Around the country

East

Penn State 17, Michigan State 13: At State College, Pa., Anthony Morelli threw for two touchdowns as the Nittany Lions (8-4, 5-3 Big Ten) beat the Spartans (4-8, 1-7).

Syracuse 20, Connecticut 14: At Syracuse, N.Y., Curtis Brinkley scored two touchdowns and the Orange (4-7, 1-5 Big East) beat the Huskies (4-6, 1-4).

Navy 42, Temple 6: At Annapolis, Md., Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada ran for 116 yards and two touchdowns as the Midshipmen (8-3) defeated the Owls (1-11).

South

Virginia 17, Miami 7: At Charlottesville, Va., Jameel Sewell ran for two touchdowns as the Cavaliers (5-6, 4-3 ACC) beat the Hurricanes (5-6, 2-5).

North Carolina 23, N.C. State 9: At Chapel Hill, N.C., Ronnie McGill rushed for 101 yards as the Tar Heels (2-9, 1-6 ACC) beat the Wolfpack (3-8, 2-6).

South Carolina 52, Middle Tennessee 7: At Columbia, S.C., Blake Mitchell passed for 388 yards as the Gamecocks (6-5) beat the Blue Raiders (7-4).

Kentucky 42, Louisiana-Monroe 40: At Lexington, Ky., Keenan Burton caught multiple touchdown passes for a fourth straight game as the Wildcats (7-4, 4-3 SEC) defeated the Warhawks (2-8, 1-4 SBC).

Houston 23, Memphis 20 (OT): At Memphis, Tenn., Ben Bell’s 17-yard field goal in overtime gave the Cougars (9-3, 7-1) a victory over the Tigers (1-10, 0-7).

Florida State 28, Western Michigan 20: At Tallahassee, Fla., Xavier Lee tossed two touchdown passes to Greg Carr and the Seminoles (6-5) got the victory over the Broncos (7-4).

Tulane 10, UCF 9: At New Orleans, Lester Ricard threw a touchdown pass to Damarcus Davis as the Green Wave (4-7, 2-5) defeated the Golden Knights (3-8, 2-5).

Louisiana-Lafayette 17, Florida International 7: At Miami, Tyrell Fenroy rushed for 172 yards as the Ragin’ Cajuns (5-5, 2-3 Sun Belt) got the victory over the Golden Panthers (0-11).

Marshall 49, UTEP 21: At Huntington, W.Va., Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 261 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Thundering Herd (5-6) past the Miners (5-6).

Southern Mississippi 25, UAB 21: At Hattiesburg, Miss., Damion Fletcher ran for 163 yards as the Golden Eagles (6-4, 5-2 C-USA) beat the Blazers (3-8, 2-5).

Arkansas State 33, Troy 26: At Troy, Ala., Corey Leonard ran for 100 yards to lift the Indians (6-5, 3-3 SBC) over the Trojans (5-5, 4-1).

Midwest

Northwestern 27, Illinois 16: At Evanston, Ill., Tyrell Sutton ran for 110 yards and the Wildcats (4-8, 2-6) got the victory over the Illini (2-10, 1-6).

Minnesota 34, Iowa 24: At Minneapolis, Amir Pinnix ran for 119 yards as the Gophers (6-6, 3-5 Big Ten) got the victory over the Hawkeyes (6-6 2-6).

Purdue 28, Indiana 19: At West Lafayette, Ind., Curtis Painter passed for 260 yards and a touchdown to lead the Boilermakers (8-4, 5-3 Big Ten) over the Hoosiers (5-7, 3-5).

Iowa State 21, Missouri 16: At Ames, Iowa, Iowa State running back Ryan Kock rushed for 179 yards as the Cyclones (4-8, 1-7 Big 12) got the victory over the Tigers (7-4, 3-4).

Kansas 39, Kansas State 20: At Lawrence, Kan., Jon Cornish rushed for 201 yards and the Jayhawks (6-5, 3-4 Big 12) got the win over the Wildcats (7-5, 4-4).

Southwest

Texas Tech 30, Oklahoma State 20: At Lubbock, Texas, Graham Harrell threw for 353 yards to lead the Red Raiders (7-5, 4-4 Big 12) to the victory over the Cowboys (6-5, 3-4).

SMU 34, Tulsa 24: At Dallas, Justin Willis threw two touchdown passes as the Mustangs (6-5, 4-3) got the win over the Golden Hurricane (7-4, 4-3).

TCU 52, San Diego State 0: At Fort Worth, Texas, Jeff Ballard threw for five touchdowns as the Horned Frogs (8-2, 4-2 MWC) beat the Aztecs (2-8, 2-4).

Florida Atlantic 17, North Texas 16: At Denton, Texas, Charles Pierre rushed for 116 yards to lead the Owls (4-7, 3-3) over the Mean Green (3-8, 2-4).

Rice 18, East Carolina 17: At Houston, Clark Fangmeier kicked a 40-yard field goal to lift the Owls (6-5, 5-2 C-USA) over the Pirates (6-5, 5-3).

Far West

Utah 17, Air Force 14: At Air Force Academy, Colo., Louie Sakoda’s 37-yard field goal lifted the Utes (7-4, 5-2 MWC) to a win over the Falcons (4-6, 3-3).

Wyoming 34, UNLV 26: At Las Vegas, Karsten Sween threw for 179 yards to lead the Cowboys (6-6, 5-3) to a victory over the Rebels (1-10, 0-7).

Associated Press