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NO. 21 BOSTON COLLEGE 24, NO. 15 GEORGIA TECH 10: In a showdown between two of the country's best players, Matt Ryan was the clear winner.

The Boston College quarterback threw for a career-best 435 yards and Eagles shut down Georgia Tech star Tashard Choice in a 24-10 victory over the Yellow Jackets on Saturday night in Atlanta.

Ryan was 30-of-44 in the third 400-yard passing game of his career, which included a 39-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Robinson. The senior surpassed his previous best from just two weeks ago, a 408-yard effort against defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion Wake Forest.

Boston College proved that its stout run defense, ranked fourth nationally, was no fluke. The Eagles held Choice to just 31 yards on 15 carries, ending his streak of nine straight 100-yard games.

Boston College 7 7 7 3 -- 24 Georgia Tech 0 0 0 10 -- 10

BC--Whitworth 1 run (Aponavicius kick)

BC--Robinson 39 pass from Ryan (Aponavicius kick)

BC--Whitworth 16 run (Aponavicius kick)

GaT--Dwyer 2 run (Bell kick)

GaT--FG Bell 32

BC--FG Aponavicius 21

A--51,112.

Boston College Georgia Tech

First downs 26 16

Rushes-yards 33-92 28-63

Passing 435 204

Comp-Att-Int 30-44-0 20-39-0

Return Yards 4 24

Punts-Avg. 7-42.0 10-45.3

Fumbles-Lost 3-1 2-0

Penalties-Yards 8-92 10-100

Time of Possession 32:50 27:10

Individual Statistics

RUSHING--Boston College, Callender 17-54, Whitworth 12-48, Team 1-(minus 1), Ryan 3-(minus 9). Georgia Tech, Choice 15-31, Grant 3-23, Dwyer 9-16, Bennett 1-(minus 7).

PASSING--Boston College, Ryan 30-44-0-435. Georgia Tech, Bennett 20-39-0-204.

RECEIVING--Boston College, Challenger 7-88, Robinson 5-128, Gunnell 5-60, Loyte 4-78, Megwa 3-42, Purvis 3-20, Callender 2-16, Whitworth 1-3. Georgia Tech, Thomas 5-68, G.Smith 5-63, Peek 5-35, Choice 4-29, Dwyer 1-9.

NO. 18 VIRGINIA TECH 28, OHIO 7: Tyrod Taylor didn't exactly make Virginia Tech's offense shine, but the freshman quarterback ran for a touchdown and didn't make any mistakes as the host Hokies struggled again, but beat Ohio.

Ohio 0 7 0 0 -- 7 Virginia Tech 0 7 7 14 -- 28

Ohio--McRae 4 run (Braunstein kick)

VT--K.Lewis 13 run (Dunlevy kick)

VT--T.Taylor 6 run (Dunlevy kick)

VT--Ore 1 run (Dunlevy kick)

VT--K.Lewis 44 run (Dunlevy kick)

A--86,233.

Ohio Virginia Tech

First downs 5 24

Rushes-yards 36-38 40-181

Passing 76 292

Comp-Att-Int 10-20-0 20-33-0

Return Yards (-4) 13

Punts-Avg. 13-36.8 7-41.3

Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-2

Penalties-Yards 9-45 6-60

Time of Possession 30:59 29:01

Individual Statistics

RUSHING--Ohio, McRae 22-55, Scott 3-6, Abrams 1-(minus 3), Price 1-(minus 3), Bower 9-(minus 17). Virginia Tech, Ore 18-82, K.Lewis 6-62, Cheeseman 2-17, Pickle 2-13, T.Taylor 10-8, Weatherford 1-0, Team 1-(minus 1).

PASSING--Ohio, Bower 9-16-0-70, Scott 1-4-0-6. Virginia Tech, T.Taylor 18-31-0-287, Glennon 2-2-0-5.

