Drawing conclusions from Week 9
— -- Each Sunday during the season, ESPN.com will highlight four storylines that had an impact on the College Football Playoff race.
No. 24 LSU 10, No. 3 Ole Miss 7
Ole Miss' undefeated streak was swallowed up in Death Valley -- LSU's Tiger Stadium -- as Hugh Freeze's decision to throw a last-second pass backfired when Bo Wallace tossed an interception with 2 seconds remaining. "I wish I could do that over, for sure," Freeze said.
No. 8 Michigan State 35, Michigan 11
Michigan State piled on the Wolverines, scoring a statement touchdown with 28 seconds left after Michigan players planted a stake on the Spartan Stadium turf before the opening kickoff. "It just felt like we needed to put a stake in them at that point," Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said.
Feelin' fine with 59
Two of the Pac-12's top teams rolled up big scores. Marcus Mariota threw five touchdown passes as No. 6 Oregon beat Cal 59-41 on Friday night, and No. 15 Arizona scored 24 straight points in the first quarter as the Wildcats beat Washington State 59-37.
No. 10 TCU 82, Texas Tech 27
Trevone Boykin led a record-setting day for TCU. The junior QB threw a school-record seven touchdown passes as the Horned Frogs scored the most points in their history and set the Big 12 scoring mark for a conference game.
