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STARS-Jalen Hurts passed for career highs of 347 yards and four TDs, and rushed for 100 yards in less than three quarters in top-ranked Tides 51-3 rout of Mississippi State.-DeShaun Watson, Clemson, threw for an ACC record 580 yards and three TDs in the third-ranked Tigers 43-42 loss to Pittsburgh.-J.T. Barrett, Ohio State, accounted for four TDs to help the sixth-ranked Buckeyes rout Maryland 62-3.-Derrius Guice, LSU, rushed for a career-high 252 yards to lead the No. 19 Tigers to a 38-10 win over Arkansas.-Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma, passed for 300 yards and two TDs and ran for another score to help the No. 9 Sooners defeat No. 25 Baylor 45-24.-Noah Johnson, Alcorn State, threw for seven TDs and 285 yards on 12 completions in a 61-7 win over Mississippi Valley State.-Quinton Flowers, South Florida, accounted for five TDs and 473 yards in a 49-42 win over Memphis.-Joshua Dobbs, Tennessee, accounted for 370 yards and five TDs as the Vols defeated Kentucky 49-36.-Brandon Radcliff, Louisville, rushed for 141 yards and three TDs to help the No. 5 Cardinals roar past Wake Forest 44-12.-Kurt Palandech, UNLV, accounted for 409 yards and four TDs in a 69-66 win over Wyoming.-Alex Jeske, Dayton, accounted for 377 yards and six TDs in a 59-31 victory over Marist.- Lenard Tillery, Southern, rushed for 245 yards on 29 carries in a 44-34 win over Prairie View A&M.-lijah Ibitokun-Hanks, Albany, ran for a program-record 298 yards and three TDs in a 36-25 win over New Hampshire.-Chris Walker, Cornell, ran for 230 yards and three TDs in a 42-40 win over Columbia.-Tarik Cohen, North Carolina A&T, ran for 221 yards and two TDs in a 45-14 win over Delaware State.-Thomas Koufie, Louisiana-Monroe, set a school record with five TDs and ran for 201 yards in a 37-23 win over Georgia State.---PLAYOFF SHAKEUPTop-ranked Alabama easily won its game. The other three at the top of the College Football Playoff rankings all lost.This is where the season gets interesting.Chris Blewitt made a 48-yard field goal with six seconds left as the Panthers stunned No. 3 Clemson 43-42 for the first playoff shakeup game.Later on Saturday, Sam Darnold threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns in a 26-13 win over No. 4 Washington , helping the Trojans snap the Huskies 12-game winning streak.Then No. 4 Michigan went down, losing 14-13 to Iowa on Keith Duncans 33-yard field goal as time expired.In case that wasnt enough, No. 8 Texas A&M, No. 9 Auburn and No. 14 Virginia Tech all lost, too.---HURTS LEADS TIDEAlabama coach Nick Saban held a film session with Jalen Hurts this week to point out a few things to his young quarterback.Hurts was clearly paying attention.The freshman passed for career highs of 347 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 100 yards in less than three quarters in No. 1 Alabamas 51-3 rout of Mississippi State. It put on display the potential of a passing game that had lately seemed the closest thing to a weakness for the Crimson Tide.The win -- coupled with Auburns surprising loss at Georgia -- also meant Alabama clinched the SEC West title.Hurts prolific performance wiped out any concerns that the Tide would have a letdown after a bruising win at No. 19 LSU. Instead, Hurts turned in his best game and the defense denied Mississippi State the end zone on nine trips across midfield.Hurts is the first Alabama player to have 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing in the same game, and he was flirting with both those milestones by halftime.---NUMBERS12-Years since Oregon last had a losing record . The Ducks are 3-7 after a 52-27 loss to Stanford.23-Games of Rhode Islands road losing streak before beating Elon 44-14.59-Career rushing touchdowns by Fordhams Chase Edmonds , breaking the Patriot League record.67-Points by Eastern Kentucky in its win over Austin Peay, matching a 91-year-old school record .---KEY INJURIESNo. 4 Washington and No. 25 Baylor lost key players to injuries.Baylor quarterback Seth Russell is expected to miss the rest of the season after severely dislocating his left ankle during Saturdays 45-24 loss to No. 9 Oklahoma.Replays of the gruesome injury showed his foot pointing straight to the side instead of forward. Russell missed much of last season after breaking a bone in his neck.Washington linebacker Azeem Victor was carted off the field with his right leg stabilized after going down with an injury in the second quarter against Southern California.Victors leg twisted awkwardly as he helped stop USCs Justin Davis on a routine running play. Victor stayed down and medical staff for Washington rushed out to attend to him. His leg was placed in an air cast and he was sitting up in the cart as he was driven off the field.