STATE
SATURDAY
(4) Clemson 63, Wake Forest 3
South Carolina 37, Missouri 35
Wofford 21, Chattanooga 10
Kennesaw State 56, Presbyterian 0
Charleston Southern at Savannah State (late)
S.C. State 21, Morgan State 18
Lenoir-Rhyne 34, Newberry 21
West Georgia 31, N. Greenville 7
Carson-Newman 52, Limestone 24
Benedict 30, Virginia Lynchburg 16
ACC
FRIDAY
Georgia Tech 6, Louisville 31
SATURDAY
(6) Notre Dame at (24) Virginia
Tech (late)
(17) Miami 28, Florida State 27
(23) N.C. State 28, Boston College 23
Pittsburgh 44, Syracuse 37
SEC
SATURDAY
(1) Alabama 65, Arkansas 31
Vanderbilt at (2) Georgia (late)
(22) Florida 27, (5) LSU 19
(8) Auburn at Mississippi State
(late)
(13) Kentucky at Texas A&M (late)
Mississippi 70, Louisiana-Monroe 21
TOP 25
SATURDAY
(3) Ohio State 49, Indiana 26
(19) Texas 48, (7) Oklahoma 45
(9) West Virginia 38, Kansas 22
(10) Washington at UCLA (late)
Southern Methodist at (12) Central
Florida (late)
Utah at (14) Stanford (late)
(15) Michigan 42, Maryland 21
Nebraska at (16) Wisconsin
(late)
Northwestern 29, (20) Michigan
State 19
(21) Colorado 28, Arizona State 21
Iowa State 48, (25) Oklahoma State 42
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Travis Etienne rushed for 167 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 4 Clemson ran for 471 yards in a 63-3 rout of Wake Forest on Saturday.
Three Tigers had at least 100 yards rushing, the first time they've done that since 2006 during their most productive rushing performance since 1981.
In addition to Etienne - who scored on runs of 59, 3 and 70 yards - Lyn-J Dixon rushed for 163 yards and Adam Choice had 128. Dixon had touchdown runs of 65 and 52 yards, and Choice had a 64-yard TD run.
Trevor Lawrence was 20 of 25 for 175 yards with a 55-yard touchdown pass to Justyn Ross and a 20-yarder to Tee Higgins in about 2 1/2 quarters before leaving with the score out of hand. This was the freshman's second start, and first on the road.
They helped the Tigers (6-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) open with six victories for the fourth straight year. In each of the previous three seasons they did it, they won the ACC and reached the College Football Playoff.
And not to be outdone, the defense was just as dominant, making this arguably the Tigers' most complete performance thus far. When Clemson went up 35-0 just 75 seconds into the third quarter, Wake Forest had minus-2 yards rushing.
Sam Hartman was 7 for 20 for 74 yards with an interception, and Nick Sciba kicked a 25-yard field goal for Wake Forest (3-3, 0-2), which has lost three of four with the lone victory coming against Rice.
THE TAKEAWAY
Clemson: It's been a while since the Tigers ran wild like this. Not since James Davis (143 yards), C.J. Spiller (127) and Demerick Chancellor (113) against Louisiana Tech 12 years ago had three Clemson players cracked the 100-yard mark. They entered with three 60-yard plays on the season - then doubled that total against Wake Forest. Not surprisingly, they were never in danger of another scare like Syracuse gave them last week .
Wake Forest: Big plays were once again a big problem, with the Demon Deacons - who had allowed 11 touchdowns of 20 or more yards in the first five games before giving up six more against Clemson. They fell to 0-3 against power-conference opponents, and for the second time in 15 days gave up 56 points against a top-10 team at home. No. 8 Notre Dame routed the Deacons 56-27 on Sept. 22.
UP NEXT
Clemson: Has a week off before a critical Atlantic Division matchup with No. 23 North Carolina State on Oct. 20.
Wake Forest: Also is idle next weekend, and will visit Florida State on Oct. 20.
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