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  Texas Tech Football   Brendan Sorsby threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score to help No. 21 Cincinnati beat Baylor 41-20 on Saturday. The Bearcats (7-1, 5-0 Big 12) have won seven straight for the first time since 2021 when they reached the College Football Playoff. Baylor (4-4, 2-3) trailed 24-0 late in the first half, then cut it to 27-20 early in the fourth quarter behind two touchdown passes and a rushing TD by Sawyer Robertson. Sorsby's 23-yard TD run capped a 12-play, 75-yard drive that took more than seven minutes to make it 34-20 with six minutes left. It was Sorsby's fourth TD run of 20 or more yards this season. Cincinnati started fast again Saturday.

The Bears got a third-down stop on the Bearcats' first possession, but a pass-interference penalty gave Cincinnati a first down. A 1-yard touchdown run by Tawee Walker capped an 81-yard drive to put the Bearcats ahead 7-0. After a sack on third down resulted in a Baylor punt, Cincinnati drove 66 yards in 10 plays and Evan Pryor's 5-yard TD run made the score 14-0. Josh Cameron's catch and fumble for the game's first turnover led to Sorsby's 6-yard TD pass to Cyrus Allen that made it 24-0 with 2:34 left in the half. - Cincinnati/AP College Football


QB Brendan Sorsby, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (04)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (110)

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  Texas Football   Matthew Caldwell threw a touchdown pass to Emmett Mosley in overtime after Arch Manning was knocked out of the game with an injury and No. 22 Texas came from behind to beat Mississippi State 45-38 on Saturday. Ryan Niblett returned a punt 79 yards to tie the game with 1:47 to play in regulation as Texas erased a 31-14 halftime deficit. The Longhorns (6-2, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) still trailed 38-21 with 12:29 remaining in the game when Davon Booth had a 62-yard catch and run for a touchdown for the Bulldogs. A 21-yard touchdown pass from Manning to Mosley with 9:34 left and Mason Shipley's 26 -ard field goal in the final five minutes made it 38-31. Manning finished 29 of 46 for 346 yards, three touchdowns, one interception and he also had a rushing touchdown before leaving early in overtime.

The Bulldogs (4-4, 0-4) were led quarterback Blake Shapen, who had a career game and finished 26 of 42 for 381 yards and four touchdowns. Mississippi State had 445 yards of total offense, gthe most surrendered by the Longhorns all season. Texas finished with 428 yards. The Bulldogs had five sacks and 12 tackles for loss, but the Longhorns' seven sacks were the difference as Shapen was dropped four times in the final five minutes of regulation and overtime. - Texas/AP College Football


QB Arch Manning, rJr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 4* (01)
Recruiting Grade: 5* (01)

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  Texas Tech Football   J'Koby Williams returned the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and took a short pass 26 yards for a score on Texas Tech's first play, jump-starting the No. 14 Red Raiders' 42-0 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday. Jacob Rodriguez returned a fumble 69 yards for a TD as Texas Tech (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) bounced back from its first loss, a 26-22 defeat at 24th-ranked Arizona State that dropped the Red Raiders out of the top 10. It was Texas Tech's first home Big 12 shutout since beating Baylor 28-0 in 2005. After lightning delayed the start for 30 minutes, Williams' return came on the first kickoff since school officials banned the yearslong tradition of fans throwing tortillas on kickoffs. The Red Raiders were penalized twice on kickoffs in their previous home game for objects thrown on the field in violation of a rule the Big 12 approved in August.

Texas Tech blocked a punt on the first possession for the Cowboys (1-7, 0-5), leading to Williams' TD on a screen from Will Hammond, who started a second consecutive game in place of the injured Behren Morton. Third-stringer Mitch Griffis replaced Hammond in the second quarter after Hammond appeared to injure his lower right leg on a run. Morton changed from street clothes to his uniform at halftime but only had to watch as Griffis threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score in the third quarter. Oklahoma State was limited to 182 yards in a seventh consecutive loss since beating lower-division Tennessee-Martin in the opener. The Cowboys have three shutout losses of at least 42 points since 2022. Rodriguez's 11th career fumble recovery - second among active FBS players - never touched the ground. The senior linebacker ripped the ball out of the arms of Sesi Vailahi in the middle of the line of scrimmage and ran untouched for the score. - Texas Tech/AP College Football


RB JKoby Williams, Jr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (78)

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  BYU Football   BYU safety Faletau Satuala returned an interception for a touchdown to help 11th-ranked BYU pull away in the fourth quarter, and the Cougars stayed unbeaten with a 41-27 win over Iowa State on Saturday. Bear Bachmeier threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another, and Chase Roberts and Parker Kingston each had over 100 yards receiving for BYU. Iowa State's Rocco Becht threw three interceptions, the last one coming with 1:14 left and allowing BYU to run out the clock. BYU (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) drove 79 yards in the third quarter to take its first lead, converting two fourth downs before Bachmeier dashed 9 yards up the middle for a touchdown.

