Trinidad Chambliss passed for two touchdowns and ran for a tiebreaking score in the fourth quarter as No. 8 Ole Miss held off No. 7 LSU 32-24 on Saturday night in Oxford, Miss.

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Chambliss passed for 363 yards and the Rebels (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) squandered a 17-point halftime lead before regaining control to defeat former Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin.

Sam Leavitt passed for 158 yards with a touchdown and an interception for the Tigers (2-1, 0-1).

Chambliss was intercepted by Ja’Keem Jackson on the Rebels’ third play of the third quarter, giving LSU the ball at the Ole Miss 33. Leavitt’s 4-yard touchdown run cut the Rebels’ lead to 24-14.

Leavitt threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Winston Watkins Jr. to trim the lead to 24-21 at the end of the third quarter.

The Tigers drove to the Rebels’ 3 before stalling and Scott Starzyk kicked a 23-yard field goal to tie the score.

Chambliss ended Ole Miss’ scoreless second half when he ran 14 yards for a touchdown and, after LSU jumped offsides twice, JT Lindsey added a two-point conversion run from inside the 1 for a 32-24 lead with 6:19 remaining.

LSU drove to the Rebels’ 6, but on fourth and goal, Leavitt was intercepted by Jaylon Braxton.

On the Rebels’ second possession Chambliss passed for 24 yards and ran for 22, leading to Lucas Carneiro’s 37-yard field goal and a 3-0 lead.

Kewan Lacy’s 5-yard touchdown run pushed the lead to 10-0 at the end of the first quarter. Chambliss threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Traylon Ray, who finished with seven catches for 155 yards, to increase the lead to 17-0.

The Tigers finally got their offense on track by converting four third downs and one fourth down while driving 75 yards in 17 plays and using 7:52 to Dilin Jones’ 2-yard touchdown run that trimmed the lead to 17-7. Jones finished with 106 rushing yards.

But Chambliss needed just eight plays and 1:52 to march to his 20-yard touchdown pass to Deuce Alexander with five seconds left to give Ole Miss a 24-7 halftime lead.

Ole Miss improved to 24-1 at home since 2023, the best record in FBS.

No. 10 Alabama scores on 9
straight drives to
subdue Florida State

Keelon Russell threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score as No. 10 Alabama overcame a pair of lightning delays and a slow start to rally past Florida State 50-36 Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Russell completed 23 of 30 passes for 320 yards and added 56 yards on three carries. Lotzeir Brooks had eight catches for a career-high 101 yards for the Crimson Tide (3-0), who averaged 8.6 yards per play and scored nine straight times they touched the ball.

Florida State (1-2) got a productive performance from quarterback Ashton Daniels, who threw for 343 yards and two scores while also tallying two rushing touchdowns. However, he was intercepted three times.

Duce Robinson had six catches for 135 yards and a touchdown while Ousmane Kromah had 17 carries for 80 yards for the Seminoles.

The game was delayed nearly two hours due to lightning before Florida State, which closed as a nearly 20-point underdog, got off to a stunning start when it jumped ahead 21-6 with 9:42 left before halftime.

Daniels found Robinson for a 20-yard touchdown to cap off the Seminoles’ opening drive. Florida State then followed a pair of Alabama field goals with a pair of touchdowns, a 12-yard run by Kromah followed by a 3-yard Daniels run.

Alabama finally found the end zone with 2:36 left before halftime on a 21-yard connection from Russell to Cederian Morgan.

The second lightning delay began immediately after, which served as the halftime break.

The Crimson Tide returned from the delay with a vengeance, scoring 13 points over the final 2:36 of the half to take a 26-21 halftime edge.

First came a 46-yard touchdown pass from Russell to Ryan Coleman-Williams. Alabama took its first lead on another Russell TD pass, this one a 16-yard connection with Kaleb Edwards.

As disastrous as the Seminoles’ first-half finish was, they bounced back quickly and regained the lead on Daniels’ 2-yard touchdown pass to Landen Thomas at the 9:58 mark of the third.

Alabama took command from there, jumping back in front 4:03 later on EJ Crowell’s 4-yard score. The Crimson Tide extended the lead to 40-28 when Russell sprinted 57 yards untouched late in the third quarter. Conor Talty’s third field goal of the night made it 43-28 with 9:53 to play.

Florida State again cut it to a one-possession game on Daniels’ second rushing score of the game before Alabama iced the game with Trae’Shawn Brown’s 20-yard rushing score.

LJ Martin scores
3 TDs as No. 11 BYU rolls over
Colorado State

LJ Martin rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns, and Bear Bachmeier completed 12 of 16 passes for 227 yards and an interception as No. 11 BYU rolled to a 41-23 win over Colorado State on Saturday in Fort Collins, Colo.

Freshman wide receiver Legend Glasker caught five passes for 131 yards and also rushed for a touchdown, and Preston Rex had a rushing score for the Cougars (3-0).

