Associated Press
WACO -- Colt McCoy tied the NCAA record for career victories by a starting quarterback, throwing two touchdown passes to help No. 2 Texas beat Baylor 47-14 Saturday.
McCoy is 42-7 in his career, tying the wins record set by former Georgia quarterback David Greene.
Texas led 40-0 by halftime with McCoy throwing touchdown passes of 3 and 7 yards to Jordan Shipley. Cody Johnson ran for 109 yards and two short touchdowns and Tre' Newton added a 45-yard scoring run.
Texas (10-0, 6-0 Big 12) reached 10 wins for the ninth straight season, second only to Florida State's run of 14 consecutive 10-win seasons from 1987-2000.
Baylor (4-6, 1-5) absorbed its fifth loss in six games.
McCoy left the game midway through the third quarter with 181 yards on 23 of 34 passing.
He got the record-tying win in front of a road crowd that had to feel more like home. Floyd Casey Stadium is only a 99-mile drive from Austin. The crowd of about 44,000 was among the largest ever at Baylor for a Big 12 game and about half wore burnt orange.
The Longhorns put together a quick start, scoring on the opening drive when McCoy found Shipley slicing underneath the Baylor defense at the goal line.
Baylor, still confident after a rally at Missouri a week ago, responded with a long drive to the Texas 4. But freshman quarterback Nick Florence, who set a Baylor record with 427 yards last week, threw an interception to Aaron Williams in the end zone. Williams timed the fade route perfectly, leaping high to make an acrobatic catch.
Baylor lost all momentum when Texas stuffed the Bears at midfield on fourth down on the next drive. Given the short field, the Longhorns made it 14-0 on Johnson's 10th touchdown of the season.
Newton soon made it 21-0 with Texas' longest scoring run of the season.
Texas' only scary moment came when McCoy dumped a short pass to Shipley across the middle in double coverage. Shipley was hit hard and stayed on the ground for a minute. Texas' best receiver eventually walked off under his own power, shaking McCoy's hand on the way to the sideline.
Baylor was penalized for a personal foul on the hit, giving Texas a first down. Three plays later, McCoy pump faked before hitting Shipley in the end zone again.
Texas' top-ranked defense simply swamped Florence after the opening drive. The Longhorns forced four turnovers and the Bears actually went backward in the second quarter, losing 20 yards.
On Texas' five touchdown drives, three started in Baylor territory.
A fumble by Terrance Gannaway at the Baylor 20 bounced all the way back into the end zone to force a safety. A Texas field goal in the final seconds of the half made it 40-0.
Eddie Jones capped the Texas scoring with a 60-yard interception return in the fourth.
McCoy played on Texas' first two drives of the second half, but was pulled for freshman Garrett Gilbert after both ended in punts. Shipley, who set a Texas record with 273 yards against Central Florida a week earlier, caught six passes for 46 yards.
Florence finished with 240 yards passing with three interceptions.
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No. 17 Oklahoma St. 24, Texas Tech 17: STILLWATER, Okla. -- Patrick Lavine scored on a 21-yard interception return, and No. 17 Oklahoma State came up with a final defensive stand to keep its slim hopes for a Big 12 championship alive with a 24-17 win against Texas Tech on Saturday night.
After allowing some rare pressure against quarterback Zac Robinson in the first half, the Cowboys (8-2, 5-1) relied on their Big 12-leading rushing attack to drain the clock in the second half. Oklahoma State piled up 207 yards on the ground after halftime and controlled the ball for 22 minutes.
Tech (6-4, 3-3) got one last chance after Robinson fumbled with 98 seconds left on a play that left both him and defender Jamar Wall shaken up.
Tramain Swindall dropped Taylor Potts' fourth-down pass to doom the final drive by the Red Raiders.
Keith Toston put Oklahoma State up 17-10 with his touchdown run early in the fourth quarter, one play after his fumble inside the 1 was overturned by instant replay and two plays after he plunged forward for a 2-yard gain to convert a fourth-and-1 at the 6.
