BATON ROUGE, La. --- Keiland Williams ran for 116 yards and two second-half touchdowns, helping No. 9 Louisiana State University fend off upset-minded Louisiana Tech 24-16 on Saturday night.
Williams' first score, on a powerful 3-yard run that moved the pile, gave LSU (8-2) a 17-13 lead midway through third quarter. His 9-yard TD in the fourth quarter made it a two-score game with a little over seven minutes to go.
Louisiana Tech (3-7) hasn't beaten LSU since 1904, but led 13-10 at halftime after running back Daniel Porter took a direct snap on a fourth-down play and lobbed a 1-yard jump pass to tight end Dennis Morris as time expired in the second quarter.
NO. 3 ALABAMA 31, MISSISSIPPI STATE 3
In Starkville, Ala., Mark Ingram rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns and Greg McElroy threw two long scoring passes to help the Crimson Tide improve to 10-0 for the second year in a row.
Mark Barron made his fifth and six interceptions of the season, most in the SEC, and helped the Crimson Tide, now 7-0 in league play, smother the Bulldogs (4-6, 2-4).
MISSISSIPPI 42, TENNESSEE 17
In Oxford, Miss., Mississippi's Dexter McCluster had 324 all-purpose yards as the Rebels (7-3, 3-3) ran over Tennessee.
McCluster, who rushed for 282 yards, scored on runs of 15, 23, 32 and 71 yards in Ole Miss' first win against the Volunteers since 1983.
It's the most rushing yards ever given up to a running back by the Volunteers (5-5, 2-4).
KENTUCKY 24, VANDERBILT 13
In Nashville, Tenn., Randall Cobb ran for two touchdowns, Derrick Locke rushed for a career-high 144 yards and a TD, and Kentucky (6-4, 2-4) became bowl eligible for a school-record fourth year in a row.
The Commodores (2-9, 0-7) lost their seventh consecutive game after being shut out in the second half.
ARKANSAS 56, TROY 20
In Fayetteville, Ark., Ryan Mallett broke Arkansas' (6-4) single-season passing record, throwing for 405 yards.
The effort brought his season total to 2,882. He surpassed Clint Stoerner's mark of 2,629.
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