GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Ol’ Ball Coach never experienced anything like this at Florida Field.

Not as a player. Not as a coach. Not even as an opponent.

Percy Harvin ran for a career-high 167 yards and two touchdowns, Tim Tebow accounted for three scores and No. 3 Florida thrashed 24th-ranked South Carolina 56-6 Saturday, handing Steve Spurrier his worst loss in 90 games at The Swamp.

The Gators won their sixth in a row, finished unbeaten in the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division and kept their national title hopes alive by beating the Gamecocks for the 16th time in the last 17 years. The 50-point drubbing was South Carolina’s worst loss since falling 63-7 to Spurrier’s Gators in 1995.

Not even a few visor tosses would have helped Spurrier in this one.

Florida (9-1, 7-1) scored three touchdowns in eight plays in the first quarter, capitalizing on three consecutive turnovers by South Carolina (7-4, 4-4), and put the game away when Harvin went 80 yards for a score on the opening play of the third.

No. 4 Texas 35, Kansas 7

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Colt McCoy burned the Big 12’s worst pass defense for 255 yards and two record-breaking touchdowns and Texas stayed in the thick of the national championship hunt.

The win gave Texas (10-1, 6-1 Big 12) double-digit wins for the eighth year in a row. More importantly to the Longhorns’ long-range hopes, the 28-point margin was similar to blowouts Kansas suffered earlier at the hands of Big 12 South rivals Texas Tech and Oklahoma.

If Texas, No. 2 Texas Tech and No. 5 Oklahoma should tie for the South title, the tiebreaker to see who advances to the Big 12 championship game could come down to BCS rankings. And that could mean who has the most ‘‘style points.’’

No. 7 Penn State 34, Indiana 7

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State overcame a sluggish start to move a step closer to the Rose Bowl. Derrick Williams ran for one score and caught a touchdown pass, Daryll Clark threw for 240 yards and two scores in an uneven outing, and a stifling defense held Indiana to six first downs.

Heavy underdogs coming into Beaver Stadium, Indiana (3-8, 1-6 Big Ten) trailed just 10-7 at halftime in large part because of miscues by Penn State (10-1, 6-1). One drive ended after Clark fumbled at the Indiana 1, while Kevin Kelly missed a 40-yard field goal to foil another effort.

Momentum swung after halftime in favor of the Nittany Lions and Joe Paterno, who once again coached from the press box because of a sore right leg and hip.

No. 9 Boise State 45, Idaho 10

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Jeremy Avery rushed for a career-high 156 yards and two touchdowns to help Boise State keep alive its hopes of returning to a BCS bowl.

Boise State (10-0, 6-0 Western Athletic) won its 10th straight over the Vandals, and also clinched at least a share of its sixth WAC title in the past seven seasons.

Idaho (2-9, 1-6) trailed just 17-10 at halftime. Boise State scored the first four times it had the ball in the second half to blow the game open. No. 10 Ohio State 30, Illinois 20

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Beanie Wells ran for 143 yards and a touchdown and Terrelle Pryor added another 110 yards, as the victory kept the Buckeyes (9-2, 6-1) in the chase for the Big Ten title.

It was also revenge for last year’s 28-21 loss to the Illini (5-6, 3-4), which ended Ohio State’s pursuit of a perfect season.

On a windy, 40-degree day, Wells carried the load for the Buckeyes.

He carried the ball 24 times, patiently picking his way through Illini defenders for steady early gains and, later, bursting through holes for runs that exhausted Illinois’ defense.

One, a 29-yarder late in the third quarter with the score still 23-13, stole the momentum from Illinois on one of its last best chances to get back into the game.

No. 13 Georgia 17, Auburn 13

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Georgia’s Knowshon Moreno rushed for 131 yards and caught a pass for a touchdown.

The Bulldogs (9-2, 6-2 Southeastern Conference) went ahead for good with 8:24 to play on a 17-yard pass from Matthew Stafford to A.J. Green and then stopped two late Auburn drives to seal the win.

The final chance for Auburn (5-6, 2-5) came on a fourth-and-1 play from the Georgia 14 when quarterback Kodi Burns overthrew Ben Tate in the end zone with a second remaining.

Stafford completed 15 of 24 passes for 215 yards and two touchdowns. Stafford drove Georgia 60 yards in six plays for the winning touchdown.

No. 16 BYU 38, Air Force 24

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — BYU’s Max Hall threw for 354 yards and two touchdowns.

Harvey Unga added two touchdowns in a 74-second span in the third quarter, helping the Cougars set up a clash with No. 8 Utah next weekend for a share of the Mountain West Conference title.

Hall completed 28 of 37 passes, picking apart an Air Force defense that came in leading the league against the pass. He threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Austin Collie in the third quarter and a 45-yarder to Collie with 4:46 remaining, giving Hall at least one TD pass in 22 of 24 career games.

The Cougars (10-1, 6-1 MWC) have beaten the Falcons (8-3, 5-2) in five straight.

Maryland 17, No. 17 North Carolina 15

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Chris Turner engineered a dramatic fourth-quarter drive that produced a 26-yard field goal by Obi Egekeze with 1:42 left in Maryland’s school-record sixth consecutive win over a ranked opponent.

Da’Rel Scott ran for 129 yards and a touchdown and Davin Meggett had 86 rushing yards for Maryland (7-3, 4-2). The Terrapins can reach the Atlantic Coast Conference title game for the first time by winning their last two games.

The Tar Heels (7-3, 3-3) dropped out of first place in the Coastal Division and remained winless at Maryland since 1997.

No. 23 Oregon State 34, California 21

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State edged closer to its first Rose Bowl appearance since 1965.

Freshman Jacquizz Rodgers and his older brother James each ran for touchdowns for the Beavers (7-3, 6-1 Pac-10), who won their fifth straight.

Because Oregon State defeated then-No. 1 USC 27-21 on Sept 21, the Beavers hold the tiebreaker for a Rose Bowl berth should both teams win out. Oregon State visits Arizona next weekend before hosting Oregon in the Civil War rivalry game.

Lyle Moevao completed 14 of 28 passes for 145 yards for Oregon State. Jacquizz Rodgers, the Pac-10’s leading rusher, ran for 144 yards and a score while James Rodgers caught six passes for 50 yards and ran 18 yards for a touchdown.

No. 6 Southern California 45, Stanford 23

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — After a sluggish first half by Southern California, it looked as if there could be another Stanford stunner.

Then the Trojans took control of the trenches and the game to put last year’s shocking loss to the Cardinal to rest.

Stafon Johnson ran for two second-half touchdowns and C.J. Gable also scored twice to help No. 6 USC overcome an early deficit and deal a dose of revenge to Stanford with a 45-23 victory Saturday.