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NO. 17 MIAMI 21, NO. 8 OKLAHOMA 20: Once Jacory Harris settled down and Miami's defense got rolling, the Hurricanes found the right combination for their biggest win in years. And for Sam Bradford-less Oklahoma, it was just another frustrating trip to South Florida.

Harris survived a shaky start to throw three touchdown passes, Javarris James ran for a career-high 150 yards against the nation's top rush defense, and No. 17 Miami knocked off No. 8 Oklahoma 21-20 on Saturday night.

MARYLAND 24, CLEMSON 21: Chris Turner passed for two touchdowns for Maryland and Clemson missed two late field-goals tries at College Park, Md.

The win snapped a two-game losing streak by the Terps (2-3, 1-0 ACC), who snuffed out the Tigers' final drive at the 28 with a sack and fumble recovery by Demetrius Hartsfield with 27 seconds to play.

Clemson (2-3, 1-2) cut the score to 24-21 with 4:11 left in the third quarter after C.J. Spiller scored on a 92-yard kickoff return and a 2-point conversion pass from Kyle Parker to Michael Palmer. The Tiger could have tied and taken the lead but Richard Jackson missed field goals from 47 and 48 yards away.

Maryland was held to 28 yards and a single first down in the first quarter as Clemson built a 10-0 lead. But the Terps rallied with 17 points in the second quarter to pull ahead.

Turner completed 19 of 26 passes for 215 yards and had scoring tosses of 29 yards to Torrey Smith and 4 yards to Ronnie Tyler.

Clemson 10 3 8 0 -- 21

Maryland 0 17 7 0 -- 24

Clem--FG Jackson 41

Clem--J.Ford 17 run (Jackson kick)

Md--FG Ferrara 43

Clem--FG Jackson 51

Md--Smith 29 pass from Turner (Ferrara kick)

Md--Tyler 4 pass from Turner (Ferrara kick)

Md--Meggett 1 run (Ferrara kick)

Clem--Spiller 92 kickoff return (Palmer pass from Parker)

A--46,243.

Clemson Maryland

First downs 18 15

Rushes-yards 30-81 45-69

Passing 193 215

Comp-Att-Int 22-40-1 19-26-0

Return Yards 13 50

Punts-Avg. 7-39.1 8-43.3

Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-2

Penalties-Yards 7-50 6-57

Time of Possession 29:15 30:45

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Clemson, Spiller 18-72, J.Ford 2-19, Ellington 4-9, Korn 2-4, Harper 2-1, Parker 2-(minus 24). Maryland, Meggett 10-27, Douglas 7-21, Smith 1-10, T.Watson 1-9, Jackson 2-9, Turner 17-6, McCree 1-1, Scott 3-0, Team 2-(minus 2), Williams 1-(minus 12).

PASSING--Clemson, Parker 20-37-1-180, Korn 2-3-0-13. Maryland, Turner 19-26-0-215.

RECEIVING--Clemson, Palmer 5-65, J.Ford 5-37, Dye 3-29, Jones 2-20, Spiller 2-7, Ellington 2-1, Ashe 1-25, J.Brown 1-6, Taylor 1-3. Maryland, Tyler 5-39, Cannon 4-42, Smith 3-64, T.Galt 3-22, Scott 1-19, Meggett 1-18, Williams 1-10, Douglas 1-1.

BOSTON COLLEGE 28, FLORIDA STATE 21: Montel Harris broke free up the middle for a 42-yard touchdown run with 4:07 left -- his second score of the game -- and Boston College recovered after blowing an 18-point lead in Boston. Harris finished with a career-high 179 yards on 25 carries for the Eagles (4-1, 2-1 ACC). Quarterback Dave Shinskie completed 12 of 21 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns.

