Oxford, Miss. ? The Auburn Tigers barely slipped out of another Southeastern Conference road trap.

The seventh-ranked Tigers turned the ball over, committed costly penalties and gave up several big plays Saturday, but still managed to get past gritty Mississippi, 23-17, on late field goals by John Vaughn.

“All of them are on scholarship and all of them are Division I players,” Auburn linebacker Quentin Groves said. “If you go out there (with the attitude) that, ‘OK, this is going to be an easy win,’ you’re going to be in for a dog fight.”

The Tigers trailed the Rebels twice. But Auburn intercepted Brent Schaeffer twice in the third quarter and turned them into 10 points. Vaughn set a school record with his 47th career field goal to pull away late.

No. 9 Florida 21, Georgia 14

Jacksonville, Fla. – The Gators’ defense forced two fumbles and intercepted two passes, helping ninth-ranked Florida continue its recent dominance over the Bulldogs.

Florida now has won eight of nine and 15 of the last 17 in the series, and with the latest victory, it remained atop the Southeastern Conference East Division and moved a step closer to returning to the conference title game for the first time since 2000.

No. 11 Notre Dame 38, Navy 14

Baltimore – Brady Quinn accounted for four touchdowns, and the Fighting Irish amassed a season-high 471 yards in their 43rd consecutive win in the series. Quinn threw touchdown passes of 36, 33 and six yards and ran 19 yards for a score.

No. 13 Arkansas 44, Louisiana-Monroe 10

Little Rock, Ark. – Darren McFadden ran for 129 yards and a touchdown – and also threw for a score – to help Houston Nutt earn his 100th coaching victory.

McFadden entered as the Southeastern Conference’s leading rusher, but the Razorbacks scored two first-half touchdowns with him at quarterback. Arkansas has used its star running back there recently as a new wrinkle on offense.

No. 17 Wisconsin 30, Illinois 24

Madison, Wis. – Forced to play much of the way without star running back P.J. Hill, the Badgers rallied from a two-touchdown halftime deficit to beat Illinois.

Wisconsin survived two first-half turnovers that led to Illinois touchdowns and two separate injuries to Hill to score 20 straight points against the Illini in the second half.

No. 18 Boston College 41, Buffalo 0

Boston – Chris Crane filled in for sore starter Matt Ryan and overcame a soaking rain to run for two touchdowns and throw for another as the Eagles sent the Bulls to their seventh consecutive loss.

Crane completed 17 of 26 passes for 142 yards to lead BC to scores on its first four possessions. L.V. Whitworth ran for 84 yards and a touchdown, and Andre Callender had 81 yards rushing as the Eagles did not need to punt until late in the third quarter.

No. 21 Georgia Tech 30, Miami 23

Atlanta – The Yellow Jackets got Calvin Johnson back in the offense and took a major step toward reaching the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.

One week after failing to catch a pass for the first time in his career, Johnson hauled in a tiebreaking, one-yard touchdown with 6:18 remaining.

No. 24 Wake Forest 24, North Carolina 17

Chapel Hill, N.C. – Riley Skinner threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Ken Moore, and Jon Abbate intercepted a pass in the end zone to seal the Demon Deacons’ victory.

Abbate picked off Joe Dailey on the game’s final play after the Tar Heels drove to the Wake Forest three with 41 seconds left.

No. 25 Oregon 55, Portland State 12

Eugene, Ore. – Reserve Jeremiah Johnson ran for 90 yards and three scores to lead the Ducks over the I-AA Vikings.

Johnson had scoring runs of one, six and one yards in the first half to help Oregon overcome an early surge.