COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Tua Tagovailoa threw four touchdowns and Alabama's offense kept rolling in the Tide's first game at No. 1 this season with a 47-28 victory over No. 24 Texas A&M. Tagovailoa threw his first interception of the season but became Alabama's career passing touchdowns leader with his first of the game. Jaylen Waddle scored Alabama's first touchdown on a 31-yard catch-and-run and had a big day on punt returns with four for 128 yards. Texas A&M has twice lost to No. 1 teams this season.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lynn Bowden accounted for three touchdowns in his first start at quarterback, including the go-ahead 24-yard scoring run with 6:53 remaining, to rally Kentucky past Arkansas 24-20. The Wildcats' top receiver was announced as the starter before the game and led Kentucky back from a sluggish offensive start with a 3-yard TD run and a 10-yard TD pass to Clevan Thomas. He rushed for a career-best 196 yards on 24 carries.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — One week after an injury scare, Missouri quarterback Kelly Bryant looked like his old self in a 38-27 victory over Mississippi. Bryant, who was knocked out of last week's win over Troy with a sprained knee, completed 25 of 35 passes for 329 yards and one touchdown.
NASHVILLE — Kenyon Oblad threw for 172 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Chad Magyar rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown and UNLV beat Vanderbilt 34-10. UNLV snapped a four-game losing streak, earning its first road win against an SEC opponent. Mountain West schools are 3-2 this season against SEC opponents. Vanderbilt couldn't generate much after their first drive of the game against the Rebels. It was the first-ever matchup between the schools.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee intercepted three passes, shut down Southeastern Conference rushing leader Kylin Hill and withstood an injury to quarterback Brian Maurer in a 20-10 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday. The Volunteers snapped a six-game skid against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents that had begun last November.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU quarterback Joe Burrow says No. 7 Florida has the best defense the fifth-ranked Tigers have faced this season and that "it's not even close." The presents perhaps the biggest test yet for a transformed Tigers offense that leads the SEC in yards and points. The top-10 matchup in Baton Rouge on Saturday night also will lend greater credibility to the winner's College Football Playoff aspirations.
