Austin, Texas ? Cedric Benson and the Texas running machine keep rolling along.

Benson rushed for 189 yards and a touchdown, and Vince Young passed for three scores to his tight ends as No. 5 Texas beat Rice, 35-13, Saturday night.

Texas (3-0) came in with the nation’s No. 1 rushing attack and pounded the Owls on the ground from the start, grinding out 339 yards.

The Longhorns have won 37 of the last 38 meetings with Rice (2-1). The latest win was steady if unspectacular and just the kind of game the Longhorns wanted as they fought the urge to look ahead to their Oct. 9 game against No. 2 Oklahoma.

Benson had 169 yards on 18 carries in the first half. His second carry went for 57 yards to set up Young’s first scoring pass, a 10-yarder over the middle to Bo Scaife, who hung on despite a ferocious collision with a defender in the end zone.

Rice came in with the nation’s No. 1 rushing defense, giving up just 7.5 yards per game in wins over pass-happy Houston and Hawaii.

Baylor 37, North Texas 14

Waco, Texas — Dane King, a junior-college transfer, threw two touchdown passes in a 42-second span of the fourth quarter to give the Bears revenge for a 38-point beating by the Mean Green last year.

Baylor (2-1) avenged a 52-14 loss to North Texas (0-4) last year.

King’s seven-yard scoring pass to Dominique Zeigler was quickly followed by a 40-yard TD pass to Marques Roberts with 14:08 left to put the Mean Green away.