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Just about everybody except the higher-ups at Notre Dame has already figured it out: Charlie Weis isn't going to return the Fighting Irish to the top of college football anytime soon.

Colin Kaepernick ran for 115 yards and three touchdowns to lead Nevada to a 62-7 victory over San Jose State on Sunday night.

Some coaches probably would have taken the easy way out, just settled for the chip-shot field goal and took another shot in the second overtime.

California star tailback Jahvid Best was released from the hospital Sunday and will miss at least one game after sustaining a concussion on a terrifying fall in the end zone.

Gani Lawal scored 18 points and freshman Derrick Favors added 15 to lead No. 22 Georgia Tech to an 84-76 overtime exhibition win over Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Sunday.

Freshman D.J. Richardson scored 23 points and No. 23 Illinois overcame a sluggish start to beat Quincy 84-63 in an exhibition game Sunday.

LSU running back Charles Scott has a fractured collarbone and will miss the rest of the regular season.

Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson doesn't like the reputation Oklahoma is earning.

The toughest tests have been passed, the tallest hurdles cleared for Texas, Alabama and Florida. For the second season in a row, an SEC-Big 12 matchup in the BCS championship games seems inevitable.

After his first season as Notre Dame coach, Charlie Weis hung a banner in the weight room that read: "9-3 is not good enough."

Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez was handed a victory cigar after each of his four wins in September.

All those blowouts have carried TCU to unprecedented heights in the BCS standings, giving the Horned Frogs hope - however slim - of becoming the first BCS buster to break into the national championship game.

Jerome Dyson scored 32 points in his season debut, and No. 12 Connecticut breezed to an 88-50 exhibition victory over UMass Lowell on Sunday.

Over the past decade, Oklahoma has rarely been out of the AP Top 25 and Stanford has rarely been in.

Matt O'Hanlon had three of Nebraska's five interceptions against Landry Jones and the Cornhuskers squeezed enough production out of their struggling offense to upset No. 20 Oklahoma 10-3 on Saturday night.

Will Harris returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown, Matt Barkley threw a 75-yard pass to Damian Williams for another score, and No. 12 USC held on for a shaky 14-9 victory over Arizona State on Saturday night.

C.J. Spiller had a career-high 165 yards rushing and his 20th touchdown of at least 50 yards and Clemson took its biggest step yet toward an Atlantic Coast Conference title with a 40-24 victory over Florida State on Saturday night.

Toddrick Pendland rushed for 171 yards and four touchdowns and McNeese State rolled up 608 yards of offense in a 63-42 victory over Sam Houston State on Saturday night.

Zach Collaros kept No. 4 Cincinnati unbeaten with the second-best passing performance in school history, one that will make it tough to send him back to the bench.

Case Keenum walked off the field, his hands on his helmet, as No. 13 Houston appeared destined for defeat.

Shay Hodge scored two touchdowns on a career-high 169 receiving yards and Mississippi pulled away from Northern Arizona 38-14 Saturday night.

Matt Bevins kicked four field goals and seven players scored for Liberty in a 54-14 rout of Virginia Military Institute on Saturday night.

California tailback Jahvid Best slammed to the ground after a terrifying fall into the end zone and the Golden Bears never recovered from losing their star.

Jonathan Crompton threw for a career-high 331 yards and five touchdowns and ran for another as Tennessee routed Memphis 56-28 on Saturday night.

No. 1 Florida didn't do much to erase all the negative vibes from a rough week for the defending national champions.

Baylor freshman phenom Brittney Griner got her first dunk in a game for the No. 7 Lady Bears, though she is not yet officially the seventh woman to dunk in a college game.

Brandyn Young rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns to lead Tennessee-Martin to a 28-7 victory over Tennessee State on Saturday night.

Utah freshman Jordan Wynn still hasn't played a whole game.

Bloi-Dei Dorzon rushed for a touchdown and had a 49-yard run to set up another score in Jackson State's 19-7 win over Alabama State on Saturday.

Dwight Dasher ran for three touchdowns and passed for two more as Middle Tennessee beat Florida International 48-21 on Saturday.