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  South Alabama Football   Kentrel Bullock rushed for three touchdowns and quarterback Bishop Davenport added two scores on the ground in South Alabama's 42-35 win over Southern Mississippi on Saturday. The Jaguars (4-7, 3-4 Sun Belt) continue their unbeaten streak against Southern Mississippi, improving to 6-0. Bullock rushed twice in the first half, from 15 and 26 yards out. Davenport added a 1-yard run and Keenan Phillips scored on a 13-yard run for the Jaguars to go up 28-7 before halftime. Davenport threw for 151 yards on 20 attempts.

Braylon Braxton threw for 400 yards for Southern Mississippi (7-4, 5-2) and three touchdowns, including a 52-yard touchdown pass to Carl Chester to get the Golden Eagles on the board. Chester caught his second touchdown in the fourth quarter, and Micah Davis caught a 29-yarder with 6:35 to go. Southern Mississippi struck again with 46 seconds left on the clock to close the gap on a 1-yard run by Jaylin Carter. South Alabama held the Golden Eagles to only 41 yards rushing, compared to its 263. - South Alabama/AP College Football


RB Kentrel Bullock, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (92)

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  Jackson State Football   Jared Lockhart threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score to help Jackson State hold off Alcorn State 27-21 in a regular-season finale on Saturday. Ahmad Miller had a 57-yard run on the first play from scrimmage for Jackson State - ranked No. 15 in the FCS coaches poll. Lockhart capped the eight-play drive when he scored from a yard out on a keeper to put the Tigers up 7-0. Gerardo Baeza added a field goal, Travis Terrell Jr. scored on a short run and Jackson State (9-2, 7-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) led 17-0 after one quarter. Alcorn State (5-7, 4-4) cut its deficit to 10 on Jaylon Tolbert's 64-yard scoring strike to Tyran Warren, but Lockhart and Nate Rembert teamed up on a 55-yard touchdown pass on the next play and Jackson State led 24-7 at halftime.

Reggie Davis scored on a 44-yard run seven plays into the third quarter to get the Braves within 10 points. Baeza kicked a short field goal with 9:06 left to play for Jackson State's only points of the second half. Tolbert delivered a 17-yard touchdown on a fourth-down pass to Warren to cut the deficit to six with 2:19 remaining. Lockhart totaled 194 yards on 15-for-17 passing. Rembert had seven receptions for 120 yards and Miller carried 15 times for 106 yards. Tolbert completed 21 of 33 passes for 234 yards. Warren had seven catches for 111 yards and Davis rushed 15 times for 120 yards. Jackson State tied Alabama State at 7-1 in the SWAC East Division, but the Tigers won the tiebreaker by virtue of their 38-34 road win over the Hornets on Oct. 11. - AP College Football


QB Jared Lockhart, So/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* ()

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  Florida International Football   Joe Pesansky threw two touchdown passes, Kejon Owen had 135 yards rushing and a TD on 21 carries, and Florida International beat Jacksonville State 27-21 on Saturday night to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2019. Florida International (6-5, 4-3 Conference USA) has won three in a row and has four conference wins for the first time since 2018. Dante Anderson forced a fumble by Caden Creel that was recovered by Johnny Chaney Jr. at the FIU 32 and two plays later Alex Perry caught a pass near midfield, eluded three would-be tacklers and raced to the end zone for a 64-yard touchdown that gave the Panthers a 24-21 lead with 12:56 left in the game.

