Klein was 19 of 21 for a career-high 323 yards and added 41 yards rushing for the Wildcats (7-0, 4-0 Big 12), the only unbeaten team in the conference.
It was no surprise the Mountaineers (5-2, 2-2) were awful on defense — it’s been that way all season. For the second straight game, though, Geno Smith and the offense did nothing to keep it close.
No. 5 NOTRE DAME 17, BRIGHAM YOUNG 14
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Theo Riddick pounded his way for a career-high 143 yards and Cierre Wood added 114 yards.
Riddick had runs of 55 and 27, the two longest rushes of his career, to pace Notre Dame (7-0), which is off to its best start in a decade and has a big game ahead against No. 10 Oklahoma next week. The Cougars (4-4) fell to 0-3 on the road as they surrendered a season-high 270 yards rushing.
Backup quarterback Tommy Rees, starting in place of injured Everett Golson, completed 6 of 7 passes in the first quarter for 86 yards and a touchdown, throwing four of those to Tyler Eifert. But Rees missed his next seven passes and the Irish attempted only three passes in the second half.
No. 7 OHIO STATE 29,
PURDUE 22, OT
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Backup Kenny Guiton came off the bench in relief of injured Braxton Miller to lead touchdown drives in the final minute of regulation and Carlos Hyde scored on a 1-yard run in in overtime.
Purdue (3-4, 0-3 Big Ten) led 22-14 when Ohio State got the ball with just 47 seconds left in regulation. Guiton, inserted when Miller went out with an undisclosed injury, hit Chris Fields on a 2-yard touchdown pass with 3 seconds remaining. Guiton then found freshman Jeff Heuerman on the conversion pass to tie it at 22.
Hyde scored on a short plunge for Ohio State (8-0, 4-0) before Purdue’s Caleb TerBush, who had two TD passes, misfired on four passes in the overtime.
No. 10 Oklahoma 52,
Kansas 7
NORMAN, Okla. — Landry Jones threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns, and Oklahoma scored on a kickoff return and a punt return in the same game for the first time in school history.
Justin Brown made up for a lost fumble on his previous punt return by running his next chance back 90 yards and diving at the pylon for the score. Roy Finch then opened the second half with a 100-yard runback to stretch the lead to 45-0.
The Brown-Finch combo marked the first time the Sooners (5-1, 3-1 Big 12) have had two plays at least 90 yards long in the same game.
No. 11 USC 50, Colorado 6
LOS ANGELES — Matt Barkley threw for 298 yards and six touchdowns while setting Southern California’s career record for TD passes, and Robert Woods set a pair of school marks himself.
Barkley and Woods climbed atop the Trojans’ record books during the most prolific day of their three-year partnership at USC (6-1, 4-1 Pac-12), connecting on scoring throws of 39, 29, 17 and 3 yards in the first 35 minutes against hapless Colorado (1-6, 1-3).
That gave Woods a school record for TD receptions in a single game.
Barkley hit Woods with his 100th career touchdown pass in the second quarter to surpass Matt Leinart’s USC and conference records. Woods passed Dwayne Jarrett on USC’s career receptions list a few minutes later with his 217th career catch, going 17 yards for another TD.
USC has won four straight since its only loss, at Stanford.
No. 16 LOUISVILLE 27,
SOUTH FLORIDA 25
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville’s perfect start appeared to be over before Teddy Bridgewater came up with one more big play.
Bridgewater threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Eli Rogers with 1:35 left, and the 16th-ranked Cardinals were off to their best opening to a season since 2006.
Louisville (7-0, 2-0 Big East) rallied after yielding 15 straight points to South Florida and a season-high 197 yards rushing.
B.J. Daniels threw three TD passes in the second half, the last one putting South Florida ahead 25-21 with 3:09 left. The Bulls had one last chance for the win, but Adrian Bushell intercepted Daniels’ last-gasp throw as time ran out, well short of the end zone.
South Florida (2-5, 0-3) has dropped five straight games. It has just one win in its last 12 conference games dating to last season.
No. 18 Texas Tech 56,
TCU 53, 3OT
FORT WORTH, Texas — Seth Doege tossed a touchdown pass in each of the three overtime periods, giving him seven for the game and helping Texas Tech beat TCU after blowing a late 10-point lead.
The game-winning pass was an 8-yarder to Alex Torres, which came four plays after freshman Jaden Oberkrom’s Big 12-record sixth field goal had put TCU ahead. Both teams scored touchdowns in the first two overtime periods.
TCU (5-2, 2-2), the Big 12 newcomer, has lost consecutive home games in a single season for the first time since it dropped its final two home games of 1998. Two weeks ago, the Horned Frogs lost their first Big 12 home game to Iowa State.
No. 19 RUTGERS 35,
TEMPLE 10
PHILADELPHIA — Gary Nova threw four touchdown passes in the second half to keep Rutgers undefeated.
Jawan Jamison had 114 yards rushing and 81 receiving, Nova threw for 232 yards, and the Scarlet Knights (7-0, 4-0 Big East) rallied from a 10-0 halftime deficit in their first game against Temple (3-3, 2-1) since the Owls were kicked out of the conference in 2004.
Held to just 110 total yards in the first 30 minutes, Rutgers was unstoppable in the second half. The Scarlet Knights scored on their first four possessions and racked up 271 yards.
A crowd of 35,145 was the third-largest for Temple at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles. There were plenty of red-clad Scarlet Knights’ fans who made the trip down the New Jersey Turnpike.
Toledo 29,
No. 21 Cincinnati 23
TOLEDO, Ohio — Bernard Reedy scored on a 91-yard kickoff return and Toledo handed Cincinnati its first loss of the season.
