Week 9 features plenty of ranked-on-ranked action, but will we see any upsets?
With five games pitting AP Top 25 teams against each other, one would think we’d be in for a thrilling day of action.
But it was all chalk most of Saturday. No. 12 Notre Dame took advantage of six turnovers by No. 24 Navy in a 51-14 blowout. No. 4 Ohio State and No. 13 Indiana quelled any upset fears by holding on at home in Big Ten battles. Then No. 1 Oregon and No. 5 Texas took care of business later.
If anything, Saturday seems like a showcase for personal achievements, with Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith becoming the first freshman in 19 years to catch a TD in each of his first seven games and Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel moving into the No. 2 spot in all-time touchdown passes.
Will we see some surprises in the evening action? Stay tuned.
Live101 updates
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Halftime: Michigan 9, Michigan State 7
The Spartans mostly dominated the first half until the last couple minutes, when Michigan rattled off a quick 9 points to take the lead.
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Touchdown LSU!
Aaron Anderson takes a short pass and breaks free for a 76-yard score!
Massive play for the Tigers after they were backed up near their own end zone.
It’s a 10-point lead for LSU.
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Touchdown Michigan
Michigan and Michigan State are in a battle for state supremacy.
Davis Warren is back in at QB for the Wolverines and he threw a 10-yard TD pass to Colston Loveland.
MSU maintains a 7-6 after Michigan botches the PAT. Late 2nd quarter.
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LSU misses FG
A promising drive for the Tigers ends with Damian Ramos missing a 48-yard field goal try.
It remains a 3-point game.
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Halftime: Miami 17, FSU 7
Hurricanes are in control, though not pulling away, at the break.
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Touchdown Texas A&M!
Big answer for the Aggies as Le’Veon Moss finishes the drive off with an untouched 7-yard TD rush.
Cuts the LSU lead to 10-7.
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Touchdown Penn State!
Nick Singleton makes a one-handed snag for the first TD of the game!
Nittany Lions take the lead and quiet the crowd in Madison.
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Touchdown LSU!
Garrett Nussmeier lofts a TD pass to Mason Taylor in the back corner of the end zone.
LSU takes advantage of the turnover and suddenly leads 10-0.
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LSU recovers fumble!
LSU jarred the ball loose as Le’Veon Moss was fighting for extra yards after a catch.
Tigers are in business with the ball at the A&M 21.
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LSU scores first with a FG
Damian Ramos caps a long, grinding drive with a 23-yard field goal.
Tigers strike first at Texas A&M.
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Miami cruising early vs. FSU
No. 6 Miami jumps to a quick 14-0 lead over Florida State
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Wisconsin stuffs Penn State on 4th down
Bad sequence for the Nittany Lions, who looked like they had a first and goal until Julian Fleming dropped a wide-open pass on 3rd and 1.
Then Drew Allar is stonewalled on 4th down.
Wisconsin ball at their own 28.
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And another fake kick
This time it was Wisconsin punter Atticus Bertrams who ran for a first down on a fake punt.
It ends up resulting in a field goal as the Badgers take a quick 3-0 lead over Penn State.
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Fake field goal works like a charm!
It’s the day of fake kicks! West Virginia scores a TD on this well-executed trick play.
Mountaineers lead Arizona 10-0 early.
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Underway in College Station
LSU’s offense gets the ball to start the action at Texas A&M.
It’s a quick 3-and-out for the Tigers
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Final: Texas 27, Vanderbilt 24
Not the most convincing win for the No. 5 Longhorns against a scrappy Vandy team, but they get the needed bounce-back win after last week’s loss to Georgia.
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Texas seals it
Texas recovers the onside kick easily. That will be your ballgame in Nashville.
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Touchdown Vanderbilt
Vandy just doesn’t go away. Diego Pavia fires an 8-yard TD pass to Eli Stowers with 46 seconds to go.
It’s 27-24 Texas with an onside kick coming.
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Texas FG makes it a 2-score game
Bert Auburn’s short field goal extends Texas’ lead to 27-17 lead over Vanderbilt.
With 1:57 to play, that should just about wrap it up.
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Texas interception!
Vanderbilt opts to go for it on 4th down from its own 35-yard line and Diego Pavia lobs a pass up for an interception.
Texas ball with under 5 minutes to play.
