Don't look now, but Temple Owls are 4-1

National - Freshman Nick Chubb, subbing for the suspended Todd Gurley, rushed for 143 yards on 38 carries as Georgia won at Missouri, 34-0, in a game that probably decided the SEC East.

Local - Delaware Valley's Aaron Wilmer threw for five touchdowns and ran for another as the Aggies (5-0, 4-0 Middle Atlantic Conference), ranked 24th in Division III, beat No. 23 Lycoming (5-1, 4-1) at home, 52-42. It's the most points allowed by Lyco since 1949. It had given up 50 all season. This was the fourth straight time Del Val had reached 50.

Temple 35, Tulsa 24

Once again the Owls (4-1, 2-0 American) did what they needed to do, which was get past a team that on paper they're supposed to beat. For a change, this one wasn't over early.

Visiting Tulsa (1-5, 1-1), which lost its fifth straight, scored in the opening quarter for the first time. And it took a three-point lead on the first play of the fourth.

But P.J. Walker threw two TD passes in the final 11 minutes, the first to Jalen Fitzpatrick from 30 yards out and the 20-yard clincher to Jahad Thomas with 3:25 left.

Thomas rushed for 152 yards on 14 carries, including a 68-yarder on the first drive. Going into the game, the sophomore had 106 yards on 25 carries, with a long of 19.

The Owls, who were among the national leaders in turnovers, didn't force any. They were 1-for-12 on third down.

They still found a way. So what else is relevant, especially for a program that's only been 4-1 one other time since 1979?

On Friday night they're at Houston (3-3, 1-1), which just won at Memphis (3-3, 1-1).

The combined record of the Owls' first five opponents is 9-24. The next five are 18-11. Three are away. The Owls have won their last three on the road. In the second game last year, Houston won up here, 22-13. Temple led by four at the half, and the Cougars got a late TD.

Villanova 44, Rhode Island 21

The Wildcats (5-1, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Association) are among the better teams in FCS. The visiting Rams (0-6, 0-2) are not.

It was 37-0 at halftime.

For the fourth straight game, John Robertson threw for four TDs. For the second time in that stretch, he didn't play in the second half. He also ran for 61.

Former walk-on Poppy Livers, who scored twice, got his 100th career reception.

It was their fifth consecutive win. They've scored more than 40 in each, a school record.

On Saturday they'll be at William & Mary (4-2, 1-1). The Tribe was 10th before losing 32-2 at No. 4 New Hampshire (5-1, 3-0), which doesn't play Villanova. The Wildcats lost their last time in Williamsburg, in 2010. They won there in a memorable national semifinal the year before that.

It's the first of two defining games in 3 weeks. On Nov. 1, they go to Richmond (4-2, 1-1), whose FCS loss was by three at home to New Hampshire.

Fordham 60, Penn 22

The Quakers are 0-4 for the first time since 1991, the year before the retiring Al Bagnoli arrived.

The only score in the closing 20 minutes was a late Fordham field goal. The Rams (6-1), whose loss was at Villanova (50-6), are 14th in FCS.

The Quakers had 510 yards but four turnovers. The hosts gained 730. Mike Nebrich threw for a school-record 566 and tied a school record with six TD passes.

The Quakers, who have lost their last seven, host winless Columbia Saturday. It's their longest losing streak since they dropped the last nine in 1982, Gerry Berndt's first season.

It was the most points they've allowed since giving up 61 to No. 1 Army in 1945, a year after giving up 62 to the top-ranked Cadets. Only three times have they ever surrendered more. Each happened in 1886-88. The record is 96 by Princeton in 1887.

I don't know what it was, but it doesn't look like the game a lot of us grew up on.

Kind of makes you wish for one of those LSU 9, Alabama 6 in overtime things.

Baylor 61, TCU 58. In regulation. And it came down to a 28-yard kick at the buzzer by Chris Callahan, who had missed five of his six field-goal attempts entering the game. He went 4-for-4 this time, with none longer than 29. It's the highest-scoring game between ranked teams ever, in the first meeting between these two (in 110) when both were ranked.

There wasn't a quarter in which both teams didn't reach double digits. There were three punts.

Then you had Notre Dame 50, North Carolina 43. Yo, we knew the Tar Heels couldn't play defense. Their 26 first-half points were nine more than the Irish had allowed in any game. It's the highest-scoring game at Notre Dame Stadium. The last time ND gave up that many at home was Sept. 16, 2006, in a 47-21 loss to Michigan.

Next up, of course, is that trip to Florida State.