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Washington & Jefferson shut out Bethany Saturday afternoon, 56-0, as the Presidents rolled up 664 yards of offense. Quarterback Braylon Wagner hit 12-of-16 passes for 201 yards and four touchdowns, all in the first half. The freshman, making his second collegiate start, also added 72 yards on the ground and a score from 32 yards out. Andrew Sharp ran for one score and took a swing pass 12 yards for a receiving touchdown. W&J rushed for 354 yards, the third straight game with over 300 yards on the ground, the first time that’s happened under 24-year head coach Mike Sirianni. The Presidents are now 3-0 in the PAC and head to Meadville next Saturday for a showdown with Allegheny, also 3-0 in conference play. You can watch our video stream of the W&J win over Bethany. Watch/Listen Here

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Billy Edwards Jr. threw a 75-yard touchdown pass in the second half and North Carolina knocked off No. 25 Pittsburgh 21-17. Pitt had just taken a 17-14 lead when the Tar Heels immediately responded. Edwards hit Shamar Easter for a 75-yard score for the go-ahead touchdown, giving coach Bill Belichick his first win against a ranked opponent at North Carolina. It was North Carolina’s first win against a ranked team since defeating No. 25 Miami in 2023 and the Tar Heels’ first ranked road win since taking down No. 9 Miami in 2020. Holden Geriner completed 27-of-44 passes for 219 yards with two interceptions for Pitt.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Jayden Maiava completed 21 of 33 passes for 301 yards with three touchdowns and No. 19 USC outlasted Penn State 31- 23 on Saturday night. Trent Mosley, Tanook Hines and Kayden Dixon-Wyatt caught touchdown passes, King Miller ran for a score and Caden Chittenden kicked a field goal for the Trojans (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten), who overcame a boisterous crowd that was the largest in Beaver Stadium history. The vast majority of the announced 114,419 were clad in white for the annual White Out game, desperate to see the first Big Ten win of the Matt Campbell era.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Noah Fifita threw two of his three touchdown passes to Isaiah Mizell, Lee Molette III returned a fumble for a score and Arizona beat West Virginia 52-31 on Saturday.  Antwan Roberts, Quincy Craig and Kedrick Reescano each had scoring runs for the Wildcats (5-1, 2-1), who won their fourth straight despite missing their top three wide receivers, all who were injured a week ago in a win over Cincinnati.  It didn’t matter. Fifita and Mizell took advantage of a West Virginia secondary that has struggled all season, committed several interference penalties on Saturday and got burned in one-on-one coverage.  “Holy smokes, Isaiah Mizell,” Arizona coach Brent Brennan said. “I’m really proud of him. He was going to be ready for his opportunity.”  West Virginia defensive coordinator Zac Alley had decried his unit as “the worst defense in college football” after allowing an average of 593 yards in losses to Oklahoma State and Iowa State. Not much improved Saturday.  “It’s really frustrating,” West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez said. “We didn’t get it fixed today, defensively especially. And then offensively, when we had a couple of turnovers, it really cost us and we couldn’t get the momentum we needed.”

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rickard Rakell scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Saturday. Arturs Silovs stopped Mikko Rantanen in the shootout to help Pittsburgh snap a three-game losing streak. Sidney Crosby and Ben Kindel also scored in the shootout for the Penguins, who lost in a shootout at Columbus on Friday. Connor Dewar scored in regulation for Pittsburgh and Silovs stopped 24 shots. Jake Oettinger stopped 20 shots for the Stars. Oettinger set the longest shutout streak of his career at 188:52. During Oettinger’s run, in which he stopped 54 straight shots, the Stars set the longest shutout streak in team history at 2:06:08. Tyler Seguin forced overtime for Dallas when he scored with 29.1 seconds left in regulation.