Noon games
- #3 Oklahoma 52, #5 Texas 26
- #7 MICHIGAN 27, MICHIGAN STATE 9
- ILLINOIS 35, #20 NEBRASKA 27
- Louisville d. Boston College
- Kansas State d. Kansas
- South Carolina d. Tennessee
- Army d. Eastern Illinois
- RUTGERS d. PURDUE
- Kentucky d. Eastern Illinois
The Sooners used a 21-0 run in the third quarter to blow a 24-19 game at halftime, into a 45-19 rout. Spencer Rattler got off to a rough start, 4-11 for 36 yards with a pick, but once he settled in, he picked the Texas defense apart, and wound up passing for 350 yards.
The Spartan defense gave Joe Milton problems all day long, holding him to 37% completions, and outgained the Wolverines by nearly 100 yards. But Milton did connect on a 71 yard touchdown pass, and Rocky Lombardi threw a red zone pick six. Michigan State's red zone problems were the story of the game. The Spartans reached the redzone six times before Michigan even got there once, but that resulted in three field goals, a failed fourth down conversion, and two interceptions, including the pick six by Ambry Thomas. To be dominating play, and still trail 14-9 did not bode well for Sparty, once Michigan played better over the final quarter and a half, scoring the final 13 points.
With a bye week next week, and then a road game at Rutgers, the Huskers looked primed to roll into a Halloween date with the Buckeyes in Columbus at 7-0, and a top 15 ranking. A quick 10-0 lead seemed to support that, but it was short lived, as the defense began to falter, and the Illini took a narrow 21-20 lead into the half. An early 4th quarter touchdown pass from Brandon Peters to extend Illinois' lead from 28-27 to 35-27 proved to be the final score. Scott Frost elected to go for it on 4th and 2 from the 18 with just under 7 minutes to go, needing a touchdown and a two point conversion to tie, and Adrian Martinez was stuffed. Nebraska never got back inside the Illinois 40. The questions for Scott Frost will be why Dedrick Mills, who ran for 81 yards on 12 carries, only got 12 carries. Martinez was accurate, completing over 70% of his passes, but on just 5.6 ypa, never even threatened to stretch the field.