Central Michigan upsets Oklahoma State with Hail Mary-and-lateral touchdown

 Corey Willis grabbed a lateral from Jesse Kroll at the Oklahoma State 12, raced for the end zone and reached across the goal line for a miraculous last-play Hail Mary touchdown that gave Central Michigan a stunning 30-27 victory over the 22nd-ranked Cowboys on Saturday in Stillwater, Okla. 

After an intentional grounding penalty on Oklahoma State gave the Chippewas one last untimed play from midfield, Cooper Rush lofted up a Hail Mary pass that hit Kroll just inside the 10. As Kroll was being taken down, he pitched it back to Willis, who cut across the field and barely managed to score while being dragged down. 

Central Michigan fans might have been having flashbacks to the Bahamas Bowl from two seasons ago, when the Chips covered almost the length of the field on a long pass and lateral play to make it a one-point game with no time left against Western Kentucky. In that fabulous finish, Central Michigan went for 2 and the win and did not convert. This time around, the Chippewas (2-0) were able run off with one of their biggest victories ever. 

Oklahoma State (1-1) thought it had won when Mason Rudolph threw the ball away on fourth down as the clock expired, but after the officials conferred, they assessed an intentional grounding penalty and gave Central Michigan another play. 

Arkansas 41, No. 15 TCU 38 (2 OT) 

Austin Allen ran five yards for the winning score in the second overtime, and Arkansas pulled out a wild victory over TCU at Fort Worth, Texas. 

Allen led the Razorbacks (2-0) to the tying score in the final two minutes of regulation, throwing a touchdown pass to Keon Hatcher and then catching the tying 2-point conversion from Hatcher with 1:03 left. 

The Horned Frogs (1-1) rallied from 13 down in the fourth quarter to take a 28-20 lead, but couldn't hang on as their 14-game home winning streak ended in the first meeting of these former Southwest Conference rivals since 1991. That was the year before Arkansas started play in the SEC. 

Allen threw three touchdowns passes, including a 19-yarder to Jeremy Sprinkle to start overtime. 

TCU's Kenny Hill threw for 377 yards and an overtime TD to Taj Williams and also had 93 yards rushing and two scores. But he couldn't get the Horned Frogs in the end zone in the second OT, and they settled for Ryan Graf's 37-yard field goal. 

No. 9 Georgia 26, Nicholls 24

The Bulldogs scored two quick-strike touchdowns — one on offense, one on defense — in a span of about two minutes after the Colonels took a third-quarter lead to escape with the win in Athens, Ga. 

Georgia (2-0) opened the game with a fast touchdown drive capped by Nick Chubb's six-yard run and appeared headed for the easy win over the FCS Colonels that was widely expected in Kirby Smart's home debut as coach. 

Instead, Nicholls (0-1) led 14-13 midway through the third after freshman quarterback Chase Fourcade, a surprise starter, threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jarrell Rogers. 

Georgia freshman quarterback Jacob Eason, also making his first start, threw a 66-yard scoring pass to Isaiah McKenzie less than a minute later. The Bulldogs' rally continued on Lorenzo Carter's 24-yard fumble return for a score. 

A fumbled punt return by McKenzie inside the Georgia 10 set up a late Nicholls touchdown on Fourcade's six-yard pass to C.J. Bates, cutting the Bulldogs' lead to 2 points. 

Georgia relied on Chubb, who rushed for 80 yards, to run out the clock. Eason completed 11 of 20 passes for 204 yards with one touchdown and one interception. 

Fourcade completed 9 of 19 passes for 99 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. 

No. 1 Alabama 38, Western Kentucky 10 

Freshman Jalen Hurts passed for 287 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start to lead Alabama past Western Kentucky at Tuscaloosa, Ala. 

Hurts likely nailed down the quarterback job with a 23-of-36 passing performance. The Crimson Tide (2-0) piled it on with big plays from the defense and receivers Calvin Ridley and ArDarius Stewart. 