The Cougars racked up a 559-302 advantage in total yards.

Colorado State quarterback Hauss Hejny connected on 6 of 10 passing attempts for 80 yards and a touchdown but left the game in the first quarter with a hamstring injury. Backup quarterback K’saan Farrar threw for 70 yards and an interception. No. 3 quarterback Darius Curry passed for 70 yards and a touchdown.

RJ Vick Jr. and Nader Chirchi had touchdown catches and Durell Robinson added a rushing score for the Rams (2-1).

BYU needed just two plays to cover 65 yards and open the scoring.

Martin was bottled up at the line, bounced to a hole, broke two tackles and reeled off a 56-yard touchdown, giving the Cougars a 7-0 lead.

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The Rams immediately answered, tying the game at 7-7 on Hejny’s 7-yard touchdown pass to Vick with 11:22 left in the first quarter.

On the next BYU drive, Bachmeier’s 70-yard completion to Glasker, who made a one-handed over-the-shoulder grab, set up Martin’s 2-yard plunge to give the Cougars a 14-7 lead at the 9:42 mark of the first quarter.

Martin was at it again in the final minute of the first quarter, breaking tackles on his way to an 8-yard score with 51 seconds left that gave BYU a 21-7 lead.

Mathias Dunn added a 44-yard field goal before Glasker’s 5-yard touchdown run on an end-around gave BYU a 31-7 halftime lead.

With 9:29 left in the third, the Cougars went up 38-7 when Rex coasted into the end zone untouched for a 5-yard score.

Robinson had a 1-yard rushing touchdown and Chirchi caught a 1-yard score in the fourth quarter.

Jaden Craig’s 3-TD night boosts TCU over Arkansas State

Jaden Craig passed for 337 yards and three touchdowns in TCU’s 31-7 victory over Arkansas State at Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday night.

Craig completed 21 of 29 passes with an interception. Ed Small finished with seven receptions, including a touchdown, and 164 receiving yards.

Craig’s passing yardage total was more than what Arkansas State gained in total offense (261 yards).

TCU (2-1) concluded its nonconference schedule and opens its Big 12 schedule next week at UCF.

Arkansas State (1-2) has lost nine consecutive games to Power 4 opponents dating to its 2020 victory at Kansas State.

TCU’s Jeremy Payne, who rushed for 44 yards on 13 carries in the first half, scored the game’s first touchdown, a 3-yard run with 8:36 remaining in the first quarter.

Payne finished with 86 yards on 24 carries.

Small had four receptions for 122 receiving yards in the first half, including a 52-yard catch-and-run that set up a touchdown.

Craig found Small for a 17-yard touchdown to put TCU ahead 14-0 with 5:10 left in the first half.

Arkansas State quarterback Trey Owens threw for 112 yards in the half, while also scrambling for 31 yards.

Ezell Jolly capped a four-play, 84-yard drive that took only 44 seconds with a 1-yard touchdown run that cut the Red Wolves’ deficit to 14-7 with 1:05 left in the half.

Owens completed passes of 31 yards to Hunter Simmons and 46 yards to Jabari Bush on the drive. He finished 11 of 24 for 133 yards.

Arkansas State threatened to tie the game on its first possession of the second half, driving the ball to the TCU 1 behind a 34-yard run by Owens.

On fourth-and-goal at the 1, Owens threw an incomplete pass in the end zone, forcing the turnover on downs.

TCU proceeded to amass a scoring drive of 99 yards on 14 plays, taking eight minutes off the clock.

Craig’s 9-yard completion to Ka’Morreun Pimpton in the end zone gave TCU a 21-7 lead with 17 seconds left in the third quarter.

QB Hawkins
carries West
Virginia to upset
of No. 25 Virginia

Michael Hawkins Jr. ran for three touchdowns and threw two touchdown passes to fuel West Virginia’s 38-27 upset of No. 25 Virginia in the Duke’s Mayo Classic on Saturday night in Charlotte, N.C.

Hawkins completed 10 of 17 passes for 190 yards and rushed 18 times for a career-high 123 yards.

DJ Epps had three receptions for 92 yards and two TDs, and Cam Cook added 123 yards on 30 carries as the Mountaineers improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2018.

Jekail Middlebrook rushed for 75 yards and scored rushing and receiving TDs for the Cavaliers (2-1), who led 14-7 after the first quarter. Beau Pribula completed 21 of 33 passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns.

West Virginia seized a 28-21 lead with 12 seconds left in the third quarter as Hawkins found Epps in the end zone on a 21-yard pass.

Virginia reached the red zone on the ensuing possession but came up empty after a third-down sack by Ashton Woods and a missed field goal.

The Mountaineers extended the lead to 38-21 on a 5-yard dash by Hawkins with 5:24 left and a 21-yard field goal by Jack Cassidy after the two-minute warning.

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