College football: Missouri upsets No. 13 South Carolina, 21-20

Russell Hansbrough scored two of his three touchdowns in the final seven minutes and Missouri rallied from 13 points down to beat No. 13 South Carolina, 21-20, on Saturday night at Columbia, S.C.

The Tigers (4-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) trailed 20-7 and managed just 181 yards of offense through three quarters when Maty Mauk began the comeback with passes of 41 yards to Bud Sasser and 26 yards to Wesley Leftwich to South Carolina’s 1 before Hansbrough drew them within a score.

After the Gamecocks (3-2, 2-2) went three-and-out on their next series, Missouri was in business again. The Tigers converted two fourth downs in the sequence, including Hansbrough’s 1-yard TD run.

The outcome was a sweet turnaround for Missouri, which lost a 17-point lead in the Gamecocks’ double-overtime victory last year.

No. 5 Auburn 45, Louisiana Tech 17

Nick Marshall threw three touchdown passes and rushed for 105 yards to lead the Tigers to the victory at Auburn, Ala.

Marshall completed 10 of 17 passes for 166 yards for the Tigers (4-0).

Quan Bray caught a 44-yard touchdown pass and returned a punt 76 yards for another score in a 53-second span of the fourth quarter. Those plays turned a competitive game into a route against the Bulldogs (2-3).

Cameron Artis-Payne rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries for Auburn.

No. 7 Baylor 49, Iowa State 28

Bryce Petty threw for 336 yards and a touchdown and ran for two scores to help the Bears cruise past the Cyclones in its Big 12 opener at Ames, Iowa.

Shock Linwood had three TDs rushing for the Bears (4-0, 1-0), who have started 4-0 in consecutive seasons for the first time in 76 years. Baylor jumped ahead 35-7 late in the second quarter and led by at least 21 points for the entire second half.

Sam Richardson threw for 212 yards and ran for 99 more for Iowa State (1-3, 0-2).

The Cyclones did make things briefly interesting in the third quarter, pulling to 42-21. But Petty found Corey Coleman for a 42-yard reception that set up Petty’s 1-yard plunge.

No. 8 Notre Dame 31, Syracuse 15

Everett Golson completed 25 straight passes to set a Notre Dame record and threw for four touchdowns in the Fighting Irish’s victory over Syracuse at East Rutherford, N.J.

Golson’s record-breaking game was far from perfect. The quarterback threw his first two interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown in the fourth quarter by Durell Eskridge. Golson fumbled the ball away deep in Syracuse territory and bumbled an attempt to spike the ball late in the first half to stop the clock into another giveaway. A total of five turnovers by the Irish (4-0) allowed Syracuse (2-3) to linger. Terrel Hunt’s 7-yard touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter cut the lead to 21-9.

Golson came right back with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Torii Hunter Jr., the son of the major league outfielder. Golson was 32 for 39 for a career-best 362 yards, coming one completion short of matching the FBS record for consecutive completions in a game set by Dominique Davis in 2011 with East Carolina. Corey Robinson, the son of former San Antonio Spurs star David Robinson, caught eight passes for 91 yards a touchdown.

No. 9 Michigan State 56, Wyoming 14

Michigan State’s record-setting offense was at it again in a 56-14 rout of Wyoming on Saturday in its final tuneup before the Big Ten season.

Jeremy Langford rushed for 137 of the No. 9 Spartans’ 533 total yards and his 3-1 team completed its most explosive prolific four games in school history with a 50.3-point average.

Connor Cook was 6-for-8 through the air for 109 yards and two touchdowns, helping Michigan State score more than 50 points in back-to-back games for the first time since 1978.

The Spartans have scored 174 points in three home games heading into a visit from unbeaten No. 21 Nebraska next Saturday night.

Tony Lippett had four catches for 76 yards and a touchdown, and Keith Mumphery scored on a run and a reception vs. the Cowboys (3-2)

No. 10 Mississippi 24, Memphis 3

Jaylen Walton ran for a key fourth-quarter touchdown, and No. 10 Mississippi used a dominant defensive performance at Oxford, Miss.

The Rebels (4-0) are undefeated through four games for the first time since 1970, overcoming a mistake-riddled performance by the offense and special teams.

It was an ugly night for Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace, who threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. The senior was 22-of-37 passing for 248 yards and two touchdowns — both to Laquon Treadwell.

Ole Miss led just 7-3 after three quarters. Andrew Fletcher made a 19-yard field goal — after missing his first two attempts earlier in the game — to increase the Rebels’ lead early in the fourth. Walton’s 23-yard run with 9:34 remaining pushed the advantage to 17-3. Memphis (2-2) managed just 104 total yards.

No. 12 Georgia 35, Tennessee 32

Todd Gurley ran for a career-high 208 yards and two touchdowns, including a 51-yarder in the fourth quarter, as No. 12 Georgia bounced back from an early 10-0 deficit and held off gritty Tennessee 35-32 on Saturday.

The lackluster Bulldogs (3-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) struggled with the Volunteers for the second year in a row. Tennessee (2-2, 0-1) wouldn’t quit, even after Jalen Hurd fumbled a handoff and Josh Dawson fell on it in the end zone for a Georgia touchdown.

Tennessee (2-2, 0-1) has lost 21 straight road games against ranked teams. The Vols might have pulled off the upset if senior quarterback Justin Worley had not been sidelined for part of the second half with an apparent elbow injury.

No. 16 Stanford 20, Washington 13

Kevin Hogan scored on a 5-yard run with 4:29 remaining, and the Cardinal took advantage of a poorly timed fake punt to hold off the Huskies in Seattle.

Hogan and the Cardinal (3-1, 1-1) avoided a potentially costly 0-2 start in Pac-12 play after already losing at home to USC.

