KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee lost the second member of its heralded freshman quarterback duo and Notre Dame capitalized with an interception return for a touchdown, then held on to win 17-13 Saturday over the No. 9 Volunteers.

Erik Ainge separated his right shoulder on the final play of the first half when he recovered his own fumble and was sacked. He did not return. His injury came a week after Brent Schaeffer broke his collarbone.

Junior Rick Clausen, the younger brother of former Tennessee quarterback Casey Clausen, replaced Ainge in the second half and almost immediately made a big mistake.

Clausen was being sacked by Derek Landri when he let the ball go. Notre Dame’s Mike Goolsby caught it and returned it 26 yards for a touchdown and a 14-10 lead. The Fighting Irish (6-3) never trailed again.

Notre Dame padded its lead in the fourth quarter with D.J. Fitzpatrick’s 39-yard field goal. Then all the Irish had to do was stop Tennessee’s hapless offense. The Vols (7-2) punted on their next possession, but got the ball back for a final chance with 2:12 remaining.

Tennessee had a bad snap that Clausen had to recover 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage. The Vols’ last gasp came on fourth-and-18 when Clausen’s pass was incomplete, and the Notre Dame bench erupted in celebration.

No. 2 Oklahoma 42, Texas A&M 35

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Jason White threw five touchdown passes, including the decisive one with 6:43 left, and sOklahoma overcame Texas A&M’s explosive offense and special teams trickery.

Oklahoma handed Texas A&M a loss for the ages last season – 77-0, the worst in the 108-year history of Aggies football. But the rematch was a battle from start to finish for the Sooners (9-0, 6-0 Big 12).

White, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, was 19-of-35 for 292 yards, taking control of the offense as the 22nd-ranked Aggies swarmed to star freshman running back Adrian Peterson.

No. 4 California 28, Oregon 27

BERKELEY, Calif. – Geoff McArthur caught eight passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns, and Cal’s defense stopped Oregon near midfield with 1:39 left when Ducks receiver Keith Allen couldn’t hold a final pass. The win solidified the Bears’ Bowl Championship Series hopes.

Aaron Rodgers passed for 275 yards and three TDs, and J.J. Arrington ran for 188 yards and a score for the Bears (7-1, 5-1 Pac-10), who barely kept alive their big postseason dreams with a strong second half after falling behind 27-14 in the second quarter.

Kellen Clemens threw four touchdown passes in the first half for the Ducks (5-4, 4-2), who seemed headed for an upset after a dominant first 30 minutes.

No. 5 Wisconsin 38, Minnesota 14

MADISON, Wis. Anthony Davis ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns, and quarterback John Stocco threw for a career-high 297 yards and a touchdown, and the Badgers didn’t even have to rely on their stingy defense for a change.

Stocco also ran for two touchdowns as the Badgers, 9-0 for the third time in school history, moved into a first-place tie with idle Michigan atop the Big Ten at 6-0. They celebrated by rushing to the Golden Gophers’ sideline to retrieve Paul Bunyan’s Axe, the trophy that goes to the winner in Division I’s most-played rivalry.

No. 8 Georgia 62, Kentucky 17

LEXINGTON, Ky. – David Greene passed for 259 yards and set an NCAA Division I-A record for most wins by a quarterback.

Georgia (8-1, 6-1 SEC) prepped for its upcoming showdown with No. 3 Auburn by scoring on six consecutive possessions against the Wildcats (1-8, 0-6), who have lost seven straight.

Freshman tailback Thomas Brown rushed for a career-high 130 yards and had three short touchdown runs for Georgia, who had a season-high 589 yards of total offense. The Bulldogs’ point total was their highest since a 70-6 rout of Northeast Louisiana in 1994.

No. 12 Virginia 16, Maryland 0

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Wali Lundy ran for two touchdowns, giving him 14 this season, and Virginia remained in a first-place tie in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In a game that has grown into a bitter rivalry, the Cavaliers (7-1, 4-1 ACC) wore down the Terrapins (4-5, 2-4) on the ground, running for 295 yards. Alvin Pearman led the way with 170 yards on 31 carries, and Lundy added 107 yards on 24 attempts.

Virginia’s defense also played a huge role, not allowing quarterback Joel Statham to follow up his 333-yard performance in a 20-17 victory against Florida State last week, or Josh Allen to come anywhere near the career-best 257 yards he ran for against Virginia last year.

No. 13 Florida St. 29, Duke 7

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Backup quarterback Wyatt Sexton led three long scoring drives in the second half, and Gary Cismesia tied a school record with five field goals in his college debut.

Sexton completed 11 of 15 passes for 220 yards and a touchdown while taking the Seminoles (7-2, 5-2 ACC) on drives of 93, 80 and 70 yards to break open a tight game with 20 straight points. Sexton replaced Chris Rix, who failed to get the Seminoles into the end zone in the first half.

No. 15 West Virginia 42, Temple 21

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Kay-Jay Harris caught two scoring passes and ran for two other touchdowns to lead West Virginia.

West Virginia’s Chris Henry, benched for the first half after being ejected last week against Rutgers, caught a 40-yard TD pass from Rasheed Marshall late in the third quarter. Henry, who had two unsportsmanlike penalties last week, flipped the ball around his body after the scoring catch. The ball hit a Temple player, but Henry, motioning that it was meant for the referee, wasn’t flagged.

No. 18 Virginia Tech 27, North Carolina 24

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Mike Imoh ran for 236 yards and two touchdowns and the Hokies survived a late North Carolina rally, which fell short when the Tar Heels missed a tying 54-yard field goal with about a minute left.

The Tar Heels, who upset Miami last week on a last-play field goal by freshman Connor Barth, seemed poised for more late-game heroics. North Carolina drove to the Tech 26 in the closing minutes, but an 11-yard sack of Darian Durant on third down made Barth’s job much tougher. His 54-yard attempt fell short.

No. 20 Iowa 23, Purdue 21

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Drew Tate threw two touchdown passes and Iowa forced five turnovers and blocked two field goals.

No. 20 Iowa (7-2, 5-1 Big Ten) ran its home winning streak to 17, the fourth-longest string in the nation.

Brandon Kirsch, starting in place of the injured Kyle Orton, threw three touchdown passes for Purdue. But his miscues in the fourth quarter, one fumbleand two interceptions, scuttled Purdue’s attempt to rally from a 17-point deficit.

Cincinnati 52, No. 21 Southern Miss 24

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Gino Guidugli threw three of his school-record five touchdown passes to Hannibal Thomas. Guidugli was 19-of-26 for 308 yards for Cincinnati (5-4, 4-2 Conference USA), which snapped the Golden Eagles’ 13-game league winning streak and beat a ranked team for the first time in four years.

It was the first Conference USA defeat for Southern Miss (5-2, 4-1) since a 31-10 loss at Tulane in November 2002.

No. 24 Boston College 21, Rutgers 10

BOSTON – Paul Peterson scored on a 1-yard run and threw for a touchdown to lead Boston College.

Peterson was 22-of-38 for 296 yards for BC (6-2, 2-1 Big East), but also fumbled once and threw two interceptions.

Ryan Hart completed 29 of 43 passes for 302 yards, but he also had three interceptions as Rutgers (4-5, 1-4) lost for the third consecutive week, and for the second week in a row to a ranked opponent.