Nebraska kept its national championship hopes alive - barely.
Ahman Green rushed for 202 yards and two touchdowns, and the second-ranked Cornhuskers survived a fourth-quarter scare to beat Colorado 27-24 Friday.Scott Frost passed for 92 yards and ran for 76 yards and a score as the Huskers (11-0, 8-0 Big 12) extended their conference winning streak to 39 games. Colorado (5-6, 3-5) completed its first losing season since 1984.
If Nebraska beats Texas A&M in the Big 12 championship game next Saturday, the Huskers will play in the Orange Bowl with a shot at their third national title in the last four years. Top-ranked Michigan will play No. 10 Washington State in the Rose Bowl.
Colorado, a 21-point underdog, trailed Nebraska 27-10 before staging a late rally. John Hessler threw a 32-yard TD pass to Marcus Stiggers with 3:16 left and, after a successful onside kick, tossed an 18-yard scoring pass to Robert Toler with 2:37 remaining.
The Buffaloes regained possession with 52 seconds left following a Nebraska punt, and Hessler promptly passed 16 yards to Phil Savoy. But after an offensive pass interference penalty left Colorado with a third-and-25, Hessler threw an incompletion and Savoy was stopped three yards short of the first down after making a fourth-down catch.
On Saturday, it's Vanderbilt at No. 3 Tennessee, No. 4 Penn State at Michigan State, No. 14 Georgia at Georgia Tech, No. 16 Syracuse at Miami, and Mississippi at No. 22 Mississippi State.
Grambling State's Eddie Robinson, the winningest college coach ever with 408 victories, will end his 56-year career when the Tigers play at Southern University.
ARIZONA 28, ASU 16: At Tempe, Ariz., Ortege Jenkins threw three touchdown passes and acted as a decoy to set up a fourth in Arizona's upset.
The Wildcats (6-5, 4-4 Pac 10) might have earned a berth in the Insight.com Bowl, played in their own stadium in Tucson. The loss probably cost Arizona State (8-3, 6-2) a lucrative bid to the Fiesta Bowl, played in Sun Devil Sta-dium.
As the third-place team in the conference, the Sun Devils appear bound for the Sun Bowl.
TEXAS A&M 27, TEXAS 16: At College Station, Sirr Parker had a pair of 7-yard touchdown runs and Kyle Bryant kicked two late field goals as Texas A&M (9-2, 6-2) clinched the Big 12 South crown.
Ricky Williams, the nation's leading rusher, gained 183 yards on 33 carries for Texas and broke Earl Campbell's single-season school rushing record of 1,744 yards. Williams finished with 1,893 yards.
The Longhorns finished 4-7, 2-6. There have been reports that coach John Mackovic may be fired after the season.
LSU 31, ARKANSAS 21: At Baton Rouge, Kevin Faulk had 223 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns, and LSU shut out Arkansas in the second half. Faulk ran for 138 yards on 28 carries. He also had 85 yards on returns.
In a non-top 25 game:
PITTSBURGH 41, WEST VIRGINIA 38, 3OT: At Morgantown, W.Va., Pete Gonzalez's fifth touchdown pass, a 12-yarder to Terry Murphy in the third overtime, lifted Pittsburgh.
Gonzalez offset the three-touchdown performance of Amos Zereoue as Pittsburgh (6-5, 4-3 Big East) became bowl eligible for the first time since 1991.