After Iowa State (5-3, 2-3) tied it 27-all, BYU looked as if it would go three and out on its ensuing possession. As the Cougars were preparing to down the punt, the ball touched Iowa State's Eli Green and BYU recovered. Three plays later Bachmeier, under pressure, threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Kingston. It was 41-27 less than a minute later when safety Satuala, who made a game-high 10 tackles, pulled a short pass away from Gabe Burkle and ran it back 40 yards for a touchdown. Bachmeier led the Cougars in rushing with 12 carries for 49 yards. Kingston had seven catches for 133 yards and two touchdowns, all career highs, and Roberts caught eight balls for 128 yards. Carson Hansen ran 16 times for 152 yards and two TDs for the Cyclones. - BYU/AP College Football


QB Bear Bachmeier, So/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 4* ()

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  Texas Tech Football   Will Hammond exited No. 14 Texas Tech's game against Oklahoma State on Saturday with an apparent injury, prompting injured starting quarterback Behren Morton to change from street clothes to his uniform at halftime in case he was needed to finish the game. Morton was still on the sideline when third-stringer Mitch Griffis threw for a touchdown and ran for score in the third quarter to push the Red Raiders' lead to 42-0. Hammond appeared in injure his lower right leg on a run in the second quarter. There was no announcement from Texas Tech.

It was the second consecutive start for Hammond in place of Morton, who re-injured his right knee in a victory over Kansas on Oct. 11. Hammond started Texas Tech's first loss, 26-22 at No. 24 Arizona State last week. Hammond had a 26-yard touchdown pass to J'Koby Williams on a screen. Griffis' first play was a 3-yard loss on a fourth-and-1 keeper, but he threw a 42-yard TD pass to Caleb Douglas on Texas Tech's first possession of the second half. Griffis' 1-yard scoring run came late in the third quarter. - AP College Football


QB Will Hammond, rSo/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (26)

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  Vanderbilt Football   Diego Pavia dove across the goal line for a 1-yard touchdown with 1:52 left as No. 10 Vanderbilt beat 15th-ranked Missouri 17-10 Saturday to extend the Commodores' best start in more than 80 years. Vanderbilt improved to 7-1 overall (3-1 Southeastern Conference) putting the Commodores a win off the 1941 squad that started 8-1. They came in with the highest ranking since 1947 playing before a second straight sellout crowd and snapped a five-game skid to the Tigers. CJ Heard set up the winning drive for Vanderbilt by recovering a fumble by Jamal Roberts with 7:02 left. The finish didn't come without plenty of drama. Sedrick Alexander initially was ruled by officials to have fumbled at the 1 only to be overturned upon review with 1:49 left. Pavia finished the drive on the next play. No. 15 Missouri (6-2, 2-2) lost quarterback Beau Pribula early in the third quarter when he hurt his left ankle on fourth-and-goal.

Trainers placed his ankle in an air cast and carted him off the field. Freshman Matt Zollers, who threw a 6-yard TD pass to Jude James early in the fourth to tie it at 10, tried to tie it once more. He threw to Kevin Coleman Jr. as time expired and was ruled an incompletion. After review, officials said Coleman caught the ball short of the goal line. Makhilyn Young put Vandy up 10-3 lead late in the third with an 80-yard touchdown run. Missouri has dominated this series since joining the SEC in 2012. With two of top scoring offenses in the country, these teams scrapped to a 3-3 halftime tie. Vanderbilt came in eighth-best, averaging 41.4 points a game, with Missouri 12th managing 39 a game. A kicking penalty on Missouri left guard Dominick Giudice erased a 20-yard run by Pribula down to the Vandy 1. Robert Meyer put Missouri up 3-0 with 5:11 left in the first half. Meyer missed a 29-yard field goal wide left in the third. Brock Taylor, who hasn't missed since a double overtime loss last season at Missouri, tied it up with a 38-yard field goal with 2:00 left in the first half. That came after Vanderbilt had first-and-goal at the Missouri 8 before a holding penalty and a false start. - Vanderbilt/AP College Football


QB Diego Pavia, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (28)
Recruiting Grade: 2* (241)

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  Oklahoma Football   Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer hasn't been the same since having surgery on his right hand. The Washington State transfer got off to a hot start this season, creating buzz and being mentioned as a Heisman contender. He was injured against Auburn and played through it, even running for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter of a victory that gave the Sooners a 4-0 start and vaulted them into the AP Top 10. Mateer had surgery on the throwing hand during Oklahoma's off week, then sat out the win over Kent State. He returned for the showdown against Texas on Oct. 11, but he had the worst game of his career and threw three interceptions in a loss. He limited mistakes in a win against South Carolina last week as the running game carried the load. Mateer had some good moments Saturday against No. 8 Mississippi, and the 13th-ranked Sooners drove for a chance to tie late before missing a desperation pass in the final seconds.

