BEST OF THE REST

* at Tulsa 56, Houston 7: Paul Smith completed 15 of 28 passes for 313 yards and five touchdowns to help lead the Golden Hurricane (7-3, 5-2) over the Cougars (6-4, 5-2) in a Conference USA game at Tulsa, Okla. Smith is now the single-season and career leader for Tulsa in passing yards, with 3,496 yards for the season and 9,367 in his career.

* at Marshall 26, East Carolina 7: Bernard Morris threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Thundering Herd (2-8, 2-4) beat the Pirates (6-5, 5-2) in a C-USA game at Huntington, W.Va.

* Rice 43, at Southern Methodist 42: Clark Fangmeier kicked a 31-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Owls (3-7, 3-3) to the victory over the Mustangs (1-9, 0-6) in a C-USA game at Dallas.

* Memphis 29, at Southern Mississippi 26: Martin Hankins threw four touchdowns passes, including two in the final minutes, and finished with 396 yards passing to rally the Tigers (5-5, 4-2) over the Golden Eagles (5-5, 4-3) in a C-USA game at Hattiesburg.

* Central Florida 45, at Alabama Birmingham 31: Kevin Smith carried 41 times for 320 yards and scored four touchdowns to lead the Golden Knights (7-3, 5-3) over the Blazers (2-8, 1-5) in a C-USA game.

* at Tulane 34, Texas El Paso 19: Matt Forte rushed for a pair of touchdowns and Jeremy Williams caught two more to lead the Green Wave (3-7, 2-4) over the Miners (4-6, 2-4) in a C-USA game at New Orleans.

* at Northern Illinois 27, Kent State 20: Justin Anderson and David Bryant combined for 208 yards rushing to lead the Huskies (2-8, 1-5) over the Golden Flashes (3-7, 1-5) in a Mid-American Conference game at Dekalb.

* Navy 74, at North Texas 62: The Midshipmen (6-4) tied a school record by scoring at least 30 points for the eighth straight game in a win over the Mean Green (1-8). Navy scored its most points since beating Colby, 121-0, in 1919.

* at Florida Atlantic 34, Arkansas State 31: Willie Rose caught two touchdowns passes and a two-point conversion as the Owls (5-4, 4-1) came from behind to beat the Indians (4-6, 2-4) in a Sun Belt Conference game at Fort Lauderdale.

* Louisiana Lafayette 34, at Middle Tennessee 24: Michael Desormeaux rushed for 175 yards and threw two touchdowns to lead the Ragin’ Cajuns (2-8, 2-3) over the Blue Raiders (5-6, 4-2) in a Sun Belt game at Murfreesboro.

* Troy 21, at Western Kentucky 17: Chris Bradwell picked up a David Wolke fumble and returned it 16 yards for a touchdown and a 14-0 lead and the Trojans (7-3) never trailed in beating the Hilltoppers (6-4) at Bowling Green.

* at Louisiana Monroe 28, Grambling State 14: Frank Goodin and Calvin Dawson each rushed for more than 100 yards and combined for three touchdown runs to lead the War Hawks (4-6) over the Tigers (8-2).