Kevin West

Middle Tennessee State had high hopes for both its season and star running back Dwone Hicks.

Eli Manning threw for 290 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 25 Mississippi over Arkansas State 52-17 on Saturday.

Fred Reid ran for a career-high 111 yards and scored Mississippi State's only touchdown on a 15-yard pass from Kevin Fant as the Bulldogs atoned for last year's loss to Troy State with an 11-8 win Saturday.

Chaz Williams threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more as Georgia Southern beat Western Carolina 41-24 Saturday afternoon.

Freddie Langston passed for 239 yards and one touchdown and Coy Nance kicked a pair of field goals as Harding College remained unbeaten with a 13-0 victory over West Georgia on Saturday.

Marcus James and Warin Major combined for 304 passing yards, including three touchdown passes, to lead Albany State to a 40-20 win over Tuskegee on Saturday.

Buster Faulkner overcame seven sacks to pass for 297 yards and three touchdowns, leading unbeaten Valdosta State to a 45-17 victory over Arkansas-Monticello on Saturday.

Freshman T.A. McLendon, playing with a cast on his broken right wrist, ran for a season-high 164 yards and two touchdowns as 14th-ranked North Carolina State remained unbeaten with a 34-17 victory over North Carolina on Saturday.

In his two seasons at Wake Forest, coach Jim Grobe hadn't won an Atlantic Coast Conference game at home or beat any team by more than 10 points.

Oklahoma's Quentin Griffin had a career-high 248 yards to carry the No. 2 Sooners past the No. 3 Longhorns 35-24 Saturday.