BIG EAST CONFERENCE REPORT

Rutgers 49, at South Florida 16: Mike Teel threw for 294 yards and two touchdowns to help the surging Scarlet Knights (5-5, 4-2) rout the Bulls (6-4, 1-4) at Tampa for their fourth consecutive victory. Kenny Britt had his fourth straight 100-yard game receiving, scoring on a 93-yard pass play early in the fourth quarter. Rutgers also forced six turnovers to hand South Florida its fourth loss in five games. Britt finished with eight receptions for 173 yards. It was his sixth 100-yard effort of the season, 12th overall -- moving him into third place on the career conference list behind Larry Fitzgerald (14) and Antonio Bryant (13).

Connecticut 39, at Syracuse 14: Donald Brown rushed for 131 yards and scored on a 49-yard run and the Huskies (7-3, 3-2) defeated the Orange (2-8, 1-5) at Syracuse, N.Y. Jasper Howard and Robert McClain scored on consecutive plays from scrimmage in the final seconds of the third quarter, and Syracuse fell apart to give UConn Coach Randy Edsall only his fourth win in 16 Big East road games.