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Georgia remains undefeated in three tries against Notre Dame after picking up a 23-17 win in a "Dawg Fight" between the hedges in Athens on Saturday. A scoreless first quarter yielded to a 10-7 halftime lead for Notre Dame. Georgia established control in the 3rd, but still only managed a pair of field goals to take a 13-10 lead heading into the final stanza. A 15-yard TD pass from Jake Fromm to Lawrence Cager gave the Bulldogs a 20-10 advantage and Rodrigo Blankenship's 3rd field goal pushed it to 23-10. Notre Dame's ensuing 10-play 75-yard drive resulted in a 4-yard TD pass to provide the final score. The Irish then forced a poor Georgia punt, but solid defense ended the last-second threat at the 38.
The day began with Wisconsin decimating Michigan 35-14 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. Jonathan Taylor had 143 yards and 2 TD's in the first quarter, and QB Jack Coan added a pair of touchdown runs in the second to make it 28-0 at halftime. Michigan's first half produced 3 punts, an interception and a fumble. The Wolverines wound up losing the turnover count 4-0. The Maize and Blue were a preseason favorite to win the national championship according to some online betting sites.
Next up was UCF's failed trip to Pittsburgh. Favored by double digits, the Golden Knights instead found themselves down 21-0 by the midway point of the second quarter. UCF's first half debacle included a blocked punt returned for a Pitt touchdown and 2 interceptions. The Knights were able to pull to within 21-10 at half, thanks in no small part to a Pitt fumble at its own 27 that led to UCF's first touchdown of the game. The 3rd quarter saw a 21-0 run by the visitors from Central Florida, including an 87-yard punt return by Otis Anderson for a 24-21 lead. After forcing a quick 3-and-out, UCF needed just 5 plays to go 68 yards and widen the gap to 31-21 on a 28-yard TD pass. But Pitt still had some fight left and answered with its own 5-play, 75-yard drive to pull back to within 3 with 4:11 to go in the 3rd quarter. The fourth quarter was a stalemate until UCF's 28-yard filed goal with only 4:36 left. Pitt was given new life by holding the Knights to just 3 on that drive and the result was a Panther march of 79 yards in 12 plays, ending in the 4th-down trick play that proved to be the game-winner. RB A.J. Davis took the snap and headed left, flipped the ball to Aaron Matthews running right, and Mathews threw to Kenny Pickett for 3-yard score.and a 35-34 upset victory.
The day ended with some PAC-12 After Dark insanity as UCLA rallied from 32 points down in the 3rd quarter to a 67-63 win over Washington State in Pullman. Cougar QB Anthony Gordon threw for 9 TD passes and 570 yards, but his 2 Interceptions and 1 fumbled also contributed to a 6-turnover night by the home team. The Bruins had just 2 giveaways. UCLA QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson threw for 507 yards and 5 touchdowns. including the 15-yard game winner to Demetric Felton with 1:07 to play in the game. The teams combined for 1,377 yards of total offense with Wazzu outgaining the visitors 720-657. https://www.bestussportsbetting.com/
Texas held off Oklahoma State 36-30 in Austin, West Virginia prevailed 29-24 at Kansas, Michigan State found some offense and won 31-10 at Northwestern, and Nebraska rallied past Illinois 42-38 at Champaign.
Florida State gave up a 21-0 lead over visiting Louisville, but rallied for a 35-24 win at home.
Virginia fell behind 17-0 at home to Old Dominion, but rallied for the 28-17 win.
Alabama flattened Southern Miss 49-7, Clemson crushed Charlotte 52-10, LSU won 66-38 at Vanderbilt, and Ohio State routed Miami (Ohio) 76-5.
On Friday night, USC upset 4-point favorite Utah in the Coliseum 30-23. (See Thursday-Friday recap).
On Saturday, UCF's 25-game regular season winning streak ended with a 35-34 loss at 12-point underdog Pitt.
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3-point favorite North Carolina fell 34-31 at home to Appalachian State.
San Jose State snapped a13-game road losing streak with a 31-24 win at 3-TD favorite Arkansas.
4-point home favorite Texas A&M lost 28-20 to Auburn.
14-point road favorite Temple was drubbed 38-22 at Buffalo.
2-point home favorite Ole Miss lost 28-20 to Cal.
3.5-point home favorite Ohio lost 45-25 to Louisiana-Lafayette.
9.5-point home favorite TCU lost 41-38 to SMU. The Mustangs, who had lost 7 straight in the series, are now 4-0 for the first time since 1984. It was SMU's first road win at a Power 5 school since toppling TCU in 1998.
19-point favorite Washington State fell 67-63 at home to UCLA.
7.5-point home favorite Arizona State lost 34-31 at home to Colorado.
114 games this year pit FBS teams against FCS schools. That's two more than a season ago when FBS teams won 105 of 112 games.
There were 9 such games this weekend and FBS teams were 9-0.
FBS schools are 94-3 (.969) for the season Since we began tracking this in 2003, the FBS schools are 1,418-127 (.918).
FCS victories over FBS teams in 2019:
August 29: Central Arkansas 35, Western Kentucky 28
September 7: Southern Illinois 45, Massachusetts 20
September 14: The Citadel 27, Georgia Tech 24 (OT)
FCS victories over FBS teams in 2018
August 29: UC Davis 44, San Jose State 31
September 1: Villanova 19, Temple 17
September 1: Northern Arizona 30, UTEP 10
September 1: Nicholls State 26, Kansas 23 (OT)
September 2: North Carolina A&T 28, East Carolina 23
September 8: Maine 31, Western Kentucky 28
September 22: Illinois State 35, Colorado State 19
CLEMSON - Won 19 straight over-all (FBS longest). Won 21 straight regular season games.
Last: 52-10 home win over Charlotte on September 21.
Next: at North Carolina on September 28.
UCF - Won 18 straight conference games including consecutive AAC titles (FBS longest). Had won 25 straight regular season games (was FBS longest). UCF had won 27 straight if you include conference championship games and exclude bowl games.
Last: 35-34 loss at Pittsburgh on September 21.
Next: Hosts Connecticut on September 28.
ALABAMA - Won 28 straight home games (FBS longest).
Last: 49-7 home win over Southern Miss on September 21.
Next: Hosts Ole Miss on September 28.
OKLAHOMA - Won 21 straight true road games (FBS longest).
Last:: 48-14 win at UCLA on September 14.
Next: Hosts Texas Tech on September 28.
RUTGERS - Lost 13 straight conference games (FBS longest).
Last: 30-16 home loss to Boston College on September 21.
Next: at Michigan on September 28.
Akron - Lost 9 straight overall (FBS longest).
Last: 35-7 home loss to Troy on September 21.
Next: at Massachusetts on September 28.
CONNECTICUT - Lost 18 straight vs. FBS teams (FBS longest).
Last: 38-3 loss at Indiana on September 21.
Next: at UCF on September 28.
RICE - Lost 13 straight road games (tied FBS longest).
Last: 21-13 home loss to Baylor on September 21.
Next: Hosts Louisiana Tech on September 28.