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Saturday, October 31, 2020

College football Week 9 scores, Top 25 analysis and must-see moments - ESPN

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It's Week 9 of the college football season and it's the spookiest time of the year.

That's right, it's Oct. 31. The big day. Nick Saban's birthday.

Ah, we kid. Not about it being his birthday, though. That's very true. So quit askin'.

For now, we've got the emergence of Taulia Tagovailoa -- and a feisty Terps social media squad -- plus an incredible (or incredibly bad) tattoo of Mike Norvell.

We'll have plenty more highlights and analysis and more as the day goes on.

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Top 25 games and takeaways

All times Eastern. Lines courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook.

  • Texas at No. 6 Oklahoma State (-3), 4, Fox

  • No. 25 Boise State (-14) at Air Force, 6, CBSSN

  • Mississippi State at No. 2 Alabama (-30.5), 7, ESPN/ESPN App

  • No. 3 Ohio State (-10.5) at No. 18 Penn State, 7:30, ABC/ESPN App

  • Arkansas at No. 8 Texas A&M (-14), 7:30, SEC Network/ESPN App

  • Missouri at No. 10 Florida (-13.5), 7:30, SEC Network Alternate/ESPN App

  • Navy at No. 22 SMU (-12.5), 7:30, ESPN2/ESPN App

  • No. 15 North Carolina (-7) at Virginia, 8, ACC Network/ESPN App

  • No. 24 Oklahoma (-15.5) at Texas Tech, 8, Fox

  • Western Kentucky at No. 11 BYU (-30.5), 10:15, ESPN/ESPN App

No. 17 Indiana 37, Rutgers 21

Indiana coach Tom Allen shook his head after the end of the game while walking towards Rutgers coach Greg Schiano. It was almost an interesting game at the end when Rutgers somehow scored after eight laterals on the same play. It was called back, though, and Indiana secured its second win of the season. The Hoosiers defense came out strong, holding Rutgers to 134 yards passing, had three interceptions and kept the Scarlet Knights to 123 yards on the ground. This Indiana team is slowly building some momentum with its defense and behind quarterback Michael Penix Jr. -- Tom VanHaaren

No. 4 Notre Dame 31, Georgia Tech 13

The Irish defense once again stepped up in the 31-13 win over Georgia Tech. Notre Dame held Georgia Tech to 150 yards passing and only 88 yards on the ground. The defense has improved each week, and it is peaking at a perfect time with Clemson on deck. The offense had the ground game moving once again with Kyren Williams scoring twice with 76 yards. Overall, Notre Dame seems to be getting better and better each week. -- Tom VanHaaren

Michigan State 27, No. 13 Michigan 24

Michigan lost in a surprise game against Michigan State and a lot of it had to do with Michigan's secondary. The corners were called for multiple penalties and gave up 323 yards through the air and three touchdowns. Michigan State true freshman Ricky White caught 196 yards and a touchdown in the win over Michigan. The Wolverines' offense didn't fare well either, having trouble running the ball up the middle and creating any big plays. It was a completely different-looking team from the Big Ten's Week 1, and the loss now puts Jim Harbaugh at 1-6 at home against Michigan State and Ohio State as Michigan's head coach. -- Tom VanHaaren

No. 1 Clemson 34, Boston College 28

Playing without quarterback Trevor Lawrence, out with the coronavirus, the Tigers had to stage the largest home comeback in school history to beat Boston College. Freshman D.J. Uiagalelei played well in place of Lawrence, throwing for 342 yards, but once again it was Travis Etienne to the rescue as he had a career-high 264 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns. Clemson trailed by as many as 18 points in the first half but outscored Boston College 24-0 to end the game, while also holding the Eagles scoreless in the second half. It was the closest game yet for the Tigers, who looked completely out of sorts in the first half without Lawrence and three key starters on defense. But the fact that they were able to rally to win their 36th straight regular-season game is all that matters in the end. -- Andrea Adelson

West Virginia 37, No. 16 Kansas State 10

The Wildcats survived the loss of Skylar Thompson due in part to the emergence of burgeoning star Deuce Vaughn. But against West Virginia's defense, which came into the game leading the FBS in yards allowed per game, Vaughn had just nine carries for 22 yards and two catches for one yard, while freshman quarterback Will Howard threw three interceptions. West Virginia had a 300-yard passer and a 100-yard rusher and won its fifth straight game against K-State. With Oklahoma State looming, the Wildcats have some work to do this week. -- Dave Wilson

No. 7 Cincinnati 49, Memphis 10

The Bearcats followed up an impressive whooping of SMU with an impressive whooping of Memphis. The Cincinnati defense was stout, holding Memphis to just 3 rushing yards. Desmond Ridder put together a great game on offense, throwing for 271 yards and three touchdowns. He had 41 yards and two touchdowns on the ground as well. If you aren't paying attention to this team, you should be. -- Harry Lyles Jr.