---MOUNT UNIONS STREAK ENDSMount Unions 112-game, NCAA record-setting winning streak is over.Anthony Moeglin threw a 24-yard, go-ahead touchdown pass to William Woods with 39 seconds left, lifting John Carroll to a 31-28 win over the Purple Raiders.The Division III powerhouse hadnt lost since Oct. 22, 2005, when a setback to Ohio Northern ended a 110-game winning streak that also lasted longer than a decade.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org Ultra Boost España . The 29-year-old Baines has established himself as one of the top attacking full backs in the country and was the subject of two bids from United during the last off-season. Everton manager Roberto Martinez says that keeping Baines at the club is a "massive boost and exciting for the future" because he brings "maturity and football knowledge in a very specialized position on the pitch" and an "infectious and positive influence to the rest of the squad. Ultra Boost Baratas España . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. http://www.ultraboostbaratas.es/ . According the Toronto Star, a knee injury will keep Sundin out of the lineup, which includes former teammates Gary Roberts, Darcy Tucker, Tie Domi and Curtis Joseph. Ultra Boost España Baratas . With the short-handed Warriors needing help from someone -- anyone -- to stop a three-game skid, ONeal returned from right knee and groin injuries that had sidelined him for four games and put up season highs with 18 points and eight rebounds. It was just enough to help lift Golden State to a 102-101 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. Ultra Boost Rebajas . The next step is a better finish. Bae played bogey-free Friday on another gorgeous day at Riviera for a 5-under 66, giving him a one-shot lead over Aaron Baddeley and Robert Garrigus going into the weekend. 9Chris Woakes (177 runs at 35.40, 26 wickets at 16.73)Outstanding. The top wicket-taker in the series, Woakes bowled with pace, skill, control and consistency and looked, in almost every spell, the most dangerous of Englands bowlers. After earning multiple honours board mention at Lords (he claimed five-wicket hauls in both innings), he took another seven wickets in Manchester (and contributed a composed half-century as nightwatchman) and five more in Birmingham. He finished having set a new record for the number of wickets by an England bowler in a series against Pakistan.7.5Alastair Cook (423 runs at 60.42)Cook batted with fluency - only Moeen Ali scored his runs more quickly - and consistency against a fine bowling attack. If there were times it seemed he squandered his platform - pulling on to his stumps at The Oval and pushing at one away from his body at Edgbaston - it was a sense magnified by the lack of contribution from others in the top order. Cook also demonstrated his growing captaincy skills by coaxing an out of sorts (Woakes aside) bowling attack to victory at Edgbaston and suggesting Anderson apologise after his disagreement with the umpires. Lost half a mark due to his drops in the slips. Needs to find a way to improve Englands over-rate, though.Joe Root (512 runs at 73.14, 1 wicket at 27)It is probably unreasonable to expect more from a 25-year-old than Root produced here. So infuriated was he with himself after his two impatient dismissals at Lords that he produced perhaps the most mature innings of his career at Old Trafford. And, if he endured a disappointing game at The Oval, again allowing his impatience to get the better of him, it was a reminder that England have come to rely on him too heavily. Not at his best in the slips, though he remains a fine catcher.Jonny Bairstow (366 runs at 52.28; 14 catches, one stumping)After a poor miss at Lords, Bairstow enjoyed an improved series with the gloves and another consistently good series with the bat. While he may have some frustration at not converting any of his four half-centuries into centuries, he twice departed selflessly trying to up the pace to set-up a declaration. Guaranteed to start the winter as first choice keeper.Moeen Ali (316 runs at 63.20; 11 wickets at 46.54)The simple summary would state that Moeen shone with the bat and subsided with the ball. The truth, though, is a little more