Sunday, 3 a.m.

Miami waited too long to get started Saturday night. It will surely cost them their ranking as the No. 1 team in the nation.

The Hurricanes fell 31-24 to Notre Dame, a furious comeback falling just short ... and a little wide. UM quarterback Darian Mensah, who threw three touchdown passes, threw an 18-yard pass to Elija Lofton that would have tied the game, but Lofton couldn't complete the catch.

Notre Dame quarterback C.J. Carr threw for 318 yards and three scores, helping Notre Dame jump to a 24-3 lead.

Lofton had seven catches for 113 yards for Miami. Teammate Cooper Barkate had 10 catches for 92 yards. Both were needed as star Malachi Toney missed the game.

Miami is at home Saturday at noon against Duke.

Oklahoma 23, Florida 7: The offensive explosiveness that the Gators showed early in the season seems to have gone.

Florida has scored a combined 15 points in back-to-back losses, dropping the Gators to 5-4 on the season.

Star running back Jadan Baugh had just 35 yards rushing Saturday. Quarterback Trammel Jones Jr. had only 133 yards passing and threw two interceptions.

The Gators had been ranked 25th in the nation.

The Gators travel to Kentucky on Saturday. The game time has not been announced.

Florida State 31, Boston College 24: So how long has it been since FSU had an undefeated head coach?

Well, it's been a few hours now, thank you for asking.

Rick Stockstill, stepping in for fired head coach Mike Norvell, saw his Seminole team come from behind to beat Boston College, 31-24 Saturday. Not since Jimbo Fisher in 2010 has an FSU coach started 1-0.

Amari Thomas rushed for 98 yards and scored twice to lead the Noles' win. FSU receiver Micahi Danzy had seven catches for 86 yards.

FSU fell behind 10-0 before rallying.

The Seminoles travel to Pitt for a 7 p.m. game on Friday night.

Saturday, 4 a.m.

Blame the penalties, if you want.

Blame the injuries, if you prefer.

Blame another late-game collapse.

It all added up to a 20-17 loss to East Carolina by South Florida Friday night at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The Bulls fell to 6-3 with the loss.

So who is to blame?

How about a pair of defensive penalties that cost the Bulls 25 yards on East Carolina's 46 yard drive to set up Andrew Conrad’s 55-yard field goal.

Could it be injuries? The Bulls were without starting quarterback Michael Van Buren and lost leading rusher D.J. Crowther (who had 111 yards rushing) in the fourth quarter.

Either way, there was a familiar sting to the defeat. All three of the Bulls losses this season have come in the fourth quarter. Once again, the Bulls failed to slam the door shut.

ECU Receiver Landon Sides caught 14 passes for 126 yards and two touchdowns. Twammate Ashton Gray ran for 101 yards. And the Piarates' own backup quarterback, Emory Williams, hit 19 of 27 passes on the night.

East Carolina is 5-4 on the season,

The Bulls play next on Thursday night, Nov. 12, when they play host to Memphis at 8 p.m. at Raymond James Stadium.

Friday, 4 a.m.

For the longest time, Andrei Vasilevskiy looked like he was going to take you back to the history books.

Alas, Chicago scored a goal with 48 seconds left in a 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Blackhawks scored on their 25th shot of the game.

It would have been Vasilevskiy's 43rd shutout of his career, which would have moved him up to 43rd on the all-time list. It was Vasi's eighth win of the season (three losses, one overtime loss), giving him 378 in his career.

The Bolts didn't have much of a problem otherwise. Ilya Mikheyev scored two goals. Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonaugh also scored.

The Bolts are now 8-0 at Benchmark Arena. They are 10-3-2 overall.

Roman Kantserov scored the lone goal for Chicago.

Tampa Bay plays Saturday night at Minnesota's Grand Casino Arena at 8.