Washington’s Giles Jackson (0) celebrates with teammate Jack Westover (37) after scoring a touchdown during Saturday’s game against Oregon in Seattle.
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SEATTLE — Michael Penix Jr. threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Rome Odunze with 1:38 remaining after another debatable fourth-down decision by Oregon, and Camden Lewis missed a 43-yard field goal attempt on the final play as No. 7 Washington held off No. 8 Oregon 36-33 on Saturday in another wild chapter to their heated rivalry.
Penix needed just two plays to go 53 yards in 33 seconds after Oregon was stopped on foruth-and-3 at the Washington 47 with 2:11 remaining. Penix threw a 35-yard strike to Ja’Lynn Polk between two defenders, then hit Odunze on a back-shoulder throw at the goal line to give Washington (6-0, 3-0 Pac-12) the lead.
It was Penix’s fourth touchdown pass of the game and his second time connecting with Odunze, who had eight catches for 128 yards.
Oregon quarterback Bo Nix had one last chance to get the Ducks (5-1, 2-1) into field goal range and reached the Washington 25 with 17 seconds left. Nix missed with his next two passes and on the final play of the game Lewis push the kick to the right setting off a wild celebration of purpled-clad fans pouring onto the field.
No. 1 Georgia 37, Vanderbilt 20
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Carson Beck threw for 261 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score as top-ranked Georgia shook off both an early kickoff and losing star tight end Brock Bowers to a left foot injury before halftime in beating Vanderbilt.
Georgia (7-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) extended its school record and longest active FBS winning streak to 24 consecutive games, and tied the school record for consecutive SEC wins at 23, first set between 1980 and 1983.
Bowers hurt his left foot midway through the second quarter, not that it mattered as Georgia scored 27 straight points to take control.
Vanderbilt (2-6, 0-4) lost its sixth straight overall and sixth consecutive to Georgia.
No. 4 Florida State 41, Syracuse 3
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jordan Travis ran for two touchdowns and tossed a 56-yard scoring pass to Keon Coleman as Florida State routed Syracuse, the Seminoles’ 12th consecutive win.
Travis completed 23 of 37 passes for 284 yards and a touchdown, shaking off an apparent injury to his non-throwing (left) hand in the second quarter.
Lawrance Toafili had a 50-yard touchdown and finished with seven carries for 93 yards. Trey Benson added 14 carries for 74 yards as Florida State (6-0, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) surpassed the 30-point mark for a 12th straight game.
Syracuse’s Garrett Shrader completed 9 of 21 passes for 99 yards but was ineffective on the ground and netted minus-10 yards when factoring in sacks on seven carries.
LeQuint Allen had 19 carries for 110 yards for Syracuse (4-3, 0-3 ACC).
No. 11 Alabama 24, Arkansas 21
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jalen Milroe passed for two touchdowns and rushed for a third, and Alabama survived a second-half Arkansas rally in a victory over the Razorbacks.
The Crimson Tide (6-1, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) blew most of an 18-point third-quarter lead before summoning a big final drive to keep KJ Jefferson and the Razorbacks offense off the field at the end,
The Tide remained the only SEC West team without a league loss, but they’re not coming in dominant fashion. Alabama had to recover a late onside kick to hold on for a 26-20 win over Texas A&M a week ago. This time the offense recovered from three straight three-and-out possessions to milk the final 5:19 off the clock.
The Razorbacks (2-5, 0-4) dropped their fifth straight game but not before putting a scare into the Tide.
No. 16 Utah 34, California 14
SALT LAKE CITY — Sione Vaki ran for 158 yards and two touchdowns and Ja’Quinden Jackson rushed for 94 yards and a score to lead Utah past California.
Bryson Barnes threw for 128 yards and ran for 50 more and a touchdown for the Utes (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12).
Vaki, who also is Utah’s starting strong safety, averaged 10.5 yards per carry as the Utahs amassed a season-high 317 rushing yards.
Fernando Mendoza threw for 149 yards and two touchdowns in his second career start for Cal (3-4, 1-2).
No. 19 Tennessee 20, Texas A&M 13
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dee Williams returned a punt 39 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to put Tennessee ahead for the first time and the Volunteers shut down Texas A&M the rest of the way.
Vols punter Jackson Ross backed up the Aggies to the 1, with a three-and-out setting up Williams for the pivotal return.
Jaylen Wright rushed for 136 yards for the Volunteers (5-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference). The victory was sealed when Gabe Jeudy-Lalley picked off a pass and returned it to the A&M 6 to set up a field goal.
Max Johnson threw two interceptions for Texas A&M (4-3, 2-2). The Aggies were 5 of 15 on third-down conversions.
Oklahoma State 39, No. 23 Kansas 32
STILLWATER, Okla. — Ollie Gordon II gained 284 yards from scrimmage and scored two touchdowns to help Oklahoma State defeat Kansas.
Gordon ran for a career-high 168 yards and caught six passes for a career-best 116. He became the first Oklahoma State player since Gerald Hudson in 1989 to have at least 100 yards rushing and receiving in a game.
Alan Bowman passed for 336 yards and two touchdowns, Rashod Owens had career highs of nine catches and 112 yards and Brennan Presley caught a touchdown pass and ran for the go-ahead score with 2:32 remaining for Oklahoma State (4-2, 2-1 Big 12). The Cowboys gained 554 yards to win their second straight after upsetting Kansas State last Friday.
Kansas (5-2, 2-2) was without quarterback Jalon Daniels for the third straight game because of a back injury.