Jacksonville State (7-4, 6-1) had its five-game win streak snapped and fell into a three-way tie with Western Kentucky and Kennesaw State atop the conference. The Gamecocks wrap up the regular season next Saturday at home against WKU. Owens opened the scoring with a 3-yard TD run with 7:06 left in the first quarter, and offensive lineman Chad Staley caught a 1-yard touch pass from Pesansky - the first scoring reception by an offensive lineman in program history - to cap a 10-play, 75-yard drive that opened the second half and made it 14-all. Noah Grant kicked field goals of 35 yards late in the third quarter and 42 yards with 1:54 to play. Creel threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Deondre Johnson and a 20-yarder to Pearson Baldwin. Cam Cook had 138 yards rushing, which included a 1-yard TD, on 25 carries. - FIU/AP College Football


QB Joe Pesansky, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  Eastern Kentucky Football   Myles Burkett threw two touchdown passes to lead Eastern Kentucky to a 33-10 victory over Utah Tech in the season finale for both teams on Saturday. Utah State (2-10, 1-7 United Athletic Conference) opened the game with a seven-play 75-yard drive, scoring on Bronson Barben's 12-yard pass to Chris Street. Eastern Kentucky (5-7, 3-5) used 11 plays to cover 75 yards on its first possession, scoring on Burkett's 14-yard touchdown toss to Jayden West for a 7-all tie after one quarter. Burkett connected with Jakobie Hughes for an 18-yard score and the Colonels moved in front 14-7 early in the second period. Will Alovao forced a Burkett fumble at the end of a 12-yard run and Moe Passi recovered with 42 seconds left. The Trailblazers turned it into a 50-yard field goal by Ilya Uvaydov and trailed by four at halftime.

Brady Hensley had a 9-yard touchdown run with 4:47 left in the third quarter to up Eastern Kentucky's advantage to 21-10. Buzz Flabiano kicked a 31-yard field goal, Barben was sacked in the end zone for a safety and Jaheim Ward picked off Barben and returned it 37 yards for a touchdown - all in the final 2:50 to complete the scoring. Burkett completed 12 of 19 passes for 130 yards. Brayden Latham rushed 23 times for 113 of the Colonels' 264 yards on the ground. Barben also finished with 130 yards passing, completing 18 of 29. - AP College Football


QB Myles Burkett, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 0* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (43)

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  Washington State Football   Caden Pinnick threw for 306 yards and two touchdowns and UC Davis held on downs at its 27 in the closing seconds to win the 71st Causeway Classic 31-27 over Sacramento State on Saturday. The game was billed as a winner-take-all for a berth in the FCS playoffs with the Aggies (8-3, 6-2 Big Sky Conference), ranked 14th in the coaches' poll, holding off the rival Hornets (7-5, 5-3). Pinnick floated a perfect 30-yard pass to Samuel Gbatu for the go-ahead touchdown with 6:14 to play.

The Aggies led 14-0 after one quarter on a pair of short touchdown runs by Jordan Fisher. Then the Hornets scored touchdowns on four-straight possessions, aided by a pair of fumble recoveries, to lead 27-17 entering the fourth quarter. Rodney Hammond Jr., who had 140 yards on 22 carries, scored a pair of touchdowns for Sacramento State, Jamar Curtis, who had 105 yards, ran for a score and quarterback Cardell Williams had a rushing touchdown. Williams was 3 of 9 passing for 17 yards. Pinnick hit Fisher with a 3-yard touchdown to cap a 75-yard drive. After an interception, the Aggies missed a potential tying field goal. Then, the Hornets turned it over on downs at the Davis 39 and Pinnick cashed in. Pinnick was 24 of 30 with Gbatu catching seven for 127 yards. - AP College Football


QB Caden Pinnick, rSo/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* ()

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  Howard Football   Tyriq Starks threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns, Anthony Reagan Jr. racked up 162 all-purpose yards and three total touchdowns, and Howard cruised by Norfolk State, 44-15 on Saturday in the final game for both teams. The Bison (5-7, 2/3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) rode a 23-point second quarter to the victory. They outgained Norfolk State 434-323 in the contest. Travis Kerney scored on a 4-yard rush to get Howard on the board, and Reagan Jr. had touchdowns rushing and receiving in the second quarter.

