‘They just outplayed us’Homecoming 2010 will be long remem-

bered as a historic day for the Troy Trojans.Unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons.As the Trojans played host to the Golden

Panthers of Florida Atlantic, the Sun Belt Conference championship was hanging in the balance.

All-time, Troy was 6-0 against the confer-ence opponent coming into the game, how-ever, that was not the case as the Golden Panthers came away with a dominant perfor-mance resulting in a 52-35 win and the inside track to the conference championship.

“I don’t have too much to say,” head coach Larry Blakeney said.

“I knew (FIU) was a pretty good team but it didn’t look like we tackled at all (Saturday). We have a lot of work to do.

“They did a great job of scheming us. Every time it seemed like we had some hope, they got us again. We got it to 10 points there late and they came right back and scored comeback. They killed us running the football.”

The loss drops the Trojans into second place in the conference with 4-2 record, 5-4 overall, while the Golden Panthers improve to 4-1 and 4-5.

This was the first time the Trojans were defeated on a homecoming weekend in 13 years as the last team to do so was Northwest State back in 1997.

The last time the Trojans failed to walk off the home turf with a victory came back in the 2007, when another Florida conference foe, Florida Atlanta, defeated the Trojans at then Movie Gallery Veterans Stadium.

For the better part of the first half, the Trojans found themselves in an unfamiliar position – playing catch up.

Rarely have the Trojans trailed by double-digits at home, but that’s exactly the position the Golden Panthers had Troy in thanks to several big plays, most notably by T.Y. Hilton.

And while Trojan wide receiver Jerrel Jernigan has received a lot of praise as one the top players in the conference, Hilton made his case for why his name named should be mentioned as well.

Against a Trojan defense, that came into the game No. 1 in the conference in run defense, the junior running back rushed for

166 yards on just six carries, adding two touchdowns.

Along with Hilton, the Golden Panthers had two other 100-yard backs, as Darriet Perry led the way with 187 yards and a score while Darian Mallary finished with 118 yards and a touchdown.

The 448 rushing yards in the game was the most in program’s history.

“We didn’t look very good first off,” defen-sive coordinator Jeremy Rowell said. “We just could not tackle at all.

‘It seemed like early on in the game it seemed like (FIU) had a good play, good play and then a big play. Every time I had a blitz package, they beat us.”

Florida International finished just four points shy of a program record for most in a game.

The last time a Trojan defense gave up 50 or more points in a game was back in 1961 when Howard College put up 80.

“FIU has improved a lot over the years,” Blakeney said. “This sort of a thing has been culminating over the years.

“They really have a good team, and now they are the odds on favorite to win the league,” the coach added.

After a rather dull first quarter scoring wise, 52 points were scored in the second quarter – 31 of which were scored by the team from South Florida.

A Jack Griffin field goal got things started for the Golden Panthers, and in the next 14 minutes, Florida International scored five touchdowns highlighted by an 80-yard run by Hilton and a 52-yard pass and catch from quarterback Wes Carroll to Greg Ellingson.

In that quarter, the Golden Panthers had 280 yards of total offense and those 31 points scored were the most ever allowed by a Larry Blakeney coach team.

That kind of productivity could not be said for the Trojan offense, as it shot itself in the foot twice thanks to two fumbles.

Down 31-7 with just a little over two min-utes in the half, the Trojans were finally able to reach the end zone twice, thanks to a Shawn Southward rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown.

But at the half, Troy found itself trailing by 17.

That lead would be extended in the open-ing moments of the third quarter.

After the Trojans stalled on their first pos-

session, it was again Hilton who left the home team in the dust, this time thanks to a 61-yard touchdown.

But that would be the only score for Florida International, as it was Troy who won the scoring battle in the third quarter.

A 39-yard touchdown pass from Corey Robinson to Jamel Johnson and a nine-yard rushing score by DuJuan Harris brought the Trojans to within 10 points with one quarter left in the game.

But that would be as close as the Trojans would get.

With nine minutes left in the game, Carroll found Jon Faucher for a 23-yard score, to push the lead back to 17 points, and ice the game.

The loss is the Trojans’ second in confer-ence play, which is the most since 2005.

“They came to play and we started off slow,” Jernigan said.