No. 20 Coastal Carolina 51, Georgia Southern 0

Quarterback Grayson McCall returned after missing last week's game with an upper body injury and led an absolutely dominant performance over Georgia State. Coastal Carolina led 34-0 at halftime, its largest halftime lead in four seasons since moving to the FBS. There are plenty of other firsts to keep putting into the record book in this truly special season: 4-0 in Sun Belt play for the first time in program history, first shutout as an FBS member, and the most conference wins since joining the Sun Belt in 2017. At 6-0, Coastal has now won more than five games in a single season for the first time as an FBS member. -- Andrea Adelson

No. 5 Georgia 14, Kentucky 3

It wasn't a particularly exciting win for Georgia, which played its first game since losing to Alabama. It knocked off Kentucky 14-3 with defense and Zamir White's first-career 100-yard rushing game -- he finished with 136 yards and a touchdown. You'd want to see more out of Georgia in a game like this if you're a fan, but with so many players banged up, you're happy to just come away with the win and hope for a healthier squad next week against Florida. -- Harry Lyles Jr.

A lateral unlike any other

Not one, not two, not three ... EIGHT laterals! Rutgers somehow managed to complete this wild play AND score a touchdown, but unfortunately it was overturned.

Haven't seen this before

Oklahoma State's video presented a bit of an optical illusion for Texas.

No one's stopping Jamison

D'Shawn Jamison took this back for a 100-yard kick return TD.

You could say Michigan State is hyped

Michigan State's social media team was more than ready to call out all its doubters after beating Michigan for the Paul Bunyan trophy.

Don't hate on kickers

Trey Palmer looked gone before Anders Carlson brought him down.

A casual stroll to the endzone

Central Arkansas' Tyler Hudson made this TD look easy.

An INT, a lateral, a pick-six?!

Yep, exactly! You read that right. BeeJay Williamson came away with the interception, then found Khalil Ladler, who capped of this wild play with a TD.

Lawrence shouts out Uiagalelei

Trevor Lawrence was locked in on Clemson's close game and gave props to DJ Uiagalelei for stepping up big at QB.

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night'

Myjai Sanders had the perfect Halloween celebration after sacking Memphis' Brady White.

Your new ACC all-time rushing leader

Travis Etienne became the conference's all-time leader in rushing yards, breaking Ted Brown's 42-year-old record of 4,602 yards.

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Clemson RB Travis Etienne's 16-yard gain vs. Boston College makes him the ACC's all-time leading rusher.

The coolest playcall and the coolest TD

Well, how about this? Joe Tessitore got to call his son, John Tessitore, drawing Clemson offside. And it led to an incredible TD grab by CJ Lewis.

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Boston College's John Tessitore draws Clemson offside on fourth down, giving the Eagles a first down. On the very next play, CJ Lewis makes a remarkable touchdown grab.

Safe to say Joe was one pretty happy dad after the game.

All the way home!

Boston College knows it needs to take advantage of every opportunity against No. 1 Clemson.

Elsewhere, Tahj Washington found a wide-open field for this 92-yard TD.

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Brady White throws a short pass to Tahj Washington, who takes off for a 92-yard touchdown.

What happens in Lexington ...

Stays in Lexington?

Halloween's best

Lee Corso never fails to impress.

A special appearance from Captain America on "SEC Nation."

And a throwback no one ever gets tired of.

Taulia Tagovailoa, plus some Terps trash talk

What a difference a week makes. Last Saturday, Maryland was trounced in its season opener 43-3 by Northwestern. But last night, Mike Locksley's squad eked out a one-point win thanks to Minnesota's missed extra point in overtime -- and an incredible performance by Tagovailoa.

And when it was over, Maryland took a little shot at the Gophers, the kind of thing you'd expect from a couple of, uh, sixth-year conference rivals.

Something he'll surely never regret

At least he is a man of his word.

Revisiting a classic

Haunting images

Auburn's design folks put in some work.

Dressing up

The plot of this one is a bit unsettling, frankly.

Missouri is wearing "ghost whites."

Louisville is wearing all-black unis.

Georgia Tech legend Pat Swilling gives a history lesson.

Cincinnati did a little routine of some sort to show off a new red set.

And Fresno State just completely flipped it up from red to blue like it was nothin'.

Indiana is wearing "Salute to Service" uniforms.

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