What a Saturday!

Top 25 roundup: No. 15 Houston stuns No. 3 Oklahoma
By The Sports Xchange

HOUSTON -- Whether or not "Kick Six, Part II" will have the same impact of the original remains to be seen. But No. 15 Houston used a reprise of the play that vaulted Auburn into the BCS National Championship Game three years ago to help undo No. 3 Oklahoma on Saturday.
Brandon Wilson returned Austin Seibert's missed field goal 100 yards -- officially -- to help turn the momentum the Cougars way in an eventual 33-23 win.
With Houston up 19-17 early in the second half, Seibert lined up for a 53-yard field goal. But he stepped early, disrupting his rhythm and left the kick just short.
Wilson, normally a cornerback, caught the ball near the back of the end zone, his heels coming just an inch or two from going out of bounds when he caught the ball. Wilson took the ball 110 yards for the touchdown, sending the mostly pro-Cougars crowd into a frenzy. The Cougars kept pouring it on after Wilson's heroics, forcing two Oklahoma turnovers to help stretch the lead.

No. 1 Alabama 52, No. 20 USC 6
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Jalen Hurts era of Alabama football began with the top-ranked Crimson Tide annihilating No. 20 USC.
The true freshman quarterback took over after the second series and led Alabama on five scoring drives. Hurts accounted for two touchdowns through the air and another two on the ground in his collegiate debut.
Alabama (1-0) opened the second half with a 71-yard bomb from Hurts to receiver ArDarius Stewart, extending the lead to 24-3. On the Crimson Tide's next possession, Hurts capped a short drive with a 7-yard touchdown run. Hurts added his second rushing score midway through the third on 6-yard scamper.
Alabama redshirt freshman Blake Barnett, who started the game, returned and led two scoring drives. Barnett threw a 45-yard touchdown to wide receiver Gehrig Dieter to make it 52-6. Hurts completed 6 of 11 passes for 118 yards with one interception, while Barnett was 5-for-6 for 100 yards and one score.
Nothing worked for USC (0-1) all night. Top receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster was held to a paltry one catch for 9 yards and quarterback Max Browne was 14-for-29 passing for 101 yards with one interception.

No. 2 Clemson 19, Auburn 13
AUBURN, Ala. -- Junior running back Wayne Gallman rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown as No. 2 Clemson held off a late surge from Auburn to win the nonconference affair.
Junior quarterback Deshaun Watson completed 19 of 34 passes for 248 yards with one touchdown and an interception for Clemson (1-0). Wide receiver Mike Williams, who missed all but 12 plays last season after breaking a bone in his neck in Clemson's opening game, staged a big-time comeback, catching nine passes for a career-high 174 yards.
Clemson drove 75 yards in 10 plays to push its lead to 19-6 when Watson connected with Hunter Renfrow for a 16-yard touchdown with 9:59 remaining. But Auburn (0-1) got a 9-yard scoring run from Kerryon Johnson with 3:22 left to cut its deficit to 19-13 and set up a wild final few minutes.
Clemson drove to the Auburn 15-yard line before stalling and turning the ball over on downs. Auburn drove to Clemson's 40 before two passes into the end zone came up empty.

Wisconsin 16, No. 5 LSU 14
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Rafael Gaglianone made three field goals, including a game-winning 47-yarder with less than four minutes to play, as Wisconsin upset Leonard Fournette and No. 5 LSU at Lambeau Field.
Gaglianone's last kick was the difference after the Tigers' defense quickly turned a 13-0 deficit into a 14-13 LSU lead in the third quarter. The Tigers (0-1) moved into field-goal range in the final minute but D'Cota Dixon intercepted Brandon Harris' pass at the Wisconsin 25 with 35 seconds left.
Fournette overcame a slow start to finish with 138 yards on 23 carries. But he never reached the end zone -- which he found a school-record 22 times last season -- as the LSU offense scored just seven points.
Running back Corey Clement rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries for the Badgers (1-0). Quarterback Bart Houston made his first career start and completed 19 of 31 passes for 205 yards with two interceptions.

