College Football Scores 2015: Final Results, Box Scores for Week 4 Top 25 Games
Another week, another slate of crazy results in college football. The Top 25 teams from the Associated Press poll were hardly immune to the shenanigans.
No. 22 BYU found themselves on the sad end of a 31-0 shutout against Michigan, while No. 20 Georgia Tech dropped its second game in a row in a 34-20 loss to Duke.
There were still plenty of top performances from the nation's top-ranked teams. Here are the results and box-score standouts for Top 25 teams as of 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, with the rest of the scores to be updated as the games finish.
Note complete scoreboard and box scores can be found at ESPN.com.
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| No. 21 Stanford | 42-24 | Oregon State | Christian McCaffrey (STAN): 30 carries, 206 yards; Jordan Villamin (ORST): 7 REC, 138 YDS, 1 TD |
| Louisiana Monroe | 0-34 | No. 12 Alabama | Jake Coker (ALA) 17-of-31, 158 YDS, 3 TD |
| Massachusetts | 27-62 | No. 6 Notre Dame | C.J. Prosise (ND), 15 CAR, 149 YDS, 2 TD; C.J. Sanders (ND), 1 Punt-Return TD |
| No. 22 BYU | 0-31 | Michigan | BYU, 105 total yards; De'Veon Smith (MICH): 16 CAR, 125 YDS, 1 TD) |
| Western Michigan | 12-38 | No. 1 Ohio State | Cardale Jones (OSU), 19-of-33, 288 YDS, 2 TD; Ezekiel Elliott (OSU): 16 CAR, 124 YDS, 1 TD |
| No. 24 Oklahoma State | 30-27 | Texas | Ben Grogan (OKST): 3-of-3 FG, 12 PTS; Mason Rudolph (OKST): 22-of-34, 290 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT |
| Rice | 17-70 | No. 5 Baylor | Seth Russell (BAY) 277 YDS, 6 TD; Baylor 427 team rushing yards; Corey Coleman (BAY): 6 REC, 100 YDS, 3 TD |
| Central Michigan | 10-30 | No. 2 Michigan State | Cooper Rush (CMU) 26-of-39, 285 YDS, 1 TD; MSU, 2 field-goal blocks |
| Southern | 6-48 | No. 7 Georgia | Nick Chubb (UGA): 15 CAR, 131 YDS, 2 TD; Southern held to 184 yards total offense |
| No. 20 Georgia Tech | 20-34 | Duke | Shaquille Powell (DUKE): 14 CAR, 88 YDS, 3 TD; GT 5-of-19 on 3rd downs |
| No. 8 LSU | 34-24 | Syracuse | Leonard Fournette (LSU): 26 CAR, 244 YDS, 2 TD |
| Vanderbilt | 16-27 | No. 3 Ole Miss | Jaylen Walton (MISS) 21 CAR, 133 YDS, 1 TD; Laquon Treadwell (MISS) 8 REC, 135 YDS) |
| No. 25 Missouri | 13-21 | Kentucky | Patrick Towles (UK) 22-of-27, 249 YDS, 2 TD; Corey Fatony (MIZ) 5 of 6 punts inside 20-yard line |
| No. 3 TCU | 55-52 | Texas Tech | Trevone Boykin (TCU) 34-of-54, 485 YDS, 4 TD; Josh Doctson (TCU) 18 REC, 267 YDS, 3 TD; DeAndre Washington (TT) 22 CAR, 188 YDS, 4 TD |
| No. 14 Texas A&M | 28-21 (OT) | Arkansas | Kyle Allen (TA&M) 21-of-28, 358 YDS, 2 TD; Christian Kirk (TA&M) 8 REC, 173 YDS, 2 TD |
| No. 9 UCLA | 56-30 | No. 16 Arizona | Josh Rosen (UCLA) 19-of-28, 284 YDS, 2 TD; Soso Jamabo (UCLA) 9 CAR, 96 YDS, 1 TD; Paul Perkins (UCLA) 85 YDS, 3 TD |
| Hawaii | 0-29 | No. 22 Wisconsin | Taiwan Deal (WISC) 26 CAR, 147 YDS, 2 TD; Hawaii 15 RSH YDS on 18 CAR |
| Ball State | 19-24 | No. 17 Northwestern | Clayton Thorson (NW) 18-of-31, 256 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT; Jordan Williams (BSU) 8 REC, 133 YDS, 2 TD |
| No. 18 Utah | 62-20 | No. 13 Oregon | Travis Wilson (UT) 18-of-30, 227 YDS, 4 TD, 100 RSH YDS |
| No. 19 USC | 42-14 | Arizona State | Cody Kessler (USC) 19-of-33, 375 YDS, 5 TD, 1 INT; Juju Smith-Schuster (USC) 5 REC 103 YDS 2 TD |
Top Performers from Early Saturday Action
Leonard Fournette, RB, LSU
The Leonard Fournette show is here to stay, folks. After delivering his best performance of his young college career against Auburn last week (228 yards, three touchdowns), Fournette again topped the double-century mark in LSU's 34-24 win over Syracuse on Saturday.
