College Sports

Mark Buchholz hit a 35-yard field as time expired to give No. 21 Clemson a 23-21 victory over South Carolina and leave Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier with the longest losing streak of his college career.

Leonard Mendez scored 29 points and Rashad Chase added 17 points and 16 rebounds and Georgia State held off a late rally to beat Troy 97-92 on Saturday.

Georgia survived another close call, and Tasha Humphrey thinks that bodes well for the Bulldogs' hopes this season. Humphrey finished with 18 points and 14 rebounds and the eighth-ranked Bulldogs held off upset-minded Southern California 59-57 on Saturday night to win the Junkanoo Jam's Freeport Division championship.

Wisconsin scored 31 of the game's final 37 points to defeat the Bulldogs 68-49 at the Kohl Center.

Tennessee defeated Kentucky Satuday to win the SEC East. A loss to Kentucky would have given the SEC East to Georgia and would have sent the Bulldogs to the SEC championship game in Atlanta next weekend against LSU.

Nebraska football coach Bill Callahan has been fired, a day after the team finished one of the most dismal seasons in the school's storied history.

LSU's national title hopes were crushed by a Heisman-worthy performance. Darren McFadden rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another to lift Arkansas to a 50-48, three-overtime victory over the top-ranked Tigers on Friday.

Mississippi State scored 17 straight points in the fourth quarter, capped by Adam Carlson's 48-yard field goal with 18 seconds left, to beat rival Mississippi 17-14 on Friday and probably lock up the school's first bowl bid since 2000.

Vanderbilt is still just a game away from bowl eligibility. Entering their final game of the season, the Commodores already have blown one chance at a winning record and a possible bowl invitation after three straight losses. But Saturday's visit by Wake Forest will give Vanderbilt one more shot.

Who says college football doesn't have playoff games? The way Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge looks at it, the 19th-ranked Volunteers have been in the playoffs for weeks. To Ainge and the rest of the Volunteers, Saturday's game against Kentucky is just another step in a playoff march that began more than a month ago.