Ann Arbor, Mich. ? Penn State knew exactly what Michigan was going to do.

Mike Hart to the left, right and up the middle.

The 10th-ranked Nittany Lions couldn’t stop him Saturday, or Joe Paterno’s longest losing streak against one school.

Hart ran for 153 yards on a career-high 44 carries and scored early in the fourth quarter, leading Michigan to a 14-9 victory over Penn State.

Even though the Nittany Lions stacked their defense to stop Hart, Michigan coach Lloyd Carr didn’t hesitate to keep giving him the ball.

“I’m not dumb,” Carr said.

Two weeks after its season seemed doomed, Michigan has new life.

The Wolverines (2-2, 1-0 Big Ten) have climbed back to .500 after starting the season with two of the worst losses in school history. They were the fifth-ranked team in the country when Appalachian State stunned them in the opener. The next week, they were blown out of the Big House by Oregon.

“Some people will still talk about us in a bad way,” Hart said. “But a lot of people will see that Michigan is back.”

No. 1 Southern California 47, Washington State 14

Los Angeles – John David Booty completed 28 of 35 passes for 279 yards and four touchdowns before coming out early in the fourth quarter, and the Trojans opened their Pac-10 season with their 35th consecutive victory at home.

USC is attempting to win at least a share of the conference championship for an unprecedented sixth straight season.

Booty, who passed for 350 yards previously this season, threw for 191 yards and two touchdowns to Fred Davis in the first half, when the Trojans took a 27-7 lead.

No. 2 LSU 28, No. 12 South Carolina 16

Baton Rouge, La. – The Tigers used a fake field goal to score one touchdown and piled up 288 yards rushing.

Midway through the second quarter, the Tigers set up for a field-goal attempt from 32 yards. However, the holder, quarterback Matt Flynn, flipped the ball over his shoulder to kicker Colt David, who ran it in for a touchdown and a 21-7 halftime lead.

No. 3 Florida 30, Mississippi 24

Oxford, Miss. – Tim Tebow passed for two touchdowns, ran for two more and set a school record for quarterbacks with 166 yards rushing.

No. 5 West Virginia 48, East Carolina 7

Morgantown, W.Va. – Pat White threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more.

Steve Slaton rushed for 110 yards and a score to match a school record for career touchdowns, and the Mountaineers rolled up 599 total yards against the Pirates, who suffered their most lopsided loss under third-year coach Skip Holtz.

No. 6 California 45, Arizona 27

Berkeley, Calif. – Justin Forsett rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns, and California settled another year-old score.

Nate Longshore passed for 235 yards and a touchdown, while Jahvid Best and James Montgomery made scoring runs for the Golden Bears (4-0, 1-0), whose 24-20 loss in Tucson last season denied them an outright Pac-10 championship.

No. 8 Ohio State 58, Northwestern 7

Columbus, Ohio – Todd Boeckman tossed three touchdown passes to Brian Robiskie in the first half.

Northwestern rushed 33 times for 0 yards.

No. 9 Wisconsin 17, Iowa 13

Madison, Wis. – P.J. Hill ran for 113 yards and the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter, and Wisconsin rallied for a victory.

The Badgers barely moved the ball in the first half, nearly fumbled away their first chance at a touchdown and went into the fourth quarter trailing 10-7.

No. 14 Boston College 37, Army 17

Boston – Matt Ryan threw for 356 yards and accounted for four touchdowns before leaving the game midway through the fourth quarter.

Ryan, who also threw two interceptions, moved into third place on BC’s career passing list behind Doug Flutie and Glenn Foley.

No. 15 Clemson 42, N.C. State 20

Raleigh, N.C. – C.J. Spiller and James Davis each caught a touchdown pass and rushed for another.

No. 17 Virginia Tech 44, William & Mary 3

Blacksburg, Va. – Brandon Flowers returned an interception 49 yards for a touchdown, and Eddie Royal scored on a 60-yard punt return.

Flowers intercepted a pass by Jake Phillips and brought it all the way back in the first quarter to make it 20-0. Royal’s return came with 13:56 to play in the second quarter, giving the Hokies a 34-0 lead.

Syracuse 38,

No. 18 Louisville 35

Louisville, Ky. – Andrew Robinson threw for a career-high 423 yards and four touchdowns to help Syracuse stun Louisville.

Taj Smith caught four passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns for the Orange as Syracuse ended Louisville’s 20-game home winning streak.

Brian Brohm completed 45 of 65 passes for a career-high 555 yards and four scores for Louisville.

No. 21 Kentucky 42, Arkansas 29

Fayetteville, Ark. – Andre Woodson threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score, leading the 21st-ranked Wildcats (4-0, 1-0) to their second consecutive fourth-quarter comeback.

Keenan Burton caught a 32-yard touchdown from Woodson with 4:02 remaining to give the Wildcats the lead for good.

No. 22 Georgia 26, No. 16 Alabama 23, OT

Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Mikey Henderson caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford in overtime to lift Georgia to victory.

The Crimson Tide started overtime with the ball but failed to gain a yard, and Leigh Tiffin put Alabama ahead with a 42-yard field goal.

The Bulldogs needed one play to win it. Stafford lofted a pass to the left side of the end zone for Henderson, who made an over-the-shoulder catch.

No. 23 South Florida 37, North Carolina 10

Tampa, Fla. – South Florida validated its first Top-25 ranking, and the Bulls set themselves up for next week’s much-anticipated Big East showdown against No. 5 West Virginia.

Matt Grothe led long touchdown drives on USF’s first two possessions.