Georgia Tech tailback Roddy Jones rushed for a career-best 214 yards on 13 carries and scored two touchdowns, including a 54-yarder in the fourth quarter, as the 18th-ranked Yellow Jackets beat No. 13 Georgia 45-42 in Athens.

 Kansas safety Darrell Stuckey had two interceptions and caused one fumble and recovered another in the Jayhawks' 40-37 victory over No. 12 Missouri.

 Nate Kmic became the Division III leader in career yards rushing after he gained 235 yards in Mount Union's 42-7 win over Hobart in the second round of the playoffs. Kmic, who scored four touchdowns, has 7,449 yards, surpassing the 7,353 set by R.J. Bowers of Grove City College in Pennsylvania from 1997-2000.

 T.J. Yates completed 15 of his first 16 passes and finished 15-for-19 for 190 yards and three touchdowns as North Carolina held off Duke 28-20 to retain the Victory Bell.

 Chase Reynolds rushed for a career-high 233 yards and two second-half touchdowns to lead Montana to a 31-13 win over Texas State in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

 Jeremiah Johnson ran for 219 yards, including an 83-yard touchdown run, to help lead No. 19 Oregon to a 65-38 rout of 17th-rated Oregon State in the Civil War. Johnson carried only 17 times, giving him an average of 12.8 yards per carry.

SOONER MAGIC

Third-ranked Oklahoma beat No. 11 Oklahoma State 61-41, creating a three-way tie with Texas and Texas Tech atop the Big 12 South. The winner will be determined by Sunday's Bowl Championship Series standings. The Longhorns led the Sooners by eight-thousandths of a point a week ago, but OU is poised to leapfrog Texas after defeating a ranked team on the road. (And yes, the Longhorns beat Oklahoma by 10 points in neutral Dallas on Oct. 11.) Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford said it would be “pretty nerve-racking” to wait for the BCS standings to be released, but he liked his team's chances. “Everything we did tonight kind of says why we should be there,” he said. “It's out of our hands now. We'll see how it ends up.”

DUCK!

No. 17 Oregon State set a school record for points allowed in a 65-38 loss to 19th-ranked Oregon. How bad was that defensive effort? The Beavers' last Rose Bowl team didn't give up its 65th point until Nov. 7. The loss seriously damages Oregon State's hopes for its first Rose Bowl trip since 1965. The Beavers need UCLA to upset No. 5 USC next weekend, creating a three-way tie for the Pac-10 title among Oregon State, USC and Oregon. Oregon State would have the tiebreaker. “It definitely hurts coming this whole way during the season, playing through the games we had to play through and then not being able to top it off,” Oregon State quarterback Lyle Moevao said.

SORRY, CHARLIE

As No. 5 USC whipped outmanned Notre Dame 38-3, it was hard to imagine that the Fighting Irish nearly knocked off the top-ranked Trojans in Charlie Weis' first year in South Bend. Since that game, the Trojans have outscored the Irish 120-27 over the last three seasons. By comparison, in Ty Willingham's three seasons, USC outscored ND 130-37. There are many reasons Weis' tenure with Notre Dame may soon end, and his team's recent inability to challenge the Trojans is among them.

GATORS ROLL

A deluge and the loss of star receiver Percy Harvin couldn't slow No. 2 Florida in a 45-15 rout of No. 23 Florida State in Tallahassee. Florida scored 31 points after Harvin left the game with a sprained right ankle. Harvin ran six times for 13 yards, including a 9-yard TD run to cap the game's opening drive. He extended his touchdown-scoring streak to a nation-leading 14 games. The question is whether Harvin, who leads Florida with 35 receptions for 595 yards and seven touchdowns, will be available when the Gators meet top-ranked Alabama in the Southeastern Conference championship game next Saturday.

DAWG-GONNIT

Georgia opened the season No. 1. But the Bulldogs are No. 2 in their own state after a 45-42 loss to Georgia Tech in Athens. Georgia, ranked 13th in The Associated Press poll, was unable to quell 18th-ranked Tech's triple option on another dismal day for its defense. In their three losses, the Bulldogs have allowed 41 points to Alabama, 49 to Florida and 45 to Georgia Tech. “Nobody thought we would be in this position at the beginning of the season,” Georgia linebacker Rennie Curran said. “It was all high hopes. But things didn't work out the way we wanted to.”

CALL OF THE DAY

With top-rated Alabama leading Auburn 10-0 late in the first half, coach Nick Saban called timeout moments before Tigers placekicker Morgan Hull hit a 40-yard field goal. After the timeout, the Crimson Tide blocked Hull's kick, and it shut out Auburn the rest of the way in a 36-0 rout.

HOKIE DOKEY

Virginia Tech opened the season with a home loss to East Carolina. The Hokies may close it in a Bowl Championship Series game. The Hokies (8-4, 5-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) clinched a berth in the ACC title game with a 17-14 victory over in-state rival Virginia in Blacksburg. As always, the defense led the way, with Virginia Tech's Dorian Porch intercepting Cavaliers quarterback Marc Verica in the end zone with 2:15 to play. “We've battled,” Hokies coach Frank Beamer said. “Everything we've done this year has been work.” Next week in Tampa, Fla., the Hokies will take on No. 20 Boston College in a rematch of last year's ACC title game, won by Virginia Tech 30-16.

DWINDLING NUMBERS

Sylvester Croom's resignation as Mississippi State's coach leaves only three black coaches at the 119 major college football programs – Miami's Randy Shannon, Buffalo's Turner Gill and Houston's Kevin Sumlin. Ty Willingham at Washington, who has one game left with the Huskies, and Ron Prince at Kansas State have both already been fired. Croom, who took over the Bulldogs while they were under NCAA sanctions, resigned one season after he was the SEC coach of the year, and in the offseason he received a contract extension that paid him $1.7 million this year. Croom went 21-38 with one winning season.

HEADS OR TAILS? NEVER MIND

With a 29-14 victory over Southern in the Bayou Classic, Grambling State clinched a spot in the Southwestern Athletic Conference title game. If Southern had won, it would have forced a three-way tie between Grambling, Southern and Prairie View atop the SWAC West Division. A coin flip was tentatively scheduled Sunday to help decide the division winner in the case of a three-way tie, but Grambling negated the need for it by winning the division outright and will meet Jackson State in Birmingham Ala., on Dec. 13.

SPEAKING

“We got smacked around our first year in the Big East. I'm at a loss for words. It's just utter bliss.” Cincinnati receiver Mardy Gilyard as the 16th-ranked Bearcats celebrated winning the Big East title after beating Syracuse 30-10.

“Our injury list, a roll of toilet paper wouldn't be enough,” We've got guys that played today that could barely walk a week ago. It's the guttiest performance I've ever been associated with as a coach.” – Kansas coach Mark Mangino after a 40-37 victory over No. 12 Missouri in the 117th Border Showdown.