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Miami looked every bit the No. 1 team in a 52-23 win over Pitt, and LSU handled Auburn on the road. SMU and Northwestern also won big, and Florida Atlantic outlasted Rice 51-49.
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No. 24 Northwestern 42, Rutgers 14. Aidan Chiles threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more, and Caleb Komolafe rushed for 150 yards as the Wildcats won their fourth straight. Rutgers lost starting quarterback Dylan Lonergan to a head injury in the first quarter.
West Virginia 24, TCU 20. Michael Hawkins Jr. threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Cam Cook early in the fourth quarter, and the Mountaineers held on in Fort Worth. TCU's Jaden Craig threw for 372 yards.
Florida Atlantic 51, Rice 49. Rice quarterback Gael Ochoa ran for 259 yards and four touchdowns, but Easton Messer's 82-yard punt return put FAU up nine late. Ochoa's 71-yard touchdown pass with 2:51 left made it a two-point game, and that's how it ended. Messer also caught 12 passes for 162 yards and two scores.
Toledo 45, Western Michigan 38. After the Broncos tied it at 38, CJ Miller's 11-yard touchdown run with 4:23 left won it. Miller carried 33 times for 183 yards, and John Alan Richter threw for 391 yards and three touchdowns.
The 3:30 games are underway, with No. 2 BYU at UCF, No. 13 Alabama hosting Texas A&M and No. 11 Tennessee at South Carolina. No. 7 Ole Miss plays at No. 19 Texas at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC.