Iowa State 72, ULM 20
AMES, Iowa – Brock Purdy threw for a career-high 435 yards and tied a school record with six touchdowns and Iowa State throttled Louisiana-Monroe 72-20 on Saturday, its best scoring output in 113 years.
Coastal Carolina 62, Massachusetts 28
AMHERST, Mass. – Coastal Carolina scored 42 points in the first half en route to a 62-28 blowout win over the Massachusetts Minutemen on Saturday afternoon at McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Amherst, Mass.
Louisiana 45, Ohio 25
ATHENS, Ohio – Elijah Mitchell rushed for 143 yards and three touchdowns as Louisiana-Lafayette won its third straight game, holding on to get past Ohio 45-25 on Saturday afternoon.
Troy 35, Akron 7
AKRON, Ohio - Senior quarterback Kaleb Barker accounted for four touchdowns and the Troy defense limited Akron to just 242 yards as the Trojans defeated the Zips, 35-7, Saturday at InfoCision Stadium. Troy (2-1) broke the game open in the second quarter with a pair of touchdowns – a 2-yard pass from Barker to Khalil McClain and a 9-yard run by Barker – to start a run of 28-straight points by the Trojans to end the game.
Appalachian State 34, North Carolina 31
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – For the first time in league history, the Sun Belt Conference has pulled off wins over three Autonomy Five conference schools in the same season with Appalachian State's 34-31 victory at North Carolina.
UAB 35, South Alabama 3
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tyler Johnston III threw for 313 yards and three touchdowns as UAB scored early and often to dominate South Alabama 35-3 on Saturday afternoon.
Arkansas State 41, Southern Illinois 28
JONESBORO, Ark. – Kirk Merritt and Omar Bayless combined for 272 yards on 13 catches, helping Arkansas State to a 41-28 victory against Southern Illinois on Saturday night at Centennial Bank Stadium.
Texas State 37, Georgia State 34 (3ot)
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS – Texas State (1-3, 1-0 Sun Belt) earned a hard-fought 37-34 victory in triple overtime over the Georgia State Panthers (2-2, 0-1 Sun Belt) on Saturday night at Bobcat Stadium. The victory marked the first in the Jake Spavital era and was the first conference home victory since defeating ULM by a score of 16-3 on Nov. 19, 2015.