“They had a lot of team speed and a lot of playmakers offensively – they executed well.”

While nothing else went well for Troy, Jernigan was able to make history of his own, as he became the conference’s all-time record holder for most career catches and broke the school’s 40-year-old record for

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PHOTOs/THOmas GraninGAt top, Jerrel Jernigan carries the ball in the FIU game on Saturday. Above, Ladarrius Madden intercepts a pass against FIU.

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While the Troy Trojans may be well known for the offensive players it has had the past couple of seasons, there have been several players on the opposite side of the ball that have made the team in cardinal and white proud.

Following the footsteps of current NFL defen-sive linemen DeMarcus Ware and Osi Umenyiora, red shirt sophomore Jonathan Massaqoui is making a name for himself in the 2010.

While the Trojan may not have been a house-hold name coming into the season, that is not the case now, as he proved to be a force for the Trojan defense.

Coming into the game against Florida International, the 6-foot-2, 251-pound Massaqoui was the leading tackler in the Sun Belt Conference, with 53 total tackles, 38 of which were unassisted.

He also was led the conference with tackles for a loss, with 13.5.

He was also selected the conference’s Defensive Player of the Week back in week three.

But the conference is not the only place where Massaqoui’s name is at the top of the list.

Entering week nine, the native of Lawrenceville, Ga., was No. 2 in the nation in sacks per game as he had posted three sacks in each of the last two games against Louisiana-Monroe and North Texas.

However, against Florida International, both Massaqoui and the Trojans were silenced in a 52-35 defeat.

“This was a tough game for us,” the defender said. “It’s an embarrassment to come out like that in front of our home crowd, on our home field.

“(FIU) was a team that was hungry for a win and they got it. They are a good running team, maybe not the best we have seen all season long, but definitely one of the better ones. My hats down to them, they played really well and as a defense, as a team, we couldn’t get the job done. It all just came down to who wanted it the most.”

Against the Golden Panthers, Massaqoui had

his least productive game since becoming a starter, finishing with just three tackles, one of which was for a loss.

That does not mean his presence was not felt however, as he forced two holding calls against the FIU offensive line.

But now, with the most recent loss, the Trojans find themselves with their backs to the wall in the conference for the firs time in nearly five seasons.

“We have to regroup, we have to keep fight-ing,” Massqoui said.

“I believe that this team is capable of doing a lot of good things, but we have to work togeth-er, especially right now. We can’t get down on ours.

“We played poorly on defense (against FIU) but we have to put that lose behind us and work towards getting better.”

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Greg McElroy passed for 227 yards, including a 78-yard touchdown to Mark Ingram, and No. 11 Alabama rolled to a 30-10 win over No. 17 Mississippi State on Saturday night.

The Crimson Tide (8-2, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) showed it can still dominate even the improved version of the Bulldogs (7-3, 3-3) after its title hopes evaporated.

The Tide used big plays to punch up the offense after the Bulldogs kept Ingram and the short-hand-ed running game from producing much. Instead, Alabama had scores of 45, 78 and 56 yards on three consecutive offensive plays starting in the second quarter to run away with it.

It didn’t matter that the game kicked off around the time rival Auburn was clinching the SEC West championship with a win over Georgia, ending Alabama’s two-year run on top.

The performance was a little show of muscle-flex-ing after the Bulldogs marched into town on a six-game winning streak, their longest in 11 years, and sporting the same overall record. Alabama has won eight of the last 10 meetings with the team from across the border.

Mississippi State was playing its first game since

starting defensive end Nick Bell died following a brief battle with cancer 11 days earlier. The players wore patches on their jerseys in the Birmingham, Ala., native’s honor.

Coach Dan Mullen and the athletic department have also been caught up in the pay-for-play investi-gation of Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, a for-mer Bulldogs recruit.

The game was rough, too.Alabama had lost two of its past four games, but

coasted to its 19th straight win at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mississippi State’s defense allowed a sea-son-high in points, despite successfully keeping the Tide from sustaining many drives.

Alabama turned two catch-and-runs into long touchdowns and a 20-3 lead on consecutive drives in the second quarter. The Bulldogs’ plodding run-ning style couldn’t come close to generating a comeback.

