AMES, Iowa (AP) — Trevone Boykin threw for 436 yards and four touchdowns and third-ranked TCU rolled past Iowa State 45-21 Saturday for its third road win in four weeks. Josh Doctson had 190 yards receiving and two TDs for the Horned Frogs (7-0, 4-0 Big 12), who went on a 31-0 run after the first quarter.

Boykin’s 3-yard TD run with 14:36 left put TCU ahead 38-21. Doctson made it a rout with a 42-yard touchdown catch six minutes later. Sam Richardson had 251 yards passing for Iowa State (2-4, 1-2).

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Nathan Knuffman kicked a field goal and David Griffith made a game-clinching interception, all in the final 3:18, as Western Illinois defeated Northern Iowa 24-19 on Saturday. The Leathernecks (4-2, 3-0 Missouri Valley Conference) led all the way, taking a 7-0 first-quarter lead when Aaron Diggs snagged an interception and ran 95 yards to score. Knuffman’s final field goal was from 23 yards.

Northern Iowa (2-4, 0-3) rallied with a pair of TDs after halftime — Deiondre’ Hall scoring on a 32-yard interception return, and Aaron Bailey punching across from the 5. Bailey’s TD pulled the Panthers to 21-19 after a two-point conversion pass failed with 6:35 remaining. Hall’s second pick this season makes four career interceptions, breaking the school record.

Trenton Norvell completed 25 of 36 passes for 263 yards. Nikko Watson gained 115 yards on 35 carries.

UNI’s Sawyer Kollmorgen and Aaron Bailey were each intercepted once and combined for 170 yards passing.

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Reserve running back Akrum Wadley ran for 192 yards and tied a school record with four rushing touchdowns to carry No. 17 Iowa over No. 20 Northwestern 40-10 on Saturday.

With leading rusher Jordan Canzeri sidelined in the first quarter with an ankle injury, Wadley took over for Iowa (7-0, 3-0 Big Ten). The injury occurred following a short run when Northwestern linebacker Jaylen Prater landed on Canzeri, folding his ankle under a pile of players.

Wadley, who had only eight carries coming into the game, scored his third touchdown on a 2-yard run with 6:42 remaining in the third quarter, extending Iowa’s lead to 23-10. His record-tying fourth scoring run, which followed a Northwestern fumble on the Wildcats ensuing drive, came on a 4-yard run that.

Northwestern (5-2, 1-2) turned the ball over three times as the Wildcats lost for the second straight week after five consecutive victories.

The 7:16-a.m. Sportscast w/Ric Hanson.

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The Iowa State Cyclones host third ranked TCU this evening. The Cyclones are coming off a lopsided loss at Texas Tech. ISU coach Paul Rhoads says the Cyclones must do a better job of dealing with TCU’s speed on offense. The TCU offense is led by one of nation’s top players in quarterback Trevone Boykin.

Kickoff in Ames is 6:00p.m. and the game will be televised by ESPN2.

The 17th ranked Iowa Hawkeyes put their unbeaten record on the line with a visit to 20th ranked Northwestern, today. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz expects a hard fought, close game that is nothing like Iowa’s 48-7 win last season. This has been a competitive series since the mid-90s when Gary Barnett turned the Northwestern program around.

Led by Justin Jackson’s 110 yards per game the team from Northwestern likes to keep the ball on the ground. Pre-game coverage begins at 9-a.m. on KJAN. Kickoff in Evanston, IL, is at 11:00a.m. The game will also be televised by ABC.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals have shut out baseball’s most volatile lineup in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. Edinson Volquez pitched six innings and three relievers combined on the 5-0 victory. Alcides Escobar had two doubles and Salvador Perez hit a towering home run off Toronto starter Marco Estrada. Game 2 is this afternoon, also in Kansas City.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Lester heads to the mound for the Chicago Cubs tonight in New York for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Mets. New York will counter with Matt Harvey. The matchup against the NL East champions will be their third of the 2015 playoffs but the first outside the Central Division. Chicago beat Pittsburgh in the Wild Card game and St. Louis in the Division Series.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Brad Keselowski has won the pole for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway. Keselowski turned a lap at 195.503 mph to beat out 10 other Chase drivers in the final round of qualifying. Carl Edwards was second-fastest at 195.454 mph, followed by fellow Chase contenders Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon and Martin Truex Jr.

NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Brendan Steele remains the leader through two rounds of the Frys.com Open in Napa, Calif. Steele shot a 2-under 70 on Friday for an 11-under total at the midway point, two strokes ahead of Harold Varner III, Will Wilcox, Jhonattan Vegas and Graham DeLaet. Varner missed a 10-foot birdie putt on his last hole, keeping him out of Saturday’s final group in his rookie debut.

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Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery told the Big Ten basketball media day gathering in Chicago that a shorter shot clock will not change the way his Hawkeyes play offense but it may change the way some teams play defense. The college shot clock is moving from 35 to 30 seconds beginning this season and McCaffery says more teams may use full court pressure as a result.

Mccaffery says the Hawkeyes won’t look for quicker shots with the 30 second clock. The Hawkeyes debut with an exhibition game against the University of Sioux Falls on October 29th.