Jarrett Lee tossed a 3-yard touchdown pass to Terrence Tolliver with 6 seconds left after LSU kept its final drive alive with a successful fake field goal, and the 12th-ranked Tigers pulled out another wild victory, beating Florida Saturday night.
Former New London High School standout Jordan Reed scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter for Florida.
With 35 seconds remaining, LSU (6-0, 4-0) lined up for a game-tying, 52-yard field goal, but holder Drew Alleman threw a no-look pitch over his head to place-kicker Josh Jasper. The ball bounced, Jasper scooped it up on a hop and ran for the first down.
The play was reviewed to determine if it was a forward pass, which would have been incomplete and ended LSU's hopes, but the ruling on the field stood.
Lett hit Tolliver for a 28-yard gain on the next play to get down to the 3 and on the second fade to the corner, Tolliver grabbed the game-winner.
The TD reception was also reviewed to see if Tolliver had a foot down in bounds with control of the ball. It was upheld and Les Miles and the Tigers handed the Gators (4-2, 2-2) a second straight loss.
No. 2 Ohio St. 38, Indiana 10
Terrelle Pryor is healthy, all right.
A week after leaving a win at Illinois with a strained muscle in his left thigh, he threw for a career-best 334 yards and three touchdowns to lead Ohio State past surprisingly punchless Indiana.
The junior's big day gave coach Jim Tressel his 100th victory on the Buckeyes sideline.
Pryor's health had been a major topic of discussion around the Buckeye state all week, particularly since only minimal updates came out of practice from Ohio State's coaches.
Pryor hit on scoring passes covering 22 yards to Dane Sanzenbacher, 60 yards to Brandon Saine and 17 yards to DeVier Posey as the Buckeyes (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten) rolled to their 12th consecutive win - and 16th in a row over the Hoosiers (3-2, 0-2).
Indiana came in averaging 40 points and almost 350 passing yards a game, but quarterback Ben Chappell was harassed all day, completing 16 of 26 for 106 yards with two interceptions.
No. 3 Oregon 43, Washington State 23
LaMichael James scored three touchdowns, including an 84-yard scoring reception, and Oregon shook Washington State in the second half.
Coming off a big home win over Stanford that flew the Ducks past Boise State in the AP Top 25, Oregon struggled to make just enough plays to hold off the pesky Cougars. But whether it was enough for the Ducks to hold their spot in the polls remains to be seen. Oregon (6-0, 3-0) was a 36-point favorite, yet led just 36-23 late in the third quarter.
Even for the big boys, style points count.
Backup quarterback Nate Costa played the final three quarters for Oregon after Darron Thomas left with an apparent shoulder injury. Costa led three scoring drives and ran for an 18-yard touchdown.
No. 5 TCU 45, Wyoming 0
Andy Dalton threw for a season-high 270 yards and three touchdowns a week after his worst game of the season and TCU recorded consecutive shutouts for the first time in 55 years in the Frogs' victory against Wyoming.
Dalton was 14 of 17 and surpassed last week's passing total on the first play of the second quarter, a 31-yard strike to Bart Johnson that put the Horned Frogs (6-0, 2-0 Mountain West) ahead 21-0.
Wyoming (2-4, 0-2 Mountain West) had to go with backup quarterback Dax Crum because the injured Austyn Carta-Samuels didn't make the trip. Crum completed a 40-yard pass on a handoff-reverse-throwback trick play to start the game but the Cowboys generated just 151 total yards after that.
Oregon State 29, No. 9 Arizona 27
Ryan Katz threw for 393 yards and two touchdowns, sneaked across for another score and Oregon State held on to upset Arizona.
The sophomore from Santa Monica, Calif., completed 30 of 42 against an Arizona defense that had been ranked No. 2 nationally, giving up 230.8 yards per game.
The Wildcats (4-1, 1-1 Pac-10), in the top 10 for the first time since the 1999 preseason rankings, never led in a loss that dampened their hopes for the school's first trip to the Rose Bowl. The Wildcats' Nick Foles completed 35 of 46 for 440 yards and three touchdowns.
Oregon State (3-2, 2-0) lost standout receiver James Rodgers to a knee injury in the second quarter. He was in street clothes on crutches in the second half after seven catches for 102 yards, including a 33-yarder for the Beavers' first score.
No. 10 Utah 68, Iowa State 27
Jordan Wynn threw for 325 yards and two touchdowns, Shaky Smithson threw a TD pass and caught another one and Utah blew past host Iowa State.
Eddie Wide added three touchdowns for the Utes (5-0, 2-0 MWC), who scored 31 unanswered points in the second quarter and racked up their most points since beating Wyoming 69-14 in 1983.
No. 11 Arkansas 24, Texas A&M 17
Ryan Mallett threw three touchdown passes in the first half then struggled to do anything else, and safety Tramain Thomas intercepted a pass in the end zone on the game's final play to give Arkansas a victory over Texas A&M.
The Razorbacks (4-1) had plenty of chances to break the game open. They recovered three fumbles inside the Aggies 40-yard line, but managed only one field goal out of it, their only points in the second half.
Arkansas' defense was hurt by a few big plays by A&M (3-2), but came through when it mattered most.
The Razorbacks were coming off a narrow loss to No. 1 Alabama, and are headed into a game at No. 8 Auburn.
Mallett was 27 of 38 for 310 yards, with an interception that set up A&M's first touchdown.
No. 17 Michigan St. 34, No. 18 Michigan 17
With coach Mark Dantonio back in the stadium, Michigan State took advantage of three interceptions by Denard Robinson and scored 24 unanswered points to break open a close game and beat Michigan.
The Spartans (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten) trailed midway through the second quarter before their scoring binge, which allowed them to beat their rivals for the third straight time. It's their longest winning streak over the Wolverines since 1965-67.
As expected, Michigan (5-1, 1-1) struggled to stop Michigan State, but both teams had to be stunned by Robinson's inability to make many plays with his arm or his feet.
Michigan State's Kirk Cousins threw for a touchdown and handed off to Edwin Baker, Le'Veon Bell and Larry Caper for three scores, giving Dantonio a reason to smile. He was back coaching from the pressbox nearly three weeks after a mild heart attack.
No. 20 Wisconsin 41, Minnesota 23
John Clay ran for three touchdowns and freshman James White added two more to lead Wisconsin to a win over Minnesota to keep Paul Bunyan's Axe for the seventh straight year.
Clay ran for 111 yards and White finished with 118 in the most lopsided victory for Wisconsin (5-1, 1-1 Big Ten) in the most played rivalry in Division I football, which dates to 1890.
Clay has scored seven touchdowns in his three matchups with the Gophers and White has been hot recently with eight TDs in his last three games.
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