Hurts is the first true freshman quarterback to start at Alabama since Vince Sutton started four games in 1984. He also had two likely touchdowns dropped. Blake Barnett got the nod in the opener against Southern California and completed 2 of 6 passes for 64 yards in this one. 

Western Kentucky (1-1) was outgained 475-239 in total yards against a defense that has allowed 16 points in the first two games. Ridley had nine catches for 129 yards, Stewart five for 90. 

No. 2 Clemson 30, Troy 24

Deshaun Watson threw three touchdown passes and the Tigers avoided a host of mistakes — including an embarrassing early celebration punt-return gaffe by Ray-Ray McCloud that cost them a touchdown — to hold off pesky Trojans in Clemson, S.C. 

Clemson (2-0) was out of synch on offense and could not break away from the Troy (1-1) until the fourth quarter. Watson hit beefy defensive lineman Christian Wilkins for a one-yard score in Clemson's jumbo goal line package, then connected with Deon Cain on a 23-yard pass for a 27-10 lead. 

Troy rallied with two touchdowns in the last five minutes, the second one with 44 seconds to go. But Cain grabbed the on-side kick attempt and Clemson ran out the clock. 

No. 3 Florida State 52, Charleston Southern

Deondre Francois threw for three touchdowns and Dalvin Cook ran for two more as the Seminoles cruised past the depleted Buccaneers in Tallahassee, Fla.

Florida State (2-0) led 28-0 at the end of the first quarter as it scored on the first three drives and had a Bobo Wilson 89-yard punt return for a touchdown. 

Francois completed 10 of his first 12 passes, including two for touchdowns to Travis Rudolph. 

Francois, a redshirt freshman, was 25 of 32 for 262 yards and an interception. Rudolph, who was thrown to nine times, finished with seven receptions for 105 yards. It was the third 100-yard receiving game in the junior's career. 

Cook had 83 yards on 11 carries, including a 37-yard touchdown in the third quarter that extended FSU's lead to 42-8. 

No. 4 Ohio State 48, Tulsa 3 

Ohio State overcame a sluggish offensive start, a lightning delay and a driving rainstorm in the second half to beat Tulsa at Columbus, Ohio. 

After piling up a school-record 776 yards of offense last week against Bowling Green, Ohio State (2-0) didn't score an offensive touchdown against Tulsa (1-1) until quarterback J.T. Barrett ran in from 16 yards with 9:42 left in the third quarter. Tailback Mike Weber, Barrett and back Curtis Samuel added scoring runs later in the second half to put the game out of reach. 

Ohio State's defense stepped in the first half as its offense floundered. The Buckeyes intercepted four of quarterback Dane Evans' passes, including pick-sixes by safety Malik Hooker and cornerback Marshon Lattimore late in the first half. 

Barrett was 14 for 22 for 149 yards and no touchdowns.

No. 5 Michigan 61, Central Florida 14

Wilton Speight threw two of his four touchdown passes to Jake Butt and Khalid Hill ran for two scores to lead the Wolverines to the lopsided win at Ann Arbor, Mich. 

The Wolverines (2-0) have won their first two games by a combined total of 97 points. 

The Knights (1-1) got off to a relatively good start before getting blown out. They ran for a first down on the first snap and forced Michigan to punt after its first three plays. 

UCF had a chance to pull within three points with six-plus minutes left in the first quarter, but Chris Wormley blocked a kick for the Wolverines and a few minutes later they were up 14-0. 

Butt's second TD reception early in the second quarter gave Michigan a 31-0 lead. Hill, a 6-foot, 2, 263-pound fullback, plunged into the end zone for his second score early in the third to pad the Wolverines' lead to 41-7 and they didn't have trouble keeping the comfortable cushion. 

No. 6 Houston 42, Lamar 0 

Houston easily overcame the absence of injured quarterback Greg Ward Jr. and a 3 1/2-hour lightning delay to rout Lamar in Houston. 

With Ward on the sideline nursing an injured right shoulder, backup Kyle Postma ran 39 yards for a score in the first quarter in a game that lasted 6 hours, 18 minutes. 

