College Football Notes: Week 10

Week 10 of the college football season was a picture perfect example of why you can't take anyone lightly.

The top two teams in the country - Ohio State and Michigan - had to survive against teams that came in with a combined record of 5-13.

The Buckeyes (10-0) needed to cover an Illinois on-side kick with 1:40 to go in the game to hang on for the 17-10 victory. No. 1 Ohio State was held to its fewest points, total yards and passing yards this season and had its streak of winning games by 17 or more points stopped at nine. The Fighting Illini are now 2-8 on the season.

Second ranked Michigan remained perfect at 10-0, but had to fight off an inspired Ball State (3-7) club for a 34-26 victory. The Cardinals had seven chances late in the game inside the Wolverines 10 and couldn't score.

Michigan running backs Mike Hart and freshman Brandon Minor led the offensive attack with 154 and 108 yards respectively.

No. 5 Florida (8-1) survived a furious fourth quarter rally by Vanderbilt (4-6) to hang on for a 25-19 victory. Chris Leak ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as that Gators notched their 16th straight victory in the series.

JaMarcus Russell hit Early Doucet with a 4-yard touchdown pass with 9 seconds left in the game to give No. 13 LSU (7-2) the victory over No. 8 Tennessee (7-2). The win marked only the second time that the Tigers had won in Neyland Stadium. The Vols loss gave Florida the East Division title in the SEC.

Darren McFadden ran for 219 yards and two touchdowns as Arkansas (8-1) won a hard-fought battle over South Carolina (5-4). Razorbacks WR Marcus Monk had nine catches for a career-high 192 yards.

P.J. Hill, the Badgers redshirt freshman rushed for 148 yards on 31 carries as No. 17 Wisconsin improved to 9-1 on the year with a 13-3 win over Penn State (6-4). Joe Paterno was forced to leave the sideline for the second time this season after one of his players tumbled into his leg early in the third quarter. No word yet on the severity of the injury.

In a battle of top 25 clubs, Wake Forest defensive back Patrick Ghee intercepted Matt Ryan in the end zone with just under a minute left in the game to give the No. 22 Demon Deacons (8-1) the 21-14 victory over No. 16 Boston College (7-2). Wake Forest snapped a nine-game losing streak to ranked teams.

Allen Patrick ran for 173 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 17 Oklahoma (7-2) to the win over No. 21 Texas A&M (8-2). The Sooners ended the day with 256 total yards, 220 of those on the ground.

Sam Hollenbach threw for 247 yards and a score, and also set up the game-winning FG by converting a fourth-and-inches with a QB sneak to give Maryland (7-2) the victory over No. 19 Clemson (7-3) in Death Valley. Terps kicker Dan Ennis converted a 31-yard field goal with no time left.

Two games made our upset of the day. The first was Arizona knocking off No. 25 Washington State (6-4) and Northwestern (3-7) stunning Iowa, 21-7.

The Wildcats ran for a total of 116 yards after coming into the game dead last in the Pac-10 in rushing at 71.4 yards per game. Arizona tailback Mark Henry ran for 94 yards and two touchdowns.

Northwestern RB Tyrell Sutton exploded for 168 yards and a score to lead the Wildcats. Hawkeye QB Drew Tate was intercepted twice as Iowa fell to 6-4 on the season.

Other scores from the top 25: No. 4 Texas 36, Oklahoma State 10; No. 6 Auburn 27, Arkansas State 0; No. 9 USC 42, Stanford 0; No. 10 California 38, UCLA 24; No. 11 Notre Dame 45, North Carolina 26; No. 14 Boise State 45, Fresno State 21; No. 20 Georgia Tech 31, North Carolina State 23; Virginia Tech 17, Miami (FL) 10; No. 24 Oregon 34, Washington 14; and let's not forget No. 5 Louisville 44, No. 3 West Virginia 34 from Thursday.

Highlight games for week 11 include: Louisville (8-0) at Rutgers (8-0); Tennessee (7-2) at Arkansas (8-1); Nebraska (7-3) at Texas A&M (8-2); Oregon (7-2) at USC (7-1); Alabama (6-4) at LSU (7-2); Miami (5-4) at Maryland (7-2); Texas Tech (6-4) at Oklahoma (7-2); Wisconsin (9-1) at Iowa (6-4); South Carolina (5-4) at Florida (8-1); and Georgia (6-4) at Auburn (9-1).

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