Illinois Off This Coming Saturday

(Champaign, IL) -- The Illinois football team has a chance to lick its wounds with no game this Saturday. The Fighting Illini have a bye after getting waxed 55-14 at Ohio State this past Saturday. Illinois is 4-5 overall and 1-4 in the Big Ten. The Illini will host 6-2 Iowa a week from Saturday.

Auburn Edges Ole Miss Saturday

Nick Marshall accounted for four touchdowns and Kris Frost forced a critical fumble  at the  goal line with 1:30 remaining that preserved third-ranked Auburn's 35-31 victory over No. 7 Ole Miss, as well as the Tigers' chances for a second straight appearance in the national title game.

Elsewhere in the top-25 Saturday:

(1) Mississippi State 17, Arkansas 10

(5) Oregon 45, Stanford 16

(6) Notre Dame 49, Navy 39

Florida 38, (9) Georgia 20

(10) TCU 31, (20) West Virginia 30

(11) Kansas State 48, Oklahoma State 14

(12) Baylor 60, Kansas 14

(13) Ohio State 55, Illinois 14

(25) UCLA 17, (14) Arizona 7

(15) Arizona State 19, (18) Utah 16 (OT)

(17) Nebraska 35, Purdue 14

(19) Oklahoma 59, Iowa State 14

Temple 20, (21) East Carolina 10

(24) Duke 51, Pittsburgh 48 (2-OT)