Troy 47, Florida Atlantic 21
TROY, Ala. (AP) -Levi Brown threw for a school-record 477 yards and Troy clinched at least a share Saturday of a fourth straight Sun Belt championship with a 47-21 win over Florida Atlantic.
Brown, who went 27-for-36, threw for his third 400-yard game of the season. He broke his own school record of 469 yards, set against North Texas Oct. 24. He also set a single-season record with 3,575 yards, breaking Sim Byrd's record in 1968.
Troy (8-3, 7-0) won its ninth straight conference game.
Brown threw touchdown passes of 19 yards to Patrick Cherry, 59 to Cornelius Williams and five to TeBiarus Gill.
Jerrel Jernigan led all receivers with six catches for 147 yards and he ran for 51 yards and a score.
Alfred Morris ran for 137 yards on 17 carries, including a 45-yard touchdown for Florida Atlantic (3-7, 3-3).
Louisiana-Lafayette 21, Louisiana-Monroe 17
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -Backup quarterback Brad McGuire rushed for two touchdowns to lead Louisiana-Lafayette to a 21-17 victory over Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday night.
The Ragin' Cajuns (6-5, 4-3 Sun Belt Conference) reached six wins and became bowl-eligible for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The Warhawks (6-5, 5-2) are also bowl-eligible but needed a victory to have a chance to share the conference title.
Louisiana-Monroe took a 17-14 lead in the third quarter when Trey Revell hit Keavin Milton with an 11-yard scoring pass.
But Louisiana-Lafayette drove 80 yards in 12 plays for the winning score in the fourth, with quarterback Chris Masson completing three passes for 48 yards during the march. A pass interference penalty on the Warhawks in the end zone gave the Cajuns a first down at the 2-yard line. McGuire scored on the second play with 7:16 left.
Middle Tennessee 38, Arkansas State 14
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -Dwight Dasher threw four touchdown passes to lead Middle Tennessee to a 38-14 victory over Arkansas State on Saturday.
It was the fifth straight victory for the Blue Raiders (8-3, 6-1 Sun Belt Conference), who had 427 yards of offense.
Dasher threw three touchdown passes and Middle Tennessee led 24-0 before Arkansas State scored. Dasher was 15-for-26 for 263 yards and had scoring passes of 80, 32, 12 and 7 yards. He also ran for 73 yards on 18 carries.
Arkansas State (2-8, 1-5) was held to 44 yards rushing. The Red Wolves also committed 15 penalties for 118 yards.
Dasher threw an 80-yard touchdown pass to D.D. Kyles for a 7-0 lead with 12:20 left. Dasher then threw TD passes of 12 yards to Chris McClover and 32 yards to Harold Turner for a 24-0 lead with 6:20 left in the second quarter.
Ryan Aplin threw for 147 yards and a score for Arkansas State.
Army 17, North Texas 13
DENTON, Texas (AP) -Quarterback Trent Steelman rushed for 132 yards and the winning touchdown with 1:43 left, and Army kept its postseason hopes alive by beating North Texas 17-13 Saturday.
Army (5-6) can become bowl eligible for the first time since 1996 with a victory Dec. 12 against Navy. The Black Knights have a tie-in with the EagleBank Bowl should they win six games.
Army forced five turnovers and Marcus Hilton blocked a field goal attempt to set up Steelman's 2-yard run.
North Texas (2-9) lost its fifth game this season by a touchdown or less. Lance Dunbar had a 68-yard touchdown run and Riley Dodge was 31 of 41 for 225 yards and three interceptions.
Army was down 13-10 when it turned the ball over on downs at its 36 with 5:29 left. North Texas could have gone ahead by two scores with a touchdown but had to settle for Jeremy Knott's 33-yard try.
After the block, Steelman broke down the left sideline for a 55-yard run, then scored the winning TD two plays later. Ty Shrader intercepted Dodge with 1:31 remaining to clinch things.
The Black Knights won consecutive games for the first time this season and have their most victories since going 10-2 in 1996.
After a sluggish first half, Army took a 10-7 lead on Patrick Mealy's 9-yard touchdown run with 7:55 left in the third quarter. Steelman pitched the ball to Mealy on the option just before he was about to be hit by Mean Green defensive back Darien Williams.
Dunbar gave the Mean Green a 13-10 lead with his long touchdown run. The sophomore had 132 yards rushing, his seventh 100-yard game of the season.
Army stayed in the game despite gaining just 46 yards in the first half. North Texas failed to build on its lead, turning the ball over twice inside the Army 30 in the second quarter
Before the game, Fort Hood's first responders and the 13 people who died in the Nov. 5 shootings were honored. A moment of silence was observed for those who were killed, and the first responders were recognized on the field before the game played 185 miles north of the Army post.
#1 Florida 62, FIU 3
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Tim Tebow accounted for three touchdowns, Brandon Spikes returned an interception for a score and Florida extended the nation's longest winning streak to 21 games with a 62-3 victory over Florida International on Saturday.
The Gators improved to 11-0 for just the second time in school history and need two more wins -- against Florida State and Alabama in the SEC Championship Game -- to earn a shot at repeating as national champions.
Florida scored touchdowns on eight of 11 offensive possessions. The only scoreless drives came when Caleb Sturgis missed a 52-yard field goal attempt in the first quarter and when Florida ran out the clock in the final seconds of each half.
Spikes started the onslaught when he intercepted Paul McCall's pass and returned it 41 yards for a touchdown, his fourth INT return for a score in the last two years.
The defense didn't let up, sacking McCall twice and holding the Golden Panthers to 189 yards and 11 first downs.