No. 1 Oregon earned a dominant 38-17 victory over defending national champion Michigan on Saturday in Ann Arbor behind an impressive performance from quarterback Dillon Gabriel. goal passed the ball and ran for the score.

The win allowed the Ducks to improve to 9-0 on the season; It was only the third time in program history that they had such a long, undefeated start. In their first Big Ten season, they solidified their spot at the top of the AP poll by defeating both the conference’s traditional heavyweights Ohio State and underdog Michigan.

Gabriel was a front-runner for the Heisman Trophy, awarded to college football’s most outstanding player at Oregon, and he once again led the Ducks’ offense to great effect, finishing 22 of 34 for 294 yards with another 23 yards rushing.

“I think everybody in the country needs to understand what kind of quarterback we have,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said. he told reporters later. “He’s a really special player.”

Other players also stood up for Oregon in front of more than 110,000 fans at Michigan Stadium. Star receiver Tez Johnson was injured in the first quarter, but in his absence, Traeshon Holden had six catches for 149 yards while Jordan James rushed 23 times for 117 yards.

Following the loss, Michigan fell to 5-4 on the season and 3-3 in Big Ten play.

No. 3 Penn State loses unbeaten record

Elsewhere, No. 3 Penn State lost its undefeated record after a 20-13 loss to No. 4 Ohio State, whose solid defense secured its first road win against a top-5 team since 2006.

Penn State was stopped at the goal line without scoring twice, including in the final five minutes of the game, before Ohio State ran out the clock with its running game.

“We did some things that were good enough to win and some things we didn’t do,” Penn State coach James Franklin said. he told reporters later. “You can’t get the ball inside the 5-yard line twice and go scoreless.”

Ohio State quarterback Will Howard threw for 182 yards and two touchdowns, but he also threw a 6-yarder on his first pass and fumbled with two potentially costly errors just before the goal line.

Despite suffering their first loss of the season, the Nittany Lions will still feel confident about making the 12-team playoff with no AP Top 25 teams left to play. Ohio State, meanwhile, improved to 7-1 on the season and 4-1 in the Big Ten, keeping both its playoff hopes and chances of reaching the Big Ten Championship Game alive.

No. 2 Georgia beat Florida

Quarterback Carson Beck recovered from three interceptions to throw for 309 yards and two touchdowns as No. 2 Georgia earned a 34-20 victory over Florida on neutral ground in Jacksonville, Florida.

UGA trailed 13-6 at halftime but scored 28 points in the second half after Florida freshman quarterback DJ Lagway left the game with an injury and backup Aidan Warner completed just 7 of 22 passes for 66 yards.

Even though Georgia rallied to beat Florida, Beck’s three interceptions continued a concerning trend for the star quarterback, who has 11 interceptions over the past five games. The Bulldogs next have two tough games against ranked opponents in back-to-back weeks and hope Beck can stop that interception streak.

“We’ve got a really good quarterback,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart told reporters afterward, and some of the throws he made were big, elite throws.

“He’s only thrown the ball into midfield a few times. You can’t do that. You can’t turn the ball over and be a good football team; he knows that.

“I don’t think it’s a decision-making issue. I think he puts pressure there at times and that’s a big play for him; he’s from here. We can’t win this game without Carson Beck.”

Unranked South Carolina stunned Texas A&M

South Carolina Gamecocks, who are unranked in the Southeastern Conference, defeated 10th-ranked Texas A&M 44-20 after scoring 24 unanswered points in the second half.

Texas A&M falls to 7-2, 5-1 SEC, while South Carolina improves to 5-3, 3-3 SEC and is just one game away from bowl eligibility.

A&M’s loss puts Georgia atop the SEC standings for now.

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