But he acknowledged that he wasn't as sharp as he needed to be in the 34-26 loss Saturday. "I emphasize in practice throwing the ball down the field, and then I just missed," he said. "Can't happen in that situation. It's something I've got to learn from, something I have to be better at. Period. Got to be better." Mateer completed 17 of 31 passes for 223 yards and a touchdown and ran 13 times for 17 yards against the Ole Miss. The missed throws were unusual enough to prompt questions about his recovery. He said throwing the ball feels the same as it did before the surgery. The results haven't been the same. In his first four games, he completed 67.4% of his passes and averaged 279 yards passing. In the three games since his return, he has completed 58% of his passes, is averaging 192 yards passing, and the Sooners are 1-2. In his first four games, he had 43 carries for 190 yard and five touchdowns. Since then, he has 35 carries for 36 yards and hasn't scored. Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said Mateer is still healing. "He's practiced well, he's thrown with good accuracy, and he's made good decisions," Venables said. "I do think that's still a process of getting completely and fully healed. But I'm not sure if he has the limitations or not. Again, his velocity is good, his accuracy has been really good. So I haven't seen the limitations at practice." - AP College Football


QB John Mateer, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (10)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (126)

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  Tarleton State Football   Ean Rodrigue threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score, Miequle Brock Jr. added 104 yards rushing and Nicolls beat McNeese 31-7 on Saturday night. Rodrigue completed 12 of 20 passes for 161 yards and added 77 yards on 12 carries for Nicholls (2-6, 2-2 Southland Conference). He broke loose on a 34-yard touchdown run on the game's opening drive, and his 69-yard touchdown pass to Karaaz Johnson capped the scoring with about 12 minutes to play. Ty Marsh also had a 45-yard pick-6 for the Colonels, who snapped a six-game losing streak. Jake Strong threw a 20-yard touchdown pass up the middle to Logan Mauldin for McNeese (2-6, 1-3). Strong was 10-of-18 passing for 170 yards and threw two interceptions. - AP College Football

RB Miequle Brock, Jr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* ()

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  Washington State Football   Zevi Eckhaus threw two touchdown passes and opened the scoring with a 7-yard TD run to help Washington State beat Toledo 28-7 on Saturday. Eckhaus was 10-of-22 passing for 159 yards with two interceptions and added a game-high 74 yards rushing on 15 carries. Kirby Vorhees finished with 62 yards rushing for Washington State (4-4) and his 6-yard touchdown run capped the scoring with 2:21 to play.

Tony Freeman caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Eckhaus that capped an 11-play, 80-yard drive with 4:00 left in the second quarter and Eckhaus threw a 35-yard TD pass to Cater Pabst that made it 21-0 with 51 second left. Junior Vandeross III caught a 24-yard touchdown pass from Tucker Gleason and Toledo (4-4) trailed 21-7 at halftime. Gleason finished 26-of-41 passing for 238 yards and threw an interception. - Washington State/AP College Football


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

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  Alcorn State Football   Jaylon Tolbert threw for 227 yards and three touchdowns Alcorn State beat Mississippi Valley State 32-10 on Saturday. Tolbert threw scoring passes of 10, 16 and 74 yards to Jarvis Rush, Ja'Coby Matthews and Tyran Warren, respectively. His 74-yard scoring pass to Warren a minute-and-a-half into the second half extended the Braves' (2-6, 1-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference) lead to 29-0. Tolbert completed 23 of 32 pass attempts and connected with nine different receivers. Matthews was the biggest recipient with seven receptions for 73 yards. Mississippi Valley State (1-6, 0-3) recorded its lone touchdown when Josh Brown completed a 27-yard scoring pass to Cameron Nelson with 5:43 left in the third quarter. Brown threw for 151 yards for the Delta Devils. - AP College Football

QB Jaylon Tolbert, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 2* (00)

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  Navy Football   Blake Horvath rushed for four touchdowns, Coleman Cauley forced two big turnovers, and Navy scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to hold off Florida Atlantic 42-32 on Saturday night, extending the Midshipmen's win streak to a program-tying 10. Navy (7-0, 5-0 American Conference) last won 10 straight in 1959-60 and is 7-0 for the first time since '78. Horvath scored on a pair of 7-yard runs in the first half when Navy took a 21-13 lead. After Alex Tecza scored from the 1 in the fourth quarter, Horvath added 19-and 31-yard TDs following a forced fumble and an interception by Cauley, making his first start, to lead 41-19. The Owls (3-5, 2-3) scored two touchdowns in the final two minutes.

