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    Monday, May 13, 2024

    College football / Top 25 roundup

    No. 9 West Virginia 70, No. 25 Baylor 63

    Geno Smith threw for 656 yards and tied a Big 12 record with eight touchdown passes to lead No. 9 West Virginia to a 70-63 win over No. 25 Baylor on Saturday, the Mountaineers' first game in the Big 12.

    Smith outdueled Baylor's Nick Florence, who had a standout game of his own with 581 yards and five TDs.

    Baylor's Terrance Williams set a Big 12 record with 314 yards receiving. The old mark was set minutes earlier by West Virginia's Stedman Bailey, who had 303 yards and five TDs.

    Williams' 8-yard scoring catch brought Baylor (3-1) within seven at 70-63 with 3:08 left.

    But Dustin Garrison ran for 17 yards on third down and the Mountaineers (4-0) ran out the clock.

    It marked the most points scored in a game involving a team ranked in The Associated Press poll. The previous record of 124 was set in No. 12 Oklahoma's 82-42 win over Colorado in 1980.

    No. 4 Florida State 30, South Florida 17

    EJ Manuel threw for 242 yards and a touchdown, helping No. 4 Florida State remain unbeaten with a 30-17 victory over South Florida on Saturday night.

    Receiver Rashad Greene got the Seminoles going with a 10-yard touchdown run, Christian Jones scored on a 12-yard fumble return and Penn State transfer Kevin Haplea had a 1-yard TD reception as the Seminoles (5-0) survived their first road test of the season by pulling away from a three-point lead with two TDs and a field goal in the final 5:09 of the third quarter.

    No. 5 Georgia 51, Tennessee 44

    Todd Gurley ran for three touchdowns and Keith Marshall added two as Georgia recovered after blowing a 17-point.

    Georgia (5-0, 3-0 SEC) locked it up with three takeaways in the final 6 minutes. Twice Sanders Commings intercepted Tyler Bray's passes and in between the Tennessee quarterback was stripped from behind and the fumble was recovered by Georgia's John Jenkins.

    Aaron Murray threw two third-quarter touchdown passes to Michael Bennett for the Bulldogs.

    Georgia led 27-10 early in the second quarter before Tennessee took the lead with 20 unanswered points.

    Tennessee (3-2, 0-2 SEC) took its third straight loss in the series under coach Derek Dooley, the son of Georgia's former longtime coach Vince Dooley.

    Bray completed 24 of 45 passes for 281 yards.

    No. 14 Ohio St. 17, No. 20 Michigan St. 16

    Braxton Miller threw for 179 yards and ran for 130, and Urban Meyer won his first Big Ten game as Buckeyes coach.

    Miller put Ohio State (5-0, 1-0) ahead 17-13 with a 63-yard touchdown pass to Devin Smith in the third quarter, and the Buckeyes' maligned defense held Le'Veon Bell and the Michigan State running game in check. Meyer becomes the third coach to start 5-0 in his first season at Ohio State. Carol Widdoes did it in 1944, and Earle Bruce in 1979.

    Michigan State (3-2, 0-1) has lost four home games in a row against Ohio State.

    Bell ran for only 45 yards on 17 carries for the Spartans.

    No. 17 Clemson 45, Boston College 31

    Tajh Boyd threw for 367 yards and three touchdowns and ran in another for Clemson.

    Boyd completed 28 of 38 passes and ran 11 times for 42 yards and a TD for Clemson (4-1, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). DeAndre Hopkins caught 11 passes for 197 yards for the Tigers, who bounced back after blowing a two-touchdown lead and losing 49-37 to No. 4 Florida State last week.

    Andre Ellington ran 25 times for 132 yards and a touchdown for Clemson.

    Chase Rettig, who entered the day as the leading passer in the ACC, completed 25 of 43 passes for 341 yards and three touchdowns. Alex Amdion caught eight passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns for the Eagles (1-3, 0-2), who led 21-17 before giving up three straight touchdowns to fall behind 38-21.

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