made his third field goal of the game - a 38-yarder- to cap the scoring with 1:38 left. Back-to-back sacks deep inside Missouri State territory on the Bears' final possession sealed it for the FCS third-ranked Grizzlies. Gillman's 37-yard touchdown run gave the Grizzlies a 7-6 lead late in the first quarter. Morrison's field goals from 35 and 22 yards stretched the advantage to 12-10 at intermission. Jayden Becks' 32-yard run gave the Bears a 17-12 lead early in the third quarter. Montana answered with a Logan Fife 34-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Harris followed by a Gillman 2-yard TD run to take a 26-17 lead with 9:56 to play. Jacob Clark was 23-of-39 passing for 257 yards with one interception for Missouri State. Montana advanced to the program's eighth FCS title game last season but lost to South Dakota State 23-3 and is the reigning Big Sky Conference champions. Attendance was 26,482, the seventh largest at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. - AP College Football RB Eli Gillman, rJr/2027 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 0* (00) Recruiting Grade: 2* (00) + Montana Roster/Recruiting/Scouting Montana Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - RB Seth McGowan, rSr/2026, New Mexico State + More +      Seth McGowan scored on a 3-yard run with less than two minutes to play to rally New Mexico State to a 23-16 victory over FCS-member Southeast Missouri State on Saturday night in the Aggies season opener. McGowan also scored the first touchdown for New Mexico State on a 14-yard run early in the second quarter. He finished with 87 yards on 11 carries. Paxton DeLaurent threw a 51-yard scoring strike to Dorian Anderson with 2:03 left in the first quarter to give the Redhawks (1-1) a 7-0 lead. McGowan tied the game with his first scoring run and Southeast Missouri State's DC Pippin and the Aggies' Abraham Montano traded field goals to send the game to halftime all even at 10-10. Pippin booted a 53-yard field goal for the only score of the third quarter to put the Redhawks up 13-10 and he pushed the advantage to six with a 48-yarder 4 seconds into the fourth quarter. Montano connected on a 51-yarder to pull New Mexico State within a point with 6:07 left. McGowan's go-ahead score came with 1:57 remaining. Parker Awad ran it in for the 2-point conversion. DeLaurent completed 27 of 45 passes for 295 yards with one interception. Anderson finished with six catches for 115 yards. Awad totaled 37 yards on 5-for-17 passing with one pick. - AP College Football RB Seth McGowan, rSr/2026 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00) Recruiting Grade: 4* (00) + New Mexico State Roster/Recruiting/Scouting New Mexico State Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - QB Brock Vandagriff, rSr/2026, Kentucky + More +      Brock Vandagriff emerged from a two-hour-plus lightning delay to throw three touchdown passes in his Kentucky debut to lead a 31-0 opening-game shutout of Southern Miss on Saturday night in a game that was called for good with 9:56 remaining in the third quarter after a second delay. Lightning in the area delayed the scheduled 7:45 p.m. start to 10:05 p.m., and the Georgia transfer took charge to throw for 169 yards and two 12-yard scores to Barion Brown in the first half and a five-yard score to Jordan Dingle in the third before the second lightning delay early Sunday morning. A release stated that the termination was "by mutual agreement of the participating institutions as permitted by NCAA rules" and considered final and complete. Tate Rodemaker threw for 126 yards for the Golden Eagles along with two interceptions, with one ending their best scoring chance when Kentucky's JQ Hardaway picked off a tipped pass in the end zone with 13:37 left in the first half. Vandagriff completed passes to five different receivers, including Dane Key, who had three catches for 60 yards and North Texas transfer Ja'Mori Maclin, who had two catches for 66 yards. - AP College Football QB Brock Vandagriff, rSr/2026 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00) Recruiting Grade: 5* (03) + Kentucky Roster/Recruiting/Scouting Kentucky Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - QB Bryson Barnes, rSr/2026, Utah State + More +      Back-up quarterback Bryson Barnes passed for two touchdowns and ran for another Saturday night, Kyrese White caught three balls for 131 yards, including touchdowns of 57 and 53 yards, and Utah State beat Robert Morris 36-14 in the season opener for both teams. Nate Dreiling, who was named Utah State's interim coach after the firing of Blake Anderson in July, got his first win as a head coach at any level. The 33-year-old, who was elevated from defensive coordinator, is the youngest head coach in the FBS. Barnes replaced Spencer Petras - who left