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  Clemson Football   Clemson wide receiver Bryant Wesco Jr. was hospitalized after landing awkwardly on his neck after getting flipped in the air on a punt return in the third quarter of Saturday in a 35-24 loss to SMU. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney described the injury as "serious," but did not elaborate on Wesco's condition. Swinney later asked at his news conference that fans keep Wesco in their prayers, reiterating the serious nature of the injury. The crowd drew a collective gasp when Wesco raced up the middle of the field after fielding a punt and was hit low, causing him to flip high in the air and land on his neck. The neck bent awkwardly as he hit the ground. However, Wesco bounced right up and appeared fine as he jogged to the sideline without receiving any medical attention on the field. Wesco was looked at on the sideline by trainers. He did not return to the game. It wasn't made public that he had been transported to the hospital until Swinney made the announcement after the game. Bryant had 31 catches for 537 yards and six touchdowns coming into the game, but did not have a catch Saturday. - AP College Football

WR Bryant Wesco Jr., Jr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (05)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (10)

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  Indiana Football   Fernando Mendoza completed 24 of 28 passes for 332 yards and four touchdowns and No. 3 Indiana celebrated its highest ranking in program history with a 38-13 rout of Michigan State on Saturday. The Hoosiers (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten), who have won all but one game by double digits, kept pace with No. 1 Ohio State atop the conference standings with touchdowns on their first five possessions. Mendoza threw a pair of TD passes to Elijah Sarratt, and also hit E.J. Williams Jr. and Omar Cooper Jr. for scores. "This is the sharpest we've seen him up to this point in a game," Indiana coach Curt Cignetti said of Mendoza. "And he continues to improve. He continues to prepare like nobody I've ever been around. He's getting better and better." Sarratt's first touchdown on a 24-yard play put Indiana ahead 14-10 in the second quarter. His 27-yard TD reception gave the Hoosiers a 35-10 lead in the third quarter.

Mendoza praised a shirtless, towel-waving student section for pushing his candidacy for the Heisman Trophy. "That was fantastic to see that. What a great sight to see," he said. "We do have a lot of season left. We have so many great players on our team. Whatever spotlight that I might get for the offensive success, I try to dish it out to my teammates." Mendoza, a redshirt junior transfer, has 21 TD passes and just two interceptions this season. "He keeps building on his previous performances," Cignetti said. "I can't say enough good things about him." Cooper finished with eight receptions for 115 yards. Kaelon Black added a 29-yard TD rush. Cignetti was concerned about how his Hoosiers would respond after last week's 30-20 win at then-No. 2 Oregon. "Look, you can't be a real nice guy when you have a job like mine," he said. "Human nature after a win against Oregon is to be happy and relax, the support staff, coaches, players, trainers. So my job is to make sure they've got the right mindset and are ready to play...We've got to get better from this last game because the challenges are going to get tougher down the road." - Indiana/AP College Football


QB Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (02)
Recruiting Grade: 2* (144)

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  Georgia Football   Gunner Stockton passed for 289 yards and four touchdowns, including three to tight end Lawson Luckie, and No. 9 Georgia overcame Trinidad Chambliss and No. 5 Mississippi's powerful offense to rally for a 43-35 win over the Rebels on Saturday. Georgia (6-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) rallied after trailing 35-26 at the start of the fourth quarter. Stockton's 7-yard touchdown pass to Luckie with 7:29 remaining gave Georgia a 40-35 lead. Ole Miss (6-1, 3-1) was denied its first road win over a top 10 team under coach Lane Kiffin even though the Rebels scored touchdowns on their first five possessions. Stockton completed 26 of 31 passes and added a 22-yard scoring run in the crucial SEC showdown. "It was a great day," Stockton said. "We just played for each other and that's the best part of our team." Stockton and the Bulldogs had no turnovers. In previewing the game, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said winning at Georgia would mean the Rebels have taken "another step" in their move up the SEC.

That looked likely when they scored touchdowns on each of their first five possessions, taking a nine-point lead in the third quarter. Suddenly, the Ole Miss offense lost its magic as Georgia did not give up another first down. Following the first punt of the game by either team with 12:44 remaining, Stockton led a nine-play, 67-yard drive capped by the 7-yard scoring pass to Luckie that gave the Bulldogs their first lead of the second half. Following another stop by Georgia's defense, Stockton led a 10-play drive to set up Peyton Woodring's third field goal of the game, a 42-yarder, to stretch the lead to eight points with 2:06 remining. - Georgia/AP College Football


QB Gunner Stockton, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (25)
Recruiting Grade: 4* (02)

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  Ohio State Football   If Julian Sayin hadn't already established himself as a Heisman Trophy contender, the Ohio State quarterback certainly strengthened his case on Saturday. "He's the truth," Carnell Tate said after catching two of Sayin's four touchdown passes in the top-ranked Buckeyes' 34-0 victory over Wisconsin. "He's the Heisman winner, ain't no questions, ifs ands or doubts. Each and every week, he goes out and proves he's the Heisman winner." Tate may be a bit biased after catching six of Sayin's passes for 111 yards against Wisconsin. But in his first season as Ohio State's starting quarterback, Sayin is putting up numbers that demand Heisman consideration. Sayin went 36 of 42 for a career-high 393 yards against the struggling Badgers. He has completed 80% of his passes this season for 19 touchdowns with three interceptions. Of course, it helps to be throwing to two of college football's top receivers.

