College football Week 12: Results, CFP rankings, highlights, recap

Texas opened the game with a field goal, but Georgia quickly answered as Gunner Stockton hit Noah Thomas for two first-half touchdowns as the Bulldogs lead the Longhorns 14-3 at the break. Chambliss hit De’Zhaun Stribling for a 43-yard strike, but Lagway fired back with a 57-yard touchdown to J. DJ Lagway’s rushing score and a short Jaden Baugh touchdown flipped the momentum.

Noah Fifita overcame five sacks and a rocky start to throw for 158 yards and two scores, while Craig added 47 rushing yards on just three carries. After Kansas kicker Laith Marjan missed a 30-yard field goal, his first miss of the season, the Wildcats drove 80 yards in a little more than two minutes. The Wildcats then forced a Gators fumble and marched down the field with a 12-play, 59-yard drive that ended with a 15-yard TD catch from Jason Patterson. Wake Forest moves to 6-3 on the season and becomes bowl-eligible for the eighth time in the past 10 seasons. Virginia was ranked No. 14 in the CFP committee's initial rankings this past Tuesday, the highest of any ACC team. We had two shocking results in the late window, as two top ACC teams fall to unranked conference opponents.

No. 9 Notre Dame rolling against No. 22 Pitt The Irish are cruising against the Panthers in Pittsburgh, up 21-3 after 30 minutes. The Hoosiers only led by three at half, but Curt Cignetti's squad has stepped on the gas in the second half, now leading 31-7 late in the fourth quarter. Heisman contender Fernando Mendoza sets the new single-season passing touchdown record for Indiana with his 30th of the season against Wisconsin.

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Aidan Birr converted a 23-yard field goal with 11 seconds left to give Tech its only lead of the fourth quarter. After the UCLA score, Lorenzo Styles Jr., took the UCLA kickoff 100 yards into the end zone. Gunnar Stockton went for 229 yards, four passing touchdowns and a rushing score.

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Freshman linebacker Mason Posa led a relentless defensive effort with two sacks, a forced fumble and a recovery that set up Wisconsin’s tying touchdown. Diego Pavia threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Cole Spence in overtime as No. 15 Vanderbilt survived a late Auburn rally to win on Saturday. The Wildcats’ comeback helped erase memories of two previous last-second losses this season. Daniels accounted for 273 total yards and two touchdowns for the Jayhawks, who controlled much of the game but couldn’t seal the win.

The Longhorns’ defense tightened in the second quarter to prevent the game from slipping away, but Georgia still heads to the locker room up 11 and receiving the ball to start the second-half. Texas moved the ball at times, yet drops and a costly interception inside Georgia territory stalled promising drives. Stockton finished the half 10 of 11 and in full command of the Bulldogs’ offense.

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Trailing with under two minutes left, quarterback Dante Moore led the Ducks on a methodical, pressure-packed drive. With 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Aggies now hold a lead, scoring 28 unanswered in front of their home crowd. Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton has 176 passing yards and two touchdowns in the first half as the Dawgs have scored on four of their five possessions. On third-and-goal, Mendoza lofted a pass to the back of the end zone to Cooper for a leaping grab and dragged his left foot inbounds to secure the game-winning score with 36 seconds left.

• Navy up big on No. 24 South Florida For the second week in a row, the projected 12-seed in the College Football Playoff is in danger of getting knocked off.
• An 88-yard punt return TD from Carlos Hernandez and three field goals were enough to upset the Cavaliers, whose offense could not muster a touchdown despite totaling 327 yards.
• Oregon’s offense endured more setbacks, losing wide receiver Gary Bryant Jr. to an ankle injury and already missing star receiver Dakorien Moore.
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• Arizona’s defense held strong late, forcing Jalon Daniels’ desperation heave to fall incomplete as time expired.

Running back Dierre Hill Jr. extended Oregon’s advantage midway through the second quarter, bursting through a hole on the left side for a 19-yard touchdown. The Hawkeyes marched 72 yards on a drive capped by Mark Gronowski’s 3-yard touchdown keeper, cutting Oregon’s lead to one. Owens finished with two touchdowns and over 100 rushing yards. After a Missouri field goal cut the lead to 14, the sophomore running back burst through the middle for a 57-yard touchdown, then added a 1-yard score late to seal the win. The Badgers overcame the early loss of starting quarterback Danny O’Neil, with true freshman Carter Smith rushing for a score in relief. Pavia was stopped on fourth-and-1 late in regulation, but the Commodores’ offense delivered in OT, and the defense sealed it when Daniels’ fourth-down pass sailed high.

Missouri finally answered with a 4-yard touchdown run by Jamal Roberts midway through the quarter, but A&M’s creativity swung momentum right back. Quarterback Marcel Reed found KC Concepcion on a short pass that turned into a 48-yard touchdown early in the third quarter, pushing the margin to κομμωτήρια πειραιάσ 21-0. Quarterback Demond Williams Jr. was sacked four times, and the Huskies’ final drive ended with Posa’s second sack. Kicker Sean West threw a 24-yard completion on a fake punt, and Ben Barten blocked a 50-yard field-goal attempt in the fourth quarter to preserve the lead.

The Trojans are 8-2 with everything to play for going into their matchup against No. 8 Oregon next week. Georgia controlled this game from start to finish, never leaving the game in doubt, converting an onside kick in the fourth quarter with the lead. For the second year in a row, Oklahoma throws a wench in Alabama's late game schedule, handing the Tide their first conference loss.

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The Ducks’ defense set the tone early, forcing back-to-back punts before capitalizing on a special teams miscue. The potential game-winning two-point conversion was overturned on review when the receiver’s foot was ruled out of bounds, leaving the score and the door open for Oregon’s comeback. Ahmad Hardy’s 45-yard scoring run gave Missouri a brief spark, but it was too little, too late.