Top Two College Football Teams Win Again

College Football Top 25

With another day to wait for the College Football Playoff rankings, here's a look back at a huge Saturday of games. In what was labeled an elimination day for some teams, others stepped up big to show the committee they mean business. Current number-one Mississippi State and number-two Florida State won to move to 9-0.

Number-three Auburn wasn't so lucky, losing to unranked Texas A&M. Fourth-ranked Oregon rolled 17th-ranked Utah, and number-five Alabama topped 16th-ranked LSU in overtime. Sixth-ranked TCU defeated seventh-ranked Kansas State while number-14 Ohio State proved doubters wrong with a monster win over number-eight Michigan State. Rounding out the top 10 was number-nine Arizona State hanging on to top 10th-ranked Notre Dame. The new rankings are out Tuesday night.

EIU Improves to 5-5 On Season

CHARLESTON, Ill. - Eastern Illinois ran 104 offensive plays accumulating 654 yards of total offense as the Panthers improved to 5-5 on the season, 5-1 in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 48-26 win over Murray State on Saturday afternoon.

The win set up a showdown at first place Jacksonville State next Saturday as the Gamecocks handed Eastern Kentucky its second OVC loss on the season Saturday afternoon.

EIU won its fourth straight game climbing to .500 for the first time this season.   Murray State fell to 3-7 overall, 1-5 in the OVC.

Taylor Duncan, Jalen Whitlow and Adam Drake were the story line for EIU's offense as the 104 plays are third highest single game total in school history.   The 654 offensive yards are the eighth highest total in school history.  EIU converted on 14-of-20 third down chances during their 11th straight home conference win.

Duncan rushed for a career high 171 yards on 30 carries with two touchdowns as he moved into sixth place on the EIU career rushing touchdowns list.   Duncan found the end zone with 11:55 to go in the second quarter and again with 48 seconds left in the first half.   His second touchdown pushed the Panthers halftime lead to 35-20.

Fighting Illini Return From Bye

(Champaign, IL) -- The Illinois Fighting Illini are returning from a bye week. Illinois hosts Iowa this Saturday. The Illini got hammered 55-14 at Ohio State on November 1 to slip to 4-5 overall and 1-4 in the Big Ten. Iowa is 6-3 and 3-2.

Elsewhere in college football:

#1 Mississippi State Bulldogs 45, Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks 16

#2 Florida State Seminoles 34, Virginia Cavaliers 20

Texas A&M Aggies 41, #3 Auburn Tigers 38

#4 Oregon Ducks 51, #17 Utah 27

#5 Alabama Crimson Tide 20, #16 LSU Tigers 13 (OT)

#6 TCU Horned Frogs 41, #7 Kansas State Wildcats 20

#14 Ohio State Buckeyes 49, #8 Michigan State Spartans 37

#9 Arizona State Sun Devils 55, #10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 31

#11 Ole Miss Rebels 48, Presbyterian Blue Hose 0

#12 Baylor Bears 48, #15 Oklahoma Sooners 14

#18 UCLA Bruins 44, Washington Huskies 30

#19 Arizona Wildcats 38, Colorado Buffaloes 20

#20 Georgia Bulldogs 63, Kentucky Wildcats 31

#22 Duke Blue Devils 27, Syracuse Orange 10

Texas Longhorns 33, #23 West Virginia Mountaineers 16

#24 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 56, NC State Wolfpack 23

#25 Wisconsin Badgers 34, Purdue Boilermakers 16