TOP 25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Late TD helps Central Michigan stun Oklahoma State

STILLWATER, Okla. — Central Michigan, literally out of time, stunned No. 22-ranked Oklahoma State on the final play of the game Saturday, completing a wild 30-27 upset at Boone Pickens Stadium.

The Cowboys were penalized for intentional grounding on a play designed to run out the clock. On fourth down with four seconds left from the Central Michigan 41, Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph let time run, then fired deep incomplete as time expired.

But the Cowboys (1-1) were called for the penalty, giving the Chippewas (2-0) one play and an untimed down from their own 49.

Central Michigan quarterback Cooper Rush fired deep to Jesse Kroll, who then lateraled to receiver Corey Willis, with Willis outracing Cowboys cornerback Ashton Lampkin into the end zone.

Following the game, game referee Tim O’Dey — heading a crew of Mid-America Conference officials — told a pool reporter that the game’s final play, a 51-yard Hail Mary for the game-winning score, should not have occurred. Because the intentional grounding penalty included a loss of down, the game should have ended at that point, without giving Central Michigan another play.

The wild ending wiped out an Oklahoma State rally, as the Cowboys went ahead on a touchdown with 5:12 remaining, then intercepted Rush’s pass with 3:10 remaining.

No. 4 Ohio State 48, Tulsa 3

After dominating with a prolific offensive display in the opener, No. 4 Ohio State won with defense in Week 2.

The Buckeyes returned two interceptions for touchdowns in the final minutes of the first half that propelled them to a victory over Tulsa in a game delayed at halftime by more than an hour because of a thunderstorm at Ohio Stadium.

Safety Malik Hooker came up with the first pick six — his third interception in two games — and cornerback Marshon Lattimore followed with his second of the game in driving rain and Ohio State’s third interception of the first half to send the Buckeyes to a 20-3 halftime lead.

No. 5 Michigan 51, Central Florida 14

Wilton Speight threw for four touchdown passes to lead Michigan over Central Florida in front of 109,295 fans at Michigan Stadium.

Central Florida (1-1) actually outrushed Michigan (2-0) by a margin of 275-119, but the Wolverines still won convincingly thanks in large part to Speight, the junior who backed up a good debut as the starter last week against Hawaii by completing 25 of his 37 passes for 312 yards.

Michigan senior tight end Jake Butt and senior wideout Amara Darboh each caught two touchdown passes to help Michigan improve to 2-0.

No. 6 Houston 42, Lamar 0

Houston quarterback Greg Ward Jr. did not play because of a shoulder injury, but the Cougars rushed for 381 yards and six touchdowns.

Kyle Postma got the start at quarterback for Houston and he completed 14 of 25 passes for 125 yards. He did not throw a touchdown, but committed only one turnover.

Kevrin Justice rushed for two touchdowns and 111 yards on 27 carries, and Mulbah. Car added 109 yards and one touchdown. Postma contributed a couple of scores on seven carries and 106 yards on the ground.

No. 8 Washington 59, Idaho 14

Washington quarterback Jake Browning threw five touchdown passes and the Huskies limited visiting Idaho to 322 total yards in Seattle.

Browning, a sophomore, completed 20 of 25 pass attempts for 237 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions in the first half as the Huskies (2-0) led 35-0 lead at halftime. He finished 23 of 28 for 294 yards. He did not throw an interception.

The Vandals (1-1) mustered only four first downs in the first half and finished with 15, mostly against Washington’s reserves. They were 0 for 7 in third-down conversions by halftime and finished 7 for 17.

Washington has scored at least 40 points in five consecutive games dating back to last season, the longest streak in school history.

No. 10 Wisconsin 54, Akron 10

Wide receiver Jazz Peavy caught two touchdown passes and running back Corey Clement rushed for two scores to lead Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium.

Clement, who had 21 carries and 111 yards in the first half, suffered a left leg injury and didn’t play in the second half for the Badgers (2-0). Clement is 84 yards shy of the 2,000-yard career rushing mark.

Quarterback Bart Houston was sharp under center for the Badgers. Houston, a senior and first-year starter, completed 15 of 22 passes for 231 yards, two touchdown passes and one interception

The Zips (1-1) got their only touchdown when JoJo Natson ran 55 yards for a score on a punt return with 3:12 to go in the second quarter.

No. 11 Texas 41, UTEP 7

Freshman quarterback Shane Buechele threw for 244 yards and four touchdowns as 11th-ranked but injury-depleted Texas shrugged off some midgame doldrums and easily defeated UTEP.

Buechele was 22 of 27 passing, did not throw an interception and hit three different Longhorns receivers for touchdowns. Chris Warren III, normally the Longhorns’ co-featured back with D’Onta Foreman, ran for 95 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries.

Texas (2-0) outgained UTEP 416-208 and won handily despite having three of their starting offensive linemen (and five that are in the two-deep rotation) and their top ground-gainer from last year and last week (Foreman) on the sidelines with injuries.

UTEP starting quarterback Kavika Johnson managed just 42 passing yards on nine completions while replacing Zach Greenlee, who started for the Miners on Sept. 3 against New Mexico State but missed the Texas game with a MCL injury.

No. 14 Oklahoma 59, Louisiana-Monroe 17

A week after virtually abandoning the run in a loss to Houston, Oklahoma kept the ball on the ground plenty in a blowout win in its home opener.

The Sooners’ two top running backs — Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon — combined for 175 yards and two touchdowns on the ground and Perine added 38 yards receiving. Both running backs, like Sooners quarterback Baker Mayfield, played just one half as Oklahoma led 42-0 at the break. Mayfield threw for 244 yards and three touchdowns while not being sacked.

Mixon had 14 carries for 125 yards. Perine, limited by a shoulder injury against Houston, looked plenty healthy against ULM. The junior ran for 58 yards and two touchdowns.

No. 16 Iowa 42, Iowa State 3

In one of the most one-sided games in the history of the Cy-Hawk rivalry, the 16th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes dismantled their intrastate foe Iowa State at Kinnick Stadium.

The 39-point win is the largest margin of victory over Iowa State by Iowa (2-0) under head coach Kirk Ferentz and tied for the third-largest win margin all-time in the rivalry.

Iowa’s success was in large part due to the performance of quarterback C.J. Beathard. The fifth-year senior completed 19 of 28 passes for 235 yards and tossed three touchdown passes to three different receivers, all during the first half.

No. 18 Notre Dame 39, Nevada 10

Quarterback DeShone Kizer completed 15 of 18 passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns, to lead the Irish victory.

Notre Dame running back Josh Adams finished with 106 rushing yards, and Kizer also rushed for 35 yards and a touchdown before giving way to backup quarterback Malik Zaire late in the third quarter with the score out of reach.

Notre Dame (1-1) posted a 444-300 advantage in total yards as it bounced back from a double-overtime loss against Texas in its opening game.

Wolf Pack quarterback Tyler Stewart completed 10 of 23 passes for 113 yards and an interception. Running back James Butler tallied 50 rushing yards and 48 receiving yards for Nevada (1-1).

No. 23 Baylor 40, SMU 13

Baylor shrugged off an early six-point deficit to dominate SMU.

Bears quarterback Seth Russell to Blake Lynch and ran 19 yards for a score in the third quarter to help Baylor (2-0) gain momentum. Then Bears safety Orion Stewart returned an interception 33 yards to put Baylor ahead 26-6 and effectively squash SMU’s hope for an upset.

SMU freshman quarterback Ben Hicks made his first collegiate start in place of injured starter Matt Davis. Hicks passed for 229 yards and a touchdown, but threw three interceptions.