Lavine followed that by stepping in front of Steven Sheffield's pass to tailback Baron Batch and racing up the OSU sideline for the score.
Potts, benched in favor of Sheffield in the first half, led the Red Raiders right back with a scoring drive that took only 67 seconds. He finished it off with a 24-yard TD pass to Edward Britton to bring Tech within 24-17.
Potts had one last chance after Robinson's fumble on a scary collision with Wall. Robinson sat up immediately, but then lay back down and stayed that way for a few minutes as a handful of teammates gathered around. He eventually walked to the bench with the help of team trainers.
Potts got Texas Tech to midfield with 58 seconds left but that's where the drive stalled. Swindall dropped a short pass on fourth-and-4 and OSU ran out the final 16 seconds.
The loss denied Mike Leach his 83rd win at Tech, which would have pushed him past Spike Dykes for the most in school history.
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Nebraska 31, Kansas 17: LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Roy Helu Jr. ran for 156 yards and three touchdowns, helping Nebraska move to the top of the Big 12 North.
Niles Paul had 244 total yards, including 154 on four catches, and Alex Henery kicked three field goals to set up next week's Big 12 North showdown between Nebraska (7-3, 4-2) and Kansas State. Helu recovered a fumble in the end zone in the first quarter and had TD runs of 20 and 14 yards in the fourth quarter to give the Cornhuskers their third straight win.
Kansas (5-5, 1-5 Big 12) overcame a miserable first quarter to take a 17-16 lead midway through the fourth, only to give up Helu's second touchdown 64 seconds later. The Jayhawks' five-game losing streak is their longest in seven years.
Todd Reesing threw for 236 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score, but was off-target early and hurt by dropped passes late to finish 19 for 41 in his final home game. Fellow senior Kerry Meier added 10 catches for 127 yards.
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Missouri 38, Kansas State 12: MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Danario Alexander caught 10 passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns in his second monster game in as many weeks and Missouri put a big dent in the Wildcats' hopes in the Big 12 North.
In his last two games, Alexander has 414 yards receiving. He hooked up with Blaine Gabbert on scoring plays of 54, 16 and 80 yards.
Gabbert was 20 for 27 for 298 yards and three TDs for the Tigers (6-4, 2-4 Big 12), who had lost four of five and dropped out of contention for their third straight North championship.
Kansas State (6-5, 4-3) started the day with a half-game lead over Nebraska in the North Division. The Huskers will host the Wildcats on Saturday in what could be the division's decisive showdown.
Missouri had not scored a touchdown in the second half of any of its five conference games this year, but Alexander changed that with his 80-yard scoring play in the final seconds of the third quarter. Making the reception near midfield, the 6-foot-5, 215-pound senior juked one would-be tackler and then with long, powerful strides outran two more into the corner of the end zone.
Alexander had 214 yards receiving the week before in a loss to Baylor. His third TD made it 24-17, and then Missouri wrapped up its fourth straight victory over the Wildcats with touchdown runs in the fourth quarter of 4 and 13 yards by Derrick Washington. Each followed a Kansas State turnover.
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Iowa State 17, Colorado 10: AMES, Iowa -- Austen Arnaud threw a pair of touchdown passes and Iowa State beat Colorado to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2005.
Alexander Robinson added 138 yards rushing for the Cyclones (6-5, 3-4 Big 12), who held the Buffaloes to just three points on three trips inside the Cyclones' 10-yard line.
Arnaud threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Marquis Hamilton, and his 20-yard TD strike to Robinson gave Iowa State a 17-3 lead midway through the third quarter.
The Buffaloes pulled within 17-10 on a 36-yard TD pass from Tyler Hansen to Markques Simas with 3:17 left. They got the ball back at their own 20-yard line with 23 seconds left, but the Cyclones stopped a last-gasp scramble by the Buffs.
Hansen had 258 yards passing for Colorado (3-7, 2-4), which lost its 10th straight road game.
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