Jeremiah Smith is a Heisman contender in his own right in an impressive follow-up to his sensational freshman season. Tate helped put Saturday's game away early by scoring two touchdowns in the first quarter. "We've got two guys who, when it's one-on-one and you're looking both sides, I have full confidence that both these guys are going to go score a touchdown for us," Sayin said. Ohio State (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) has an average margin of 25.8 points during an 11-game win streak, which started with its four College Football Playoff victories during its run to the national title last season. The Buckeyes have won their first seven games this season by an average margin of 30.6 points. "That's collectively as good a team as I've prepared for or played against in all phases, just across the board," Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell said. Wisconsin (2-5, 0-4) has suffered back-to-back shutout losses for the first time since 1977, when the Badgers fell 42-0 to Ohio State and 22-0 to Purdue in successive weeks. Wisconsin was coming off a 37-0 home loss to Iowa. - Ohio State/AP College Football


QB Julian Sayin, rSo/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 5* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 5* (01)

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  Grambling State Football   RJ Johnson III threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score to help Florida A&M beat Alcorn State 33-28 on Saturday night. Johnson was 26-of-38 passing for 323 yards with no interceptions for Florida A&M (2-4, 1-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference). He threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Jamar Taylor to cap an eight-play, 88-yard drive with about two minutes left in the third quarter and, after the Braves went three-and-out, scored on a 26-yard run to give the Rattlers a 24-14 lead with 12:24 to play. Jaylon Tolbert ran for a 31-yard TD in the second quarter and threw touchdown passes of 34 yards to Reggie Davis and 8 yards to Jacoby Matthews in the fourth quarter for Alcorn State (1-6, 0-3). Wide Receiver Goldie Lawrence ran 33 yards for a touchdown on an end around that gave FAMU a 33-21 lead with 3:35 to play. Daniel Porto made field goals of 36, 28, 51 and 38 yards for the Rattlers. - AP College Football

QB RJ Johnson III, rJr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (116)

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  Mississippi Football   When Georgia's defense found a way to deliver stops on back-to-back possession in the fourth quarter, the Rebels defense couldn't make a similar stand with the game on the line. The Rebels' first loss likely won't cause a significant drop in the AP Top 25...Chambliss completed passes to eight targets in an impressive distribution of offense. Chambliss had a 16-yard run on a fourth-down play in the third quarter. - AP College Football

QB Trinidad Chambliss, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (08)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  Tennessee Tech Football   Zolten Osborne threw four touchdown passes and Charleston Southern held off Western Illinois for a 29-24 victory on Saturday. Osborne threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to Jamil Bishop to pull Charleston Southern to 24-21 midway through the third quarter. The pair connected for a 30-yarder to end the scoring with about 13 minutes remaining. Western Illinois punted twice and then couldn't convert on fourth-and-1 from the Charleston Southern 28 with 1:22 left.

Osborne was 14-of-26 passing for 262 yards. Bishop finished with three catches for 80 yards. Rashawn Cunningham had four receptions for 95 yards and a pair of TD catches for the Buccaneers (2-6, 1-3 OVC-Big South). Carson Carswell completed 34 of 51 passes for 375 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for Western Illinois (1-7, 0-4), which has lost five straight. Markell Holman ran 18 times for 71 yards with a touchdown and caught 10 passes for 84 yards. - AP College Football


QB Zolten Osborne, rJr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* ()

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  Rhode Island Football   Devin Farrell passed for 333 yards and four touchdowns with just one incompletion, and Rhode Island steamrolled Albany 58-17 on Saturday. Farrell completed 19 of 20 passes for Rhode Island (6-2, 4-0 Coastal Athletic Association), which never trailed. Garth White kicked a 48-yard field goal and Antwain Littleton Jr. added a 1-yard touchdown run for a 10-0 lead after one quarter. James Bozek kicked a 33-yard field goal to get Albany (1-6, 0-3) on the scoreboard early in the second quarter, but Farrell followed with a 32-yard touchdown pass to Greg Gaines for a 17-3 lead.