the game after an apparent injury and never returned - midway through the second quarter. The Aggies went three-and-out on his first possession at the helm and then Barnes threw an interception to end the second as Robert Morris took a 14-10 lead into halftime. Utah State forced the Colonials to go three-and-out on the first possession of the third quarter before White caught a swing pass and raced 53 yards for a touchdown with 10:33 left to give Utah State the lead for good at 17-14. Elliott Nimord kicked a 50-yard field goal about 8 minutes later to make it 20-14 going into the fourth quarter and Barnes scrambled for a 63-yard TD run to make it a two-possession game with 13 minutes to play. Robert Morris again went three-and-out and, after Robert Briggs Jr. ripped off a 55-yard run, Jalen Royals caught a 21-yard scoring pass from Barnes to cap a two-play, 76-yard drive that made it 33-10. - AP College Football QB Bryson Barnes, rSr/2026 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00) Recruiting Grade: 0* (00) + Utah State Roster/Recruiting/Scouting Utah State Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - QB Jack Turner, rSr/2026, Transfer + More +      Jack Turner and Blake Baker each threw a touchdown pass to help Louisiana Tech beat Nicholls 25-17 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Baker and Turner were a combined 16-of-32 passing for 277 yards with three interceptions. Turner gave the Bulldogs a 9-7 advantage with a 28-yard touchdown pass to Solo Lewis with 10:14 to play in the first quarter. Baker stretched the lead to 15-7 with a 14-yard scoring throw to Marlion Jackson midway through the second quarter. Jimmy Holiday capped a 71-yard drive with a 6-yard touchdown run to give the Bulldogs a 25-10 lead with 7:12 left in the game. Louisiana Tech held Nicholls to just 200 yards of offense and forced a safety in the first quarter. Rasheed Lovelace returned a Turner pass attempt 25 yards into the end zone in the first quarter for Nicholls. Pat McQuaide threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Quincy Brown for the Colonels to cap the scoring with 2:17 to play. - AP College Football QB Jack Turner, rSr/2026 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00) Recruiting Grade: 0* (00) + Transfer Roster/Recruiting/Scouting Transfer Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - RB Marquez Cooper, rSr/2025, San Diego State + More +      Marquez Cooper ran for 223 yards and two second-half touchdowns to lead San Diego State to a 45-14 win over Texas A&M-Commerce in a season-opener on Saturday night. Gabriel Plascencia connected on a 50-yard field goal to give the Aztecs a 3-0 lead after one but the Lions grabbed the lead when EJ Oakmon bulled over from the 1 to make it 6-3. Cooper took over in the second half, vaulting San Diego State into the lead with a 47-yard touchdown romp in the third quarter. Tano Letuli recovered a fumble in the end zone and Louis Brown IV pulled in a 44-yard pass from Danny O'Neil for three touchdowns in a six-minute span of the third quarter. Cooper added a seven-yard touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter and O'Neil capped the scoring with an eight-yard TD pass to Jordan Napier. In between those two scores JD Coffey III added a 45-yard pick-six. O'Neil completed 22 of 33 passes for 214 yards without an interception and Brown caught three passes for 91 yards. Texas A&M-Commerce managed just 117 yards passing, with Eric Rodriguez completing 14 of 20 passes for 105 yards for a touchdown and the pick-six. The Lions' ground game was held to just 63 yards on 34 carries. - AP College Football RB Marquez Cooper, rSr/2025 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00) Recruiting Grade: 3* (227) + San Diego State Roster/Recruiting/Scouting San Diego State Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - QB Jordan McCloud, rSr/2025, Texas State + More +      Jordan McCloud threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns and Texas State used a fast start to hold off Lamar for a 34-27 season-opening win on Saturday. The Bobcats built a 15-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, and a field goal early in the second extended the lead to 18 points which Texas State took to intermission. Texas State led 34-17 with 5:29 left when McCloud threw a 30-yard scoring pass to Joey Hobert. Following a missed point-after attempt, Lamar marched 75 yards in five plays capped by Robert Coleman's 9-yard touchdown to Jayden Boyd with 4:11 left to reduce the Cardinals' deficit to 34-24. Lamar's defense forced a three-and-out before Bobcats' punter David Nunez mustered just a 28-yarder to give Lamar the ball at its own 44-yard line. Chris Esqueda kicked a 27-yard field goal with 37 seconds remaining to make it 34-27. The Cardinals recovered