The Cougars (2-0) had three players top 100 yards rushing for the first time since 1971, and piled up 381 yards on the ground. Kevrin Justice had 111 yards and two touchdowns, freshman Mulbah Car added 109 yards and a score in his debut, and Postma scrambled for a career-high 106 yards with two TDs. 

Dark clouds descended on the stadium soon after Postma's score, and a lightning strike forced the game to be suspended at 11:36 a.m. with 3:13 left in the first quarter. FCS Lamar is 0-2. 

No. 10 Wisconsin 54, Akron 10 

Corey Clement ran for two scores before leaving with an injury, Jazz Peavy had two touchdown catches and Wisconsin stuffed Akron's spread offense in Madison, Wisc. 

The Badgers (2-0) didn't slack off in their 2016 debut at Camp Randall Stadium, a week after outmuscling SEC power LSU 16-14 in the opener. 

Bart Houston threw for 231 yards, showing chemistry with Peavy against the porous Zips (1-1). Peavy finished with seven catches for 100 yards. Wisconsin's defense had a safety, and the secondary accounted for two second-quarter turnovers. The Badgers led 30-10 at halftime. 

Clement senior rushed for 111 yards before departing with a left leg injury suffered on the last of his 21 carries, late in the second. 

No. 11 Texas 41, UTEP 7 

Freshman quarterback Shane Buechele passed for 244 yards and four touchdowns and Texas backed up its first national ranking since 2013 with a victory over UTEP. in Austin. 

Buechele also showed some skills running the zone read option, giving the Longhorns (2-0) another wrinkle in their new offense. Buechele threw touchdown passes of 29 and 7 yards to Jerrod Heard, who started at quarterback most of 2015 but moved to wide receiver this season. He also connected with Dorian Leonard for a 46-yard score in the third quarter that made it 34-7. 

The Longhorns avoided a big letdown after their 50-47 overtime victory over Notre Dame that eased some of the pressure off coach Charlie Strong after two losing seasons. 

Aaron Jones ran for 123 yards and a 51-yard touchdown for UTEP (1-1). 

No. 14 Oklahoma 59, Louisiana Monroe 17 

Baker Mayfield passed for 244 yards and three touchdowns in a half of work and Oklahoma beat Louisiana-Monroe in Norman, Okla., in a warmup for its showdown with Ohio State. 

Joe Mixon rushed for 117 yards, and Samaje Perine ran for two touchdowns. The Sooners (1-1) outgained the Warhawks (1-1) 640 yards to 350. 

Oklahoma lost its opener to Houston and dropped from third to 14th in the AP poll, but its home matchup with fourth-ranked Ohio State next week offers Oklahoma a chance to return to its place among the nation's top teams. 

Garrett Smith passed for 251 yards and two touchdowns for Louisiana-Monroe. R.J. Turner caught seven passes for 135 yards. 

No. 16 Iowa 42, Iowa State 3 

C.J. Beathard threw for 235 yards and three touchdowns and Iowa throttled Iowa State for its biggest win over the rival Cyclones in 18 seasons under Coach Kirk Ferentz. 

LeShun Daniels rushed for 112 yards and a TD to help the Hawkeyes (2-0) beat Iowa State in consecutive seasons for the first time in six years. 

Beathard put the game out of reach with the three TD passes in the first half — including a brilliant 12-yard toss to a heavily defended Matt VandeBerg. VandeBerg finished with 129 yards receiving, and Allen Lazard caught seven passes for 111 yards. 

Joel Lanning was 8 of 20 for 86 yards and an interception for Iowa State (0-2). 

No. 17 Tennessee 45, Virginia Tech 24 

Joshua Dobbs threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores and Tennessee overcame an early 14-point deficit to beat Virginia Tech in front of an NCAA-record crowd of 156,990 at Bristol Motor Speedway. 

The crowd total shattered the previous NCAA record of 115,109 who attended a Michigan victory over Notre Dame at Michigan Stadium in 2013 

Dobbs rushed for 106 yards on 14 carries for Tennessee (2-0). He was 10 of 19 for 91 yards and threw touchdown passes to Jauan Jennings, Josh Malone and Alvin Kamara. 

