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Texas Tech's unbeaten run ends and Michigan can't find the end zone in Saturday's noon window

No. 8 Texas Tech lost 37-24 at Cincinnati and Michigan fell 13-6 to Indiana in overtime. Miami, LSU, SMU and Northwestern all won by at least 21.

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  • Two Saturday noon games will get talked about all week. No. 8 Texas Tech lost its unbeaten record at Cincinnati, and Michigan went a full game plus overtime against No. 6 Indiana without a touchdown.

    Cincinnati 37, No. 8 Texas Tech 24. The Red Raiders handed this one over with 13 penalties for 85 yards and three turnovers, and Cole Tabb ran for 173 yards. RANT's take.

    No. 6 Indiana 13, Michigan 6 (OT). Michigan got to the Indiana 1 and the Indiana 3 and scored three points on those drives. Josh Hoover won it with a 4-yard run in overtime. RANT's take.

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  • The ranked favorites elsewhere left no doubt.

    No. 1 Miami 52, Pitt 23. Malachi Toney caught a school-record 16 passes for 194 yards and three touchdowns. Miami scored on seven of its first eight possessions, and it's 7-0 heading into its Oct. 31 trip to North Carolina.

  • No. 18 LSU 38, Auburn 17. A week after Auburn beat then-No. 1 Georgia, LSU sacked Byrum Brown six times and held him to 21 rushing yards. Sam Leavitt threw for 387.

  • No. 23 SMU 59, California 20. SMU trailed at the half and then scored touchdowns on six straight second-half drives. Kendrick Raphael, who beat SMU for Cal last season, scored three times against the Bears.

    No. 24 Northwestern 42, Rutgers 14. Aidan Chiles accounted for five touchdowns, and the Wildcats are 6-1.

    West Virginia won 24-20 at TCU on Michael Hawkins Jr.'s fourth-quarter touchdown pass, Florida Atlantic held off Rice 51-49 despite Gael Ochoa's 259 rushing yards, and Toledo beat Western Michigan 45-38.

    Next up tonight is No. 7 Ole Miss at No. 19 Texas at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC.