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No. 3 Miami Survives Florida State 43-35 in Double-Overtime Classic
No. 3 Miami needed every one of its playmakers — and two overtimes — to survive its fiercest rival on Saturday night, outlasting Florida State 43-35 at Hard Rock Stadium to stay unbeaten.
Darian Mensah threw for 326 yards and three touchdowns on 23-of-34 passing, and his favorite target was Malachi Toney, who caught 11 passes for 154 yards and two scores. Toney’s 3-yard touchdown catch in the second overtime put Miami in front, and Toney then threw the two-point conversion pass to Cooper Barkate. True freshman Javian Mallory did the rest of the heavy lifting on the ground, rushing for 108 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries, all after halftime, including a 25-yard score in the first overtime. Mark Fletcher Jr. opened the scoring with a 7-yard touchdown run.
Florida State (3-4, 1-3 ACC) refused to fold. Ashton Daniels accounted for five touchdowns — 298 passing yards and four touchdown throws plus a rushing score — and Duce Robinson caught five passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns, including a 75-yard game-tying strike with 2:39 left in regulation and a 20-yard score in the first overtime.
The Seminoles appeared to win it in the second overtime when Micahi Danzy broke free for an apparent 36-yard touchdown, but a holding call on Xavier Chaplin wiped it out, and Bryce Fitzgerald intercepted Daniels’ final heave to end it. Miami improved to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in the ACC, strengthening its grip on the conference race — and, come Sunday, the No. 1 spot in the AP poll.
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Saturday of Chaos: Five of the AP Top Seven Fall for the First Time Since 1936
College football has been playing with an AP poll since 1936. It had never seen a Saturday like this one: five of the top seven teams in the country — No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 5 Indiana, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Texas — all lost on the same regular-season day, and the top two teams lost on the same day for the first time since Nov. 17, 2012. For the second straight week, the nation’s No. 1 team fell to an unranked opponent, something that hadn’t happened since 1990.
The carnage: Auburn beat No. 1 Georgia 27-24 in Athens on a field goal as time expired, the Tigers’ first win there in 31 years. BYU toppled No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 in Provo behind four total touchdowns from Bear Bachmeier, ending the Irish’s 16-game winning streak. Ohio State survived Indiana 19-15 in Bloomington, snapping the Hoosiers’ 22-game winning streak — but lost quarterback Julian Sayin to a shoulder injury. Tennessee’s defense strangled No. 6 Alabama 26-10 in Knoxville, holding the Crimson Tide to 201 yards. And Florida went into Austin and beat No. 7 Texas 27-24 behind first-time starter Tramell Jones Jr.
The survivors: No. 3 Miami needed two overtimes to escape Florida State 43-35 in a rivalry classic. No. 9 Ole Miss routed No. 13 Missouri 31-3, LSU blanked No. 16 Mississippi State 31-0, No. 10 Texas Tech hung 53 on Arizona State, and No. 15 Kentucky rallied to win 21-13 at Oklahoma. Michigan benched Bryce Underwood and still beat Penn State 21-18. Elsewhere, Utah edged Colorado 27-24, UCLA beat Wisconsin 17-7, Houston outlasted Oklahoma State 35-32, SMU topped Virginia 23-13, Wake Forest routed Cal 41-7, Oregon held off Nebraska 17-14, and Washington beat Purdue 38-26 on Friday night.
The new AP Top 25 tells the story of the shakeup: Miami is No. 1 with 40 first-place votes, BYU is No. 2 (20 first-place votes) and Ohio State No. 3 (9). Notre Dame sits fourth, Georgia fifth, Indiana sixth, followed by Ole Miss, Texas Tech, UCLA and Utah. Tennessee climbs to No. 11 and Kentucky to No. 12, while Alabama tumbles to No. 13, LSU rises to No. 18, Texas falls to No. 19 and Florida cracks the poll at No. 20. Missouri (No. 22), SMU (No. 23), Northwestern (No. 24) and Arizona (No. 25) round out the rankings.
Week 8 has a lot to live up to.
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