McElroy hit Marquis Maze on the right sideline and a couple of moves and missed tackles later, it was a 45-yard touchdown. Maze also had an 81-yard punt return for a touchdown negated by a block in the back, but that only pushed the score back one play.

AUBURN ALABAMA

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Cam Newton responded to all those allegations of wrongdoing with another brilliant performance Saturday, passing for two touchdowns and running for two more to lead No. 2 Auburn into the Southeastern Conference champi-onship game — and another step closer to playing for the national title.

The Tigers (11-0, 7-0 SEC) pulled away from Georgia in the fourth quarter for a 49-31 victory that, at least for one day, took some of the heat off college football’s most dynamic player.

Auburn will face either Florida or South Carolina for the conference title on Dec. 4 in Atlanta, though there’s another huge game looming in two weeks: the Iron Bowl showdown against defending national champion Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

“SEC! SEC! SEC!” the sellout crowd of 87,451 chanted in the closing minutes, looking forward to Auburn’s return to the title game for the first time since the perfect 2004 season. Newton and his teammates ran along the edge of the stands, slap-ping hands with the fans in a raucous celebration.

Auburn survived another high-scoring, back-and-forth affair, rallying from an early 21-7 deficit to tie it up by halftime. The Tigers kept the momentum

going with a daring onside kick to start the third quarter, recovering the ball and driving for the go-ahead touchdown.

Georgia (5-6, 3-5) hung tough behind A.J. Green’s nine-catch, 164-yard performance, tying the game again at 28-all before Auburn went ahead for good on Onterio McCalebb’s 4-yard touchdown run. Newton finished off the Bulldogs with his second scoring pass of the game to tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen, a 13-yarder over the middle with 8:05 remaining.

Newton rushed for 151 yards on 30 bruising car-ries, scoring Auburn’s first touchdown on a 31-yard run and capping it off the win with a 1-yard leap into the end zone in the closing minutes. The ball popped loose, Georgia recovered and the replay left some doubt about whether he got over. But the review went Newton’s way, as so many things have this season. He celebrated with another leap into receivers coach Trooper Taylor along the sideline, sending the much-smaller assistant flying. Newton completed 12 of 15 passes for 148 yards, and his one glaring mistake — an interception that set up a Georgia touchdown — was actually off a deflected ball that should have been caught by the receiver.

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McElroy, Tide roll past Bulldogs 30-10 Newton leads Tiger comeback against UGA

PHOTO/mark almOndAlabama wide receiver Marquis Maze (4) outruns Mississippi State defensive back Corey Broomfield (25) for a 45-yard touchdown in the second quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

PHOTO/TOdd van EmsTAuburn QB Cam netwon celebrates with fans after the Tigers defeat SEC rival Georgia Bulldogs, 49-31 on Saturday.

Tyler Bray threw three touchdown passes, two of them to Justin Hunter, and Tauren Poole ran for two more as Tennessee got its first Southeastern Conference win of the season with a 52-14 victory over Mississippi on Saturday.

It’s also Derek Dooley’s first SEC win as Tennessee’s coach and first streak of two wins. The Vols have never gone a season without an SEC win and have won at least three conference games every season since 1977.

It also snapped Tennessee’s six-game losing streak against SEC West opponents.

On Tennessee’s first play from scrimmage, Bray attempted a pass to Gerald Jones which was tipped by Mississippi’s Jonathan Cornell right into the hands of Justin Hunter. Hunter had 80 yards of green space and took it all the way to the end zone.

The Vols (4-6, 1-5) were in control the whole game, thanks to Bray’s passing. The Vols had only seven yards on the ground in the first half but coun-tered it with 265 yards by air.

By the end of the game, Tennessee had out-gained Ole Miss 441 yards to 295 on offense.

Bray finished 18 for 34 with 323 yards. In two games as the starter, Bray has completed 37 of 67 for 648 yards and eight touchdowns without turning

the ball over.Hunter had 114 yards on three catches and

Poole had 107 yards on 12 carries.Ole Miss (4-6, 1-5) couldn’t get its offense going

with Masoli being pressured by the Vols’ defensive line all day. The Rebels entered the game having given up only seven sacks in eight games, but the Vols took Masoli down twice and sacked backup Nathan Stanley once.

