Top 25 Capsules

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Derrick Henry ran 46 times for 271 yards and Adam Griffith kicked five field goals to propel No. 2 Alabama to the SEC West title with a 29-13 victory over rival Auburn on Saturday.

Griffith emerged as an Iron Bowl hero for the Crimson Tide (11-1, 7-1 Southeastern Conference, No. 2 CFP) two years after his last-play attempt touched off the Tigers' winning Kick-Six play. Henry, meanwhile, just did more of the same against Auburn (6-6, 2-6).

The Heisman Trophy contender had his fourth 200-yard game of the season against an SEC defense. He helped put it away with 19 runs in the fourth quarter, then extended his school-record streak of games with a rushing touchdown to 17 in the final minute.

The Tigers 6-6, 2-6) stayed close into the fourth, aided by Jason Smith's 77-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter that he twice tipped back to himself.

NO. 1 CLEMSON 37, SOUTH CAROLINA 32

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Deshaun Watson ran for three touchdowns and passed for a fourth and Clemson held off rival South Carolina to cap an undefeated regular season.

Watson came through with another stellar performance, passing for 279 yards and running for 114 to keep the Tigers on track for a spot in the College Football Playoff. Clemson is 12-0 for the first time since winning the 1981 national championship.

Clemson extended its nation's best winning streak to 15 games. Next up is No. 11 North Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game on Dec. 5 and a win would send the Tigers, who are first in the CFP ranking, to the national semifinals.

Watson had a 5-yard scoring run and threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to Deon Cain to put the Tigers up 14-0 lead. The quarterback added 30 and 3-yard touchdown runs in the second half.

The Tigers fumbled three times as their 18-point lead was cut to 28-25 with 12:19 left on Shon Carson's 1-yard touchdown run and Lorenzo Nunez's 2-point conversion. Watson, though, followed series with a 60-yard scoring drive that he ended with a 3-yard burst around the left side.

South Carolina finished the season at 3-9.

NO. 6 MICHIGAN STATE 55, PENN STATE 16

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Connor Cook threw three touchdown passes in his return from a shoulder injury, and No. 6 Michigan State wrapped up a spot in the Big Ten championship game.

The Spartans (11-1, 7-1, No. 5 CFP) will play unbeaten Iowa for the conference title next weekend, with the winner in good position to advance to the College Football Playoff.

The Spartans tied atop the Big Ten East with Ohio State, and Michigan State upset the Buckeyes last weekend with Cook on the sideline. The senior came back Saturday and was brilliant against Penn State (7-5, 4-4). Cook went 19 of 26 for 248 yards.

NO. 8 OHIO STATE 42, NO. 12 MICHIGAN 13

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Ezekiel Elliott ran for 214 yards and two touchdowns for Ohio State

The Buckeyes (11-1, 7-1 Big Ten, No. 8 CFP) have won 11 of the last 12 games against Michigan (9-3, 6-2, No. 10 CFP).

Elliott's performance came a week after he had 33 yards in a loss to Michigan State, then criticized the play-calling and said he will skip his senior season to enter the NFL draft. He had a 5-yard run that put Ohio State up 14-3 in the second quarter and a 10-yarder that made it 35-13 in the fourth.

J.T. Barrett, who had 19 carries for a season-high 139 yards, started the scoring with a 7-yard run late in the first quarter. His 13-yard run late in the third gave the Buckeyes an 18-point cushion and his 17-yarder midway through the fourth ended the scoring.

Michigan quarterback Jake Rudock was knocked out of the game when he was sacked and slammed onto his left shoulder.

NO. 11 NORTH CAROLINA 45, N.C. STATE 34

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Elijah Hood and T.J. Logan ran for touchdowns in a dominating first quarter and North Carolina beat North Carolina State.

Logan scored on runs of 42 and 40 yards, and Hood had a 39-yard run of his own before scoring from a yard out in a 35-point spreed for the Tar Heels (11-1, 8-0 Atlantic Coast Conference, No. 14 CFP).

North Carolina also got TD catches from Quinshad Davis and Mack Hollins, tying the program's single-quarter scoring record by rolling to a 35-7 lead. That was too big of a hole for the Wolfpack (7-5, 3-5).

Hood had a career-high 220 yards rushing and two touchdowns to lead North Carolina, which had already wrapped up the Coastal Division title and a spot against No. 1 Clemson in the ACC championship game.

NO. 17 NORTHWESTERN 24, ILLINOIS 14

CHICAGO (AP) - Justin Jackson rushed for 172 yards and a touchdown for Northwestern.

Freshman Clayton Thorson threw for 146 yards and a score to help Northwestern (10-2, 6-2 Big Ten, No. 16 CFP) avenge last year's 47-33 home loss to Illinois. It was the fifth consecutive win for the Wildcats, putting them in position for a Jan. 1 bowl game.

A few hours before Illinois (5-7, 2-6) took the field, the school announced interim coach Bill Cubit had agreed to a two-year contract. Cubit took over for the fired Tim Beckman right before the season.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 40, NO. 22 UCLA 21

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Cody Kessler threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score, and Southern California won the Pac-12 South title with a victory over UCLA.

Darreus Rogers and Taylor McNamara caught TD passes while the Trojans (8-4, 6-3 Pac-12) scored 20 consecutive points in the second half before raising the Victory Bell in the frenzied Coliseum.

USC improved to 5-2 under interim coach Clay Helton and snapped its three-year losing streak in the annual city rivalry game.

USC will face Stanford next Saturday in the Trojans' first trip to the Pac-12 title game.

Paul Perkins rushed for two touchdowns for the Bruins (8-4, 5-4, No. 22 CFP). They lost to USC for the first time in coach Jim Mora's tenure.

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