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Several streaks are over and one continues with No. 4 (AP Poll) Notre Dame's thrilling 47-40 double-overtime win at home over No. 1 Clemson on Saturday night. Fans stormed the field after the Irish scored a touchdown in the top of the 2nd extra period and then held Clemson on four downs to clinch the victory. Notre Dame's winning streak continues at 13 games while the Tigers had their streaks of 35 regular season wins, 29 ACC wins, and 14 road wins come to a halt. The Irish forced overtime when Ian Book connected with Avery Davis for a 4-yard TD with 22 seconds left in regulation to tie the score at 33-apiece. The teams traded touchdowns in the 1st overtime, but Kyren Williams' 3-yard run in the second extra period proved to be the game-winner. Clemson was a 5.5-point Vegas favorite, but a narrow 1.62-point computer pick.
With roughly 9,000 fans in Jacksonville for each side, Florida topped Georgia in the annual border war on Saturday. The 44-28 victory ended a 3-game losing streak in the series for the Gators behind a 30-of-43, 474-yard performance from Kyle Trask who threw TD passes to 4 different players. Florida outgained the Bulldogs 571 yards to 277 and overcame an early 14-0 hole by scoring 41 of the games' next 48 points. The Congrove Computer Rankings at CollegeFootballPoll.com had Florida covering with Georgia favored by just 0.26 against a 2.5-point spread that opened at 4-1/2.
13th-ranked Indiana ended a 24-game losing streak to Michigan with a 38-21 win in Bloomington on Saturday. It's the first win for the Hoosiers over the Wolverines since 1987 and they are off to their first 3-0 start since 1988. Michigan fell to 1-2 with the loss. The computer also picked this upset, listing Indiana as a 3.81-point favorite against a 3.5-point Vegas spread that leaned toward Michigan.
Maryland, a 27-1/2-point underdog at Penn State, opened a 35-7 lead in the 3rd quarter and took away a 35-19 victory. It's only the 3rd win in history for the Terps in 44 meetings. The computer had the Nittany Lions by 31.30.
Another upset early on Saturday is one we suggested could happen in our preview column, Liberty made the two-hour bus ride from Lynchburg to Blacksburg and upended 14.5-point favorite Virginia Tech 38-35 on Alex Barbir's 51-yard field goal with 1 second left. Two plays earlier, Barbir had a 59-yarder blocked and returned for what appeared to a game-winning TD for Virginia Tech, but head coach Justin Fuente called his last timeout just as the ball was snapped to nullify the play. Fuente now has losses to Old Dominion and Liberty in the last 22 games. That 2018 ODU team finished the season 4-8, while this Liberty team is now 7-0. The Hokies fell to 4-3.
Ten games were either postponed or canceled due to Covid issues, including the PAC-12 openers.if Arizona at Utah, and Washington at Cal. The other affected games were Air Force-Army, FIU-UTEP, Louisiana Tech-North Texas (rescheduled for December 3), Louisville-Virginia (moved to November 14), Tulsa-Navy, Purdue-Wisconsin, UTSA-Rice and Charlotte-MTSU.
In the PAC-12, Colorado upset 6-point favorite UCLA 48-42 in Karl Dorrel's first game as head coach of the Buffs. His only previous head coaching job was with UCLA from 2003-2007.
Meanwhile, the computer's predicted upset of Washington State at Oregon State did not prove to be correct. Instead, the Cougars gave new head coach Nick Rolovich a 38-28 win in his debut.
USC avoided the home upset loss to Arizona State with two touchdowns inside the final 3 minutes. The Trojans trailed 27-14, but cut the gap to 6 on Bru McCoy's 26-yard catch off a deflected pass from Kedon Slovis with 2:52 to go. McCoy then recovered the onside kick and USC took the lead 7 plays later on Slovis' 21-yard pass to Drake London with 1:20 remaining. ASU turned the ball over on downs on the ensuing seasons and USC escaped with a 28-27 win.
In another PAC-12 opener, Oregon chopped down Stanford 35-14.
In the Big 12, Oklahoma State recovered from a 12-0 halftime deficit to eke past Kansas State 20-18 in the "Little Apple". The Wildcats scored with 2:08 to play, but the 2-point conversion attempt failed. The Cowboys were favored by 14 in most sportsbooks, but by just 9.30 by the computer.
Other Big 12 games saw Texas hold off West Virginia 17-13 at home, Iowa State beat visiting Baylor 38-31, Oklahoma thrash Kansas 62-9 in Norman, and TCU handle Texas Tech 34-18 in Fort Worth.
In the Big Ten, Ohio State defeated Rutgers and former Buckeye defensive coordinator Greg Schiano 49-27 in Columbus, Northwestern downed visiting Nebraska 21-13, and Iowa was all over Michigan State 49-7.
In the SEC, Mississippi State tripped Vanderbilt 24-17 and Tennessee was a 24-13 loser at Arkansas as the Razorbacks evened their record at 3-3 under first-year head coach Sam Pittman. The last time Arkansas won 3 SEC games in the same season was 2015 when the Hogs finished 5-3.
Cincinnati continued its dominance of the American Conference with a 38-10 home win over Houston to move to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in league play.
Memphis needed two touchdowns inside the final three-and-a-half minutes to turn away the upset bid by USF. Brady White's 9-yard pass to Calvin Austin III with 1:20 left put Memphis ahead 34-33 with 1:03 remaining and USF went 4-and-out to end the game. The Tigers were consensus 17-point favorites and a 24.27-point computer pick.