Starks connected with Montrell Walker to put the Bison up 29-9 early in the third quarter, and Reagan Jr.'s second rushing touchdown was a 56-yarder. Andre Cooper II also caught a touchdown in the fourth. Walker led Bison receivers with six catches for 103 yards. Kevon King ran for 96 yards on 12 touches for the Spartans (1-11, 0-5). Howard snapped a three-game skid with the win, while Norfolk State ends the year on a 10-game losing streak in their first season under head coach Michael Vick. - AP College Football


QB Tyriq Starks, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 1* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  Connecticut Football   Joe Fagnano threw three touchdown passes and Cam Edwards scored two rushing touchdowns, including a game-winning score in the final minute to lead UConn to a 48-45 win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday. Edwards had 101 yards on the ground, and scored twice from a yard out in the second half. His final score came with 26 seconds left, retaking the lead for UConn in a game that had five lead changes. Caden Veltkamp found Jayshon Platt for 27 yards and Easton Messer for 29 yards in the span of 15 seconds to set up a 36-yard field goal to tie it, but Garrison Smith missed the field goal wide left.

The Huskies (9-3) went up 24-3 in the first quarter after Fagnano threw touchdown passes on three consecutive drives. Fagnano was 33-of-46 passing for 446 yards. He entered the game fourth in the country in yards passing, finishing the regular season with 3,448 yards. The win marks the first time UConn has netted consecutive nine-win seasons, both under coach Jim Mora. Veltkamp accounted for four touchdowns and a program record of 494 yards passing for the Owls (4-7). He was 42 of 55 with two touchdowns - including a 90-yard connection - and an interception. He entered sixth in the country in passing yards, and ended with 3,458 passing yards with one game remaining. Veltkamp kept it for an 11-yard touchdown with 2:11 remaining to give the Owls a lead after finding Messer for a 33-yard score five minutes earlier. Messer entered the day with the second-most receptions in the country, and an 11-catch, 119-yard day improved that tally to 94 on the season. - UConn/AP College Football


QB Joe Fagnano, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  Middle Tennessee Football   Roman Gagliano threw for a touchdown and scrambled for another to lead Middle Tennessee to a 31-17 victory over Sam Houston on Saturday for the Blue Raiders' first Conference USA win of the season while ending a seven-game losing streak. With the score tied at 10, Gagliano threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Jekail Middlebrook with 5 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter then made his way to the end zone for a 33-yard touchdown early in the fourth. Gagliano, a freshman making his second start, sealed the outcome with a 2-yard TD run with just over two minutes remaining before the Bearkats added a final touchdown.

The Bearkats (2-9, 1-6) had taken a 10-0 lead in the first quarter on a 38-yard field goal by Christian Pavon and Landyn Locke's deep pass down the right side to Chris Reed for a 54-yard touchdown. The Blue Raiders (2-9, 1-6) rallied to tie on Rickey Hunt Jr.'s 1-yard TD run to cap a 77-yard drive and Jacob Hathaway's 27-yard field goal with 19 seconds left in the first half. Gagliano was 21 of 34 for 268 yards passing and rushed for 67 more. Middlebrook had 106 yards on 15 carries and 31 receiving yards. Locke was 25 of 40 for 281 yards including two touchdowns to Reed but also had an interception. - Middle Tennessee/AP College Football


QB Roman Gagliano, rSo/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  Youngstown State Football   Beau Brungard accounted for 369 total yards and five touchdowns, and Youngstown State held off Northern Iowa for a 35-32 victory on Saturday. Youngstown State (8-4, 5-3 Missouri Valley Football Conference), ranked No. 17 in the FCS coaches' poll, led 28-3 at halftime and 35-18 late in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Northern Iowa (3-9, 1-7) scored on a Harrison Bey-Buie 2-yard touchdown run and Jaxon Dailey's 34-yard touchdown pass to JC Roque Jr. that capped the scoring with 6:31 to play. The Panthers then couldn't convert on fourth-and-16 near midfield with 2:00 left.