Tennessee's Micah Abernathy set a school single-game record with three fumble recoveries. Virginia Tech (1-1) ended up losing five fumbles, and three of those turnovers resulted in Tennessee touchdowns. 

Jalen Hurd ran for 99 yards on 22 carries. Virginia Tech's Travon McMillian rushed 14 times for 127 yards, including a 69-yard touchdown. 

No. 18 Notre Dame 39, Nevada 10 

DeShone Kizer threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score, Josh Adams rushed for 106 yards and Notre Dame's defense rebounded from a disappointing performance a week ago to win at South Bend, Ind. 

After being held scoreless in the first quarter by Nevada (1-1), the Irish (1-1) took control with a 25-point second quarter — the most points in the quarter for Notre Dame since scoring 28 points against Pittsburgh in Charlie Weis' debut as coach in 2005. Kizer was 15 of 18 for 156 yards with one interception and Equanimeous St. Brown led Irish receivers with six catches for 85 yards with Torii Hunter Jr. out with a concussion sustained against Texas. 

Malik Zaire, who lost the quarterback competition with Kizer, entered late in the third quarter and completed 4 of 9 passes for 49 yards. 

NO. 19 MISSISSIPPI 38, WOFFORD 13 

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Chad Kelly threw for 219 yards and three touchdowns to lead Mississippi. 

Ole Miss (1-1) played just five days after losing to Florida State 45-34 on Monday night. The Rebels didn't appear tired, though, scoring on all four of their first-half drives to take a 24-3 halftime lead. 

Kelly completed short touchdown throws in the first half to Markell Pack, D.K. Metcalf and Quincy Adeboyejo, and Gary Wunderlich made a 40-yard field goal as the Rebels methodically moved the ball against overmatched Wofford of the Football Championship Subdivision level. 

It was an efficient, mistake-free performance from Kelly, who threw three interceptions and lost a fumble in the Florida State loss. He completed 20 of 27 passes against Wofford. 

 No. 20 Texas A&M 67, Prairie View 0

Trevor Knight threw for 344 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score to lead the Aggies to the rout at College Station, Texas. 

Knight finished 21 of 37 and threw touchdowns of eight yards to Speedy Noil and 34 and 64 yards to Christian Kirk in the second quarter as the Aggies (2-0) built a 38-0 halftime lead. Knight also rushed for a game-high 78 yards on seven carries in just over one half of play. 

The Aggies extended its home non-conference win streak to 23 games. Texas A&M outgained the Panthers 672-205 in earning its largest shutout since defeating Missouri 73-0 on Sept. 18, 1993.

Air Force 48, Georgia State 14

Tim McVey returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and scored on an 18-yard run to help the Falcons win their 14th straight game at home. 

Army 31, Rice 14

Andy Davidson rushed for 107 yards and three touchdowns while the Black Knights’ defense created two turnovers in the win at West Point, N.Y., Army’s second straight win to open the season. 

Pittsburgh 42, Penn State 39

James Conner ran for 117 yards and a touchdown and caught another and cornerback Ryan Lewis intercepted a pass by Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley in the end zone with just over a minute to play as the Panthers held on for the win at Pittsburgh. 

Fullback George Aston ran for a pair of scores for Pitt (2-0), which nearly let a 21-point lead slip away only to hold on late when Lewis stepped in front of an underthrown pass by McSorley as the majority of the largest crowd to ever watch a sporting event in Pittsburgh erupted. 

Saquon Barkley almost singlehandedly brought the Nittany Lions (1-1) back from a 28-7 deficit. The sophomore running back totaled five touchdowns (four rushing, one receiving), the most by a Penn State player since Ki-Jana Carter did it against Michigan State in 1994. 

McSorley passed for 332 yards and converted a fourth-and-16 to push the Nittany Lions into Pitt territory. Rather than play for overtime, however, McSorley tried to win it. His pass was off the mark and Lewis cradled it in his hands.