Week 13 of the college football season is in full swing, and football fans are in for a treat with a handful of iconic, storied matchups on Saturday’s slate.
Currently, a handful of ranked teams are in action, including No. 8 Alabama, No. 15 Arizona and No. 20 Oklahoma State. Later, No. 4 Washington, No. 5 Florida State and No. 19 Kansas State, among others, will take the field.
Earlier, FOX Sports’ RJ Young hosted a special Live Tailgate edition of “The Number One College Football Show,” as No. 3 Michigan handed No. 2 Ohio State its first loss of the season in a thrilling battle between these Big Ten powerhouses. Recap all the action here. Elsewhere, Heisman Trophy hopeful QB Jayden Daniels and No. 14 LSU took down Texas A&M.
Here are the top moments!
No. 8 Alabama at Auburn
Tide on top early
Alabama took care of business on its opening drive, marching the ball 69 yards down the field in eight plays with Roydell Williams running into the end zone from a few yards out to give the Crimson Tide the early lead.
Getting one back
Auburn evened up the game later in the first quarter as it made quick work of Alabama’s defense on its third drive of the game. Damari Alston ran into the end zone from a few yards out to make it 7-7.
An end around that ends up in the end zone
Ja’Varrius Johnson capitalized off a major gain by Auburn on the previous play by taking the end around from the 12-yard and into the end zone to give the Tigers a 14-10 lead.
Milroe on the money
Jalen Milroe let it rip right after Auburn took the lead, hitting Jermaine Burton in stride on a deep pass for a 68-yard touchdown to give the Crimson Tide a 17-14 lead.
No. 15 Arizona at Arizona State
Trying to catch up to Conyers
Arizona State’s offense was able to get the ball moving early with some trickeration. Tight end Jalin Conyers ran out of the wildcat formation, picking up 39 yards on his run from around midfield to set the Sun Devils up for a touchdown two plays later to take a 7-3 lead.
Cowing speeding by
Jacob Cowing turned a routine reception over the middle into a big gain for Arizona, running for a 40-plus yard gain to get the Wildcats within the 5-yard line and set them up for a touchdown to take a 10-7 lead.
McMillan making them miss
Tetairoa McMillan took his turn to turn an ordinary catch over the middle into a big gain for Arizona in the second quarter. He caught a pass from Noah Fifita in the midst of traffic before running out of it, moving down the field for a 56-yard gain as he was pushed out of bounds at the 4-yard line. Arizona scored shortly after to take a 17-7 lead.
Wiley with a wicked stiff arm
Michael Wiley added to the list of impressive plays by Arizona’s skill position players in the first half. But unlike his teammates at wide receiver, the running back was able to score as he threw a stiff arm at an Arizona State defender to break away for a 22-yard touchdown to make it 24-7.
BYU at No. 20 Oklahoma State
QB drawing up six!
Jake Retzlaff did his part on the quarterback keeper, rushing from just a couple yards out and into the end zone to give BYU a 7-6 lead in the first quarter.
Pickin’ six
BYU welcomed Oklahoma State’s offense back onto the field for its first drive of the second quarter by scoring a touchdown. Eddie Heckard read Alan Bowman well, intercepting his throw on a misread and easily walking into the end zone to give the Cougars a 14-6 lead.
It’s a fake!
BYU kept piling it on Oklahoma State in the first half, doing it in all three phases. In the final minutes of the second quarter, the Cougars opted to go for a fake punt, finding success on the fourth-and-6 play as their punter threw a completion over the middle from their own 39-yard line. The play set the Cougars up at the Cowboys’ 25-yard line, setting them up to kick a field and take a 24-6 lead as they put the Cowboys’ chances of reaching the Big 12 title game on the ropes.
Washington State at No. 4 Washington
At the 1-yard line? Just give it to Johnson
Dillon Johnson added another touchdown early on in Saturday’s rivalry game, rushing for a score and his 12th touchdown of the season to give Washington a 7-0 lead.
Dillon Johnson punches in a one-yard TD to give Washington the lead vs. Washington State
Ward works one in for six
Washington State didn’t take long to respond to Washington’s touchdown as Cam Ward threw a 21-yard touchdown pass over the middle to Josh Kelly to even the game up.
Washington State’s Cameron Ward finds Josh Kelly for a 21-yard TD to tie the game vs. Washington
Odunze is open
Michael Penix finally found the end zone in the later stages of the first half, finding a wide-open Rome Odunze down the field for a 40-yard touchdown pass to give it a 14-7 lead.
Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. throws a DEEP 40-yard TD to Rome Odunze against Washington State
Williams wills in a touchdown grab
Kyle Williams tracked Ward’s fade pass to the front corner of the end zone perfectly, getting under it while keeping the necessary feet inbounds to come up with a score with just seconds remaining in the half to tie the game.
Stay tuned for live updates!
No. 14 LSU 42, Texas A&M 30
Coming in clutch
LSU RB Logan Diggs got his seventh rushing touchdown of the season and helped LSU grab a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter, capping off a nine-play, 60-yard drive with a short scamper into the end zone.
Texas A&M quickly evened things up, however. The Aggies found themselves in a third-and-long situation to start the second quarter and used their dependable wideout Ainias Smith to get them to the red zone. To finish the drive, QB Jaylen Henderson gave a quick handoff to Le’Veon Moss for a 2-yard run into the end zone.
Touchdown!
Texas A&M took a 17-14 lead ahead of halftime when Henderson found TE Jake Johnson for his fourth TD of the season.
Big-man TD!
After a 33-yard dart from Henderson to wideout Jahdae Walker got the Aggies set up in scoring position to start things off in the second half, they took a 10-point lead in the third quarter with a 1-yard touchdown from left guard Mark Nabou Jr.
Picked!
After a 1-yard score from LSU RB Josh Williams made it a 24-21 game, the Tigers defense got its first takeaway of the day with an interception by Greg Penn III at their own 39-yard line, which set them up nicely to start the fourth quarter.
What a catch!
With momentum on their side, the Tigers cashed in for back-to-back scores to extend their lead, 35-24.
First, LSU wideout Brian Thomas Jr. came up with a high-flying 23-yard touchdown grab …
… followed by Malik Nabers nabbing a 21-yard TD of his own with an equally acrobatic catch on the Tigers’ next drive.
Unstoppable!
Texas A&M closed the gap slightly, 35-30, when TE Max Wright broke every tackle on his way to the end zone for a dazzling 51-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter.
That’s a wrap
In the end, it wasn’t enough to spark a comeback, and LSU added one more score for good measure when wideout Kyren Lacy reeled in another beautiful pass from Daniels in the end zone for a 15-yard TD that secured the home victory.
Coming up:
No. 5 Florida State at Florida (7 p.m. ET)
Iowa State at No. 19 Kansas State (8 p.m. ET, FOX and the FOX Sports app)
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