Ezekiel Elliott ran for 181 yards and two touchdowns and No. 2 Ohio State pounded out a 28-3 victory on the road over Illinois on Saturday.The Buckeyes (10-0, 6-0 Big Ten) started slowly and led by 7-3 for much of the first half before Elliott picked up the pace. Elliott accounted for 50 of the Buckeyes’ 75 yards on a third-quarter drive that opened a 21-3 lead over the Illini (5-5, 2-4).Quarterback J. T. Barrett, starting again after being suspended for last week’s game, threw for 150 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He also ran for 74 yards.Ohio State held the Illini to 20 yards rushing. Illini quarterback Wes Lunt was 23 of 47 for 241 yards.FLORIDA 24, SOUTH CAROLINA 14 Jordan Cronkrite had two first-half touchdowns and Kelvin Taylor’s long run in the fourth quarter helped No. 11 Florida hold off host South Carolina.The Gators (9-1, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) were ahead, 17-0, heading to the fourth quarter, with the defense having allowed only 44 yards.But South Carolina (3-7, 1-7) rallied with a throwback 17-yard touchdown from receiver Pharoh Cooper to quarterback Perry Orth, followed by Orth’s 38-yard scoring throw to Cooper moments later that cut the lead to 17-14 with 4 minutes 49 seconds remaining.Florida was facing third-and-8 from midfield when Taylor broke free on a 53-yard run to the South Carolina 1. He finished the drive a play later with 2:01 left that closed the door on South Carolina.T.C.U. 23, KANSAS 17 Trevone Boykin left with an apparent right ankle injury and No. 13 Texas Christian’s offense did just enough without its Heisman Trophy candidate to hold off Kansas in Fort Worth.On his second play of the game, Boykin, the nation’s total offense leader, turned awkwardly on his right ankle as he slipped while trying to cut and was tackled by Kansas linebacker Joe Dineen Jr.The Horned Frogs (9-1, 6-1 Big 12) played mostly without Boykin and one of the country’s top receivers in Josh Doctson, who was limited by a left arm and wrist injury from last week’s loss that likely eliminated them from the national title race.The Jayhawks (0-10, 0-7) didn’t trail at halftime for the first time this year, but couldn’t avoid their 35th straight road loss and 12th overall.MICHIGAN ST…
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