Horvath finished with 174 yards rushing on 21 carries and passed for 83 more. Brandon Chatman rushed 141 yards on 10 carries and Braxton Woodson added a TD in a 397-yard ground game. Caden Veltkamp, who came leading the nation at 30.8 completions per game, was 25 of 41 for 299 yards passing, two touchdowns and an interception for the Owls, who rushed for only 69 yards. Jayshon Platt had five catches for 121 yards and a score. Jabari Smith Jr. had two touchdown catches and Kaden Shields-Dutton one. - AP College Football


QB Blake Horvath, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (18)
Recruiting Grade: 2* (201)

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  Prairie View AM Football   Cameron Peters threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, Chase Bingmon added two rushing touchdowns, and Prairie View A&M beat Lincoln University (California) 38-0 on Saturday. The Panthers (6-2) led 24-0 lead after the first quarter, with 1- and 17-yard scoring runs from Bingmon. The game entered a weather delay during the third quarter and was suspended for an hour and 22 minutes. Peters went 11 of 18 for 243 yards. His 19-yard run in the third quarter made it 31-0. Jyzaiah Rockwell led Prairie View receivers with 104 yards, including a 70-yard score in the fourth quarter. Lincoln had just 63 total yards of offense. - AP College Football

QB Cameron Peters, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* ()

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  Southern Miss Football   Braylon Braxton threw four touchdown passes and Southern Mississippi defeated UL Monroe 49-21 on Saturday to remain undefeated in the Sun Belt Conference. The Golden Eagles led 21-14 at halftime before Matt Jones had his second short touchdown run of the game and Braxton threw two of his TD passes to make it 42-14 with about 13 minutes left in the game. Braxon completed 18 of 23 passes for 248 yards. His touchdowns went to four teammates - Tychaun Chapman, Kyirin Heath, Bralon Brown and Carl Chester.

Zach Palmer Smith had 111 yards rushing for the Warhawks (3-5, 1-3). His 21-yard touchdown run made it 21-14 in the second quarter before Southern Miss blew it open in the second half of their homecoming game. Southern Miss (6-2, 4-0) has won four in a row. The Golden Eagles went 1-11 in 2024. - Southern Mississippi/AP College Football


QB Braylon Braxton, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (95)

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  Howard Football   Anthony Reagan Jr. scored on Howard's first play of overtime as the Bison took down Morgan State 33-27 on Saturday. The Bison (4-4, 1-0 Mid-Eastern) tied the game with 43 seconds remaining in regulation when Ja'Shawn Scroggins connected with Breylin Smith on a 16-yard pass. Reagan Jr.'s second touchdown of the night, a 25-yard rush to take the lead in overtime, boosted his total to 122 rushing yards. He also caught four passes for 36 yards.

Jason Collins Jr. broke free for an 18-yard rush with 3:27 remaining in regulation to give the Bears (4-4, 1-0 Mid-Eastern) their last lead of the game. The game featured five lead changes and four ties. Tyriq Starks was 20-of-27 passing for 163 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions for the Bison. Ja'Shawn Scroggins added 79 yards and one touchdown on 6-for-9 passing. Morgan State leads the series 48-39-3 since the two programs first met in 1899. - AP College Football


QB JaShawn Scroggins, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  Central Michigan Football   Joe Labas threw two touchdown passes, Brock Townsend had a 51-yard TD reception and ran for two scores, and Central Michigan beat Massachusetts 38-13 on Saturday to extend the Minutemen's losing streak to 12 games. UMass (0-8, 0-4 Mid-American Conference) hasn't won a game in nearly a calendar year, since a 35-7 win over Wagner on Oct. 26, 2024.

Townsend scored on first-quarter runs of 1 and 5 yards before Angel Flores ran for a 9-yard touchdown that gave Central Michigan (5-3, 3-1) a 21-3 lead going into the second. Townsend, a 6-foot, 220-pound freshman, caught a short pass around the 45 and broke a pair of would-be tackles as he raced to the end zone to make it 31-10 less than two minutes into the second half. An interception by Kalen Carroll gave Central Michigan the ball at its own 42 and Labas threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Nasir Williams that gave the Chippewas a 28-point lead with 7:50 to go in the third quarter. Rocko Griffin scored on a 43-yard run for UMass in the first quarter. Derek Morris made field goals of 29 and 50 yards. - Central Michigan/AP College Football


QB Joe Labas, rSr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (60)

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