Fernando Mendoza threw for five touchdowns and No. 19 Indiana took ninth-ranked Illinois behind the woodshed for a 63-10 Big Ten spanking in Bloomington, Ind., on Saturday night.Mendoza was nearly perfect, completing 21 of 23 passes for 267 yards as the Hoosiers (4-0, 1-0) rolled up 579 total yards and dominated in every facet. Khobie Martin peeled finished with two rushing scores and 107 yards on 12 carries, Kaelon Black added 89 yards on 10 rushes and a touchdown and Elijah Sarratt reeled in nine catches for 92 yards and a pair of scores.Indiana’s defense stifled the Fighting Illini (3-1, 0-1), who entered the teams’ conference opener averaging 45 points per game. Illinois managed only 161 total yards and nine first downs, gaining two yards on the ground in 20 attempts. Quarterback Luke Altmyer hit 14 of 22 throws for 146 yards and a score but was sacked seven times.The pregame hype concerned the fact this was the first time in 75 years these teams met as ranked foes. It lived up to the hype for a quarter before the Hoosiers exerted their will in all three phases.No. 3 LSU 56, Southeastern Louisiana 10Garrett Nussmeier threw three touchdown passes and ran another score, and the Tigers had a breakout offensive performance in a rout of the Lions of the FCS in Baton Rouge, La.Nussmeier completed 25 of 31 passes for 273 yards, and LSU (4-0), which hadn’t scored more than 23 points in any of their first three games, scored touchdowns on eight consecutive possessions. The Tigers had four rushing touchdowns after totaling two in the first three games.Carson Camp passed for 87 yards, Kyle Lowe passed for 29 yards, and Southeastern Louisiana (2-2) totaled just 204 yards on offense.No. 4 Miami 26, Florida 7CharMar Brown rushed for two touchdowns and accounted for 133 scrimmage yards to help the Hurricanes down the Gators in nonconference play at Miami Gardens, Fla.Mark Fletcher Jr. rushed for 116 yards and one score while Brown had 80 yards on the ground and 53 receiving for Miami (4-0). Carson Beck completed 17 of 30 passes for 160 yards and one interception for the Hurricanes, who failed to put the game away during a dominating first half before piling on late.Jadan Baugh rushed for a touchdown for Florida (1-3), which lost its third straight game. DJ Lagway was 12-of-23 passing for just 61 yards with a long gain of 12 for the Gators, who were 0-for-13 on third down and had just 141 total yards.No. 6 Oregon 41, Oregon State 7The Ducks tuned up for their massive Big Ten showdown at Penn State next weekend with a romp over the in-state rival Beavers in Eugene, Ore.Oreon (4-0) racked up 585 yards of total offense. Quarterback Dante Moore completed 21 of 31 passes for 305 yards with four touchdowns, and he along with six running backs helped the Ducks run for 280 yards.Oregon State (0-4) punted eight times and lost a fumble. Quarterback Maalik Murphy went 5 of 18 for 68 yards and the Beavers were held to 147 total yards. Anthony Hankerson had 38 rushing yards and a touchdown.No. 7 Florida State 66, Kent State 10The Seminoles set program records with eight rushing touchdowns and 498 rushing yards, smashing the Golden Flashes in Tallahassee, Fla.Florida State (3-0) racked up 356 yards over the opening 15 minutes while scoring rushing touchdowns on each of its five possessions that quarter, tying a program record with 35 first-quarter points. Quarterback Tommy Castellanos and running back Gavin Sawchuk had two of those scores each while Micahi Danzy added another on a 64-yard reverse.FSU finished with 775 yards of offense, marking the second straight week the Seminoles surpassed 700 yards after previously not having done so since 2000. They averaged a gaudy 9.9 yards per play.No. 8 Texas 55, Sam Houston 0Arch Manning passed for 309 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two more scores as the Longhorns dismantled the hapless Bearkats in what amounted to a glorified scrimmage.Manning hit 18 of his 21 throws and connected with eight different receivers before heading to the bench early in the third quarter. Ryan Wingo hauled in two of Manning’s TD passes and racked up 125 total yards. The Longhorns (3-1) outgained Sam Houston 607-113 and amassed 10 tackles for a loss, including five sacks.Quarterback Hunter Watson finished with 118 total yards (86 passing and 32 on the ground) in the loss for Sam Houston (0-4).No. 11 Oklahoma 24, No. 22 Auburn 17John Mateer threw for 271 yards and a touchdown and ran for another, and the Sooners set a program record with 10 sacks in a win over the Tigers in Norman, Okla.Oklahoma tied the program record on Gracen Halton’s sack of Jackson Arnold on third down, and then on the next play, R Mason Thomas brought down Arnold in the end zone for a safety.Arnold, Oklahoma’s starting quarterback for much of last season before transferring, finished 21-of-32 passing for 220 yards and a touchdown.No. 13 Ole Miss 45, Tulane 10Trinidad Chambliss threw two touchdown passes and rushed for 112 yards, and the Rebels dominated on defense in a victory over the Green Wave in Oxford, Miss.Chambliss started in place of the injured Austin Simmons (ankle) for a second consecutive game and completed 17 of 27 passes for 307 yards for Ole Miss (4-0).The Ole Miss defense held Tulane (3-1) to 282 total yards and limited Jake Retzlaff to 5 completions on 17 attempts for 56 yards. Brendan Sullivan replaced Retzlaff and finished 5 of 12 for 48 yards with a touchdown and an interception.No. 15 Tennessee 56, UAB 24Joey Aguilar completed 15 of 22 passes for 218 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception, and the Volunteers cruised to a win over the Blazers in Knoxville, Tenn.
