Buckeyes tie Oklahoma for most weeks ranked No. 1

No need to outsmart the stadium. A series of long-yardage plays in the second half saved the defending national champions, with Elliott running for touchdowns of 55, 65 and 75 yards. Elliott rushed for a career-high 274 yards on 23 carries, with a whopping 243 of those coming after halftime.

Neither starting quarterback Nate Sudfeld nor starting running back Jordan Howard – who entered the game as the nation’s leading rusher – finished the game, knocked out with injuries.

Josh Doctson broke the TCU record for receiving TDs with a pair of scores and the Horned Frogs (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) won their 13th straight game, second nationally to Ohio State’s 18-game run.

On the game’s final play, Diamont fumbled the shotgun snap, scrambled around, and then threw a ball into the left corner of the end zone that was intended for Ricky Jones.

Diamont scrambled on third-and-goal from the 10 and his final throw in the back of end zone was batted away.

Ohio State brought many of its problems on itself.

Coach Urban Meyer compared the just-win nature of the day to the Buckeyes’ double-overtime escape at Penn State a year ago.

“I mean, I think you know we’ll be making a change”, Edsall said, according to Daniel Gallen of the Carroll County Times. You can’t always count on an explosive play to bail you out.

NORMAN, Okla. – The Sooners came through with two big turnovers in the fourth quarter to defeat the Mountaineers. Why is Meyer so wedded to Jones when he has a 2014 Heisman finalist as another option? “We’ve got to keep working at it”. After months of hype about having the three best QBs in the country, the Buckeyes find themselves with two signal callers who have yet to play to their potential.

The University of Utah Utes had a bye this week after their dismantling of the Ducks in Oregon, but even while on a break their star is rising as the AP Top 25 Poll for Week 6 puts them at No. 5., a jump from last week’s ranking of No. 10.

Every big turn for Ohio State was met by a bigger setback. Add in Jalin Marshall’s fumble after a solid pitch and catch that nixed the momentum the Buckeyes were building at that point. There were injuries, dumb penalties, dumber turnovers, and even though it was exciting, it probably left your nerves completely shot.

■ After Jones connected with Elliott for a 13-yard touchdown, the play was erased by an illegal block below the waist from Braxton Miller. The Rebels fell from third to No. 14. Indiana went ahead 17-13. While it might not always be pretty, there isn’t really too much to complain about in Columbus.

The Wolverines scored the game’s first two touchdowns in a span of 2:31 in the third quarter to take command and ride their strong defense to a fourth straight win. LJ Scott ran for 146 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 2 Michigan State held on through a lackluster second half to beat Purdue. He said Sudfeld wanted to come back in for the fourth quarter, but the coach was concerned about his mobility. “Coach Meyer is very aggressive”.

“Zeke’s just such a good second level runner”, Meyer said.

Ohio State inability to get out of their own way: Ohio State is a better football team than Indiana.