No. 6 Ohio State 77, Bowling Green 10
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- J.T. Barrett shrugged off an early interception to tie a school record with six touchdown passes and Curtis Samuel scored three touchdowns as Ohio State coasted over in-state opponent Bowling Green in the season opener for both teams.
After Barrett threw a pick-six on Ohio State's first offensive series, the Buckeyes kicked their offense into high gear and raced to a 21-7 lead in the first quarter and extended it to 35-10 at halftime. Three of Barrett's touchdown passes came in the opening 15 minutes.
The redshirt junior quarterback, who had a record-setting year for the Buckeyes as a freshman in 2014 and then took over for Cardale Jones as the starter midway through last season, completed 21 of 31 passes for a career-high 349 yards and added a rushing TD in a prolific 2016 debut that ended midway through the third quarter.
Samuel, a junior, caught two of Barrett's touchdown passes and finished with nine receptions for 177 yards. He also rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries.

No. 7 Michigan 63, Hawaii 3
ANN ARBOR, MICH. -- Wilson Speight went from humbled to exalted in a hurry during his first start as quarterback for Michigan in the season opener against Hawaii.
After throwing an interception on his first pass of the game, Speight more than made amends after that, completing 10 of 13 passes for 145 yards and three touchdowns to help lead Michigan's rout in front of 110,222 people at Michigan Stadium.
Speight ended up winning the starter's job after August camp but made a horrible first impression when he threw an interception to Damien Packer of Hawaii at the Michigan 38-yard line early in the first quarter. But the groans from Michigan fans quickly turned to cheers after Speight responded by throwing touchdown passes on Michigan's next three drives.

No. 13 TCU 59, South Dakota State 41
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Junior transfer quarterback Kenny Hill passed for 439 yards and two touchdowns and ran for three more as TCU outlasted South Dakota State in a nonconference shootout.
The score was tied 24-24 at halftime and the Horned Frogs received the needed spark when Hill found Jaelen Austin for a 60-yard touchdown. The Jackrabbits (0-1) forged a 31-31 tie on Taryn Christion's 16-yard throw to Dallas Goedert.
Tailback Kyle Hicks capped another long drive for TCU (1-0) with 3-yard touchdown run for a 38-31 lead. As Hill's rhythm improved, he led another long TCU drive, eventually taking it the last six yards for 45-31 lead late in the third.
Christion passed for 333 yards and three TDs, connecting often with favorite target Jake Wieneke (eight catches for 196 yards and two touchdowns).

No. 14 Washington 48, Rutgers 13
SEATTLE -- Junior wide receiver John Ross returned from a knee injury to score three touchdowns as Washington sprinted past Rutgers.
Ross caught two touchdown passes and returned a kickoff 92 yards for another score, while teammate Dante Pettis added a return touchdown of his own when he took a punt back 68 yards in the third quarter.
The Huskies had 323 of its 383 yards of offense before halftime. Quarterback Jake Browning completed 18 of 27 passes for 287 yards and three touchdowns and one interception before leaving in the final seconds of the third quarter. Ross, who sat out the 2015 season following knee surgery, caught five passes for 90 yards and the two touchdowns.

Texas A&M 31, No. 16 UCLA 24 (OT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Trevor Knight accounted for three touchdowns, including the deciding score in overtime, as Texas A&M upset No. 16 UCLA.
Knight's 1-yard keeper on fourth down in the overtime session gave the Aggies (1-0) the lead. The Bruins' last attempt ended with quarterback Josh Rosen throwing a fourth-down incompletion.
Rosen completed 26 of 46 passes for 343 yards to help UCLA recover from a 24-9 deficit. Rosen's 62-yard touchdown pass to receiver Kenneth Walker with 2:39 remaining pulled the Bruins within 24-22, and he then found Austin Roberts on the tying two-point conversion throw.
Knight completed 22 of 42 passes for 239 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown to Josh Reynolds in the third quarter. The San Antonio native also scored twice on the ground, and he threw one interception.

No. 17 Iowa 45, Miami (Ohio) 21
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Junior Akrum Wadley and senior LeShun Daniels Jr. were effective for No. 17 Iowa and both running backs ran for two touchdowns in the first half to help Iowa roll to the victory over Miami (Ohio).
The two backs totaled 204 yards rushing on 22 carries -- Akrum finishing with 121 yards and Daniels 83. The Hawkeyes used the duo's four touchdowns to take a 28-7 halftime lead and cruised the rest of the way.
Daniels' 43-yard scamper helped Iowa hold a 21-0 lead after one quarter.
RedHawks sophomore quarterback Billy Bahl threw two second-half touchdown passes to sophomore receiver James Gardner.

