No. 1 Alabama remains unbeaten with 36-0 romp

? Already No. 1 in the nation, Alabama emphatically reclaimed the top spot in the state.

Glen Coffee rushed for 144 yards and a touchdown, and Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide snapped a six-year Iron Bowl losing streak with a 36-0 victory over bitter rival Auburn on Saturday, the biggest margin in the series in 46 years.

The dominant win set the stage for Alabama (12-0, 8-0 SEC) to face No. 2 Florida in the league championship game with a berth in the BCS national title game on the line.

No. 2 Florida 45, No. 23 Florida State 15

Tallahassee, Fla. — Tim Tebow threw three touchdown passes and ran for 80 yards and another score.

Florida (11-1) extended its winning streak to eight games, and continued its dominance in the intrastate rivalry with five in a row against Bobby Bowden’s team. Florida scored on five of its first seven possessions and held the Seminoles (8-4) without a touchdown for the first 21/2 quarters.

No. 5 USC 38, Notre Dame 3

Los Angeles — Mark Sanchez passed for 267 yards and two touchdowns, USC’s defense dominated Notre Dame, and the Trojans rolled to a victory over the Irish and their beleaguered coach, Charlie Weis.

No. 18 Georgia Tech 45, No. 13 Georgia 42

Athens, Ga. — Georgia Tech had not beaten Georgia since 2000, and it wasn’t looking good when the Yellow Jackets trailed by 16 points at halftime.

Then Roddy Jones and the triple-option offense went to work.

Jones rushed a career-best 214 yards, including a decisive 54-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, and No. 18 Georgia Tech rallied to win by a narrow margin and snap a seven-game losing streak against its state rival.

No. 16 Cincinnati 30, Syracuse 10

Cincinnati — Tony Pike threw a pair of touchdown passes, and the Bearcats’ senior-laden defense had its way Saturday in the Orange’s final game under coach Greg Robinson.

The Bearcats (10-2, 6-1) are headed to a BCS bowl — likely the Orange or Sugar — for the first time in their history. They clinched the spot when West Virginia lost at Pitt on Friday, taking the drama out of the last home game a day later.

No. 19 Oregon 65, No. 17 Oregon State 38

Corvallis, Ore — Jeremiah Masoli threw for 274 yards and three touchdowns and Oregon all but crushed Oregon State’s hopes of going to the Rose Bowl with a victory in the annual Civil War rivalry game.

A win would have sent the No. 17 Beavers (8-4, 7-2 Pac-10) to Pasadena for the first time since the 1964 season.

No. 20 Boston College 28, Maryland 21

Boston — Billy Flutie, the Boston College backup quarterback and nephew of Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie, threw for a 9-yard touchdown on a fake field goal Saturday to lead the 20th-ranked Eagles to a spot in the ACC championship.

BC (9-3, 5-3 ACC) will play Virginia Tech on Saturday — the second straight year the two teams will play for the ACC’s spot in the Orange Bowl.