Tennessee took a 21-0 lead with 2:33 left in the first quarter when Eric Gordon picked off a pass by Masoli at the Rebels 46 and ran it back for a touch-down. Prentiss Waggner returned another Masoli interception for a score, his third touchdown on an interception return this season, setting a Tennessee record. ad_icon

Masoli finished 7-for-18 with 80 yards, three interceptions and no touchdowns, and the quarter-back known for his scrambling abilities had even less success on the ground with 22 yards rushing.

Mississippi entered the game with a ground game that ranked second in the SEC and 13th in the nation, and the Rebels tailbacks did their best to make up for Masoli’s struggles. Brandon Bolden ran for 113 yards and scored on touchdown runs of 17 yards and 2 yards for the Rebels’ only scores.

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Vols get first SEC win in defeat of Rebels

PHOTO/COurTEsy TEnnEssEE aTHlETiC dEParTmEnTTennessee’s offense dominated the game against the Rebels on Saturday, with the Vols gaining 265 yards in the air thanks to Tyler Bray’s passing.

The Florida Gators fell to the South Carolina Gamecocks 36-14 at home Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The Gators struck early with a touchdown on the opening kickoff by Andre Debose (Sanford, Fla.), who ran 99 yards to give the Gators an early 7-0 lead, but UF couldn’t fight off a potent South Carolina offense, allowing the Gamecocks to chalk up their first-ever Gainesville win in front of a crowd of 90,885, the third-highest attendance at The Swamp. With the win, South Carolina sealed the SEC Eastern Division title propelling them to the SEC Championship game, their first in school histo-ry.

USC, Spurrier beat Gators

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Randall Cobb ran for a career-high 170 yards and two touchdowns as Kentucky surged past Vanderbilt 38-20 on Saturday.

Cobb had touchdown runs of 5 and 73 yards to help the Wildcats (6-5, 2-5 Southeastern Conference) become bowl eligible for the fifth straight season. He finished with 279 total yards, breaking the school record for all-purpose yards in a single season in the process.

Derrick Locke ran for 145 yards and two scores in his first game in a month and quarterback Mike Hartline threw for 232 yards and a touchdown in his final home game.

Kennard Reeves rushed for a career-high 105 yards for the Commodores (2-8, 1-6), but Vanderbilt couldn’t make a 13-10 halftime lead stand up.

Cobb made sure of that. The junior said earlier in the week he’ll gauge his NFL prospects before deciding whether to return to school next fall.

He made a pretty compelling case for the pro scouts in attendance, showcasing why he’s become one of the nation’s most versatile and valuable players.

The Wildcats certainly needed it after slogging through another uninspired first half.

The defense struggled to keep the SEC’s worst offense in check and the offense looked sporadic even with Locke’s return to the lineup after miss-ing four games with a shoulder injury.

Vanderbilt had no such problems. The Commodores rolled 242 yards in the first 30 min-utes, heady territory for a team that averages just 267 yards a game.

Reeves, thrust into a starting role due to a myri-ad of injuries, found gaping holes to run through and wide receiver Jonathan Krause made a couple of big plays to keep the Wildcats on their heels.

Yet Kentucky, as it has done most of the sea-son, gathered itself at halftime and turned to Cobb to get things moving in the right direction.

He lined up at quarterback in the WildCobb for-mation on Kentucky’s first possession of the half, took the snap, ran to his left then cut back to his right to race 73 yards for a touchdown to give the Wildcats the lead.---

Cobb was at it again two possessions later, tak-ing the snap and retreating 10 yards before some-how weaving his way through the Vanderbilt defense for a 52-yard gain.

Kentucky downsVandy, 38-20

most career reception yards.But that was none of the senior’s concern fol-

lowing the loss.“This one was tough,” he said.“(FIU) is No. 1 in the conference now, hope-

fully, we can get some help for others teams, if not, we will try and play for a bowl game.

“We got to come back to work ready to play tomorrow and prepare – that’s all I got to say.”

The wide out finished with 10 catches for 32 yards, his lowest since the Louisiana-Monroe game when he finished with 27, and rushed for 19 yards on three carries.

The Golden Panthers finished with 668 total yards of offense, the most the Trojans have allowed all season long.

“There is no excuse for excuse what hap-pened (Saturday night),” defensive end Jonathan Massaqoui said. “It’s embarrassing.

