Texas 34, Texas Tech 24. The greatest thing I may ever have heard was when the British guy in the room watched the Longhorns’ Jordan Shipley nearly gored after returning a punt for a touchdown and then asking, “Why is the cow playing football?” Taylor Potts kept Tech in the game, [420 yards, 3 TDs, 1 pick] but could not overtake the Longhorns, who took a 7-3 lead in the first quarter that they would not relinquish.

Washington 16, Southern Cal 13. Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian came from Southern Cal’s program, which doesn’t help explain how his team actually came prepared to play. The Men of Troy have now lost to an unranked opponent in each of the last four years.

“Washington wasn’t the better team. They just outplayed us,” said a shrugging Joe McKnight, who ran for 100 yards on 11 carries with USC’s only touchdown. “Clearly, we have superior athletes. But hard work beats athleticism any day.” via.

Washington quarterback Jake Locker led a 68-yard drive late in the fourth quarter, culminating in Erik Folk’s 22-yard field goal with three seconds left. And then Pete Carroll probably said “Whatever dude” and then let all his players smoke some weed. He’s like the cool dad times twelve, and with drugs.

Virginia Tech 16, Nebraska 15. This game was pretty much over after Tech’s Tyrod Taylor spent roughly 15 seconds in the pocket before finding Dyrell Roberts in the end zone with 21 seconds left. I mean, seriously, how was there NO illegal man downfield penalty on that play? But good for Beamer’s boys; I don’t want to live in a world where Nebraska is good at football again.

Florida State 54, BYU 28. Five turnovers, including three interceptions from BYU’s Max Hall, killed the Cougars and led to a Morman beat-down that helped launch Florida State back into the AP’s Top 25.

Miami (FL) 33, Georgia Tech 17. Jacory Harris had another monster game [20 for 25, 3 TDs, no picks] and suddenly the ACC is looking interesting again.

Oregon 31, Utah 24. I thought Utah’s jerseys looked nice.

Cincinnati 28, Oregon State 18. The Bearcats could overtake Ohio State in the polls if they hold serve against Fresno State at home. If Cincinnati is rewarded by the AP voters for such a feat, it would be the first time in the history of that poll that Ohio State was not the highest-ranked team in its own state.