UNDATED (AP) — Spencer Sanders accounted for 496 yards and threw three of his four touchdown passes to Tay Martin, and No. 9 Oklahoma State overcame a 21-point deficit to beat No. 5 Notre Dame 37-35 in the Fiesta Bowl.
Oklahoma State came up inches short of securing a College Football Playoff spot in a loss to No. 6 Baylor at the Big 12 title game and fell into 21-point first-half deficit against Notre Dame. Jack Coan led Notre Dame’s early charge while throwing for a Fiesta Bowl-record 509 yards and five touchdowns. Sanders threw for 371 yards on 34-of-51 passing and ran for 125 yards.
In other Bowl action:
— C.J. Stroud capped a record-setting offensive day by leading a 56-yard drive ending in Noah Ruggles’ 19-yard field goal with nine seconds to play, and No. 7 Ohio State beat No. 10 Utah 48-45 in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State had to rally from 10 points down late in the third quarter to get past the Pac-12 champion Utes. Stroud passed for a school-record 573 yards and a record-tying six touchdowns for the Buckeyes — both also Rose Bowl records. Ohio State’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba set the record for any FBS bowl game with 347 yards receiving, catching a school-record 15 passes and scoring three touchdowns.
— Al Walcott set a Sugar Bowl record with a 96-yard interception return, Monaray Baldwin raced 48 yards for the go-ahead score on an end around, and sixth-ranked Baylor beat No. 8 Mississippi 21-7. Rebels quarterback Matt Corral was hurt when sacked from behind on Mississippi’s third series of the game and looked on from the sideline the rest of the way.
— KJ Jefferson picked up 104 of his 110 rushing yards in the second half and threw for 90 more to lead No. 22 Arkansas past Penn State 24-10 in the Outback Bowl. Raheim Sanders had 79 yards and two touchdowns on 13 rushing attempts and Dominique Johnson added 85 yards on 11 carries as the Razorbacks finished with 361 rushing yards.
— No. 25 Kentucky rallied to beat No. 17 Iowa in the Citrus Bowl. Kentucky blew a 10-point lead in the second half, but Chris Rodriguez scored on a 6-yard touchdown with 1:48 to play for the victory.