Stanford dominated statistically, but was still tied midway through the fourth quarter because of continued problems in the red zone. That’s when Washington coach Chris Petersen took a gamble running a fake punt on fourth-and-9 at the Huskies 47. The play was stuffed and Hogan scored on the ensuing possession.

The Huskies (4-1, 0-1) had 179 total yards, including just 98 passing.

No. 17 Louisiana State 63, New Mexico State 7

Backup quarterback Brandon Harris led touchdown drives on each of his seven series, sparking the Tigers to a rout of the Aggies in Baton Rouge, La.

In vastly outplaying starter Anthony Jennings, Harris may have made himself a candidate to take over as the Tigers’ No. 1 quarterback when LSU (4-1) returns to Southeastern Conference play next Saturday at Auburn.

Harris completed 11 of 14 passes for 178 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for a pair of scores.

Jennings, who played for LSU’s first seven offensive series, completed two of five passes for 11 yards and turned the ball over three times, twice on interceptions and once on a fumble.

Freshman running back Leonard Fournette had his first 100-yard game, finishing with 122 yards and two TDs rushing.

Andrew Allen had a 79-yard touchdown run for New Mexico State (2-3).

No. 19 Wisconsin 27, South Florida 10

Melvin Gordon rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 19 Wisconsin overcame a sluggish start to hold off South Florida, 27-10, on Saturday.

Gordon scored on carries of seven and 43 yards on the Badgers’ first two drives of the second half after running room finally opened up for the star tailback.

The Bulls (2-3) put up an admirable effort in their first road contest of the year, getting to within 17-10 midway through the third quarter on Rodney Adams’ 26-yard touchdown run off a reverse. South Florida’s defense had held Gordon to 50 yards in the first half.

But Wisconsin (3-1) inched away in the final 20 minutes to extend their nonconference winning streak at home to 32 games.

No. 21 Nebraska 45, Illinois 14

Ameer Abdullah ran for 208 yards and three touchdowns, Imani Cross added a career-high 109 yards and a TD, and the Cornhuskers rolled to a victory in Lincoln, Neb.

The Cornhuskers (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten) are off to their best start since 2010 heading into next week’s game at No. 9 Michigan State.

Wearing all-red alternate uniforms on homecoming, the Huskers rushed for 458 of their 624 total yards. Illinois (3-2, 0-1) started Reilly O’Toole at quarterback in place of Wes Lunt. O’Toole was 17 for 38 for 261 yards and two touchdowns and was intercepted three times, twice by Daniel Davie.

No. 22 Ohio State 50, Cincinnati 28

J.T. Barrett passed for 330 yards and four touchdowns and Ezekiel Elliott ran for 182 yards and a score to lead Buckeyes past Gunner Kiel and the Bearcats at Columbus, Ohio.

Kiel, the acclaimed passer for the Bearcats (2-1), completed 21 of 32 passes for 352 yards and four scores in a game of wild momentum swings before a stadium-record crowd of 108,362.

The Buckeyes (3-1) won their 40th consecutive game over an in-state opponent, finishing with 710 yards. But their defense couldn’t stop the Bearcats, who had Chris Moore catch three passes for 221 yards and three TDs.

Not until Barrett hit Devin Smith with a 29-yard scoring pass early in the fourth quarter was it clear the Buckeyes would survive.

No. 25 Kansas State 58, UTEP 28

Charles Jones ran for three touchdowns, Tyler Lockett returned a punt for another score and No. 25 Kansas State romped to a 58-28 victory over UTEP on Saturday.

DeMarcus Robinson and Jake Waters also had touchdown runs, and Waters threw for 209 yards and another score as the Wildcats (3-1) finished non-conference play by taking out their frustrations from a close loss to fifth-ranked Auburn on the hapless Miners.

UTEP (2-2) managed one first down and 23 yards of offense in the first half, when Kansas State raced to a 31-0 lead. Running back Aaron Jones, the nation’s second-leading rusher, was held to 47 yards — all but nine of them after halftime.

Jameil Showers threw four TD passes for the Miners, all with the game well out of reach.

Maryland 37, Indiana 15

C.J. Brown ran for one touchdown and threw for another while backup Caleb Rowe passed for two more scores in the second half to lead the Terrapins to the win at Bloomington, Ind.

The Terrapins (4-1, 1-0 Big Ten) have won two straight overall and five in a row on the road -- including their inaugural Big Ten game. Indiana (2-2, 0-1) was chasing its second straight conference-opening win — something the Hoosiers haven’t achieved since 1990-91.

Brown finished 10 of 15 for 163 yards but did not play in the second half after appearing to injure his left wrist. His 5-yard TD run broke a 3-3 tie and his 29-yard TD pass to Stefon Diggs gave the Terrapins a 17-6 lead midway through the second quarter.

Rowe sealed it with a 36-yard TD pass to Brandon Ross midway through the third quarter.

Akron 21, Pittsburgh 10

Conor Hundley one-upped the nation’s leading rusher, gaining 148 yards in 19 carries as the Zips pulled off the upset at Pittsburgh.

Kyle Pohl passed for 193 yards with a touchdown and an interception and defensive lineman Cody Grice — moonlighting at fullback — put together a pair of short scoring runs as the Zips (2-2) beat a team from a power conference for the first time in six years.

Akron outgained the Panthers 382-349 and kept Pitt sophomore running back James Conner in check to give coach Terry Bowden the biggest victory of his three-year tenure. Conner came in with 699 yards but was held to 92 yards on 25 carries as the Panthers (3-2) lost their second straight. Chad Voytik completed 20 of 34 passes for 220 yards with a touchdown and an interception.