BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hendon Hooker passed for two touchdowns, Jabari Small ran for 127 yards and two scores and No. 8 Tennessee beat No. 25 LSU 40-13 on Saturday.
A morning kickoff lured LSU fans to Tigers Stadium considerably earlier than usual — and many were gone by the end of the third quarter, when Tennessee led 37-7.
The Volunteers (5-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) matched their best start to a season since 2016 with balance on offense, sound defense that corralled dual-threat LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, and opportunistic special teams play.
Hooker passed for 239 yards, with scoring passes of 45 and 14 yards to Jalin Hyatt. Bru McCoy caught seven passes for 140 yards. Tennessee sacked Daniels five times; defensive lineman Byron Young accounting for half of that total.
LSU dropped to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the SEC.
NO. 4 MICHIGAN 31, INDIANA 10
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Cornelius Johnson had a 29-yard touchdown catch midway through the third quarter to give Michigan the lead against Indiana in an emotional game in which a Wolverines coach was taken to a hospital.
Michigan improved to 6-0 for the second straight season, the first time the team has achieved that feat since 1976-77. The Wolverines are 3-0 in the Big Ten.
Johnson’s big play came after assistant coach Mike Hart was carted off the field in the first quarter for an undisclosed medical issue. The emotional toll appeared to hurt the defending Big Ten champs, who went into the locker room tied at 10 with the Hoosiers (3-3, 1-2).
J.J. McCarthy was 28 of 36 with 304 yards, three TDs and one interception.
NO. 17 TCU 38, NO. 19 KANSAS 31
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Max Duggan passed for three touchdowns in the second half, the last a 24-yarder to Quinten Johnston with 1:36 left, to lift TCU past Kansas.
The Horned Frogs (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) are off to their best start since 2017.
Duggan was 23 of 33 for 308 yards and outdueled Kansas backup quarterback Jason Bean in a wild second half. Jalon Daniels, who led the Jayhawks to five straight wins for their best start since 2009, suffered an apparent injury to his right (throwing) shoulder late in the first half.
Bean was 16 of 24 for 262 yards and he became the first Kansas quarterback to throw for four touchdowns in a half since Todd Reesling in 2008. Kansas is 5-1 overall and 2-1 in conference play.
NO. 23 MISSISSIPPI STATE 40, ARKANSAS 17
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) —Will Rogers threw for three touchdowns and broke the Southeastern Conference record for career completions, Dillon Johnson rushed for 100 yards and two scores and Mississippi State beat Arkansas.
Rogers was 31 of 48 for 395 yards and broke the record in the first quarter with the 922nd completion of his career, eclipsing the mark set by Georgia’s Aaron Murray in 52 games, Rogers has played in 28 games.
Rogers connected with Caleb Ducking, Austin Williams and Jaden Walley, and the Bulldogs (5-1, 2-1 SEC) rushed for over 100 yards for the second straight week for the first time in the Mike Leach era.
Arkansas (3-3, 1-3) played without starting quarterback KJ Jefferson, who was dealing with an unspecified injury. Malik Hornsby was 8 of 17 passing for 234 yards in Jefferson’s absence, with one touchdown and two interceptions.
NO. 24 CINCINNATI 28, SOUTH FLORIDA 24
CINCINNATI (AP) — Charles McClelland rushed for a career-high 179 yards and two touchdowns to help Cincinnati beat South Florida.
McClelland’s 35-yard touchdown run with 9:24 remaining put the Bearcats ahead to stay, helping them extend the nation’s second-longest home winning streak to 30 games. Only Clemson’s 37-game streak is longer.
The Bearcats, who will move to the Big 12 Conference next season, have won 18 consecutive games against American Athletic Conference opponents. They haven’t lost at home since Temple beat them 35-24 on Nov. 10, 2017.
South Florida (1-5, 0-2) made things difficult for the Bearcats (5-1, 2-0), taking three leads, the last at 24-21 early in the fourth quarter on Gerry Bohannon’s 16-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Weaver.
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