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By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Miyan Williams carried the load for No. 3 Ohio State, rushing for a career-high 189 yards and five touchdowns as the Buckeyes beat Rutgers 49-10. Williams got the opportunity for a career-high 21 carries when TreVeyon Henderson became a late scratch. Williams, a third-year back,

By AVERY OSEN Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Jace Gilbert missed three field goals, including a 37-yarder with a chance to tie the game with under 30 seconds to play as Kansas held off Iowa State 14-11 on Saturday to remain undefeated. At 5-0 overall, this is the Jayhawks’ best start to the season

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Jaden Nixon returned the second-half kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown while Spencer Sanders ran and threw for touchdowns as ninth-ranked Oklahoma State beat No. 16 Baylor 36-25. The game Saturday was a rematch of last year’s Big 12 championship game won by Baylor. The

By The Associated Press American forward Ricardo Pepi scored in his second straight game for Groningen. He had a first-half goal in a 4-1 home loss to Alkmaar in the Dutch Eredivisie. Pepi is 19 and is from El Paso, Texas. He has three goals in 12 international appearances. He started and played until the

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Nick Singleton had 21 carries for 87 yards and a touchdown and No. 11 Penn State’s defense forced three turnovers in a 17-7 win over Northwestern. Sean Clifford completed 10 of 20 passes for 140 yards with a touchdown. Kaytron Allen added 86 rushing yards

MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — Freshman Sam Franklin’s 86-yard touchdown run sparked a 24-point burst and UT Martin defeated Tennessee Tech 45-28. Jeremiah Oatsvall threw a 42-yard scoring strike to Heath Price to finish off a five-play, 75-yard drive on the opening possession and Tennessee Tech led 7-0. UT Martin (3-2, 2-0 Ohio Valley Conference) pulled

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Xavier Lankford threw three second-half touchdown passes and Alabama A&M earned its first win of the season, holding off Bethune-Cookman, 35-27 in a Southwest Conference battle. Donovan Eaglin ran for two touchdowns in the first half to state the Bulldogs to a 14-0 lead, then capped the scoring with a three-yard

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Taulia Tagovailoa threw for 314 yards and a touchdown, and Maryland handed Michigan State its third consecutive loss, beating the Spartans 27-13. The Terrapins scored touchdowns on their first two possessions, and the Maryland defense was solid as the Terps passed their first test

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Isaiah Davis rushed for 199 yards, including his first two touchdowns of the season, Mark Gronowski passed for 188 yards and a score, and South Dakota State beat winless Western Illinois 34-10. Davis scored on a 2-yard run on South Dakota State’s opening drive of the game and he added a

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Max Duggan ran 67 yards for one of two touchdowns and threw for three scores, leading TCU to a 55-24 rout of No. 18 Oklahoma on Saturday. OU quarterback Dillon Gabriel was knocked out of the game in the second quarter when he was

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Cameron Rising threw for 199 yards and three touchdowns and added 73 yards and a score on the ground to lead no. 12 Utah to a 42-16 victory over Oregon State. The Utes forced four turnovers to avenge their only Pac-12 loss from last season.

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — Victor Dawson scored on a 4-yard run to cap Merrimack’s fourth-quarter comeback and the Warriors defeated Long Island University 24-23 in a Northeast Conference opener for both teams. Dawson’s touchdown came with 3 1/2 minutes left and gave Merrimack its first lead. The Warriors closed within 23-17 on Gavin McCusker’s

By CHRIS BURROWS Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Lane Kiffin changed his opinion of his defense after No. 14 Mississippi forced two turnovers in the final three minutes to preserve a 22-19 win over No. 7 Kentucky on Saturday. “Our guys really showed up, especially in the fourth quarter, getting those two turnovers to

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Robert Lewandowski has scored again to lead Barcelona’s 1-0 win at Mallorca as the Poland striker continues destroying defenses in his arrival to Spanish league. His 20th-minute goal took Lewandowski’s league-leading tally to nine goals and 12 overall counting Champions League. He has scored in six

HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) — Jameson Wang passed for a touchdown and rushed for two more, and Jackson Kennedy made a 45-yard field goal with 1:55 left to help Cornell edge Colgate 34-31 for the program’s 650th victory. Kennedy also made a 43-yarder for a 24-22 lead with 4:13 left in the third quarter. Cornell tied

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Hunter Luepke ran for a pair of first-quarter touchdowns and FCS top-ranked North Dakota State led the rest of the way en route to a 27-14 victory over Youngstown State. Kobe Johnson’s 17-yard touchdown run led to a 21-3 halftime lead for the Bison. Mitch Davidson’s 35-yard touchdown pass to Jaleel

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The bid by interim manager Rob Thomson and the Philadelphia Phillies to end the club’s 11-year playoff drought has been hurt by a 13-4 loss to the lowly Washington Nationals in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Philadelphia starter Kyle Gibson was rocked for eight hits

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Blake Corum rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown, J.J. McCarthy threw for 155 yards and a touchdown and No. 4 Michigan defeated Iowa 27-14 on Saturday. The Wolverines (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten Conference) were able to consistently move the ball against the Hawkeyes (3-2,

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Tony Muskett threw three touchdown passes, Dymere Miller had 125 receiving yards and Monmouth defeated Lehigh 35-7. Muskett threw touchdown passes of 39 yards to Miller and 52 yards to Assanti Kearney en route to a 21-0 halftime lead. The Hawks’ advantage was 35-0 before Lehigh’s Gaige Garcia scored on a

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Haaziq Daniels and the Air Force ground game finally got on track late to help the Falcons hold off Navy 13-10. The option quarterback clinched the win for the Falcons with an 18-yard scamper on third-and-6 in Navy territory, allowing them to run