College football recap, Oct 31, 2026: USC beats Ohio State, Iowa State wins 51-49, three 5-TD games
Halloween Saturday in college football delivered: USC over Ohio State, a 51-49 shootout, two overtime games and three players with five touchdowns. Here is what happened on Saturday, October 31, 2026, with every stat from ESPN box scores.
The headline: USC 30, Ohio State 18
USC handled Ohio State 30-18. King Miller ran for 78 yards and a touchdown for the Trojans. Jeremiah Smith did his part for Ohio State with 10 catches for 83 yards and a score. USC vs Ohio State recap.
Iowa State 51, Oklahoma State 49
The shootout of the day. Oklahoma State's Drew Mestemaker threw for 323 yards and 5 touchdowns in a loss. Caleb Hawkins ran for 194 yards and 2 touchdowns and added 81 receiving yards and another score. Oklahoma State vs Iowa State recap.
Miami 38, North Carolina 35
Darian Mensah threw for 274 yards and 3 touchdowns, and Malachi Toney caught 7 passes for 75 yards and 2 scores. Miami vs North Carolina recap.
Five-touchdown days
- LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina: 301 passing yards, 96 rushing yards, 3 passing and 2 rushing touchdowns in a 42-25 win over Oklahoma. Recap.
- Drew Mestemaker, Oklahoma State: 323 yards, 5 passing touchdowns.
- Nate Sheppard, Duke: 97 rushing yards and 5 rushing touchdowns in a 47-2 win over Boston College. Recap.
The rest of the big scores
- Georgia 27, Florida 8. Florida's Jadan Baugh was held to 38 rushing yards. Recap.
- Ole Miss 45, Auburn 15. Trinidad Chambliss threw for 263 yards with 2 passing touchdowns and ran for another. Recap.
- Wake Forest 51, Virginia 7. Carlos Hernandez had 136 receiving yards and a touchdown. Recap.
- Colorado 27, Kansas State 24 in overtime. Recap.
- Indiana 23, Minnesota 16 in overtime. Recap.
How our CFB board did
Our college football research went 69-56 on Saturday. Not everything hit: Baugh's rushing line and several others missed, and we show those in the recaps too.
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