Florida State football routs Boston College

Boston College Eagles - Florida State Seminoles NCAAF 2016 / Week 11 / 11.11.2016

Deondre Francois tied a season high with three touchdown passes and Dalvin Cook ran for 108 yards to help No. 20 Florida State rout visiting Boston College 45-7 on Friday night.

Cook became only the second Seminoles back to go over 100 yards in 15 meetings against the Eagles and the first since Ricky Williams had 109 yards in 1980.

The junior, who also had a touchdown on 18 carries, moved within 19 yards of breaking Warrick Dunns school career mark of 3,959 yards.

Francois completed nine of his first 11 passes, and the Seminoles scored on their first two drives.

A 6-yard scoring strike to Auden Tate marked the first time Florida State (7-4, 4-3 ACC, No. 18 CFP) has scored on its opening drive since Sept. 24 at South Florida. The freshman was 16 of 24 for 183 yards, but suffered a shoulder contusion late in the third quarter and did not return.

Sean Maguire came in and added a pair of touchdowns. Tate, who had six receptions for 101 yards, had two touchdowns.

The Eagles (4-6, 1-5) had three first downs on their first two drives before having nine straight three-and-outs. They averted a shutout with 3:21 remaining in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard touchdown run by Richard Wilson.

Matchup loses luster

Its safe to say neither Stanford nor Oregon thought either team would be where it is now when the season started.

Stanford, with Heisman-hopeful Christian McCaffrey, was ranked No. 8 in the preseason and expected to claim the Pac-12 title. But now the Cardinal are 6-3 overall and 4-3 in the league.

The Ducks, who played for the national title two seasons ago, are 3-6 overall (1-5 Pac-12) and facing the prospect they might not become bowl eligible.

Either Stanford or Oregon had won every Pac-12 championship since the league expanded and a title game was established in 2011. Each time the teams had met since 2008, one or both were ranked.

Certainly many had Saturdays game in Eugene circled on the calendar at the start of the season as a game that could have postseason implications. But now it looks like the norths biggest game will be the Apple Cup between Washington and Washington State.

Stanford coach Davis Shaw said the records dont diminish the importance of this game to both programs.

Records dont matter. These are two proud football programs whove had very good football games the last four years, Shaw said. Its a tough place to play and a tough place to win.

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Stanford looks to have recovered with two straight victories after losses to the Huskies, Cougars and upstart Colorado. The Cardinal defeated Oregon State 26-15 last weekend.

Oregon defeated Arizona State at Autzen two weeks ago, but fell to USC 45-20 at the Coliseum last Saturday.

Utes win big on the road

Joe Williams ran for 181 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 19 Utahs defense had 11 sacks in a 49-26 victory over host Arizona State late Thursday night.

Utah (8-2, 5-2 Pac-12) overcame a slow start with a series of spectacular plays against the FBS worst passing defense to end an eight-game losing streak in Tempe.

Troy Williams threw for 296 yards and connected with Raelon Singleton on three of his four touchdown passes to help the Utes stay within reach of No. 16 Colorado in the Pac-12 South.

Arizona State (5-4, 2-4) has lost five of six since opening 4-0.

Source: http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20161111/florida-state-football-routs-boston-college