RECEIVING--Ohio, McRae 6-26, Mooney 2-24, Nwokocha 1-21, Fitzgerald 1-5. Virginia Tech, J.Morgan 6-119, Royal 3-30, Hyman 2-26, Harper 2-21, Boone 1-32, Ore 1-28, Wheeler 1-16, Luckett 1-9, Smith 1-6, Whitaker 1-3, Jefferson 1-2.

NO. 20 CLEMSON 38, FURMAN 10: Cullen Harper went 16-for-19 for 266 yards and three touchdowns in host Clemson's victory over Furman.

Furman 0 3 0 7 -- 10 Clemson 10 7 7 14 -- 38

Clem--Davis 2 run (Buchholz kick)

Clem--FG Buchholz 22

Clem--Grisham 49 pass from Harper (Buchholz kick)

Fur--FG Beckler 38

Clem--Ford 33 pass from Harper (Buchholz kick)

Clem--Kelly 23 pass from Harper (Buchholz kick)

Clem--Harris 42 pass from Korn (Buchholz kick)

Fur--Kendall 26 run (Beckler kick)

A--79,215.

Furman Clemson

First downs 21 19

Rushes-yards 36-142 33-60

Passing 242 317

Comp-Att-Int 28-43-3 18-22-0

Return Yards (-4) 20

Punts-Avg. 4-21.3 3-49.0

Fumbles-Lost 4-2 2-2

Penalties-Yards 5-30 4-50

Time of Possession 36:33 23:27

Individual Statistics

RUSHING--Furman, Felton 20-74, Kendall 4-41, Gipson 8-19, LaFrance 3-8, Gray 1-0. Clemson, Davis 9-58, Chambers 4-16, Ford 2-13, Korn 2-8, Faerber 1-6, Spiller 9-(minus 1), Harper 6-(minus 40).

PASSING--Furman, Sorrells 18-28-2-172, Gray 10-15-1-70. Clemson, Harper 16-19-0-266, Korn 2-3-0-51.

RECEIVING--Furman, Sprague 5-56, Truss 5-44, Hedden 4-45, Webb 4-21, McKie 3-21, Mims 3-18, Watson 2-13, K.Williams 1-19, Felton 1-5. Clemson, Kelly 6-79, Grisham 3-74, Ford 2-55, Spiller 2-29, Taylor 2-17, Harris 1-42, Palmer 1-12, Faerber 1-9.

MIAMI 23, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 9: In Miami, Kyle Wright threw an 80-yard pass to Lance Leggett for Miami's longest offensive score in nearly two years.

Florida International 0 0 3 6 -- 9 Miami 7 6 10 0 -- 23

Mia--G.Cooper 3 run (Zampogna kick)

Mia--FG Zampogna 27

Mia--FG Zampogna 24

FlIn--FG Abed 24

Mia--FG Zampogna 27

Mia--Leggett 80 pass from Wright (Zampogna kick)

FlIn--Turner 65 pass from Younger (kick failed)

A--40,915.

Florida International Miami

First downs 11 18

Rushes-yards 37-159 40-204

Passing 105 224

Comp-Att-Int 6-14-2 10-19-2

Return Yards 0 59

Punts-Avg. 6-40.5 3-33.3

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1

Penalties-Yards 10-83 12-93

Time of Possession 30:40 29:20

Individual Statistics

RUSHING--Fla. International, Ned 18-87, Younger 11-66, Reams 6-5, Ellis 1-1, Owens 1-0. Miami, James 19-92, G.Cooper 11-48, Wright 8-44, McNeal 2-20.

PASSING--Fla. International, Younger 6-14-2-105. Miami, Wright 10-19-2-224.

RECEIVING--Fla. International, Frierson 2-20, Turner 1-65, Ned 1-10, Ellis 1-7, Kirchenberg 1-3. Miami, Jenkins 5-108, James 2-12, Leggett 1-80, G.Cooper 1-21, Zellner 1-3.