“Us as players have to play with more urgen-cy and as you can see, when suffered for it (Saturday night).

“I want to apologize to all of Trojan Nation for what happened in that game. I believe that didn’t have the best week of practice leading up to the game, but we were still confident and prepared going into the game. They just out-played us.”

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Jonesboro, Ark. - Derrius Brooks came up with two interceptions at Arkansas State on Saturday, but it is his dive for the end zone on a two-point conversion that Western Kentucky University foot-ball fans may never forget. Brooks took a pitch on a reverse and snuck the ball across the goal like to give the Hilltoppers an improbable 36-35 overtime win over the Red Wolves Saturday afternoon at ASU Stadium.

The conversion capped off an unlikely stretch that saw the Hilltoppers (2-8, 2-4 SBC) score on the final play of regulation to force overtime, then gamble with the two-point try to win the contest.

“This was great for our young football team because of all we have been through this season,” said Hilltopper head coach Willie Taggart. “I told our guys earlier in the week that all we were miss-ing was a come-from-behind win. Our guys came out and were relentless. They haven’t quit all year. I’m of these guys, our coaching staff, and everyone just sticking together and believing in each other.”

WKU lead 21-7 through three quarters, only to see Ryan Aplin lead the Red Wolves (5-5, 4-3 SBC) on three consecutive scoring drives and take the lead with under two minutes remaining. Trailing by seven, the Hilltopper offense was able to move the ball before eventually turning it over on downs. Burning all three timeouts on defense, WKU gave

itself one last shot. And it got even better for WKU when the snap on the ASU punt attempt hit one of the Red Wolves’ blockers, setting up the Topper offense on the 22 yard line with 54 seconds remaining. After a sack and two incomplete pass-es, the Hilltoppers were faced with a fourth-and-12, but Kawaun Jakes hooked up with Dexter Haynes on a 17-yard completion to give WKU a first down. The Toppers faced another fourth down with four seconds left, and this time Jakes found Willie McNeal with all zeros on the clock. WKU lined up for two, but a delay-of-game penalty forced WKU to use a Casey Tinius extra point to tie the game and 28-28 and send the contest to overtime.

WKU won the toss and chose defense to start OT, but Aplin continued his magic, rushing 25 yards on the first play to move ASU in front 35-28. Much like it did through regulation, the Hilltopper offense stuck with the ground game in overtime, but Jakes did complete a third-down pass to McNeal to set them up first-and-goal at the seven. Two plays later, Bobby Rainey from three yards out to pull the Toppers within one. Again there was no hesitation to put the offense back out on the field as Jakes pitched to Rainey, who in turn flipped the ball to Brooks. Brooks was able to find a seam on the left side, and dive for the end zone, getting the ball across before his knee hit the ground.

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PHOTO/mEdia rElaTiOnsWestern Kentucky beat Arkansas State 36-35 in overtime on Saturday, thanks to two key interceptions and a two-point dive by Derrius Brooks.

Brooks leads WKU to overtime win

Middle Tenn falls to NTMURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee fell behind 14-0 through the first quarter and could not

mount enough offense to complete the comeback in dropping a 23-17 decision to North Texas in Sun Belt action Saturday afternoon in front of 14,227 at Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Phillip Tanner led the Blue Raider ground attack with 87 yards, five more than quarterback Dwight Dasher. Tanner scored both MT touchdowns, including a 51-yarder in the second quarter. Garrett Andrews hauled in a game-high tying four receptions for 41 yards.

Lance Dunbar gained 226 yards on 36 carries, including a long of 65. Riley Dodge finished 16-of-25 through the air for 167 yards, connecting with Tyler Stradford for a game-best tying four catches.

Jeremy Kellem and Arness Ikner topped the Middle Tennessee defense with 13 and 12 tackles, respec-tively, including 11 solo apiece. The Blue Raiders posted nine tackles for a loss of 20 yards throughout the game with eight players having 1.0 each.

North Texas struck first on its third possession. Dunbar got the Mean Green out from inside their own 5-yard line with a 65-yard scamper down the visitor sideline before being pushed out of bounds by Kellem. Three plays later, Jamaal Jackson sprinted past Marquise Dixon for a 30-yard touchdown catch from Dodge to give NT a 7-0 lead at 7:50 of the first quarter.

