FORT WORTH, Texas — Landry Jones threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns, Damien Williams ran untouched 66 yards for a score and 12th-ranked Oklahoma held on to win 24-17 at TCU on Saturday and clinch a share of the Big 12 title.
The Sooners (10-2, 8-1 Big 12) won their eighth consecutive Big 12 game since a late-September loss to Kansas State.
TCU (7-5, 4-5) lost all four of its Big 12 games at home despite winning four on the road.
NO. 7 KANSAS STATE 42, NO. 23 TEXAS 24
At Manhattan, Kan., Collin Klein threw a touchdown pass and ran for two scores, and Kansas State secured its third conference title in 117 years and a trip to the Fiesta Bowl.
WISCONSIN 70, NO. 14 NEBRASKA 31
At Indianapolis, Montee Ball ran for 201 yards and three touchdowns, and Wisconsin rushed for the 539 yards to rout Nebraska in the Big Ten title game.
The Badgers (8-5) are the first team to reach the Rose Bowl with five losses, and are the first Big Ten team to make it in three straight years since Michigan in the late 1970s.
NO. 16 OREGON STATE 77, NICHOLLS STATE 3
At Corvallis, Ore., Storm Woods ran for two touchdowns in the first quarter and Oregon State (9-3) put up its highest point total ever, routing Nicholls State in a game postponed by Hurricane Isaac.
BAYLOR 41, NO. 24 OKLAHOMA STATE 34
At Waco, Texas, Lache Seastrunk rushed for 178 yards, including a 76-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, and Nick Florence passed for 296 yards to lead Baylor.
Baylor (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) has won at least seven games in three consecutive seasons — the first time the Bears have done that since 1949-51.
NO. 25 BOISE STATE 27, NEVADA 21
At Reno, Nev., Joe Southwick threw two touchdown passes to lead Boise State (10-2, 7-1), earning the Broncos a share of the Mountain West Conference title.
N.C. State hires Doeren
Dave Doeren is leaving Northern Illinois to take over at North Carolina State.
N.C. State announced Doeren’s hiring Saturday — less than 24 hours after he guided the 19th-ranked Huskies to their second consecutive Mid-American Conference championship, and six days after the Wolfpack fired Tom O’Brien.
Doeren claimed a MAC title both years he has been a head coach and is 23-4 since taking over the Huskies.


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