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Williams Runs Wild as Texas Tech Holds Off Arizona 34-26

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Texas Tech Red Raiders football player in a red uniform running with the ball during Texas Tech's 34-26 win over Arizona in Lubbock.

Texas Tech needed a closer on Saturday in Lubbock, and J’Koby Williams answered the call.

Williams ran 14 times for a career-high 175 yards, sealing the game with a 64-yard touchdown run as Texas Tech held off Arizona 34-26 for its 13th straight home win, tying a school record.

The Red Raiders turned to a new arm and got two-way production. Castellanos, starting in place of the benched Hammond, completed 11 of 24 passes for 144 yards and two touchdowns and added 117 rushing yards and another score. Texas Tech piled up 328 rushing yards as a team.

Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita nearly stole the day, throwing for 417 yards and a touchdown on 33 of 45 passing. His top target, Mizell, caught seven passes for 182 yards, including a 94-yard touchdown that kept the Wildcats in it to the end.

Texas Tech improves to 7-1 overall and 4-1 in the Big 12. Arizona falls to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in conference play.

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Sellers Accounts for Five Touchdowns as South Carolina Routs Oklahoma 42-25 in Norman

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South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers hurdles an Oklahoma defender during the Gamecocks' 42-25 win in Norman

LaNorris Sellers put on a show in Norman. The South Carolina quarterback threw for 301 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 96 yards and two more scores as the Gamecocks routed Oklahoma 42-25 on Saturday, their third straight win.

Sellers opened the scoring with a 15-yard touchdown run. Oklahoma’s only first-half life was a Kip Lewis 30-yard pick-six that tied it 7-7 early in the second quarter, and South Carolina answered immediately: Christian Clark’s short touchdown run, then Sellers hit DJ Black for an 84-yard touchdown on third-and-12 and Nyck Harbor for an 8-yard score with 16 seconds left in the half. Oklahoma’s offense managed just 71 total yards before halftime.

Sellers’ 11-yard rushing touchdown made it 35-10 in the third quarter, and after Oklahoma finally scored on offense, he answered with a 79-yard touchdown strike to Mazeo Bennett Jr. early in the fourth quarter. Bennett finished with four catches for 107 yards and a touchdown.

Oklahoma scored twice late against the reserves, John Mateer finding Ivan Carreon for touchdowns of 34 and 10 yards, the first two scoring catches of Carreon’s career, but the Sooners’ last drive died on downs at the South Carolina 1-yard line. South Carolina outgained Oklahoma 521 yards to 359 and won despite throwing three interceptions.

South Carolina improves to 5-3 overall and 3-3 in the SEC. Oklahoma falls to 4-4 overall and 2-3 in conference play.

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