Florida State 3 3 7 8 -- 21

Boston College 7 14 0 7 -- 28

FSU--FG Hopkins 31

BC--Harris 3 run (Aponavicius kick)

BC--Gunnell 3 pass from Shinskie (Aponavicius kick)

BC--Smith 38 pass from Shinskie (Aponavicius kick)

FSU--FG Hopkins 39

FSU--Givens 10 run (Hopkins kick)

FSU--Thomas 2 run (Piurowski pass from Reed)

BC--Harris 42 run (Aponavicius kick)

A--40,029.

Florida State Boston College

First downs 23 20

Rushes-yards 29-70 39-196

Passing 341 203

Comp-Att-Int 29-42-0 12-21-0

Return Yards 10 0

Punts-Avg. 3-38.3 4-39.3

Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-2

Penalties-Yards 9-79 4-15

Time of Possession 31:43 28:17

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Florida St., Givens 3-23, Ponder 10-23, Thomas 10-21, C.Thompson 1-2, Easterling 1-1, Pryor 4-0. Boston College, Harris 25-179, Haden 9-31, Shinskie 2-(minus 1), Smith 1-(minus 4), Team 2-(minus 9).

PASSING--Florida St., Ponder 29-42-0-341. Boston College, Shinskie 12-21-0-203.

RECEIVING--Florida St., Goodman 9-105, Reed 7-107, Owens 5-62, Easterling 3-37, Piurowski 2-20, Thomas 1-6, Fortson 1-3, C.Thompson 1-1. Boston College, Larmond 5-98, Gunnell 5-47, Smith 1-38, Jarvis 1-20.

NO. 25 GEORGIA TECH 42, MISSISSIPPI STATE 31: Josh Nesbitt threw for a career-high 266 yards and No. 25 Georgia Tech converted three Mississippi State turnovers into touchdowns in Starkville, Miss. Nesbitt, who rushed 32 times the week before, took to the air against the Bulldogs (2-3), connecting with Demaryius Thomas eight times for 174 yards.

Georgia Tech 14 14 7 7 -- 42

Mississippi State 7 10 0 14 -- 31

GaT--S.Hill 24 run (Tanner kick)

GaT--Dwyer 2 run (Tanner kick)

MSSt--Berry 89 kickoff return (Brauchle kick)

GaT--Jones 5 run (Tanner kick)

MSSt--Bumphis 10 run (DePasquale kick)

GaT--Tarrant 40 fumble return (Tanner kick)

MSSt--FG DePasquale 31

GaT--D.Thomas 23 pass from Nesbitt (Tanner kick)

MSSt--Bumphis 69 pass from Lee (DePasquale kick)

GaT--Allen 5 run (Tanner kick)

MSSt--Ducre 4 run (DePasquale kick)

A--50,035

Georgia Tech Mississippi State

First downs 23 25

Rushes-yards 54-213 38-209

Passing 266 278

Comp-Att-Int 11-14-0 20-30-1

Return Yards 0 0

Punts-Avg. 3-37.0 0-0.0

Fumbles-Lost 4-1 5-4

Penalties-Yards 9-61 5-40

Time of Possession 36:03 23:57

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Georgia Tech, Dwyer 16-83, Nesbitt 23-53, S.Hill 1-24, Peeples 3-19, Wright 2-14, Allen 3-10, Jones 3-8, Lyons 2-4, Team 1-(minus 2). Mississippi St., Dixon 18-106, Elliott 5-27, Lee 6-22, Ducre 4-18, Relf 3-16, Bumphis 1-10, Cameron 1-10.

PASSING--Georgia Tech, Nesbitt 11-14-0-266. Mississippi St., Lee 20-30-1-278.

RECEIVING--Georgia Tech, D.Thomas 8-174, S.Hill 1-53, Allen 1-20, Peeples 1-19. Mississippi St., Bumphis 6-123, Ducre 3-38, Green 3-25, Elliott 2-32, Berry 2-17, Cook 1-13, Stallworth 1-13, Wilder 1-9, C.Smith 1-8.