Benjamin Cunningham returned the ensuing kickoff 97 yards for an apparent touchdown; however, a holding call on the Blue Raiders brought the score back and set Middle Tennessee up at its own 25-yard line. The North Texas defense halted the Blue Raiders once they crossed midfield.

The Mean Green responded by covering the length of the field on their next drive and marching 91 yards on 11 plays for another touchdown to go-ahead 14-0 with five seconds remaining in the opening period. Dodge was 4-of-4 during the possession, including a 37-yard completion to Dunbar to cross midfield again. Dunbar tallied a 22-yard rush on the drive’s ninth play and then capped the possession with the three-yard scoring carry.

Middle Tennessee finally put points on the board during its next drive. Although it drove to the 7-yard line, the Blue Raider offense stalled and MT settled for a 24-yard field goal by Alan Gendreau to pull within 11, 14-3, at the 12:25 mark of the second quarter.

Tanner gave Middle Tennessee a touchdown just before the intermission. As the Blue Raiders approached the midfield stripe after starting on their own 29, MT moved methodically 20 yards. Tanner then took the next play, the drive’s fourth, and broke a couple tackles and went 51 yards for the score, cutting the deficit to four, 14-10, with 1:49 remaining. It is his eighth career touchdown against North Texas.

LSU takes out ULMBATON ROUGE -- LSU scored 31 points off five Louisiana-Monroe turnovers including an interception and a

fumble returned for touchdowns in a 51-0 blowout on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.LSU improved to 9-1 under head coach Les Miles for the third time, as the Tigers won on Homecoming for

the 10th-straight time. Miles is 23-0 in regular-season non-conference games at LSU.LSU cornerback Ron Brooks started the scoring with a 32-yard interception return in the first quarter

before fellow corner Patrick Peterson setup another score with an 85-yard interception return to the ULM 12.In the third quarter, defensive end Lavar Edwards returned a fumble 29 yards for a touchdown to give the

Tigers multiple defensive touchdowns for the first time since Oct. 12, 1991, against Arkansas State.In the fourth quarter, safety Craig Loston intercepted ULM backup quarterback Cody Wells on fourth-

and-14 at the LSU 28 to preserve the shutout. The Tigers converted the turnover into a Michael Ford 17-yard touchdown after a 10-play drive.

Linebacker Kelvin Sheppard, who forced the fumble that Edwards picked up, had a team-high eight tack-les including 1.5 for loss.

When the Tigers couldn’t punch in touchdowns, placekicker Josh Jasper booted field goals from all dis-tances. The senior made a career-best 53-yarder - which tied the longest in the SEC this season -- and was also successful from 45 and 29 yards.

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14 Utah 8-2 15 Arkansas 8-2 16 Oklahoma 8-2 17 Missouri 8-218 Arizona 7-3 19 Mississippi St. 7-3 20 Virginia Tech 8-2 21 Nevada 8-1 22 Florida 6-4 23 South Carolina 7-3 24 Kansas St. 6-3 25 Texas A&M 7-3

SEC Standings

EAST ConF oVERALLS. Carolina 5-3 7-3Florida 4-4 6-4Georgia 3-5 5-6Kentucky 2-5 6-5Vanderbilt 1-6 2-8Tennessee 1-6 2-8

WEST ConF oVERALLAuburn 7-0 11-0LSU 5-1 9-1Alabama 5-2 8-2Arkansas 4-2 8-2Miss. State 3-3 7-3Mississippi 1-5 4-6

Sun Belt Standings

TEAM ConF oVERALLFlorida Int’l 4 -1 4-5Troy 4-2 5-4Arkansas State 4-3 4-6Louisiana Monroe 3-3 4-5Florida Atlantic 3-3 4-5North Texas 3-4 3-7Middle Tenn. 2 -3 3-6Western Kentucky 2-4 2-8Louisiana-Lafayette 2-4 2-8

1 Oregon 10-0 2 Auburn 11-0 3 TCU 11-0 4 Boise State 9-0 5 LSU 9-1 6 Stanford 9-1 7 Wisconsin 9-1 8 Nebraska 9-19 Ohio State 9-1 10 Oklahoma State 9-1 11 Michigan St. 9-112 Alabama 8-213 Iowa 7-3

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