AFTER THOUGHTS No guts, no glory You gotta like Grove City's R.J. Bowers. Bowers, who set the NCAA all-division career rushing record when he rushed for 128 yards to give him 6,999 yards, breaking Brian Shay's mark of 6,958 Saturday, knows the yards don't come easy. "It really hasn't hit me yet, but I'm sure that on the ride home, I'll say to myself, `I'm the nation's all-time leading rusher.' But I won't pinch myself because I'm too beat up for that," he said. Wide open race Doesn't anyone want to win the Pac-10? Washington tries to blow an 18-point lead against Stanford and Oregon almost -- and probably should have -- lost to Arizona State. Only Oregon State played like it wants to go to the Rose Bowl. While Oregon is in the driver's seat -- win and they're in -- if the three end up in a three-way tie (if Oregon State beats Oregon, that's the situation), Washington would earn the bid to Pasadena. SATURDAY'S STARS Josh Heupel, Oklahoma: Completed 20-for-34 for 300 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 3 Oklahoma over No. 1 Nebraska 31-14. Drew Brees, Purdue: Was 39-for-65 for 455 yards and three touchdowns as No. 16 Purdue beat No. 13 Ohio State 31-27. Joey Harrington, Oregon: Threw for 434 yards and tied a school record with six touchdown passes as No. 10 Oregon beat Arizona State 56-55 in double overtime. Damien Anderson, Northwestern: Rushed for 230 yards and two touchdowns carries as Northwestern beat Minnesota 41-35. LaDainian Tomlinson, TCU: Ran for 200 yards and two touchdowns as No. 11 TCU beat Rice 37-0. Marvin Royal, Sacred Heart: Ran for a school-record 302 yards and four touchdowns in Sacred Heart's 46-7 victory over Iona. George Godsey, Georgia Tech: Was 35-for-57 for 454 yards and three touchdowns as Georgia Tech beat No. 4 Clemson 31-28. Craig Ochs, Colorado: Ran for a touchdown, threw for a touchdown, caught a TD pass and rolled up 458 total yards as Colorado beat Oklahoma State 37-21. Dave Corley, William & Mary: Was 22-for-33 for a school-record 426 yards and scored two touchdowns in William & Mary's 26-15 victory over Northeastern. Grayland King, Delaware State: Rushed for 225 yards and four touchdowns as Delaware State beat South Carolina State 57-32. Marcus Merriweather, Ball State: Had 42 carries for 257 yards and scored three touchdowns in Ball State's 38-34 victory over Central Michigan. Luke Arnold, Salve Regina: Had 262 yards rushing and five touchdowns as Salve Regina beat Massachusetts-Dartmouth 51-27. Stephan Lewis, New Hampshire: Ran for 245 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead New Hampshire to a 24-16 win over Massachusetts. Ian Smart, C.W. Post: Had a school-record six touchdown runs and 166 yards rushing as C.W. Post beat Southern Connecticut 58-14. It was like choosing between Pamela Anderson, Heidi Klum, Cameron Diaz, Izabella Scorupco and the women of Baywatch. Ten games featuring ranked teams started between 2:30 and 3:35 and hardly an ugly one in the bunch. Three upsets, four near upsets, one overtime game, a double OT and three decided in the few plays. It was enough to make you sit back in the recliner and kiss the remote control. Second-ranked Virginia Tech lost its star -- Virginia Tech's Michael Vick left shortly before the half -- yet didn't lose then game when Dave Meyer drove the Hokies down the field for a last second field goal. There were stars showing why they're stars like Purdue's Drew Brees overcoming a career worst four interception day to lead the 16th-ranked Boilermakers to three fourth quarter TDs and a come-from-behind victory over No. 13 Ohio State. With the win, Brees and Purdue are in the Rose Bowl if they win their final two games.. There were future stars, like Georgia Tech's George Godsey, who threw for 454 yards and three TDs and orchestrated an Elway-esque 11 play, 80-yard game-winning touchdown drive to knock off No. 4 Clemson 31-28. There were four-star games, like Oregon's amazing 56-55 double-overtime win over Arizona State when the Sun Devils tried a fake PAT and Todd Heap couldn't quite make the catch and the 10th-ranked Ducks held on to their Rose Bowl hopes. Or Notre Dame's overtime win over Air Force, which the Falcons scored 18 fourth quarter points and could have won had Notre Dame's Glenn Earl simply done his job. But Earl jumped instead of staying on the ground and watching the fake and he blocked Air Force's game-winning field goal attempt. The Irish then won in OT. There was a teams thinking they have star potential in No. 8 Kansas State and no. 12 Georgia, but they never can quite do what stars do -- shine when its really needed. K-State saw its dreams of a title go up in smoke -- again -- when they lost to Texas A&M 26-10 and Georgia lost its chances of an SEC East title when it lost to Florida for the 10th time in 11 years. It was much too much, and not nearly enough. It was entirely way too tough to choose. Unless of course you clicked on Southern Miss' thrilling 6-3 win over Houston. Then you slept through the afternoon. Looking ahead Think Miami and Florida State weren't looking ahead a little Saturday? The sixth-ranked Seminoles watched No. 4 Clemson lose to Georgia Tech, putting them back in the middle of the title race and they wanted to prove they belonged. They thumped No. 22 N.C. State 58-14 as they head into Saturday's matchup with Clemson. No. 5 Miami, meanwhile, watched Saturday's opponent -- No. 2 Virginia Tech -- lose Heisman favorite Michael Vick leave with an ankle sprain, but almost blew their chance to make the game against the Hokies a championship battle with a sluggish 41-31 win over Louisiana Tech. "It was a little tougher than I expected," defensive tackle Damione Lewis said. "I knew they would come in and play us tough, but I didn't think it would be like this." NUMBERS GAME R.J. Bowers of Division III Grove City College broke the NCAA all-division career rushing record, gaining 128 yards on 26 carries in a 20-14 win over Bethany College. Bowers' 1-yard gain on a dive play in the second quarter broke the record of 6,958 yards set by Brian Shay of Division II Emporia State from 1995-98. Bowers has 6,999 yards rushing. Oregon State's Ken Simonton became the first running back in Pac-10 history to gain at least 1,000 yards in his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons against Washington State when he had a career-long 53-yard run on his second carry early in the first quarter. That gave him 1,049 yards for the season. Ja'Mar Toombs scored three touchdowns as Texas A&M upset No. 8 Kansas State 26-10. This loss ended a string of 60 straight regular-season victories over unranked opponents. Jamar Fletcher had his fifth interception of the year and the 19th of his career, breaking the school record of 18 set by Neovia Greyer (1969-71) and Jeff Messenger (1991-94). Major Applewhite was 18-of-42 for 297 yards with two touchdowns in No. 22 Texas' 48-14 win over Baylor. Applewhite passed James Brown (1994-97) as the Longhorns' career passing yardage leader. Three Stonehill players ran for more than 100 yards and the team amassed a school-record 493 yards on the ground in a 45-13 win over Bryant. Drake rolled up a school-record 734 yards of total offense, beating Butler 62-41. The offensive tally broke the previous school and Pioneer Football League records of 671 yards, set by Drake against Aurora in 1993. Mississippi State's 61-35 win over MTSU was its first 60-point performance since 1994. Louisiana Tech's Luke McCown was 42-of-72 for 418 yards, breaking the NCAA freshman record for attempts in a game. The previous record of 71 was set by Northwestern's Sandy Schwab in 1982.