SOUTH BEND, IND. ? Brady Quinn and the Notre Dame offense were as good as advertised in Week 2.

After an unimpressive opening game, Quinn, Jeff Samardzija and Co. returned to their fantastic form of last season in a 41-17 victory over No. 19 Penn State on Saturday.

Quinn, the Heisman hyped quarterback, was 12-of-16 passing for 150 yards and two touchdowns in the second quarter alone as fourth-ranked Notre Dame opened a 20-0 lead. The defense and special teams chipped in, too, breaking the game open in the third quarter by scoring one touchdown and setting up another as the Fighting Irish cruised.

“What I liked was the first half was meticulous,” Irish coach Charlie Weis said. “We had it about 19 minutes out of the 30 minutes. That’s not just offense. That’s offense and defense.”

Coach Joe Paterno’s Nittany Lions (1-1) haven’t beaten a ranked team on the road since a 34-31 win at No. 19 Wisconsin on Oct. 5, 2002.

No. 4 Auburn 34, Mississippi St. 0

Starkville, Miss. – Brad Lester rushed for two touchdowns as the Tigers (2-0, 1-0 SEC) routed the Bulldogs.

No. 6 West Virginia 52, Eastern Washington 3

Morgantown, W.Va. – Steve Slaton rushed for 105 yards and two scores in just two series to lead the Mountaineers (2-0).

No. 7 Florida 42, UCF 0

Gainesville, Fla. – Chris Leak threw for a career-high 352 yards and four scores for the Gators (2-0).

No. 8 LSU 45, Arizona 3

Baton Rouge, La. – Jonathan Zenon returned an interception for a TD for the second straight week for the Tigers (2-0).

No. 9 Florida State 24, Troy 17

Tallahassee, Fla. – Buster Davis’ interception set up a 4-yard touchdown run by Joe Surratt with 1:56 left as the Seminoles (2-0) rallied.

No. 10 Michigan 41, Central Michigan 17

Ann Arbor, Mich. – Mike Hart ran for 116 yards and three touchdowns for the Wolverines (2-0).

No. 11 Tennessee 31, Air Force 30

Knoxville, Tenn. – Erik Ainge threw for 333 yards, and the Vols (2-0) stuffed a late 2-point conversion try by the Falcons.

No. 12 Georgia 18, South Carolina 0

Columbia, S.C. – The Bulldogs posted their first shutout in three years – and only the second ever hung on Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier.

No. 13 Louisville 62, Temple 0

Philadelphia – George Stripling and Sergio Spencer each ran for two touchdowns for the Cardinals (2-0).

No. 14 Iowa 20, Syracuse 13, 2OT

Syracuse, N.Y. – Albert Young scored on a 1-yard run in the second overtime and the Hawkeyes (2-0) kept the Orange out of the end zone on seven consecutive plays from the 2.

No. 16 Virginia Tech 35, North Carolina 10

Chapel Hill, N.C. – Two of Branden Ore’s three touchdowns were set up by the Hokies’ dominating defense and special teams.

No. 17 Miami 51, Florida A&M 10

Miami – Charlie Jones rushed for two touchdowns and Javarris James ran for one and caught another for the Hurricanes (1-1).

Boston College 34, No. 18 Clemson 33, 2OT

Boston – Jolonn Dunbar blocked an extra point in the second overtime for the Eagles (2-0, 1-0 ACC).

No. 22 California 42, Minnesota 17

Berkeley, Calif. – DeSean Jackson caught three of Nate Longshore’s four touchdown passes in the first half for the Bears (1-1).

No. 23 TCU 46, UC Davis 13

Fort Worth, Texas – Jeff Ballard threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score to remain unbeaten in 10 games as a starter for the Horned Frogs (2-0).