NEW YORK — Behind by 20-6 in the fourth quarter, Notre Dame was going to need some big plays and a little luck to stay undefeated and keep its national title hopes alive. It got just enough of both. Everett Golson scored on a quarterback sneak in the third overtime as the fourth-ranked Fighting Irish came back from a 14-point deficit to beat Pittsburgh, 26-29, in South Bend, Ind. “We overcame a lot tonight,” Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. “We overcame some uncharacteristic mistakes. Last year that would have been a loss. But our team kept fighting, kept playing.” Notre Dame (9-0) is off to its best start since 1993. Pitt (4-5) missed a potential game-winning field goal in overtime. Kelly pulled Golson late in the second quarter because he was missing reads and progressions. But Golson returned after the backup Tommy Rees threw an interception and the Irish fell behind by two touchdowns. Golson threw an 11-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter as Notre Dame cut Pitt's lead to 20-12. Notre Dame's chances for a comeback appeared to end when Pitt cornerback K'Waun Williams intercepted a pass by Golson in the end zone. But the Irish defense held, and Golson completed a 45-yard pass to DaVaris Daniels to the Pitt 5. Golson then threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Theo Riddick and ran in for the 2-point conversion to tie the game. No. 1 Alabama 21, No. 5 LSU 17: A.J. McCarron read an LSU blitz and flipped a swing pass to T.J. Yeldon, who did the rest on a 28-yard touchdown with 51 seconds remaining that gave the Crimson Tide a victory. Alabama (9-0, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) now has a clear path to the league championship game in Atlanta, and remains solidly on course to defend its national title in Miami. No. 2 Oregon 62, No. 18 USC 51: Kenjon Barner rushed for a school-record 321 yards and five touchdowns, Marcus Mariota threw four TD passes, and Oregon produced another landmark offensive performance against USC. Kansas St. 44, Oklahoma St. 30: Collin Klein piled up more than 300 yards of offense for the Wildcats before leaving in the third quarter with an undisclosed injury, and host No. 3 Kansas State remained undefeated (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) after beating Oklahoma State (5-3, 3-2). Oklahoma State's Wes Lunt left with an injury in the third quarter. Florida 14, Missouri 7: Mike Gillislee took a screen pass and went 45 yards for a touchdown and the lead for No. 8 Florida (8-1, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) in the fourth quarter against Missouri (4-5, 1-5) at home. Tigers quarterback James Franklin threw four interceptions, including one on the team's final play. The Gators were shut out in the first half. Florida's Jeff Driskel completed 12 of 23 passes for 106 yards. Clemson 56, Duke 20: Tajh Boyd threw for 344 yards and tied a team record with 5 touchdown passes for the second straight week to help No. 10 Clemson (8-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat host Duke (6-4, 3-3). Louisville 45, Temple 17: Teddy Bridgewater threw a career-best five touchdown passes as No. 12 Louisville (9-0, 4-0 Big East) handed visiting Temple (3-5, 2-3) its third straight loss. The Cardinals scored on five of their first six possessions to take a 31-17 halftime lead. Bridgewater completed 19 of 28 passes for 324 yards. Oklahoma 35, Iowa State 20: Landry Jones threw for 405 yards and a season-high four touchdowns as No. 14 Oklahoma (6-2, 4-1 Big 12) beat host Iowa State (5-4, 2-4). Coach Bob Stoops posted his 145th victory with the Sooners, 12 shy of tying Barry Switzer for the most in program history. Texas A&M 38, Miss. St. 13: Johnny Manziel, a redshirt freshman, completed 30 of 36 passes for 311 yards and ran for 129 yards and 2 touchdowns for No. 16 Texas A&M (7-2, 4-2 SEC) at No. 17 Mississippi State (7-2, 3-2). The Aggies' offense ran 97 plays and gained 693 total yards compared with 310 total yards for the Bulldogs. In other games it was: Stanford 48, Colorado 0; TCU 39, West Virginia 38; Ohio State 52, Illinois 22; Georgia 37, Mississippi 10; Texas 31, Texas Tech 22; Nebraska 28, Michigan St. 24; LA. Tech 51, Tex.-S. Antonio 27. — Agencies
