Jeff Hart

Third-ranked Athens Academy scored late in the fourth quarter to pull out a 19-13 win over visiting Commerce on Friday night in Athens.

It was a bigger, stronger, better Buford Wolves team that hit the field this week, compared with last week, as the Wolves rolled past Avondale 49-7 at Tom Riden Stadium in Buford.

North Hall's Nolan Clark and Flowery Branch's Kiara Woods both were looking to make their own mark on the Hall County Cross County Championships Tuesday at Chestatee Middle School. And neither was disappointed as they both came away with wins in record-setting fashion.

Flowery Branch, Johnson, Chestatee and Creekview each won Region 7-AAA matches on "Mike Adcock Night" Tuesday at Johnson High in Oakwood.

Houston Nutt needed just five games to get a signature win at Mississippi. Jevan Snead threw two touchdown passes, ran for another score and led the Rebels to a stunning 31-30 victory at No. 4 Florida on Saturday.

Jake Ricks recovered a fumble in the end zone and No. 15 Auburn sent Tennessee to its worst start in 14 years with a 14-12 victory Saturday. The Vols fell to 1-3 for the first time since 1994, the second full season for embattled coach Phillip Fulmer.

LSU's answer to avoiding this week's upset bug was to hand it off to Charles Scott. Scott surpassed 100 yards rushing for a fourth straight game and punched in two short touchdowns, leading No. 5 LSU to a 34-24 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday night.

Reminisce about some other great Texas-Arkansas game. This one is going down as another early season blowout for the No. 7 Longhorns. Colt McCoy put up five touchdowns in another near-perfect start, and Texas routed Arkansas 52-10 on Saturday to hand Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino an embarrassing debut in a border rivalry famous for close games.

Stephen Garcia was 13-for-20 for 131 yards and ran for 86 more in the first significant action of his career, giving South Carolina's offense enough of a kick to beat UAB 26-13 on Saturday night.

Tony Dixon ran for two touchdowns and Kentucky ruined Western Kentucky's first visit to Commonwealth Stadium in a 41-3 victory on Saturday.