UNDATED (AP) — The signs of success can be found all around Indiana’s campus these days. Three straight home football sellouts. Fans are spinning towels inside Memorial Stadium as voices reach a crescendo. Candy-striped basketball pants are being replaced by the more suddenly preferred candy-striped overalls. Even the start of basketball season at one of the sport’s true blueblood programs cannot diminish the excitement of college football’s biggest surprise and best story. Yes, the FBS program with the most all-time losses, 713, suddenly finds itself in the Top 5 and perhaps on the cusp of earning a playoff spot.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Desmond Claude scored 26 points and made consecutive shots down the stretch to help Southern California beat UT Arlington 98-95. Claude made a layup and jumper to give USC a 94-90 lead with 19 seconds left. Jaxon Ellingsworth hit a 3-pointer to pull UTA to 94-93 with 12 seconds to go before Terrance Williams II and Saint Thomas each made a pair of free throws. Josh Cohen scored 19 points and Williams finished with 18 for USC (3-0). Jaden Wells scored 27 points and Ellingsworth had 19 for UTA (1-2), which made 16 3-pointers.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rondel Walker scored 14 points and undefeated North Texas led for most of the way and held off Minnesota for a 54-51 victory. Dawson Garcia scored six points during an 8-2 surge to pull Minnesota to 52-51 with 30 seconds left. Following a North Texas timeout with 3 seconds to go, Brenen Lorient added a dunk and Lu’Cye Patterson’s midcourt heave bounced off the backboard. Garcia shot 6 of 9 from the field, made all 10 of his free throws and finished with 24 points to lead Minnesota (2-1).

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Juwan Gary scored 19 points and Nebraska led for all but 19 seconds en route to an 86-60 win over Fairleigh Dickinson for the Cornhuskers’ 15th-straight win at home. The Cornhuskers had 12 players score and 11 grab a rebound. Terrence Brown had 23 points and eight rebounds for the Knights, who also lost by 26 at No. 16 Creighton on Sunday. Ahmed Barba-Bey had a 3-pointer and the Knights were within 58-49 with 11 minutes to go but Brice Williams had five points to ignite an 11-2 run for a 20-point lead with 5:26 to play. Nebraska had a 43-31 rebounding advantage and 17-8 difference in turnovers. The Huskers were 23 of 28 from the foul line to 7 of 11 for the Knights.

SEATTLE (AP) — Great Osobor and DJ Davis each scored 18 points and Washington rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit to beat Seattle Pacific 77-62. Osobor added eight rebounds and a career-high seven steals. He is the first Big Ten player since 2002 with 18 points, eight rebounds and seven steals in a game. Davis made 4 of 7 3-pointers and scored 16 points in the second half for Washington (2-1). Jaxon Nap scored 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Seattle Pacific, which led 38-27 at halftime.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Kaylene Smikle scored 22 points, Allie Kubek added 16 and No. 11 Maryland topped Syracuse 84-73. The difference was the second quarter when the Terrapins hit 12 of 17 shots, including four 3-pointers, to outscore the Orange 28-11. Syracuse was 5 of 12 with one 3-pointer and five turnovers. Down 24-14 when the Orange made the first two baskets of the second quarter, Kubek started and ended a 15-0 run with layups. Shyanne Sellers followed with a 3-pointer, Bri McDaniel had two baskets and Christina Dalce had two layups. Maryland was up 29-24 in less than four minutes as Syracuse missed five shots and had two turnovers. Georgia Woolley led the Orange with 17 points and Kyra Wood had 16 with 11 rebounds.

UNDATED (AP) — No. 6 Tennessee at No. 11 Georgia is the main event on the Week 12 college football schedule. The outcome could have major ramifications for the Southeastern Conference in the chase for College Football Playoff spots. A Georgia loss would be its third of the season and effectively end the Bulldogs’ hopes of making the 12-team playoff field. A Tennessee loss would be its second. Though two losses for an SEC team originally wasn’t thought to be insurmountable, it just might be with four Big Ten teams among the top five in this week’s CFP rankings.

UNDATED (AP) — The college football season rolls into Week 12 with nothing settled in the top conference races. One game separates first and sixth place in the SEC. The gap is the same between first and fourth in the ACC. Indiana and Oregon share the Big Ten lead with Ohio State and Penn State lurking. BYU and Colorado have the inside track to the Big 12 championship game. Three games could turn the Big 12 into a free-for-all depending on their outcomes. No. 7 BYU hosts Kansas, No. 18 Colorado is at home against Utah and No. 20 Kansas State hosts Arizona State.