For the third time this season, SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai has been named the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week, league officials announced Monday.

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The American Athletic Conference will enter Week 9 as one of only two FBS conferences with two unbeaten teams (along with the Big Ten) as Cincinnati and SMU both improved to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in conference play. Houston, meanwhile, sits atop the league standings after the Cougars registered their sixth consecutive victory to get to 4-0 in The American.

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For the fifth-straight game, Syracuse football had its game decided in the final minute.

The Orange scored twice in the game's final three minutes, completing a 21-point fourth quarter, capped off by Damien Alford catching a 45-yard touchdown bomb over the top with less than 30 seconds to play.

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The Wake Forest football team captured its third road victory of the season on Saturday afternoon, 70-56, behind a career passing performance from redshirt sophomore quarterback Sam Hartman.

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Kansas State used a fourth-quarter touchdown reception by running back Deuce Vaughn to take a 25-24 lead and recorded back-to-back sacks on Texas Tech quarterback Henry Colombi in the final 2 minutes to capture its first Big 12 Conference victory of the season in sizzling style before a stunned crowd at Jones AT&T Stadium.

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