the on-side kick but never advanced the ball beyond midfield. Ismail Mahdi ran for 156 yards on 28 carries and his 1-yard plunge at the end of the first made it 15-0 for Texas State. Coleman threw for 237 yards and two touchdowns for Lamar. - AP College Football QB Jordan McCloud, rSr/2025 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00) Recruiting Grade: 3* (58) + Texas State Roster/Recruiting/Scouting Texas State Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - QB Alonza Barnett III, rJr/2027, James Madison + More +      Alonza Barnett III threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to George Pettaway in the final minute of the first half to give James Madison the lead and the Dukes pulled away in the second half to earn a 30-7 win over Charlotte in a season-opener on Saturday night. Barnett added a 73-yard touchdown pass to Omarion Dollison a minute into the second half and Ayo Adeyi and Pettaway each ran for fourth-quarter touchdowns. Noe Ruelas connected on a 43-yard field goal in the final minute of the first quarter to give the Dukes the lead, but Max Brown threw 26 yards to Isaiah Myers for Charlotte's lone score to take a short-lived 7-3 lead. Barnett completed 10 of 18 pass attempts for 219 yards with an interception and carried nine times for 89 yards to lead James Madison. Adeyi carried 17 times for 41 yards and a score and Pettaway had eight carries for 25 yards. Brown attempted 45 passes for Charlotte, completing 22 with two interceptions for 193 yards. Terron Kellman had 76 yards on nine carries. - AP College Football QB Alonza Barnett III, rJr/2027 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00) Recruiting Grade: 3* (149) + James Madison Roster/Recruiting/Scouting James Madison Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - QB Clifton McDowell, rSr/2025, McNeese + More +      Clifton McDowell had two fourth-quarter touchdown runs, D'Angelo Durham added a third and McNeese rallied for a 21-7 victory over Southern on Saturday night, spoiling the Jaguars' season opener. Neither team scored until Southern took advantage of a McNeese turnover to grab a 7-0 lead midway through the second quarter. Jamarius Brown sacked McDowell for a 6-yard loss on first down and Zak Yassine recovered a fumble by Joshon Barbie on the next play, giving Southern the ball on the Cowboys' 32-yard line. Jaylon Wood's 1-yard plunge capped an eight-play drive. The Jaguars' lead stood until McDowell scored on a 6-yard run on the second play following a blocked field-goal attempt and return with 11 minutes remaining. McDowell gave McNeese (1-1) the lead on a 1-yard plunge with 9:24 left following a Southern turnover at its own 2-yard line. Durham's 2-yard scoring run with 5:04 to go capped a six-play, 70-yard drive. - AP College Football QB Clifton McDowell, rSr/2025 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00) Recruiting Grade: 3* (00) + McNeese Roster/Recruiting/Scouting McNeese Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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09/01/24 - QB Haynes King, rSr/2026, Georgia Tech + More +      Haynes King threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score and Georgia Tech never trailed in a comfortable 35-12 win over Georgia State on Saturday night. It was a balanced offensive effort for Tech, which accumulated 499 yards of offense (274 in the air, 225 on the ground). Georgia State tallied 360 yards with 210 in the air and 150 on the ground in its season opener. Georgia State threatened to land the first blow after Tech won the toss and deferred to the second half. On their first possession, the Panthers marched 64 yards to the Tech 1 and had a first-and-goal. Tech's defense denied Georgia State running back Sy'veon Wilkerson three times before quarterback Christian Veilleux threw an incompletion on fourth down. The Yellow Jackets played strong defense as Georgia State was 1 for 3 in red zone tries. Tech was 3 for 3 in the red zone. Tech took a 14-3 lead at halftime behind Jamal Haynes' 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and King's 2-yard scoring run that capped an 11-play, 75-yard drive with four seconds left before intermission. The Yellow Jackets pulled away in early in the third quarter with two big touchdown plays. Eric Singleton Jr.'s 25-yard touchdown scamper extended the Tech lead to 21-3, and on Tech's next drive King found a wide-open Malik Rutherford for a 52-yard touchdown connection. - AP College Football QB Haynes King, rSr/2026 Draft Class Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00) Recruiting Grade: 4* (07) + Georgia Tech Roster/Recruiting/Scouting Georgia Tech Player News & Notes News Source: AP College Football, Share/Comment/External News Feed: Here

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