Top 25 Capsules

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)—Colt McCoy and No. 3 Texas are headed for the BCS championship game.

Hunter Lawrence nailed a 46-yard field goal as time expired, giving McCoy and the Longhorns a 13-12 victory over No. 21 Nebraska in the Big 12 championship game on Saturday night.

McCoy was hit, hurried and hassled by waves of Cornhuskers, dazing the winningest quarterback in college football history into a guy who made a bunch of freshman mistakes—including the nearly costly flub of letting time run out on his chance of reaching the title game. Officials put 1 second back on the clock and Lawrence converted to keep the Longhorns undefeated.

McCoy was 20 of 36 for 184 yards with three interceptions—he had only two over the previous six games—and was sacked nine times, 4 1/2 by Ndumakong Suh.

Nebraska’s Zac Lee was 6 of 19—with three more passes completed to Longhorns—for 39 yards. The Cornhuskers had only 106 total yards.

No. 2 Alabama 32, No. 1 Florida 13

ATLANTA (AP)—Mark Ingram, making a strong bid to claim Alabama’s first Heisman Trophy, rushed for 113 yards and three touchdowns, and Greg McElroy was 12 of 18 for 239 yards and a touchdown in the SEC championship game.

With an emphatic chomping of the Gators, the Crimson Tide again stands atop the SEC and is just one win away from an even bigger title—it’s first national championship since 1992.

Alabama (13-0) moves on to Pasadena for the BCS championship game. Tim Tebow and the Gators (12-1) will likely settle for the Sugar Bowl, denied a shot at their third national title in four years.

No. 6 Boise State 42, New Mexico State 7

BOISE, Idaho (AP)—Doug Martin had four touchdown runs and Boise State finished unbeaten for the second consecutive season.

Kellen Moore threw for 272 yards and a score for the Broncos (13-0, 8-0 Western Athletic Conference), who finished 12-0 last year but were left out of the Bowl Championship Series. The Broncos will have to wait until Sunday night to see if they make it into one of the big-money bowls this season.

Boise State’s defense held the Aggies (3-10, 1-7) to just 49 yards passing and 191 yards overall.

No. 5 Cincinnati 45, No. 14 Pittsburgh 44

PITTSBURGH (AP)—Tony Pike’s 29-yard touchdown pass to Armon Binns with 33 seconds remaining finished Cincinnati’s frantic comeback from a 21-point deficit and the Bearcats secured a BCS berth and their second consecutive Big East title.

Freshman Dion Lewis’ three touchdowns and 194 yards rushing carried Pitt (9-3, 5-2) to leads of 31-10, 38-24 and 44-38, only to have the Bearcats (12-0, 7-0) rally each time.

Mardy Gilyard had a 99-yard kickoff return only 70 seconds before halftime after Pitt had opened its 21-point lead, then he made it 31-24 in the third quarter with a 68-yard TD catch.

Gilyard’s 49-yard kickoff return also led to Pike’s 8-yard scoring pass to D.J. Woods that cut Pitt’s lead to 38-30 early in the fourth quarter.

No. 12 Georgia Tech 39, No. 25 Clemson 34

TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—Jonathan Dwyer’s 15-yard touchdown run with 1:20 remaining lifted Georgia Tech to the ACC championship in its second season under Paul Johnson

Josh Nesbitt threw a 70-yard TD pass to DeMaryius Thomas and Scott Blair kicked a title game-record four field goals to help the Yellow Jackets (11-2) win the crown—Tech’s first since sharing it with Florida State in 1998.

ACC player of the year C.J. Spiller rushed for 233 yards and four touchdowns for Clemson (8-5), which has lost two straight following a six-game winning streak that revived its season.

Arizona 21, No. 20 USC 17

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Juron Criner stumbled into the end zone with a 36-yard touchdown pass from Nick Foles with 3:14 to play, and Arizona wrapped up its best regular season in a decade.

Foles passed for 239 yards for the Wildcats (8-4, 6-3 Pac-10), who finally beat USC for the first time in coach Mike Stoops’ tenure by scoring the final TD in a defense-dominated game.

After Jordan Congdon made a 37-yard field goal with 7:13 left to put the Trojans (8-4, 5-4) ahead, Arizona converted three straight third downs on the decisive drive. Criner then caught a long fade pass and fought through a tackle into the end zone.

After beginning the season in search of their eighth straight Pac-10 title and BCS bowl berth, the Trojans are likely to finish in sixth place. A victory over Arizona likely would have put them in the Holiday Bowl, but now they could be headed for a more humbling trip to San Diego for the Poinsettia Bowl.

No. 24 West Virginia 24, Rutgers 21

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP)—Noel Devine and Ryan Clarke each ran for a touchdown and JT Thomas’ interception with 1:59 left sealed it for West Virginia.

In beating Rutgers for the 15th straight time, West Virginia (9-3, 5-2 Big East) earned a berth in the Gator Bowl, possibly against Florida State and former WVU coach Bobby Bowden in his final game.

The Scarlet Knights (8-4, 3-4), who dropped to 4-31-2 against the Mountaineers, could go to any of four bowls.

Devine, the Big East’s second-leading rusher, was held to 65 yards while quarterback Jarrett Brown completed 10 of 20 passes for 116 yards.

Rutgers quarterback Tom Savage was 9 for 27 for 153 yards and two interceptions. Mohammed Sanu caught six passes for 105 yards.

Washington 42, No. 19 California 10

SEATTLE (AP)—Jake Locker threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more, and the Huskies closed out their redemptive first season under Steve Sarkisian.

A year removed from an 0-12 embarrassment that closed with a 48-7 rout at the hands of the Golden Bears in Tyrone Willingham’s final game, Washington put a final cap on this season with an effort that made 2008 an afterthought.

Locker started with a 40-yard TD pass to Jermaine Kearse on Washington’s first drive, then added touchdown runs of 19 and 2 yards in the second quarter as the Huskies jumped to a 21-3 lead and were never challenged.

East Carolina 38, No. 18 Houston 32

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP)—Dominique Lindsay and Giavanni Ruffin each ran for two touchdowns while East Carolina’s defense hung in against Houston’s powerful offense in the Conference USA championship game.

Dwayne Harris had a big day with 123 yards receiving and a 22-yard touchdown catch. He also had a 69-yard kickoff return to set up East Carolina’s first touchdown, helping the Pirates (9-4) beat the mistake-prone Cougars (10-3) for their second straight league title.

East Carolina is the first team to win consecutive C-USA titles since the league went to divisional play in 2005.

Case Keenum completed 56 of 75 passes for 527 yards and five TDs for Houston. James Cleveland had 19 catches for a title game-record 241 yards and three scores.