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South Carolina beats Georgia in rout

Connor Shaw threw two touchdown passes and ran for another, and Ace Sanders had a dazzling 70-yard punt return touchdown as host No. 6 Sourth Carolina embarrassed No. Georgia, 35-7. The Gamecocks (6-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference), who won their school-record 10th straight game, travels to LSU next week and to Florida on Oct. 20, but goes with confidence after holding stellar Georgia freshmen Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall to 76 yards combined. The Bulldogs (5-1, 3-1) finished with 224 yards, less than half their season's average.

K-State lays another 50 on Kansas

John Hubert ran for 101 yards and four touchdowns on just 10 carries as No. 7 Kansas State (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) routed Kansas, 56-16 in Manhattan. Collin Klein finished with 129 yards passing and 116 yards rushing to help the Wildcats pile up more than 50 points for the third straight year against the Jayhawks (1-4, 0-2).

Fighting Irish run wild

Cierre Wood rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns, and George Atkinson III added 123 yards and another score as No. 9 Notre Dame thumped Miami in Chicago, 41-3. Everett Golson, who sat the first series as punishment for violating team rules, completed his first six passes and finished 17 of 22 as Notre Dame improved to 5-0 for the first time since 2002. The loss snapped a three-game win streak for Miami (4-2), held to 285 yards.

Best start for Rutgers since 2007

Jawan Jamison ran for 110 yards and Wayne Warren returned an interception 25 yards for a score as Rutgers (5-0, 2-0 Big East) suffocated UConn (3-3, 0-1) in Piscataway, N.J. The Scarlet Knights are off to their best start since 2007.

Stanford tops Arizona in OT

Chase Thomas intercepted a tipped pass by Matt Scott in overtime, Stepfan Taylor ran for a 21-yard score two plays later and No. 18 Stanford rallied from a two-TD deficit to stun visiting Arizona, 54-48, yesterday. Josh Nunes threw for a career-high 360 yards and two TDs and ran for three more scores for Stanford (4-1, 2-1 Pac-12) to offset Scott's record-setting performance. Scott completed 45 of 69 passes -- both school records -- for 491 yards and three TDs. Arizona (3-3, 0-3) amassed 617 total yards.

Clemson survives Ga. Tech shootout

Tajh Boyd threw for a career high 397 yards and DeAndre Hopkins had 173 yards receiving as No. 15 Clemson beat visiting Georgia Tech, 47-31. The Tigers (5-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) gained 601 yards, while the Yellow Jackets (2-4, 1-3) gained 483 yards.

Iowa State halts TCU's win streak

At Fort Worth, Texas, Jared Barnett threw three TD passes to Josh Lenz, who later had a scoring toss of his own, and Iowa State downed No. 15 TCU, 37-23, to end the Horned Frogs' FBS-best 12-game winning streak. TCU played without suspended quarterback Casey Pachall. -- AP