No. 3 Texas 41, No. 13 Oklahoma State 14

At Stillwater, Oklahoma, Curtis Brown and Earl Thomas each returned interceptions for touchdowns, and Cody Johnson had two short TD runs as Texas established itself as the clear frontrunner in the Big 12 South.

No. 10 Oregon 47, No. 4 USC 20

At Eugene, Oregon, Jeremiah Masoli threw for 222 yards and a touchdown and ran for 164 more yards with another score and Oregon handed USC its worst loss in 12 years.

No. 5 Cincinnati 28, Syracuse 7

At Syracuse, New York, Zach Collaros threw four touchdown passes to get the Bearcats within a win of the best start in school history.

No. 6 Boise State 45, San Jose State 7

At Boise, Idaho, Kellen Moore threw for 278 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for another to get the Broncos their eighth straight win.

No. 7 Iowa 42, Indiana 24

At Iowa City, Iowa, Ricky Stanzi overcame a career-high five interceptions to throw two long touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, helping No. 7 Iowa rally for a 42-24 victory over Indiana.

No. 8 TCU 41, UNLV 0

At Fort Worth, Texas, Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes and Ed Wesley scored running and catching the ball as the TCU defense smothered UNLV to get its first shutout of the season.

No. 9 LSU 42, Tulane 0

At Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brandon LaFell caught two touchdown passes, moving him into second on LSU's career list, and the ninth-ranked Tigers shut out Tulane for the first time since 1969.

No. 11 Georgia Tech 56, Vanderbilt 31

At Nashville, Tennessee, Josh Nesbitt ran for two touchdowns and threw for two scores, and Jonathan Dwyer ran for a career-high 186 yards rushing with three TDs for Georgia Tech.

No. 12 Penn State 34, Northwestern 13

At Evanston, Illinois, No. 12 Penn State shut out Northwestern in the second half and the Nittany Lions scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns in less than four minutes.

No. 15 Houston 50, Southern Miss 43

At Houston, Case Keenum threw for a career-high 559 yards and had five touchdowns, his last coming with 21 seconds remaining.

No. 17 Ohio St. 45, New Mexico St. 0

At Columbus, Ohio, Dane Sanzenbacher caught two touchdown passes and Terrelle Pryor threw for one and ran for another.

No. 18 Miami 28, Wake Forest 27

At Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Jacory Harris threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Travis Benjamin with 1:08 left.

No. 19 Utah 22, Wyoming 10

At Salt Lake City, Utah freshman Jordan Wynn passed for 82 yards and a touchdown in his college debut, replacing starter Terrance Cain in the second half.

Tennessee 31, No. 21 South Carolina 13

At Knoxville, Tennessee, decked out in black jerseys, Tennessee took three South Carolina fumbles and turned them into touchdowns and Jonathan Crompton threw two touchdown passes.

No. 22 Oklahoma 42, Kansas State 30

At Norman, Oklahoma, Landry Jones passed for 294 yards and four touchdowns, and DeMarco Murray scored three times.

Auburn 33, No. 24 Mississippi 20

At Auburn, Alabama, Chris Todd passed for 212 yards, Ben Tate ran for 144 yards and Walt McFadden returned an interception for a touchdown.

No. 25 Notre Dame 40, Washington State 14

At San Antonio, Golden Tate scored two touchdowns, including a spectacular grab of a desperation heave at the end of the first half, and Notre Dame got its first easy win in almost two months.