College FootballJames Wilhoit kicked a 50-yard field goal with 6 seconds left to give No. 13 Tennessee a 30-28 victory over No. 11 Florida on Saturday night.
Wilhoit redeemed himself after missing an extra-point try less than five minutes earlier that would have tied the game.
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Tennessee was trailing 28-21 in the fourth quarter, when freshman Erik Ainge completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Jayson Swain with 4:17 left. But Wilhoit, a sophomore who had never missed a point-after in his career, was wide right on the kick.
All the Gators had to do was run out the clock, but the Gators (1-1, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) had to punt with 55 seconds left.
It was enough time for the Volunteers (2-0, 1-0) to rally for their first win over Florida at home since 1998, the year they won the national championship.
Ainge completed passes of 21 and 7 yards to Chris Hannon to set up the field goal.
No. 1 S California 42, BYU 10
In Provo, Utah, Matt Leinart passed for 236 yards and two touchdowns, and Reggie Bush scored twice and finished with 124 yards on 14 carries for Southern California.
Southern Cal (3-0) won its 13th straight game, overcoming some early blunders, penalties and two missed field goals to beat the Cougars (1-2).
The defending national champion Trojans scored three times in the final 8:30 of the second quarter, including a 66-yard scoring run by Bush, and added three more TDs in the fourth quarter to seal it.
Leinart completed 22 of 35 passes with one interception and added a 1-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter, the first rushing TD of his career. LenDale White scored on a 43-yard run later in the fourth, and finished with 110 yards on 17 carries.
Auburn 14, No. 5 LSU 9
In Auburn, Alabama, Jason Campbell threw a 16-yard scoring pass to Courtney Taylor with 1:14 to play and No. 14 Auburn got two chances to kick the winning extra point in a 10-9 victory over No. 5 LSU on Saturday.
John Vaughn's first PAT attempt went wide left after a low snap, but Early Doucet was called for a personal foul, giving Auburn another shot. Vaughn drilled his next try through the uprights with holder Sam Rives saving another bad snap, preventing a repeat of LSU's season opener, when Oregon State's Alexis Serna missed his third extra point of the game in overtime for a 22-21 LSU victory.
No. 7 W Virginia 19,
No. 21 Maryland 16, OT
In Morgantown, West Virginia, Rasheed Marshall threw a 7-yard scoring pass to Chris Henry in overtime, moving the Mountaineers to 3-0 for the first time since 1996.
Maryland (2-1) lost to West Virginia for the first time under coach Ralph Friedgen, who played it safe in overtime and paid the price.
The Terps faced a fourth-and-short in the first overtime possession, and sent out kicker Nick Novak for a 33-yarder to make it 16-13.
No. 9 Ohio St. 22, NC State 14
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Ohio State made up for a shoddy day offensively by forcing five turnovers, and Mike Nugent tied a school record with five field goals.
A week after Nugent booted a 55-yarder on the final play to beat Marshall, Ohio State (3-0) needed more good fortune to get by the Wolfpack (1-1) for the second straight season. The Buckeyes managed only 137 yards of offense -- 35 on their first drive -- and converted only two of their 16 chances on third down.
Ohio State's Lydell Ross carried 25 times for 51 yards, and Justin Zwick finished 10-of-21 for another 73. Four scoring drives covered 10 yards or less.
No. 2 Oklahoma 31, Oregon 7
In Norman, Oklahoma, Adrian Peterson ran for 183 yards and two touchdowns, becoming the first Oklahoma freshman to run for at least 100 yards in each of his first three games.
Peterson, who had 24 carries, scored twice in the second half to help the Sooners (3-0) pull away from the Ducks (0-2).
The former Texas high school star broke through a seam on the left side and ran untouched down the sideline for a 40-yard score to put Oklahoma ahead 24-7 late in the third quarter. He bounced off one tackler and spun past another on an 18-yard touchdown run to put the game away with 3:36 to play.
No. 4 Miami 48, Louisiana Tech 0
In Miami, Frank Gore and Tyrone Moss combined to run for three touchdowns.
Gore ran 12 times for 61 yards and scored a touchdown early in the third quarter before sitting out much of the second half. Moss had 69 yards on seven carries and scored twice in the first quarter. Devin Hester, the Hurricanes' most electrifying player, returned two punts for scores.
Michigan 24, San Diego St. 21
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, Braylon Edwards caught eight passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns for Michigan. The Wolverines (2-1) bounced back after last week's loss at Notre Dame, but it wasn't easy.
The Aztecs (1-1), three-touchdown underdogs, forced four turnovers and missed two fourth-quarter field goals that could have tied the game.
No. 20 Wisconsin 9, Arizona 7
In Tucson, Arizona, Booker Stanley carried 30 times for a career-high 135 yards, including a 7-yard run for Wisconsin's only touchdown, and the 20th-ranked Badgers rallied in a game delayed for 88 minutes in the second quarter because of lightning.
Mike Allen kicked a 23-yard field goal with 3:47 to play for the game-winning points.
Arizona St. 44, No. 16 Iowa 7
In Tempe, Arizona, Andrew Walter threw for 428 yards and five touchdowns to lead Arizona State (3-0) to a surprisingly easy victory over Iowa (2-1).
He went 31-for-43 and broke Jake Plummer's record for career TD passes with 66, one more than the Denver Broncos' quarterback. The fifth-year senior has 11 TD passes this year .
Walter threw a pair of 7-yard TD passes to Derek Hagan, found Zach Miller for scores of 6 and 5 yards, and had a 14-yard throw to Moey Mutz. Miller had 10 receptions for 85 yards, and Hagan had his sixth consecutive 100-yard game with 112 on eight catches.
Minnesota 34, Colorado St. 16
In Fort Collins, Colorado, Marion Barber III ran for 201 yards and two touchdowns and running mate Laurence Maroney added 132 yards for Minnesota.
Minnesota (3-0) used its size advantage up front -- an average of 27 pounds more per player -- to clear huge holes for Barber and Maroney, who went over 100 yards in the same game for the sixth time, second this season.
Bryan Cupito hit Matt Spaeth with a pair of TD passes and Minnesota scored on four of its first five drives, finishing with more than 400 yards (504) for the 11th straight game.
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