Farrell and Gaines teamed up for a 42-yard touchdown and Farrell added a 4-yard scoring toss to Connor Finer for a 31-3 halftime advantage. Farrell and Finer teamed up for a 5-yard touchdown midway through the third quarter for a 35-point lead. Terrance Campbell had a 2-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, backup Conner Kenyon had a 5-yard touchdown toss to Will Dixon on his only pass, and Gabe Franco forced a fumble that Leisaan Hibbert returned 47 yards for a score to cap the Rams' effort. Gaines finished with six catches for 153 yards. Jack Shields had 192 yards on 12-for-26 passing for the Great Danes with a touchdown throw to Griffin Woodell covering 46 yards in the third quarter. Aidan Semo scored on a 2-yard third-quarter run. - AP College Football


QB Devin Farrell, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (33)
Recruiting Grade: 3* (00)

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  10/18/25 - K Ben Woodard, Sr/2026, Lamar + More +

  Lamar Football   Ben Woodard kicked a program-tying 57-yard field goal with just over a minute remaining to give Lamar a 23-21 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley, extending its win streak to six. The Cardinals (6-1, 3-0 Southland) led 20-7 at halftime but the Vaqueros (5-2, 1-2) rallied behind two fourth-quarter touchdown passes from Eddie Lee Marburger for a one-point lead with 9 1/2 minutes left. Lamar went three-and-out on its next drive but covered 48 yards on its next before Woodard's go-ahead field goal. A final Vaqueros possession ended with Mar Mar Evans' interception at the Lamar 34.

Woodard also kicked a 53-yard field goal at the end of a second half and a 30-yarder earlier. His 57-yarder matched Mike Andrie's against Arkansas State in 1987, Aiden McCown was 17-of-23 passing for 203 yards, two touchdowns and an interception for the Cardinals and he rushed for 88 more yards. Blake Thomas had 77 yards receiving and a score. Kyndon Fuselier also had a TD catch. Marburger was 9 of 21 for 106 yards with TD throws to Xayvion Noland and Tavian Cord. Nathan Denney rushed for 75 yards and a score. - AP College Football


K Ben Woodard, Sr/2026 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* ()

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  Wyoming Football   Tyler Hughes threw two touchdown passes to Deven Thompson, including the go-ahead score in the third quarter, and William & Mary rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat Elon 26-21 on Saturday. William & Mary (4-3, 3-1 Coastal Athletic Association) fell behind 14-3 midway through the second quarter after Elon's Landen Clark threw touchdown passes covering 16 yards to Zimere Winston and a 47-yarder to Isaiah Fuhrmann. Hughes and Thompson connected in the end zone for the first time from 16-yards out with 24 seconds left before halftime to cut it to 14-10. Thompson had a 39-yard score at the end of a 10-play, 82-yard drive to begin the third and the Tribe moved ahead 17-14.

A safety and Hughes' 6-yard touchdown run upped William & Mary's advantage to 26-14 after three quarters. Clark's 1-yard touchdown run for Elon (4-4, 2-2) was the lone score of the fourth quarter. Hughes completed 19 of 25 passes for 190 yards with Thompson accounting for 81 yards on three catches. Backup Noah Brannock connected on 3 of 6 passes for 59 yards. Clark totaled 184 yards on 14-for-18 passing and rushed 22 times for 83 yards. Fuhrmann had four receptions for 92 yards. - AP College Football


QB Tyler Hughes, rSr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (41)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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  North Dakota State Football   Barika Kpeenu had 113 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns and North Dakota State defeated Indiana State 38-7 on Saturday. The FCS top-ranked Bison (7-0, 4-0 MVFC) overcame a rare 7-0 deficit and a long weather delay in defeating the Sycamores for the 12th time in 13 all-time matchups. This was the sixth time North Dakota State has faced Indiana State when ranked No. 1. The Sycamores scored first on a 3-yard run by Nick Osho and led 7-0 after one quarter. Cole Payton's 3-yard touchdown pass to Truman Werremeyer tied it early in the second quarter and a career-high tying 54-yard field goal by Eli Ozick made it 10-7 for the Bison at halftime.

After a long lightning delay at halftime, the game continued in the rain. Payton and Kpeenu had touchdown runs in the third quarter for a 24-7 lead and DJ Scott and Kpeenu scored in the fourth to wrap it up. Payton completed 12 of 18 passes for 149 yards. Kpeenu had 23 carries and led a rushing game that piled up 283 yards. Scott had 78 yards on nine carries and Payton kept it 10 times for 71 yards. Indiana State (2-5, 0-3) was held to 192 total yards. - AP College Football


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

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  10/18/25 - QB Matt Vezza, Jr/2028, Ohio + More +

  Ohio Football   Matt Vezza threw for 230 yards, including a passing and a rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter for New Hampshire in a 24-10 win over Campbell on Saturday. Campbell (2-6, 2-2 in CAA) was ahead 10-9 heading into the fourth quarter, thanks to a 9-yard TD run from JJ Cowan. Vezza found Myles Thomason for a 4-yard touchdown pass with under nine minutes to play. Trailing 17-10, the Camels turned the ball over on downs on their own 6-yard line, setting up Vezza's rushing touchdown with under two minutes to play.