Fournette carried the ball 26 times for 244 yards and two scores against the 'Cuse. He picked up tough yards, ripped off long runs and made those trying to tackle him look genuinely silly on multiple occasions. He even had a huge run called back. Fournette's blend of speed, power and balance is NFL-ready, no doubt about it.
Check out him bailing out quarterback Brandon Harris (via SportsCenter):
His brilliant display was historic in a couple of ways, per ESPN Stats & Info:
The win over Syracuse showed LSU still doesn't have much of a passing attack. Harris completed eight of 16 passes for 157 yards and one touchdown. Unless you're a Tigers fan worried about navigating some tough SEC West defenses, this is all well and good, because it means LSU has no good reason to turn away from handing the ball to Fournette ad infinitum.
Fournette has another tasty matchup in Week 5 at home against Eastern Michigan. The Eagles have allowed 312.3 yards per game on 6.21 yards per carry this season, per NCAA.com. Eastern Michigan fans, avert your eyes. Everyone else find a way to tune in or follow along. Records could topple at Fournette's feet in that contest.
Seth Russell, QB, Baylor
Baylor beat Rice 70-17 on Saturday. This is incredible for a number of reasons.
It means Baylor's offense has one-upped itself every week this season. The Bears put up 56 points against SMU, then dropped 66 on Lamar and now they've scored 70 against Rice. Coach Art Briles' comically good offense topped the 700-yard mark in each of those games.
Half of Seth Russell's 12 completions went for touchdowns, such is the brutally efficient nature of this Bears attack. Five of those touchdown tosses came in the first half, three in the first quarter.
You can watch all of Russell's touchdown tosses via the Big 12 Conference on Twitter. The fourth and sixth throws are particularly impressive:
What a time to be alive.
Corey Coleman was Russell's favorite target, catching six passes for 100 yards and three scores. Running back Shock Linwood carried the ball 16 times for 158 yards and one score. Russell's output alone was better than the entire Owls offensive effort, per ESPN 1660's Craig Smoak:
This is a track team, not a football offense. It's almost enough to make you forget about Baylor defensive lineman Shawn Oakman, except, well, he's the statuesque force of nature from your nightmares.
If it weren't for TCU's own high-powered attack, led by Trevone Boykin, it would be very tempting to call Russell and Baylor the class of the Big 12. There's still plenty of football left to play, but teams are going to find it incredibly tough to keep up with the Bears' offense.
Michigan Defense
The Wolverines aren't a Top 25 team (yet), but the entire defense deserves kudos for its dominant, likely demoralizing performance against No. 22 BYU on Saturday.
The Cougars came into this game averaging 30.3 points and 432 yards of total offense. Michigan blanked them on the scoreboard and held them to a measly 105 total yards.
"That was the best team we played to this point not only physically, but execution wise," Cougars coach Bronco Mendenhall said (via ESPN.com).
Freelance writer John Coon summed up the first half:
This defensive performance was certainly in the works after Michigan allowed just seven points each to Oregon State and UNLV in Weeks 2 and 3.
Freshman quarterback Tanner Mangum, a miracle worker in the first two weeks of the season, didn't turn the ball over, but he was completely handcuffed. He completed 12 of 28 passes for just 55 yards. That's an average of just under two yards per attempt. BYU might've been better off having Mangum fall forward from under center than drop back to pass.
After a 24-17 loss to start the season, Michigan has now won three games in a row. Saturday's win was its first against ranked opposition. Head coach Jim Harbaugh's tenacity and commitment to putting together relentless defenses appears to be working. ESPN's Dan Murphy thinks Michigan has a chance to put Maryland's offense to sleep in Week 5:
The Wolverines might not find themselves in the Top 25 after this win, but if they can keep up the momentum, they will earn a spot in the Associated Press or Amway Coaches polls eventually.
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