STARKVILLE, Miss. – Sylvester Croom’s first big win for Mississippi State sent Florida to a new low under coach Ron Zook.

Jerious Norwood’s 37-yard touchdown run with 32 seconds remaining lifted Mississippi State to a 38-31 upset of the 20th-ranked Gators on Saturday.

Norwood rushed for 174 yards on 29 carries and scored twice for the Bulldogs (2-5, 1-3 Southeastern Conference), who had lost five straight since beating Tulane in their first game under Croom.

Jeramie Johnson set up Norwood’s game-winner when he intercepted Chris Leak at the Mississippi State 44 with two minutes remaining.

(13) Michigan 16, (12)Purdue 14

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Freshman Michael Hart rushed for 206 yards and Garrett Rivas hit a 35-yard field goal with 2:45 to go to lift Michigan to a win.

(2) Oklahoma 41, Kansas 10

NORMAN, Okla. – Jason White threw for 389 yards and four touchdowns for Oklahoma against a defense geared up to stop Adrian Peterson.

(3) Auburn 42, Kentucky 10

AUBURN, Ala. – Carnell Williams rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns and Auburn allowed only 110 yards.

(5) Florida State 20, Wake Forest 17

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.- Xavier Beitia kicked a 22-yard field goal with 1:03 to play to help Florida State pull off a surprisingly close victory.

(6) Wisconsin 24, Northwestern 12

MADISON, Wis.. – Anthony Davis rushed for two touchdowns and No. 6 Wisconsin beat Northwestern with star defensive end Erasmus James and his pass-rushing partner Jonathan Welsh on the sideline.

(11) Tennessee 17, Alabama 13

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee turned to its defense to turn back Alabama’s late rally, and the 11th-ranked Volunteers held on with late interception.

(14) Virginia 37, Duke 16

DURHAM, N.C. – Alvin Pearman ran for a career-high 223 yards and a touchdown, lifting Virginia over Duke.

(17) Texas A&M 29, Colorado 26

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Todd Pegram kicked a 19-yard field goal in overtime giving Texas A&M a victory.

(21) Arizona State 48, UCLA 42

TEMPE, Ariz.- Andrew Walter threw for 415 yards and six touchdown passes, two in a wild fourth-quarter rally, to lead Arizona State to a victory.

(22) Okla. State 20, Missouri 17

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Jason Ricks kicked a 28-yard field goal with 55 seconds left and No. 22 Oklahoma State rallied from a 17-point deficit.

BC 24, (24) Notre Dame 23

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Paul Peterson threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Tony Gonzalez with 54 seconds left to give Boston College its fourth straight victory over Notre Dame.

No. 25 Iowa 6, Penn State 4

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Iowa held Penn State’s offense scoreless, making Kyle Schlicher’s two first-half field goals stand up.

Iowa gave the Nittany Lions their final two points, conceding a safety instead of punting from its own end zone late in the fourth quarter. The strategy worked perfectly when the Hawkeyes intercepted Penn State for the fourth time.

Iowa (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) had just three first downs in the second half, both late in the fourth quarter and one was the result of a Penn State penalty.

Penn State’s offense was even worse. Twice in the second half, the Nittany Lions (2-5, 0-4) had a first down inside the Iowa 10, but failed to score.

AP-ES-10-23-04 2029EDT