No. 18 Georgia 33, No. 22 North Carolina 24
ATLANTA -- Running back Nick Chubb gained 222 yards on 32 carries and scored the clinching touchdown on a 55-yard run with 3:34 remaining as No. 18 Georgia outlasted No. 22 in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game.
Chubb showed he was fully recovered from last season's knee injury, but the Bulldogs (1-0) also needed a spark from freshman quarterback Jason Eason in giving former Alabama assistant Kirby Smart a victory in his first game as coach.
Eason directed a comeback from a 10-point deficit and connected with Isaiah McKenzie for a 17-yard touchdown pass and then later hit McKenzie on a deep ball for 51 yards to set up a 29-yard field goal by Williams Ham that gave Georgia a 26-24 lead with 5:27 to play.
T.J. Logan returned the second-half kickoff 95 yards to put the Tar Heels (0-1) ahead and then scored on a 21-yard run to make it 24-14 midway in the third quarter. Tar Heels quarterback Mitch Trubisky completed 24 of 40 passes for 156 yards.

No. 21 Oklahoma State 61, Southeastern Louisiana 7
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Oklahoma State recovered a botched punt return for a touchdown -- on Southeastern Louisiana's first touch of the ball -- and romped to the easy victory over the Lions.
Southeastern Louisiana produced a stop on the game's opening drive but returner Juwan Dickey tried to field Zach Sinor's punt at his own 4-yard line and failed to handle it. No. 21 Oklahoma State (1-0) had the game's first score when freshman Madre Harper smothered the ball in the end zone on the first play of his college career.
After another Lions' miscue, Cowboys running back Chris Carson capped a four-play drive with a 14-yard touchdown run and Oklahoma State's lead was 14-0 just 4:10 into the game. Quarterback Mason Rudolph hit receiver Jhajuan Seales on a 24-yard scoring pass, and tailback Barry J. Sanders added a 1-yard rushing touchdown to boost the lead to 28-0 before the end of the first quarter.
Southeastern Louisiana (0-1) lost for the 21st consecutive time to an FBS opponent. The Lions totaled 203 yards while turning the ball over four times.

No. 24 Oregon 53, UC Davis 28
EUGENE, Oregon -- Senior quarterback Dakota Prukop threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in his Oregon debut to help the No. 24 Ducks roll past UC Davis.
Prukop, a graduate student transfer from Montana State, was 21-for-30 for 271 yards and three scores while running 11 times for 36 yards and a touchdown. Junior running back Royce Freeman ran for 87 yards and two touchdowns, while junior wide receiver Darren Carrington had seven catches for 117 yards and a touchdown.
After UC Davis (0-1) scored the first touchdown of the game, Oregon (1-0) took a 25-7 lead into halftime. The Ducks added to the lead early in the third quarter when Prukop had a 1-yard touchdown run and defensive end Justin Hollins scored a two-point conversion to stretch the margin to 33-7.
UC Davis quarterback Ben Scott passed for 303 yards and threw an interception. He also rushed for a score.

No. 25 Florida 24, Massachusetts 7
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Quarterback Luke Del Rio threw two touchdowns in his Florida debut, and the No. 25 Gators relied on their defense to survive a scare from Massachusetts in the victory on the newly-named Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Del Rio, a sophomore and the son of Oakland Raiders coach Jack Del Rio, threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Callaway in the first quarter. He then sealed the Gators' 27th straight season-opening win by leading three four-quarter scoring drives.
Brandon Powell caught seven passes for 73 yards and turned a quick sideline hitch into a 26-yard touchdown to put Florida up 21-7 with eight minutes to play. Del Rio, who was making his first career college start after spending time at Oregon State and Alabama, completed 29 of 44 passes for 256 yards and the two touchdowns.
The Gators put relentless pressure on UMass quarterback Ross Comis and limited the Minutemen's rushing attack to 46 yards on 35 carries, an average of 1.3 yards per rush. The UMass scored points came on Comis' 5-yard touchdown run that tied the score at 7-7 early in the second quarter.