Baton Rouge, La. ? LSU didn’t need any small-school sacrificial lambs on its early season schedule to post a couple of gaudy blowouts.

No. 9 Virginia Tech couldn’t stop the second-ranked Tigers any more than some pushover could.

Keiland Williams ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns, while quarterback Matt Flynn led LSU to scores on four of it first five possessions as LSU (2-0) cruised to a 48-7 victory over the uncharacteristically hapless Hokies (1-1) on Saturday night.

No. 3 West Virginia 48, Marshall 23

Huntington, W.Va. – Pat White threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, Steve Slaton rushed for two scores, and West Virginia scored 42 points in the second half.

No. 4 Florida 59, Troy 31

Gainesville, Fla. – Tim Tebow threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores for the defending national champion Gators.

Florida scored on all seven possessions in the first half, moving the ball with relative ease against Troy.

Wisconsin 20, UNLV 13

Las Vegas – Tyler Donovan scored on a 29-yard bootleg with 1:53 to play, and Wisconsin held on.

UNLV, a four touchdown underdog, took a 13-12 lead midway through the fourth on a 25-yard field goal from Sergio Aguayo.

No. 10 California 34, Colorado State 28

Fort Collins, Colo. – DeSean Jackson scored on a 73-yard reverse, and California withstood a late rally by Colorado State.

South Carolina 16,

No. 11 Georgia 12

Athens, Ga. – Ryan Succop kicked three field goals, Cory Boyd ran for the game’s only touchdown, and South Carolina’s defense kept the Bulldogs out of the end zone.

Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier beat Georgia 11 out of 12 years while he was at Florida.

No. 12 Ohio State 20,

Akron 2

Columbus, Ohio – The Buckeyes forced Akron to punt 14 times, including after 12 consecutive three-and-out series, and pulled away in the second half of a lackluster offensive performance.

No. 13 UCLA 27, BYU 17

Pasadena, Calif. – Chris Markey ran for a late touchdown, Trey Brown returned an interception 56 yards for a score, and UCLA’s defense held off a second-half rally.

No. 14 Penn State 31,

Notre Dame 10

State College, Pa. – The Nittany Lions bottled up freshman quarterback Jimmy Clausen in his starting debut, Derrick Williams had a 78-yard punt return for a touchdown, and Austin Scott ran for two second-half scores.

South Florida 26,

No. 17 Auburn 23

Auburn, Ala. – Jessie Hester caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Matt Grothe to lift South Florida.

Auburn freshman Wes Byrum made a 39-yard field goal to start overtime, and then Grothe took over. He ran three times, including a sneak on fourth-and-1. Then, on the next play, he hit Hester behind the defense for the game-winner.

No. 20 Hawaii 45,

Louisiana Tech 44

Ruston, La. – Colt Brennan passed for 548 yards and four touchdowns, and Hawaii stopped a two-point conversion on the final play of the game.

No. 21 Georgia Tech 69, Samford 14

Atlanta – Tashard Choice went over 100 yards rushing in the first quarter with a career-long 73-yard touchdown, and Georgia Tech scored its most points in a half since 1916.

It was the Yellow Jackets’ highest scoring game and largest margin of victory since a 70-7 win at Navy on Sept. 8, 2001.

Washington 24,

No. 22 Boise State 10

Seattle – Red-shirt freshman Jake Locker threw for one score and ran for another as resurgent Washington snapped the longest major-college winning streak in the country.

No. 24 Tennessee 39, Southern Miss 19

Knoxville, Tenn. – Erik Ainge threw two touchdown passes, and Arian Foster ran for two scores for Tennessee.

Ainge completed 23 of 36 for 276 yards.

No. 25 Clemson 49, Louisiana-Monroe 26

Clemson, S.C. – Cullen Harper threw a school-record five touchdown passes, and Clemson capped a frenzied week with a victory.

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