Iowa City, Iowa ? For the second straight week, Iowa trailed by two touchdowns early in the first quarter. This time, the Hawkeyes didn’t panic.

No. 23 Iowa capitalized on opportunistic special teams, a stubborn second-half defense and clutch throws by quarterback Nathan Chandler to come from behind and beat No. 9 Michigan, 30-27, Saturday.

The Hawkeyes (5-1, 1-1 Big Ten Conference) scored 20 straight points and then stopped Michigan’s last-ditch comeback attempt, beating the Wolverines (4-2, 1-1 Big Ten) for the second straight year.

“We’re not a great come-from-behind football team,” said Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, whose team never recovered after spotting Michigan State two early touchdowns in a loss last week.

“But I couldn’t be more proud of our guys than I am right now. Michigan has an excellent football team, and the way we bounced back after their first two scores showed how much heart we have on this team.”

Michigan outgained the Hawkeyes 463-295, and Wolverine quarterback John Navarre threw for a career-best 389 yards.

The Wolverines were nearly unstoppable in the first half, as Navarre threw for 224 yards.

Running back Chris Perry scored the Wolverines’ first touchdown on a five-yard run eight minutes into the game. On their next possession, Navarre marched the Wolverines 64 yards in seven plays, capped by a 14-yard TD pass to Braylon Edwards.

“We just didn’t panic,” Iowa defensive lineman Jared Clauss said. “They were doing some very good things … but we knew we had to correct some things and clean up our mental errors and get back out there.”

Iowa's Calvin Davis celebrates a touchdown reception in the first half against Michigan. The Hawkeyes beat the Wolverines, 30-27, Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa.

Iowa cut Michigan’s lead in half when Chandler scored on a six-yard bootleg late in the first quarter. Chandler was 17-of-34 for 195 yards and two TDs.

Fred Russell ran for 110 yards on 26 carries, and Nate Kaeding kicked three field goals on a day Iowa honored its former legendary coach, Hayden Fry.

No. 4 Virginia Tech 48, Rutgers 22

Piscataway, N.J. — Bryan Randall threw for 250 yards and four TDs as Virginia Tech beat Rutgers for the 11th straight time. Randall had scoring passes of 28 and 45 yards to Chris Shreve and two 10-yarders to Mike Imoh for the Hokies (5-0, 1-0 Big East). Jimmy Williams scored on a 55-yard interception return, and Cedric Humes had a 35-yard touchdown run in the final Big East meeting between the two schools. Rutgers (3-2, 0-1) has lost 23rd straight Big East games, going 0-15 under current coach Greg Schiano.

Auburn 28,

No. 7 Tennessee 21

Auburn, Ala. — Carnell Williams ran for 185 yards, and resurgent Auburn made a late defensive stand to beat Tennessee. Jason Campbell had two touchdown passes for Auburn (3-2, 2-0 Southeastern Conference), which has won five of its last seven games against Top 10 teams.

The Volunteers (4-1, 2-1) abandoned their standout tailbacks from the outset, trying to ride Casey Clausen’s passing to the victory. The result was an anemic running game that netted four yards on 16 carries, 184 yards below their season average.

Clausen nearly pulled it off, throwing two fourth-quarter touchdown passes before a late interception.

No. 10 Southern Cal 37,

Arizona State 17

Virginia Tech's Garnell Wilds (17) leaps over Rutgers' Tres Moses after Moses fumbled a punt. Jason Nugent (33) recovered for Rutgers, but the Hokies prevailed, 48-22, Saturday in Piscataway, N.J.

Tempe, Ariz. — Matt Leinart, who hurt his right knee and ankle when linebacker Justin Burks sacked him in the second quarter, completed 13 of 23 passes for 289 yards, with scoring strikes of 57 yards to Keary Colbert and 33 yards to Brandon Hancock. Ryan Killeen had three field goals for the Trojans (4-1, 1-1 Pac-10), who kept their slim national-title hopes alive by winning after a triple-overtime loss at California last week. Southern Cal’s defense held the Sun Devils (2-3, 0-2) to 61 yards rushing.

No. 11 Georgia 37, Alabama 23

Athens, Ga. — Georgia scored 37 points by halftime — the most Alabama has given up in a half in the modern era — then held on for a sloppy victory. The Bulldogs (4-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) returned a blocked punt for a touchdown and scored another TD after recovering a fumble, building a 37-10 lead at the half. At that point, Georgia already had put up more points on Alabama (2-4, 1-2) than it had scored in any of the previous 62 games between the schools.

No. 14 Wash. State 30, Arizona 7

Pullman, Wash. — Matt Kegel threw two TD passes, and Jason David returned an interception for a score for Washington State (5-1, 2-0 Pac-10), which dominated Arizona (1-5, 0-2) in the Wildcats’ first game since coach John Mackovic was fired Sunday.

No. 17 N. Illinois 30, Ohio 23 OT

DeKalb, Ill. — P.J. Fleck caught a tying 15-yard touchdown pass with 1:42 remaining and set up quarterback Josh Haldi’s one-yard score in overtime as Northern Illinois survived a scare. Fleck had 14 catches for a school-record 234 yards, including the two big plays that helped the Huskies (5-0, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) remain unbeaten.

UCLA 46,

No. 18 Washington 16

Pasadena, Calif. — Rodney Leisle returned from a first-half suspension to score on a fumble recovery and intercept a pass as UCLA rallied to beat Washington. Drew Olson was 16-for-24 for 258 yards and had a one-yard TD run for the Bruins (3-2, 1-0 Pac-10). Craig Bragg caught eight passes for 142 yards, and Manuel White had 19 carries for 83 yards.

No. 20 TCU 27, Army 0

Fort Worth, Texas — Brandon Hassell, making his third start in place of the injured Tye Gunn, threw two TD passes, including a 40-yarder to Bruce Galbert to start the second half. Freshman Robert Merrill had his third straight 100-yard rushing game for the Horned Frogs (5-0, 2-0 Conference USA).

No. 22 Purdue 43, Illinois 10

West Lafayette, Ind. — Jerod Void ran for a career-high 119 yards and four touchdowns for Purdue. The Boilermakers (4-1, 1-0 Big Ten) have won four straight overall and seven straight conference openers under Joe Tiller, who became just the second Purdue coach to win 50 games. The Illini (1-5, 0-2) lost their fourth straight.

Mississippi 20,

No. 24 Florida 17

Gainesville, Fla. — Eli Manning directed a late 50-yard touchdown drive to lift Mississippi past reeling Florida. For the second straight season, Ole Miss (3-2, 2-0 SEC) held Florida (3-3, 1-2) scoreless in the second half, adding this to a 17-14 home win last year. Manning finished 17-for-29 for 262 yards.

No. 25 Michigan St. 31, Indiana 3

East Lansing, Mich. — Jeff Smoker tied a Michigan State record with 32 completions and accounted for three touchdowns. Michigan State (5-1, 2-0 Big Ten) has won three straight games in a season for the first time since starting 3-0 in 2000. The Hoosiers (1-5, 0-2) lost their 11th straight road game.