From wire reports



EAST CAROLINA 24, NO. 8 WEST VIRGINIA 3 — Skip Holtz followed his biggest coaching victory at East Carolina with an even more impressive one.

Jonathan Williams had two short touchdown runs, quarterback Patrick Pinkney was nearly perfect and the Pirates routed No. 8 West Virginia 24-3 on Saturday for their third straight win over a ranked team.

NO. 2 GEORGIA 56, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 17 — Led by Knowshon Moreno, Georgia responded just fine after being bounced from No. 1.
Moreno rushed for 168 yards and tied his career high with three touchdowns, while massive defensive end Demarcus Dobbs rumbled for a 78-yard score after picking off a deflected pass to lead the Bulldogs.

NO. 3 OHIO STATE 26, OHIO 14 — Beanie Wells didn’t play. The Ohio Bobcats sure did.
Lightly regarded even in the Mid-American Conference, Ohio put a scare into Ohio State before the Buckeyes righted things in the fourth quarter.


NO. 5 FLORIDA 26, MIAMI 3 — Tim Tebow threw two touchdown passes, speedster Percy Harvin ran for a score and the Gators used a swarming defensive effort to beat the Hurricanes for the first time since 1985.
The rebuilding Hurricanes (1-1), three-touchdown underdogs, hung close for three quarters with the Gators (2-0), who had averaged more than 40 points at Florida Field with Tebow as the starting quarterback.

NO. 6 MISSOURI 52, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 3 — Chase Daniel threw three touchdown passes in the first half and Derrick Washington scored three times, helping the Tigers run up a quick 42-point lead before calling in the reserves.
Missouri (2-0) scored on its first five possessions, Sean Weatherspoon returned an interception for a score and the Tigers ended up three points shy of the school record for first-half scoring against Kansas in 1969.

NO. 9 AUBURN 27, SOUTHERN MISS 13 — Chris Todd completed 21 of 31 passes for 248 yards in his first start and gave Auburn’s passing game a needed lift.
The junior college transfer might have ended the Tigers’ quarterback question by completing an array of short and mid-range passes and effectively running the new spread offense.

NO. 11 WISCONSIN 51, MARSHALL 14 — Allan Evridge threw for 308 yards and a touchdown as Wisconsin reeled off 51 straight points to turn a potential upset into a walkover.
A loss would have snapped the second-longest home winning streak in major college football and cost the Badgers (2-0) momentum heading into a tough test at Fresno State.

NO. 13 ALABAMA 20, TULANE 6 — Javier Arenas returned a punt 87 yards for a touchdown and as ’Bama held on for a shaky win over Tulane, forced out of New Orleans a week ago by the threat of Hurricane Gustav.
Just one game after looking like world beaters against then-No. 9 Clemson, a listless Alabama (2-0) allowed four sacks of John Parker Wilson, fumbled once, missed two kicks and gained only 172 yards — just 38 in the first half.

NO. 14 KANSAS 29, LOUISIANA TECH 0 — Dezmon Briscoe broke six tackles to turn a short pass into a 48-yard touchdown, and Todd Reesing threw for career-high 412 yards and three scores
Coming off a 40-10 win over Florida International, Kansas (2-0) was hoping to avoid a letdown against Louisiana Tech (1-1) before facing No. 17 South Florida next week in Tampa.

NO. 15 BYU 28, WASHINGTON 27 — Jan Jorgensen busted through the line and blocked Ryan Perkins’ 35-yard extra-point attempt with 2 seconds left in regulation for BYU (2-0).
Jake Locker drove the Huskies 76 yards in 17 plays, capped by his 3-yard plunge to pull Washington within one. But Locker was called for unsportsmanlike conduct, a point of emphasis for officials this season after the touchdown.

NO. 17 SOUTH FLORIDA 31, UCF 24, OT — Matt Grothe threw for 346 yards and three touchdowns, including a 25-yarder to Taurus Johnson in overtime, and South Florida beat Central Florida in the final scheduled meeting between the rivals whose campuses are barely 100 miles apart.

NO. 18 OREGON 66, UTAH STATE 24 — Justin Roper returned from a concussion and helped Oregon to a school-record 688 yards.
LaGarrette Blount ran for 132 yards and two touchdowns for the Ducks (2-0), taking on the bulk of the rushing duties after Jeremiah Johnson left with a shoulder injury on the first series of the game.

NO. 19 PENN STATE 45, OREGON STATE 14 — Evan Royster rushed for 141 yards and three touchdowns, Daryll Clark threw two TD passes and the Nittany Lions defense didn’t miss a beat without two suspended starters.
What was supposed to be Penn State’s toughest nonconference game of the year turned into a laugher early.
Oregon State fell to 0-2 for the first time since 2004. Penn State is 2-0.

NO. 20 WAKE FOREST 30, MISSISSIPPI 28 — Sam Swank kicked a 41-yard field goal with 3 seconds left to cap a dramatic final minute and lift Wake Forest (2-0).
After Jevan Snead’s 5-yard touchdown pass to Cordera Eason on fourth down with 1:01 left gave Ole Miss (1-1) the lead, Riley Skinner led the Demon Deacons on a 56-yard drive, keyed by a pass interference penalty against Marshay Green.

NO. 22 UTAH 42, UNLV 21— Brian Johnson threw for two touchdowns and scored on a 56-yard run as Utah celebrated its return to the national rankings.
The Utes (2-0) scored three touchdowns in the third quarter and pulled away after a shaky first half, holding the Rebels (1-1) to 11 yards of offense in the third period and only 72 total yards in the second half.

NO. 24 ILLINOIS 47, EASTERN ILLINOIS 21 — Juice Williams ran for 174 yards and two touchdowns to lead Illinois to its first win of the season.
Williams broke the Illinois quarterback record of 145 yards he set in 2006, and threw for 124 yards and a touchdown. But the junior also threw two interceptions and fumbled the ball a yard short of a third-quarter TD.