Mezza finished with 230 yards passing and 60 on the ground. Kicker Nick Reed went 3 for 4, with field goals from 36, 50 and 37 yards out. Campbell quarterback Mike Chandler II went 9-for-12 passing with 134 yards. Cowan led the Camels with 54 rushing yards. New Hampshire (4-4, 2-2 CAA) takes a 1-0 series lead over Campbell. - AP College Football


QB Matt Vezza, Jr/2028 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* ()

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  South Florida Football   KJ Cooper threw two touchdown passes to Kerien Charlo, and Jonathan Lewis rushed for two touchdowns as Texas Southern routed NCCAA-member Virginia Lynchburg 61-10 on Saturday. Texas Southern (4-3) secured its first four-game winning streak since 2014. Texas Southern forced four turnovers for the second straight game and limited Virginia Lynchburg to 11 first downs and 87 total yards. Jaquavus Hallman made two interceptions, including a 40-yard pick-6 with 29 seconds left before halftime for a 37-3 lead.

Charlo had a 69-yard touchdown in the second quarter and Chaunzavia Lewis added a 100-yard kickoff return in the third. Lewis gained 92 yards on just 11 carries and Athean Renfro added a team-high 94 yards rushing and a touchdown for Texas Southern. Charlo caught four passes for 102 yards. Renfro has rushed for 474 yards over the past four games on 81 carries. Nico Cleaves was 11 of 31 for 100 yards passing with one touchdown and three interceptions for Virginia Lynchburg, which restarted its football program in 2011 after stopping play in 1954. - AP College Football


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

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  Coastal Carolina Football   Dominic Knicely's 1-yard plunge with 3:19 remaining gave Coastal Carolina its first lead of the game in a 45-37 win over Appalachian State on Saturday. Jaden Barnes' 77-yard punt return staked the Mountaineers (4-3, 1-2 Sun Belt) to a 31-17 lead early in the second half. Samari Collier's 6-yard TD and his 37-yard TD pass to Jameson Tucker at the end of the third quarter cut into the deficit before Knicely finished the 13-play, 75-yard drive with the go-ahead points.

The Mountaineers turned the ball over on downs at their own 27 and Coastal Carolina (4-3, 3-1) added Jevon Edwards' 8-yard TD run to cap its 28-point second half. The Mountaineers' final possession ended on Noah Arinze's fumble recovery after JJ Kohl was sacked. Collier rushed for a game-high 74 yards and two scores. He passed for 118 yards with an interception. MJ Morris also threw a TD pass. Kohl was 27 of 41 for 278 yards passing and two touchdowns for the Mountaineers. Barnes' punt-return touchdown was the first for Appalachian State since 2018. - Coastal Carolina/AP College Football


RB Dominic Lee-Knicely, So/2029 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 3* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 3* ()

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  Air Force Football   Liam Szarka rushed for 141 yards and a touchdown, Owen Allen added 105 rushing yards, and both Roger Jones and Max Mustell had interceptions to snap a five-game losing streak in a 24-21 Air Force win over Wyoming on Saturday. Quarterbacks Evan Svoboda and Kaden Anderson each threw a fourth-quarter interception to the Mountain West's worst turnover defense (four before this game). In a 14-14 game, Svoboda was intercepted by Jones in the end zone from the 3-yard line. Air Force (2-5, 1-4 MW) went 80 yards in eight plays, with Kade Frew taking the lead on fourth-and-1 with a 9-yard rushing score.

Anderson threw another interception to Mustell on the following possession with 4:39 remaining, setting up a 41-yard field goal into the wind from Reagan Tubbs. Anderson threw a touchdown for Wyoming (3-4, 1-2) with 1:02 remaining. He was 23-of-29 passing for 209 yards. It's the fifth-straight 100-yard rushing game by Czarka, an Air Force record. It was Air Force's 92nd consecutive game with 100 rushing yards, the longest streak in college football. Air Force's defense entered the game allowing 40 points per game (134th in FBS) and 496.7 total yards, and 323.3 passing yards per game, both the worst in FBS football. Wyoming tallied 409 total yards. - Air Force/AP College Football


FB Owen Allen, Sr/2027 Draft Class
Pro Scouting Grade: 2* (00)
Recruiting Grade: 0* (00)

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