USC Stuns Ohio State as Indiana Survives Minnesota in Upset-filled Weekend

WHO:

CBS Sports - Missouri wide receiver Ahmad Hardy returned to the lineup; Missouri improved to 6-2.

CBS Sports - New Mexico, at 7-1, was projected to enter the AP Top 25 at No. 23.

CBS Sports - USC head coach Lincoln Riley; Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin, who was injured; and Ohio State and USC players were involved in the game and its outcome.

Yahoo Sports - No. 2 Ohio State, No. 17 USC, No. 4 Indiana, Minnesota, No. 13 Texas Tech, No. 22 Arizona, No. 25 Wisconsin, Iowa, No. 5 Notre Dame, Navy, No. 3 Georgia, No. 17 Florida, No. 6 Utah, Cincinnati, No. 1 Miami, North Carolina, Iowa State, and No. 24 Oklahoma State played in the reported games.

Fox News - Oregon, Nebraska, and Michigan remained on Ohio State’s schedule.

NY Post - USC Trojans and Ohio State Buckeyes players were separated following a heated pregame exchange.

WHAT:

CBS Sports - The projected AP Top 25 placed BYU at No. 7, Kentucky at No. 8, Alabama at No. 9, Texas at No. 10, Ole Miss at No. 12, Wake Forest at No. 14, Boise State at No. 19, Missouri at No. 20, South Carolina at No. 22, Oregon at No. 24, and Florida at No. 25.

CBS Sports - Oregon’s projected return to the rankings followed a win over Northwestern; the article cited wins over USC and Northwestern and losses to UCLA, Oklahoma State, and Illinois.

CBS Sports - South Carolina’s 42-25 win over Oklahoma extended its winning streak to three games, following wins over Florida and Tennessee; the team had previously lost three straight.

CBS Sports - Missouri’s next game against Texas was set for Columbia; Wake Forest was scheduled to face FCS Merrimack before playing SMU with a chance to reach the ACC Championship Game.

CBS Sports - The article projected USC at No. 17 and Ohio State at No. 11 in its post-Week 9 AP Top 25 forecast; it projected Indiana at No. 6, down from No. 4.

CBS Sports - The forecast projected Georgia at No. 2, Notre Dame at No. 3, Utah at No. 4, UCLA at No. 5, Miami at No. 1, and Iowa at No. 21.

CBS Sports - The article projected No. 19 SMU, No. 20 Northwestern, No. 22 Arizona, No. 24 Oklahoma State, and No. 25 Wisconsin to drop out of the AP Top 25.

CBS Sports - Utah led Cincinnati 42-6 at halftime; UCLA beat Nevada 27-0 with four defensive takeaways; Wake Forest beat Virginia 51-7, with Carlos Hernandez recording eight catches for 136 yards and a touchdown.

CBS Sports - Boise State beat Texas State 46-45 with backup quarterback Max Cutforth after Maddux Madsen was injured; Madsen was seen on crutches after the game.

CBS Sports - Missouri beat Arkansas 34-10; South Carolina beat Oklahoma 42-25 in Norman; Oregon beat Northwestern; and BYU beat Arizona State 27-20.

Yahoo Sports - USC defeated Ohio State 30-18; the article said Ohio State appeared lost without injured quarterback Julian Sayin.

CBS Sports - USC had been unranked after a 17-7 loss to Wisconsin and was projected to reenter the AP Top 25 at No. 17 after beating Ohio State. The win was Riley’s first against a top-five opponent as USC’s coach and kept USC in contention for the Big Ten title.

CBS Sports - Ohio State was projected to fall from No. 2 to No. 11. The article cited its loss to a previously unranked USC, its two-loss record, and reduced offensive production in its first game without Sayin.

Yahoo Sports - Indiana held on for a 27-24 overtime win over Minnesota; No. 13 Texas Tech beat No. 22 Arizona 34-26; Iowa shut out No. 25 Wisconsin 30-0; Notre Dame beat Navy 35-13; Georgia defeated Florida; Utah won on the road at Cincinnati; Miami beat North Carolina 38-35; and Iowa State beat Oklahoma State 51-49.

CBS Sports - Miami’s Malachi Toney recorded seven catches for 75 yards and two touchdowns in the 38-35 win. Indiana’s win was described as an overtime victory with limited offensive production.

Fox News - The USC upset exposed what the article characterized as Ohio State’s offensive collapse and weakened the Buckeyes’ national-title hopes.

NY Post - A video of USC and Ohio State players being separated before the game went viral on social media.

WHERE:

CBS Sports - USC’s game against Ohio State took place in Los Angeles.

NY Post - The pregame confrontation occurred in Los Angeles.

Yahoo Sports - Iowa State’s 51-49 win over Oklahoma State was a Big 12 game.

WHY:

CBS Sports - The article said Ohio State’s projected ranking position could be anchored by its head-to-head result against Texas.

CBS Sports - Ohio State’s projected ranking drop was attributed partly to losing to an unranked opponent and partly to its offense’s performance without injured quarterback Julian Sayin.

Fox News - The article linked Ohio State’s fading national-title hopes to USC’s upset and the Buckeyes’ offensive problems.

HOW:

NY Post - Players from both teams had to be separated after a heated exchange before kickoff.

USC stunned second-ranked Ohio State, winning 30-18 in Los Angeles without injured quarterback Julian Sayin. The Buckeyes are projected to fall to eleventh, while USC climbs to seventeenth. Elsewhere, Miami edged North Carolina, and Iowa State beat Oklahoma State in high-scoring finishes.