College football scores, results: Clemson closes out the championship Saturday with a game-winning field goal in the last second

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• Sat Dec 7, 2024 9:49 PM MST

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  CLEMSON WINS IT!!!

  The Tigers did it! Nolan Hauser scored a 56-yard field goal as time expired to win it and Clemson is in the playoff!

  Adam Randall gave the Tigers a chance by returning the kickoff 41 yards. Cade Klubnik put them in range for the try with a 17-yard pass to Antonio Williams. Then the freshman kicker stepped up in the clutch to get the win.

  What a finish!

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 9:47 PM MST

  Final: Oregon 45, Penn State 37

  No. 1 Oregon wins the Big Ten title in its first season as a member of the league! The 13-0 Ducks will certainly be the top seed in the playoffs. Penn State should still be in great shape to host a first-round playoff game.

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 at 9:44 PM MST

  TOUCHDOWN SMU!!!

  The Mustangs tied the knot after a thrilling drive capped off with a touchdown pass from Kevin Jennings to Roderick Daniels Jr.!

  SMU 34, Clemson 34

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 at 9:42 PM MST

  Oregon interception!

  Drew Allar throws it deep down the sideline and Oregon’s Nikko Reed comes down with it.

  That should just about wrap this thing up.

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 at 9:39 PM MST

  Penn State gets the ball back

  Oregon goes 3 and out and kicks it back to the Nittany Lions.

  PSU has the ball with a shot to tie the score here in Indy as we reach the two minute timeout.

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 9:34 PM MST

  SMU on the march

  The Mustangs are past midfield as the game reaches the two-minute intermission.

  We have a ball game in Charlotte folks!

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 9:33 PM MST

  Penn State Touchdown!

  Drew Allar makes an excellent throw into the end zone on 4th and 10, with a defender draped over him. Somehow, the Nittany Lions are still in it.

  Oregon 45, Penn State 37 | 3:41 to play

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 9:29 PM MST

  Clemson sends it back to SMU

  The Mustangs will take their chance to lock in the lead after a defensive stop. There are just over 4 minutes left in the match.

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 9:22 PM MST

  SMU cuts lead to 7 with FG

  The Mustangs made it a one-possession game with just under seven minutes remaining on a 48-yard field goal by Collin Rogers.

  Clemson 31, SMU 24

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 9:18 PM MST

  Landing Oregon!

  Jordan James scores up the middle on a three-yard run. And it’s back to a two-touchdown lead for the Ducks with 7:28 to play. The drive included a clutch 4th-and-2 conversion on a Dillon Gabriel pass.

  Oregon 45, Penn State 30

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 9:08 PM MST

  Clemson, SMU Trade Points

  The officials missed a clear facemask penalty on SMU that would have kept Clemson’s drive alive, but the Mustangs couldn’t do anything with their possession either.

  There are 11 minutes left in this one.

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 9:04 PM MST

  Touchdown at Penn State!

  Kaytron Allen drives the ball in from the 1 to cap off a 97-yard drive. Nittany Lions are still fighting, and it’s a one-score game after a failed two-point attempt.

  Oregon 38, Penn State 30

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 9:01 PM MST

  Touchdown SMU!

  Well, the Mustangs certainly needed that! A quick drive is capped by a 20-yard touchdown pass from Kevin Jennings to Matthew Hibner.

  It’s another 10-point game in Charlotte.

  Clemson 31, SMU 21

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 at 8:58 PM MST

  End of 3rd: Oregon 38, Penn State 24

  The Ducks are still in control, but Penn State continues to move the ball and run the ball well.

  Can PSU rally?

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 at 8:52 PM MST

  Touchdown Clemson!

  The Tigers have their comfortable cushion back after a 10-play, 58-yard drive culminating in a TD pass from Cade Klubnik to Jake Briningstool.

  Clemson 31, SMU 14

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 8:37 PM MST

  Landing Oregon!

  Dillon Gabriel finds a wide open Tez Johnson on the run. Johnson takes it the rest of the way for the score.

  Oregon 38, Penn State 24

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 8:37 PM MST

  SMU, Clemson trade kicks

  The teams only traded possessions with little offensive movement. Clemson has the ball back at its own 43-yard line with just over 5 minutes left in the third quarter.

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 8:31 PM MST

  Penn State missed FG

  A nice drive to open the half, with Ryan Barker’s field goal attempt from 40 yards sailing wide right.

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 8:28 PM MST

  Touchdown SMU!

  The Mustangs were firing on all cylinders for their first drive of the second half and they find themselves in the end zone on a Kevin Jennings pass to Brashard Smith.

  Great start to the second half for SMU.

  Clemson 24, SMU 14

• Sat Dec 7, 2024 at 8:24 PM MST

  The second half begins in the Big Ten title game

  Penn State shines with the ball to open the third quarter.