Brungard completed 20 of 25 passes for 226 yards and threw two touchdown passes. He added 143 yards rushing on 22 carries and scored three times on the ground that included a 29-yard touchdown run. Dailey was 25-of-34 passing for 352 yards with two touchdown passes for Northern Iowa. Bill Jackson had 115 yards on seven receptions and Roque finished with 99 yards receiving and two scores. - AP College Football


QB Beau Brungard, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (16)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  North Dakota State Football   Barika Kpeenu rushed for two scores and caught his first touchdown pass of the season as undefeated and FCS top-ranked North Dakota State beat St. Thomas-Minnesota 62-7 in a regular-season finale on Saturday. Kpeenu had a career-long 74-yard touchdown run plus a 4-yarder and was standing alone in the end zone when he took in a 47-yard pass in the Bison's 28-point first quarter. Kpeenu has 20 touchdowns this season. It was 45-0 at halftime and Mikhale Ford's 64-yard punt return made it 52-0 in the third quarter.

The Bison (12-0) rolled up 665 yards offense while holding the Tommies (7-5) to 229. Cole Payton had touchdown throws of 81 and 47 yards to Bryce Lance plus his score to Kpeenu and finished 9 of 12 for 279 yards. Nathan Hayes came on to throw two more TD passes and was 8 of 11 for 118 yards. Lance had 106 yards receiving and DJ Scott rushed for 101. North Dakota State had already won its 12th Missouri Valley Football Conference in its 18 years of league membership, seven of those outright. The Bison have won 16 consecutive games and 19 straight FCS home games, the latter streak second to Villanova's current 22 in a row. - AP College Football


RB Barika Kpeenu, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (90)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  Michigan Football   Standout Utah defensive end John Henry Daley left with a leg injury against Kansas State on Saturday after he had two sacks and 3½ tackles for loss in the first quarter. Daley grabbed toward his left leg on a noncontact play with 2:23 left in the first. He was helped to the locker room and did not return to the sideline. The sophomore transfer from BYU came into the game second in the Big 12 in sacks with 9½ and in tackles for loss with 14, trailing only David Bailey of Texas Tech. Nationally, Daley was tied for seventh in sacks and ninth in tackles for loss. Daley is a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award, given to college football's outstanding defensive player. The 13th-ranked Utes struggled without him, giving up 348 yards rushing to KSU in the first half, including 225 in the second quarter. Utah quarterback Devon Dampier also left the game briefly before returning. Officials called for a health check after he had a couple of plays with violent impacts to his head. - AP College Football

DE John Henry Daley, rJr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (171)

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  Kennesaw State Football   Amari Odom found Chase Belcher for a go-ahead 14-yard touchdown with 27 seconds remaining and Kennesaw State beat Missouri State 41-34 on Saturday. Odom danced around in the pocket before drifting back for a lob to the front of the end zone for a wide-open Belcher to set the school record for touchdown passes in a game with five. Odom was 24 of 34 for 387 yards. Odom gave Kennesaw State a 34-27 lead on a 25-yard connection with Clayton Coppock with 5:51 left in the fourth, but Missouri State answered two plays later when Shomari Lawrence raced for a 70-yard touchdown to tie it at 34-all.

After Kennesaw State went three-and-out, Missouri State drove past midfield before being stopped on fourth-and-10 at the 34. Odom started the game-winning drive with a 7-yard rush and followed with a 40-yard completion to Christian Moss to set up the Belcher play. Kennesaw State (8-3, 6-1) rebounded from its first Conference USA loss in 350 days and its first loss overall in 70 days. The loss to Jacksonville State snapped the Owls' seven-game win streak. Coppock and Gabriel Benyard each had two touchdown grabs and 85-plus yards receiving for the Owls. Lawrence finished with 173 yards on 20 carries for Missouri State (7-4, 5-2). Jacob Clark threw for 344 yards and three touchdowns, but he was intercepted two times. Jacksonville State lost to FIU on Saturday to put three 6-1 teams atop the conference standings with one game to play. - AP College Football


RB Chase Belcher, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* ()

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  Duke Football   Anderson Castle punched in the go-ahead 1-yard touchdown with 2:18 left set up by an audacious fake field-goal call and Duke followed with a late stop to hold off rival North Carolina 32-25 on Saturday. The win made the Blue Devils (6-5, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) bowl eligible again, along with ensuring they could keep the Victory Bell that goes to the rivalry winner for another year. Castle ran for three 1-yard touchdowns for Duke, then joined with kicker Todd Pelino to finally put the Blue Devils on top.