Elsewhere in the American, SMU recovered from a slow start to bury Temple 47-23, and Tulane won 38-21 at East Carolina.
In the ACC, North Carolina rang-up Duke 56-24 in the 107th Victory Bell rivalry game, Boston College prevailed 16-13 at Syracuse, and Pittsburgh pulled away to a 41-17 win at Florida State.
A late night game in the Mountain West saw Hawaii rally to a 39-33 win over New Mexico in Honolulu. The Lobos, who led 20-7 in the second quarter, have now lost 17 straight conference games and 11 straight road games.
In the Sun Belt, Coastal Carolina stayed unbeaten with a 23-6 home win over South Alabama, and Elijah Mitchell's 2-yard run with 1:13 left lifted Louisiana over Arkansas State 27-20 at Lafayette, just 1:11 after the Red Wolves had knotted the game. Appalachian State won 38-17 at Texas State, Georgia Southern was a 20-23 home winner over Troy, and Georgia State was a 52-34 victor over visiting UL-Monroe.
On Friday night, Miami rallied from a 10-point deficit in the final 11 minutes to win 44-41 and avoid the upset loss at N.C. State. The 'Canes improved to 6-1 overall and 5-1 in the ACC while the Wolfpack dropped to 4-3 overall and in the conference.
BYU won for the first time in six visits to Boise State. The Cougars caught the Broncos shorthanded and took advantage with a 51-17 blowout on the Smurf Turf to give BSU its worst loss at home since 1996 when now head coach, then backup QB, Bryan Harsin endured a 64-19 drubbing at the hands of rival Idaho. For this game, Sophomore quarterback Hank Bachmeier was unavailable to play and junior backup Jack Sears was out after 10 plays from a possible concussion. The Broncos also had just one healthy scholarship player at running back, thanks to Covid. Combined with last season's 28-25 win in Provo, Adding insult to injury, former Boise State commit Zach Wilson had a field day for BYU at QB, completing 21-of-27 passes for 359 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for another score. BYU now has its first-ever 2-game winning streak over the Broncos and is 4-7 over-all in the series. The No. 9 Cougars are the highest-ranked team to ever play in Boise and the Cougars left with their undefeated season intact at 8-0.
A third game on Friday saw night saw San Jose State score a 28-17 upset road win over 9-1/2-point favorite San Diego State. The Aztecs fell to 2-1 while the Spartans are 3-0 for the first time since 1982. San Jose State, in its fourth season under head coach Brent Brennan, had lost 7 straight in the series.
Thursday night saw a pair of Mountain West games. Colorado State captured the Bronze Boot and evened its record at 1-1 as the 3-point underdog Rams downed visiting Wyoming 34-24. The Rams ended a four-game losing streak in the series which they now lead 59-48-5. Wyoming fell to 1-2.
In the other contest, Nevada improved to 3-0 as the Wolf Pack rolled to a 34-9 win in Reno over Utah State (0-3).
The computer batted 1.000 on the opening six games of the Mid-American Conference's 2020 college football season on Wednesday night. All 12 teams played on Wednesday night with Western Michigan routing Akron 58-13, Miami (O) edging Ball State 38-31, Toledo thumping Bowling Green 38-3, Buffalo rolling past Northern Illinois 49-30, Central Michigan edging Ohio 30-27, and Kent State tripping up Eastern Michigan 27-23. The computer picked 4 home teams and 2 visitors to be victorious in a scenario that played out to perfection. It (computer) didn't perform as well against the spread as it correctly played just 2 of the 6 games. Buffalo and Central Michigan are each conference's projected division winners, with Buffalo predicted to win the MAC title game.
31 FBS teams are playing a total of 35 games against FCS schools this season.
Only one such game was on the docket this week with Southern Miss downing North Alabama 24-13 on Saturday.
FBS teams are 28-1 in such matchups this season. Since we began tracking this in 2003, the FBS teams are 1,463-128 (.919).
Last year, FBS teams were 111-3 (.974) in such games.
Here is the only FCS win vs. the FBS this season:
October 23: Jacksonville State 19, FIU 10
These were the FCS wins vs. the FBS in the previous 2 seasons:
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)
2020:
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 - Three streaks ended with 47-40 double-OT loss at Notre Dame. The Tigers had won 35 straight regular season games, 29 straight conference games and 14 straight true road games - all of which topped the FBS. Clemson still has the longest home game winning streak at 27.
Last: Lost 47-40 in 2 OT at Notre Dame on Saturday, November 7.
Next: Visits Florida State on Saturday, November 21.
NOTRE DAME - Won 13 straight over-all (FBS-longest)
Last: Won 47-40 in 2 OT at home versus Clemson on Saturday, November 7.
Next: Visits Boston College on Saturday,m Novermber 14.
OHIO STATE - Won 18 straight conference games (FBS longest). Won 8 straight road games (FBS longest). Won 19 straight regular season games (FBS longest).
LAST - Won 49-27 at home versus Rutgers on Saturday, November 7.
Next: Visits Maryland on Saturday, November 14.
NEW MEXICO - Lost 17 straight conference games (FBS longest). Lost 11 straight road games (FBS longest).
Last: Lost 39-33 at Hawaii on Saturday, November 7.
Next: Hosts Nevada on Saturday, November 14.
AKRON - Lost 18 straight overall (FBS longest). Lost 9 straight home games (FBS longest). Lost 9 straight road games (FBS second-longest).
Last: Lost 58-13 at home versus Western Michigan on Wednesday, November 4.
Next: Visits Ohio on Tuesday, November 10.