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SOUTH BEND, Ind. After his first season as Notre Dame coach, Charlie Weis hung a banner in the weight room that read: "9-3 is not good enough."

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez was handed a victory cigar after each of his four wins in September.

NEW YORK All those blowouts have carried TCU to unprecedented heights in the BCS standings, giving the Horned Frogs hope - however slim - of becoming the first BCS buster to break into the national championship game.

STORRS, Conn. Jerome Dyson scored 32 points in his season debut, and No. 12 Connecticut breezed to an 88-50 exhibition victory over UMass Lowell on Sunday.

NEW YORK Over the past decade, Oklahoma has rarely been out of the AP Top 25 and Stanford has rarely been in.

Ryan Mathews ran for 143 yards and three touchdowns to power the Fresno State Bulldogs in a 31-21 victory over the Idaho Vandals in a Western Athletic Conference showdown at the Kibbie Dome.

Leon Wright-Jackson ran for 167 yards and three touchdowns, as the Hawaii Warriors defeated the Utah State Aggies, 49-36, in a Western Athletic Conference showdown at Aloha Stadium.

Ryan Hill's one-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter proved to be the difference, as the Nebraska Cornhuskers edged the 20th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners, 10-3, at Memorial Stadium.

Kyle Parker threw for 242 yards and four touchdowns, as the Clemson Tigers pulled away for a 40-24 win over the Florida State Seminoles in an ACC clash at Memorial Stadium.

The 12th-ranked USC Trojans needed just two big plays -- Will Harris' 55-yard interception return for a touchdown and Damian Williams' 75-yard score on a screen -- to hold off Arizona State, 14-9.

Matt Hogan's 51-yard field goal as time expired capped a dramatic comeback and lifted 13th-ranked Houston over Tulsa, 46-45, at Chapman Stadium.

Zach Collaros threw for 480 yards and a score and ran for two more touchdowns, as fourth-ranked Cincinnati held on for a 47-45 win over Connecticut to stay undefeated.

LINCOLN, Neb. Matt O'Hanlon had three of Nebraska's five interceptions against Landry Jones and the Cornhuskers squeezed enough production out of their struggling offense to upset No. 20 Oklahoma 10-3 on Saturday night.

TEMPE, Ariz. Will Harris returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown, Matt Barkley threw a 75-yard pass to Damian Williams for another score, and No. 12 USC held on for a shaky 14-9 victory over Arizona State on Saturday night.

LAKE CHARLES, La. Toddrick Pendland rushed for 171 yards and four touchdowns and McNeese State rolled up 608 yards of offense in a 63-42 victory over Sam Houston State on Saturday night.

CINCINNATI Zach Collaros kept No. 4 Cincinnati unbeaten with the second-best passing performance in school history, one that will make it tough to send him back to the bench.

CLEMSON, S.C. C.J. Spiller had a career-high 165 yards rushing and his 20th touchdown of at least 50 yards and Clemson took its biggest step yet toward an Atlantic Coast Conference title with a 40-24 victory over Florida State on Saturday night.

TULSA, Okla. Case Keenum walked off the field, his hands on his helmet, as No. 13 Houston appeared destined for defeat.

OXFORD, Miss. Shay Hodge scored two touchdowns on a career-high 169 receiving yards and Mississippi pulled away from Northern Arizona 38-14 Saturday night.

Sean Canfield threw two touchdowns and ran one in, as Oregon State upended 23rd-ranked California, 31-14, in a Pac-10 battle at Memorial Stadium.