Stanford's first win of the season against a ranked team helped Andrew Luck and the Cardinal move up in the BCS standings. While LSU (8-0), Alabama (8-0) and Oklahoma State (8-0) remained locked into the top three spots in the standings released Sunday, Stanford moved up two places to fourth after beating USC 56-48 in triple overtime. Boise State (7-0) slipped a spot to fifth, while Clemson (7-1) fell from fifth to 11th after its first loss.

Stepfan Taylor ran for the tying touchdown with 38 seconds left in regulation and the go-ahead score in the third overtime, and Stanford's defense forced Curtis McNeal's fumble into the end zone to finish a 56-48 win over No. 20 USC on Saturday night. Andrew Luck improved his Heisman Trophy chances by engineering four late scoring drives for Stanford, which rallied after trailing for the first time all season.

Pittsburgh running back Ray Graham will miss the rest of the season after injuring his right knee in the first quarter of Wednesday's 35-20 win over Connecticut. The school said Thursday that Graham, the Big East's leading rusher, will need surgery to repair the knee. Graham was averaging 134 yards a game for the Panthers.

Houston quarterback Case Keenum didn't just throw nine touchdown passes in Thursday night's 73-34 win over Rice, he also set a new FBS career record. Keenum, who became the FBS career leader in total offense last week, has 139 career touchdown passes. On Thursday, he torched Rice's 115th ranked defense by throwing touchdown passes of 57, 21, 64, 18, 41, 20, 37, 22 and 47 yards to break former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell's record of 134. "It was a blast," Keenum said. "That was probably the most fun I've ever had playing football."

The next time Penn State wins, Joe Paterno will be all alone atop the Division I wins list. Penn State defeated Northwestern 34-24 on Saturday, tying Paterno with Eddie Robinson for the most wins in Division I college football. "Eddie Robinson was one of the greatest guys we've ever had in college football," Paterno said. He will try to move ahead of Robinson, the late Grambling State legend, when the Nittany Lions (7-1, 4-0 Big Ten) host Illinois next Saturday.

Keith Nichol caught a 44-yard pass from Kirk Cousins on the game's final play for a tie-breaking touchdown, giving the Spartans (No. 16 BCS, No. 15 AP) a 37-31 victory against Wisconsin (No. 6 BCS, No. 4 AP) on Saturday night. With four seconds left, Cousins rolled out to his right and threw it about as far as he could. The ball went into the end zone but caromed off Michigan State receiver B.J. Cunningham's facemask back to Nichol, who caught it just outside the end zone and struggled for the goal line, fighting two Wisconsin defenders and just barely breaking the plane. Nichol was initially ruled short of the end zone, but officials overturned the call after a review, giving the Spartans (6-1, 3-0 Big Ten) the win and knocking the Badgers (6-1, 2-1) from the ranks of the unbeaten. "We knew we had a chance," Cousins said. "There's always a chance."

Seth Doege threw for 441 yards as Texas Tech snapped Oklahoma's 39-game home winning streak with 41-38 victory Saturday night. About two hours after Wisconsin (No. 6 BCS, No. 4 AP) lost, a second top-five team went down on the first day of the college football season that really shook the rankings. "I don't know that it has to be all that surprising," coach Bob Stoops said after his third loss in 78 home games at Oklahoma. "The teams we play can come in here and beat us. And sometimes maybe too much is said about it like it can't happen. "I told the players that anyone who we'll play the rest of the year will whoop us if we don't play better than we did today. They just flat out beat us."

LSU has suspended cornerback Tyrann Mathieu and running back Spencer Ware for Saturday's home game against Auburn, a school official told ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach. A source told The Associated Press that defensive back Tharold Simon is also suspended, and that the players ran afoul of the team's drug policy. The source did not specify the drug for which the players tested positive. The suspensions are only for one game, a source told ESPN's Joe Schad.

LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State hold the top four spots in the first BCS standings announced on Sunday, according to an ESPN.com report.

The Big East is considering adding Boise State to help bolster the conference's chances of retaining its BCS automatic bid, though both sides still need to be persuaded that it's the right move. A college football official, who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the Big East's plans, says some Big East presidents are resisting adding Boise State and the school itself has reservations about joining a conference in flux.