With Duke trailing 25-24, Duke lined up a 45-yard field goal for the lead - only to see holder Kade Reynoldson take the snap and flip it to Pelino to the left side. Pelino took off to the open field for 26 yards, getting all the way to the UNC 1-yard line in a stunning play that set up Castle's score. Gio Lopez threw and ran for a touchdown for UNC (4-7, 2-5), while Davion Gause also ran one in. But the loss means UNC won't be able to reach the six-win threshold for bowl eligibility in Bill Belichick's first season. UNC had a final possession, but didn't move the ball before Lopez's fourth-down throw for Kobe Paysour fell incomplete with 1:18 left. - Duke/AP College Football


RB Anderson Castle, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (488)

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  South Dakota State Football   Jack Henry threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to a leaping Grahm Goering in overtime to give South Dakota State a dramatic 34-31 overtime win against North Dakota on Saturday. Ranked 22nd in the FCS despite entering with a four-game losing streak, South Dakota State (8-4, 4-4 Missouri Valley Football Conference) finished second in the conference and is expected to secure an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs. Kenten Laughman gave North Dakota (7-5, 5-3) a 31-28 lead to start overtime. On the Jackrabbits' ensuing drive, on third-and-8, the Fighting Hawks blitzed the middle of the line, broke through and forced Henry to escape running to his right. Without the luxury of being able to stop and plant his feet, he threw a pass across his body from the 37-yard line that an outstretched Goering snared before landing on his back.

Henry completed just 6 of 17 passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns and was intercepted twice. Joisah Johnson ran for 76 yards on 19 carries and had three touchdowns for South Dakota State. North Dakota built leads of 14-0 after a quarter and 17-7 at halftime before the Jackrabbits scored two touchdowns in the third and one in the fourth for a 28-0 lead. North Dakota evened it when Jerry Kaminski threw a 16-yard touchdown to Nate DeMontagnac with 1:52 left in regulation. The two-point conversion forced overtime. Kaminksi threw for 292 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception while running for a touchdown for 13th-ranked North Dakota. All five of North Dakota's defeats were against ranked opponents by a combined 17 points. - AP College Football


WR Grahm Goering, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (103)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  New Mexico State Football   TK King caught the go-ahead touchdown pass for New Mexico State to win the 102nd Battle of I-10 with 21 seconds left, 34-31 over UTEP on Saturday afternoon in the regular season finale for both teams. With just over a minute to play, on fourth-and-11, Skyler Locklear connected with Jaylan Brown for a 34-yard catch on the right sideline to put UTEP into field goal range. Kenny Odom scored on a 28-yard toss over his shoulder that he grabbed with one hand to take the lead, 31-27 with 56 seconds left. Aggies quarterback Adam Damonte completed two passes to get New Mexico State from its own 25 to UTEP's 44. Dijon Stanley rushed for 25 yards to set the offense up for King's catch to win the program's 40th Silver Spade Trophy.

Damonte, in his first start for New Mexico State, completed 29 passes for 253 yards and three touchdowns. Stanley finished with 106 rushing yards. UTEP (2-9, 1-6 Conference USA) scored 21 points in the first quarter. Locklear threw a 27-yard pass to Wondame Davis Jr. and rushed for a 1-yard score. New Mexico State (4-7, 2-5) countered with a 21-point run of its own in the second quarter, off two touchdown throws by Damonte to Donovan Faupel and a 53-yard run up the middle by Stanley, keeping the game even going into halftime. Both teams traded field goals to keep the game tied at 24. New Mexico State kicker David Barker drilled a kick from 24 yards out to take the lead, 27-24. Locklear threw two touchdowns and set a single-season QB rushing touchdown record with his eighth touchdown of the season. - New Mexico State/AP College Football


WR TK King, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (70)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (195)

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