Cincinnati (5-1) led just once, late in the third quarter, but Reedy quickly erased the deficit with his third special teams touchdown in three weeks, putting Toledo up 26-20.
Toledo’s defense stifled Bearcats quarterback Munchie Legaux and his high-powered offense, which had been averaging 37 points per game.
Cincinnati had one last chance, getting the ball with 42 seconds left. But Legaux’s second interception of the game ended any hope for the Bearcats.
Toledo’s Jermaine Robinson returned Legaux’s first interception for a 75-yard touchdown in the first half.
No. 22 STANFORD 21,
CALIFORNIA 3
BERKELEY, Calif. — Stepfan Taylor ran for a career-high 189 yards and one touchdown, and No. 22 Stanford got its third straight Big Game victory.
In the 115th meeting between the Bay Area schools and the first at remodeled Memorial Stadium, the sunny and serene Strawberry Canyon setting might have been Cal’s best highlight. The Cardinal outgained the Golden Bears 475 to 217 yards, outrushed Cal 252 to 3 yards and never lost its grip on the coveted Stanford Axe.
Stanford’s Josh Nunes completed 16 of 31 passes for 214 yards and a touchdown. He also fumbled and threw an interception late in the fourth quarter with the game well out of reach.
NO. 23 MICHIGAN 12,
MICHIGAN STATE 10
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Brendan Gibbons made a 38-yard field goal with 5 seconds left, helping the Wolverines (5-2, 3-0 Big Ten) beat the Spartans (4-4, 1-3) for the first time since 2007 to avoid a school-record, five-game losing streak in the series.
Denard Robinson threw a 20-yard pass to Drew Dileo to set up the game-winning kick.
Michigan State’s Dan Conroy made a go-ahead field goal with 5:48 left after a fake punt kept the drive alive. The Spartans forced the Wolverines to punt from midfield after going ahead, but couldn’t stop them when it mattered most in the final minute.
No. 24 BOISE STATE 32,
UNLV 7
BOISE, Idaho — D.J Harper rushed for two touchdowns and a dominating defense added one of their own to help the Broncos to their sixth straight win since an opening loss at Michigan State.
Harper scored on a 10-yard run in the first quarter then again late in the third quarter from 1-yard out to put Boise State (6-1, 3-0 Mountain West) up 32-0 at the time.
Harper rushed for 59 yards on 12 carries and quarterback Joe Southwick was 22 of 30 for 243 yards before heading to the sideline in the third quarter.
Matt Miller led Boise State with five catches for 53 yards.
Boise State, in a tie for first place with Nevada, rolled up 394 total yards on offense, but it was another outstanding performance by the defense, one of the best in the nation at forcing turnovers, that helped put the game out of reach for UNLV (1-7, 1-2) early.
SATURDAY’S TOP 25 FARED
Listed below is a look at how the AP’s Top 25 teams fared on Saturday, and who they face next:
No. 1 Alabama (7-0) beat Tennessee 44-13. Next: vs. No. 15 Mississippi State, Saturday.
No. 2 Oregon (7-0) beat Arizona State 43-21, Thursday. Next: vs. Colorado, Saturday.
No. 3 Florida (7-0) beat No. 9 South Carolina 44-11. Next: vs. No. 13 Georgia at Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday.
No. 4 Kansas State (7-0) beat No. 17 West Virginia 55-14. Next: vs. No. 18 Texas Tech, Saturday.
No. 5 Notre Dame (7-0) beat BYU 17-14. Next: at No. 10 Oklahoma, Saturday.
No. 6 LSU (7-1) beat No. 20 Texas A&M 24-19. Next: vs. No. 1 Alabama, Saturday, Nov. 3.
No. 7 Ohio State (8-0) beat Purdue 29-22, OT. Next: at Penn State, Saturday.
No. 8 Oregon State (5-0) vs. Utah. Next: at Washington, Saturday.
No. 9 South Carolina (6-2) lost to No. 3 Florida 44-11. Next: vs. Tennessee, Saturday.
No. 10 Oklahoma (5-1) beat Kansas 52-7. Next: vs. No. 5 Notre Dame, Saturday.
No. 11 Southern Cal (6-1) beat Colorado 50-6. Next: at Arizona, Saturday.
No. 12 Florida State (7-1) beat Miami 33-20. Next: vs. Duke, Saturday.
No. 13 Georgia (6-1) beat Kentucky 29-24. Next: vs. No. 3 Florida at Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday.
No. 14 Clemson (6-1) beat Virginia Tech 38-17. Next: at Wake Forest, Thursday.
No. 15 Mississippi State (7-0) beat Middle Tennessee 45-3. Next: at No. 1 Alabama, Saturday.
No. 16 Louisville (7-0) beat USF 27-25. Next: vs. No. 21 Cincinnati, Friday.
No. 17 West Virginia (5-2) lost to No. 4 Kansas State 55-14. Next: vs. TCU, Saturday, Nov 3.
No. 18 Texas Tech (6-1) beat TCU 56-53, 3OT. Next: at No. 4 Kansas State, Saturday.
No. 19 Rutgers (7-0) beat Temple 35-10. Next: vs. Kent State, Saturday.
No. 20 Texas A&M (5-2) lost to No. 6 LSU 24-19. Next: at Auburn, Saturday.
No. 21 Cincinnati (5-1) lost to Toledo 29-23. Next: at No. 16 Louisville, Saturday.
No. 22 Stanford (5-2) beat California 21-3. Next: vs. Washington State, Saturday.
No. 23 Michigan (5-2) beat Michigan State 12-10. Next: at Nebraska, Saturday.
No. 24 Boise State (6-1) beat UNLV 32-7. Next: ay Wyoming, Saturday.
No. 25 Ohio (7-0) did not play. Next: at Miami (Ohio), Saturday.
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