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WEST VIRGINIA 19, NO. 8 PITTSBURGH 16: Noel Devine rushed for 134 yards and Tyler Bitancurt kicked four field goals, including a 43-yarder as time expired to lift West Virginia to a 19-16 win over No. 8 Pittsburgh on Friday night.

West Virginia (8-3, 4-2 Big East) halted Pittsburgh's five-game winning streak. The Panthers (9-2, 5-1) can still earn the conference's Bowl Championship Series berth with a win at home next week against No. 5 Cincinnati. The Bearcats beat Illinois 49-36 earlier Friday.

Pittsburgh was held out of the end zone on five drives inside the West Virginia 30 until Bill Stull found Jonathan Baldwin with a 50-yard TD toss with 2:54 left to tie the score at 16-16.

That gave Jarrett Brown enough time to move West Virginia 42 yards into position for the winning field goal.

Dion Lewis ran for 155 yards and Dan Hutchins kicked three field goals for the Panthers.

NO. 2 ALABAMA 26, AUBURN 21: No. 2 Alabama found its championship form in the nick of time.

Outplayed most of the game, the Crimson Tide stayed unbeaten with a 26-21 victory Friday over Auburn, taking the lead with a nearly perfect drive that was capped by Greg McElroy's 4-yard touchdown pass to Roy Upchurch with 1:24 left.

Alabama (12-0, 8-0 SEC) completed a second straight perfect regular season in the Iron Bowl, but did it the hard way against its bitter rival. The Tide fell behind in the opening minutes, but came out ahead to do its part to set up 1 vs. 2 showdown with top-ranked Florida in the SEC championship game.

Auburn quarterback Chris Todd set the school's single-season record with his 21st touchdown pass of the season.

NO. 5 CINCINNATI 49, ILLINOIS 36: Tony Pike answered all the questions six times over.

The senior quarterback returned from a major injury to his non-throwing arm and had a record day Friday, passing for six touchdowns in a 49-36 victory over Illinois that kept fifth-ranked Cincinnati unbeaten.

And now, back at full strength.

"Words can't describe how amazing this feels," Pike said.

Cincinnati (11-0) remained one of six unbeaten Bowl Subdivision teams, ranked fifth in the BCS standings. The Bearcats finish their regular season next weekend in Pittsburgh, playing for their second straight Big East championship.

TULSA 33, MEMPHIS 30: G.J. Kinne tossed a game-tying, 2-yard touchdown pass to Trae Johnson with 30 seconds and Kevin Fitzpatrick's fourth field goal was the game-winner in overtime as Tulsa rallied to beat Memphis 33-30 in coach Tommy West's last game for the Tigers. The Golden Hurricane (5-7, 3-5 Conference USA) snapped a six-game losing streak. West, fired last month by Memphis (2-10, 1-7), finished his ninth season with the Tigers with a record of 49-61 at the school.

GEORGIA TECH: Georgia Tech is pitching in to raise money for a paralyzed Georgia baseball player. The Yellow Jackets baseball team will be walking through tailgate areas before Saturday night's Georgia-Georgia Tech football game to collect money for Chance Veazey, a freshman second baseman paralyzed from the waist down in an October scooter accident on the Athens campus. The money will be sent to "Prayer for Chance," a fund at Athens First Bank and Trust that is collecting money for Veazey's medical expenses.

WYOMING 17, COLORADO STATE 16: Ian Watts kicked a 33-yard field goal with 1:27 left as Wyoming became bowl-eligible with a 17-16 victory over Colorado State. Quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels had touchdown runs of 8 and 49 for Wyoming (6-6, 4-4 Mountain West). The Cowboys had lost four of their previous five games and their last five meetings in Fort Collins. Wyoming was last eligible for a bowl in 2006, but it didn't receive an invitation. The last time Wyoming went to a bowl was the Las Vegas Bowl in 2004.