complex. After a poor Tests at Lords, Moeens place in the side looked as precarious as at any time since his early Tests. But he weighed in with five wickets at Old Trafford, two vital half-centuries at Edgbaston and a high-class century at The Oval. While his economy rate of 4.62 an over is simply not good enough, he did end the series with a better strike-rate than every England bowler other than Woakes. He suffers, in part, for being the least bad spinner (arguably, anyway) in a period when Englands spin resources have never been so low.6.5James Anderson (nine wickets at 25.66)After missing the first Test - controversially according to some - Anderson was as tight and controlled as ever for the rest of the series. While he admitted his pace had dropped, he suggested his experience and skills compensated. Sure enough, he bowled with great skill in harnessing the reverse swing at Edgbaston, but looked just a bit toothless at The Oval.6Stuart Broad (13 wickets at 28.61)Claimed six wickets at Lords and finished with perfectly respectable bowling figures, but this was a slightly underwheelming series from a man who has become accustomed to match-turning spells.dddddddddddd. Though there were moments of great skill - he produced a lovely cutter to account for Asad Shafiq at Old Trafford and produced a sharp spell at The Oval - but he was generally content to provide a holding role on these sluggish surfaces, bowling within himself and concentrating on moving the ball into right-handed batsmen.5Steven Finn (5 wickets at 70.40)While never quite at his best, Finn bowled some way better than his figures suggest. The slow pitches and dropped catches did him few favours, but he was generally unable to recapture the pace that rendered him so dangerous on his return last year or in South Africa at the start of this year. Dropped for the second Test, he returned with two important wickets in the second innings in Edgbaston and retained his place for the final Test. Hard to see how he makes it into the Test team in Asia, though.4.5Gary Ballance (195 runs at 27.85)Top-scored in the first innings at Edgbaston but failed to cement his return to the side. While three dismissals to balls turning sharply from outside off hinted at a problem against spin that could be exploited this winter, there were few signs of the problems against left-arm pace that bothered him last year. In danger of being branded alongside Hales and Vince, but in reality looked a little more assured.3.5Alex Hales (145 runs at 18.12)After the apparent progress made against Sri Lanka, this was a hugely disappointing series. Only once could Hales reach 25 and five times in the series his uncertainty around off stump was exploited with catches to the cordon. He remained fallible in the field and provided a glimpse into his growing anxiety by remonstrating with the third umpire at The Oval. There was one important innings - he helped his captain erase the first innings deficit in Edgbaston - but Hales faces an anxious wait to see if his success against Sri Lanka earned him the credit to secure his place in Bangladesh and India.James Vince (158 runs at 22.57)There were moments - not least in the second innings at Lords and in the Edgbaston Test in which he contributed 81 runs - when it appeared Vince might be learning the discipline and denial required in Test cricket. But even at Edgbaston he enjoyed some fortune and a tally of five dismissals to edges to the keeper or the cordon and a poor shot in the final innings at The Oval suggested a recurring fault outside off stump that threatens his future at this level. Seven Tests in succession without being able to repay the selectors faith with a half-century leave him unlikely to make the tour squad. Rarely convincing in the slip cordon.N/AJake Ball (one wicket at 88)Given only one Test, on a slow, low wicket at Lords, Ball bowled a little better than his figures suggest and produced a nice yorker to account for Azhar Ali. While he will remain part of the squad of seamers England look to over the next few years, it is hard to see a role for him in Asia.Ben StokesBroke down with a calf tear at Old Trafford in his comeback Test after knee surgery. If the recurrence of injury raised questions over his long-term prospects - memories of Andrew Flintoff came to mind - his absence was alleviated in part by the emergence of Woakes. The ability to play them both provides England will enviable options and depth. ' ' '

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