Top 20 roundup: Penn State rallies to foil Northwestern

EVANSTON, Ill. -- No. 12 Penn State shut out Northwestern in the second half, and the Nittany Lions scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns in less than four minutes to beat Northwestern 34-13 last night in a Big Ten game.

Daryll Clark threw a 53-yard TD pass to Derek Moye and Evan Royster broke off a 69-yard scoring run to highlight the fourth-quarter surge that took 3 minutes, 40 seconds.

Penn State (4-1, 8-1) trailed 10-3 in the second quarter when Northwestern quarterback Mike Kafka was forced out with a leg injury. And the Nittany Lions were still behind 13-10 at the half. But they blanked the Wildcats and backup QB Dan Persa in the final two quarters and gave coach Joe Paterno his 391st win.

No. 1 Florida 41, Georgia 17

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Tim Tebow accounted for four touchdowns, A.J. Jones had two interceptions and Florida (6-0, 8-0) beat Georgia (3-3, 4-4) for its 17th win in the last 20 meetings between the Southeastern Conference rivals.

The Gators extended the nation's longest winning streak to 18 games and clinched at least a share of the SEC East title.

Auburn 33, No. 24 Miss. 20

AUBURN, Ala. -- Chris Todd passed for 212 yards, Ben Tate ran for 144 yards and Walt McFadden returned an interception for a touchdown to lift Auburn to a Southeastern Conference win over Mississippi.

The Tigers (3-3, 6-3) scored 23 points in the third quarter and turned away Jevan Snead and the Rebels (2-3, 5-3) seven times on drives to midfield or beyond.

USF 30, No. 20 WVU 19

TAMPA, Fla. -- Redshirt freshman quarterback B.J. Daniels threw for 232 yards and ran for 104 to help South Florida (2-2, 6-2) beat Big East rival West Virginia (2-1, 6-2) for the third time in four years. Daniels threw TD passes of 49 yards to Carlton Mitchell, 11 yards to A.J. Love and six yards to Sterling Griffin.

In other games:

NO. 8 TCU 41, UNLV 0: Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes, Ed Wesley scored running and catching the ball and the TCU defense smothered UNLV (1-4, 3-6) to get its first shutout of the season in a Mountain West game in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU (4-0, 8-0) won its 10th consecutive game overall, and 12th in a row at home.

NO. 15 HOUSTON 50, SOUTHERN MISS 43: Case Keenum threw for a career-high 559 yards and had five touchdowns, his last coming with 21 seconds remaining, and Houston (3-1, 7-1) escaped with a Conference USA win over visiting Southern Mississippi (3-2, 5-4).

NO. 5 CINCINNATI 28, SYRACUSE 7: Zach Collaros threw four touchdown passes, the Cincinnati defense forced two key turnovers and the Bearcats (4-0, 8-0) beat host Syracuse in a Big East game. Collaros finished 22 of 28 for 295 yards and no turnovers against Syracuse (0-3, 3-5).

NO. 6 BOISE STATE 45, SAN JOSE STATE 7: Kellen Moore threw for 278 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another to lead host Boise State to its eighth straight win in a Western Athletic Conference game. Boise State (3-0, 8-0) got plenty of help from its defense, which held the Spartans (0-3, 1-6) to 221 total yards and forced two turnovers that led to touchdowns.

NO. 17 OHIO STATE 45, NEW MEXICO STATE 0: Dane Sanzenbacher caught two touchdown passes and Terrelle Pryor threw for one and ran for another to spur Ohio State (7-2) to a romp over New Mexico State (3-6).