Week 9 features plenty of ranked-on-ranked action, but will we see any upsets?
With five games pitting AP Top 25 teams against each other, one would think we’d be in for a thrilling day of action.
But it was all chalk most of Saturday. No. 12 Notre Dame took advantage of six turnovers by No. 24 Navy in a 51-14 blowout. No. 4 Ohio State and No. 13 Indiana quelled any upset fears by holding on at home in Big Ten battles. Then No. 1 Oregon and No. 5 Texas took care of business later.
These are the only teams without an SEC loss this season, so the winner will have an inside track to the conference title game. LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier has been one of the most productive QBs in the nation so far, and he’ll face an A&M defense that has defended the pass very well.
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LSU’s offense gets the ball to start the action at Texas A&M.
It’s a quick 3-and-out for the Tigers
Final: Texas 27, Vanderbilt 24
Not the most convincing win for the No. 5 Longhorns against a scrappy Vandy team, but they get the needed bounce-back win after last week’s loss to Georgia.
Texas seals it
Texas recovers the onside kick easily. That will be your ballgame in Nashville.
Touchdown Vanderbilt
Vandy just doesn’t go away. Diego Pavia fires an 8-yard TD pass to Eli Stowers with 46 seconds to go.
It’s 27-24 Texas with an onside kick coming.
Texas FG makes it a 2-score game
Bert Auburn’s short field goal extends Texas’ lead to 27-17 lead over Vanderbilt.
With 1:57 to play, that should just about wrap it up.
Texas interception!
Vanderbilt opts to go for it on 4th down from its own 35-yard line and Diego Pavia lobs a pass up for an interception.
Texas ball with under 5 minutes to play.
Final: Alabama 34, Vanderbilt 0
It’s an absolute bludgeoning from the Tide in this SEC showdown. Alabama gets it done on the ground and with defense.
Final: Oregon 38, Illinois 9
The Ducks dominated this one and Dillon Gabriel moved into the No. 2 spot in all-time TD passes.
Huge sequence for the Vanderbilt defense. Texas was on the edge of field goal range before it had a run called back on a holding penalty, then Quinn Ewers takes a sack on 3rd and long.
Vandy gets the ball back.
In a game that could potentially have Big 12 title implications, TCU just took the lead on Texas Tech with just a few minutes left in the game.
Touchdown Vanderbilt!
Diego Pavia finds Junior Sherrill on 4th and goal from the 3 and the Commodores have cut the Texas lead to a touchdown.
It’s 24-17 Longorns late in the 3rd.
How did he fit this ball in?
Touchdown Alabama
The Tide have put this thing to bed.
It’s Justice Haynes weaving his way through the Mizzou defense and breaking tackles en route to a 35-yard touchdown run.
Vanderbilt interception!
Quinn Ewers has a ball tipped up and picked off by Vandy’s Miles Capers around midfield.
A little life for the Commodores here.
Texas adds a FG
The Longhorns extend their lead over Vanderbilt to 24-10 with Bert Auburn’s 40-yard kick.
Illinois interception
Terrance Brooks steps in front of a pass by Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel, who was otherwise having an outstanding game.
Illinois gets the ball on a short field but still trails 35-10 early in the 4th quarter.
Touchdown Alabama
Jam Miller is into the end zone again with his second touchdown of the day. This one is an 11-yard run to put Alabama up 27-0.
Interception Alabama
The Tigers aren’t having any more luck moving the ball in the second half. Drew Pyne just threw his third pick of the game, this time to Qua Russaw.
Scoreboard update
Scoreboard update
Halftime: Texas 21, Vanderbilt 10
The Commodores were able to get a field goal just before halftime, but the story of the game so far has been Quinn Ewers. The quarterback is 19-of-21 for 211 yards and has 17 straight completions.
Touchdown Alabama!
The Tide have all the momentum (and all the points). Jalen Milroe just capped off a long drive with a reach for the pylon and it’s 20-0 Alabama.
