BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Josh Hoover threw for 231 yards and four touchdowns, including a 15-yard score on his first pass with No. 6 Indiana Hoosiers, and Turbo Richard rushed for two more scores to help the defending national champs open the season with a 52-16 rout of North Texas Mean Green on Saturday.

Hoover finished 13 of 16 with no turnovers despite having blood covering his face mask at one point. He’s replacing Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza.

After celebrating last year’s title during a pregame ceremony, Indiana extended the Football Bowl Subdivision’s longest active winning streak to 17 games and the FBS’ longest active home winning streak to 16.

“I thought Josh was sharp and our receivers did a nice job of separating and were making some blocks downfield, which was a point of emphasis,” two-time Associated Press Coach of the Year Curt Cignetti said. “You never know what to expect, I thought he made a significant stride in fall camp with confidence, and I thought he played with a lot of confidence today.”

Richard, a transfer from Boston College, had 15 carries for 58 yards and one catch for 38. Charlie Becker had four catches for 64 yards and two scores while Nick Marsh and Davion Chandler each had TD receptions.

Jahiem White rushed 14 times for 61 yards and one score as well as catching seven passes for 36 yards in his North Texas debut.

The Hoosiers led 24-6 at halftime before White’s 9-yard TD run to open the second half.

Hoover responded four plays later with a nifty 35-yard strike to Becker for his second TD of the day to make it 31-13. North Texas never recovered.

“For 3 1/2 quarters, I thought our guys went toe-to-toe with the national champs, and I thought we represented UNT well,” new coach Neal Brown said. “We just didn’t finish it.”

North Texas: No, this Mean Green team isn’t the high-scoring machine of years past, but new coach Neal Brown was able to keep Indiana’s offense on the sideline by dominating the time of possession. It didn’t pay off Saturday, but it could in the near future. North Texas limited the Hoosiers to 46 offensive plays.

Indiana: The passing offense and kickoff returns looked strong, but coach Curt Cignetti won’t be happy with the penalties, the rushing game or the defense’s inability to get stops. Those will be areas to focus on this week.

North Texas quarterback Tayven Jackson returned to his home state and played well though he did leave briefly in the second half with an injury. Brown said after the game, Jackson was dealing with cramps. He was 22 of 28 for 192 yards with one interception while rushing six times for 22 yards. Jackson played two seasons at Indiana before transferring to UCF last year.

Indiana lost three key players in the first half – running back Khobie Martin and defensive backs A.J. Harris and Jamari Sharpe, whose sealed the title game win with a late interception.

This week has been one of the hottest all summer, and there was no respite Saturday. The Fox broadcast crew said the field temperature reached 152 degrees during the second half.

“One-hundred, fifty-two, you have to be kidding me,” Cignetti said in disbelief until two people he was with started nodding. “Wow!”

North Texas: hosts UNLV next Saturday in its home opener.

Indiana: hosts Howard next Saturday.

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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) John Mateer threw three touchdown passes, Isaiah Sategna returned a punt 88 yards for a score and No. 10 Oklahoma Sooners overpowered UTEP Miners 51-0 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.

The Sooners scored on their first eight possessions and limited UTEP to 198 yards. Sategna scored twice and finished with 215 all-purpose yards.

Mateer looked sharp, completing 11 of 17 passes for 225 yards before being pulled late in the third quarter. He threw scoring passes of 40 yards to Colorado State transfer Rocky Beers, 34 yards to Sategna and 48 yards to Virginia transfer Trell Harris.

“He played like you want your quarterback to play,” Sooners coach Brent Venables said. “Just do what we need the quarterback to do. You know, manage things, take what’s there, make good decisions, protect the football, getting us out of negative plays. He did a lot of really good things.

Oklahoma drove 76 yards for a score on its first possession then forced a punt that was returned for a touchdown by Sategna to make it 14-0 midway through the first quarter. It was the first punt return for a score by OU since the 2023 season opener.

“I thought we competed hard, but I give a ton of credit to OU,” UTEP coach Scotty Walden said. “That’s a really good football team. Watching them on tape and then seeing them live in person, I think this is a better version of what they were last year. I think they’re going to be a force. Kudos to coach Venables, a ton of respect for that football team.”

The Sooners led 27-0 at halftime, then the defense went to work. Peyton Bowen forced a fumble that was recovered by Taylor Wein on UTEP first possession of the the third quarter. Two plays later, Mateer connected with Sategna to make it 34-0.

UTEP: The Miners didn’t play like an offense with 11 new faces, driving 50 and 43 yards on successive possessions in the first half. Both drives ended with missed field goals.

Oklahoma: The Sooners rushed 39 times for 170 yards, about 52 yards more than they averaged last season.

Beers, the brother of former OU basketball player Reagan Beers, made his presence felt right away, grabbing a pass from Mateer and hurdling a defender near the goal line before scoring to put OU up 21-0.

“I lost it in the lights a little bit,” he said. “I saw that guy starting to dip down and I did not want to take another hit below the waistline.”

Beers had a second touchdown wiped out on a pick play by fellow tight end Jack VanDorselar.

Oh, yeah, that was a pick play and Jack got a little overzealous there,” Beers said. “He just had to get some first game jitters out and just de-cleated a guy, my guy.”

Beers also blocked on Sategna’s punt return touchdown.

UTEP: Hosts Texas Southern next Saturday.

Oklahoma: At No. 16 Michigan next Saturday.

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Stanford Cardinal, Calif. (AP) Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney took almost no time to show how lethal a combination they can be this season for Miami.

Mensah threw five touchdown passes in his Miami debut, Toney set a school-record with 234 yards receiving and the seventh-ranked Hurricanes opened their season with an 45-6 victory over Stanford on Friday night.

“I was just eager to get on the field,” said Mensah, who transferred this offseason from Duke. “It’s been a long offseason. It took a lot to get to where I’m at today so I was just was ready to go.”

Mensah and Toney connected on touchdown passes on the first two drives of the game for Miami (1-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) and then again on a 47-yarder in the third quarter that set the school record. Eddie Brown had 220 yards receiving in 1984 against Boston College in what was known as the “Hail Flutie” game.

“It means a lot knowing how many greats played at this university,” Toney said. “For me to be the player to break that record and set a new one, it just means a whole lot.

Mensah took little time to show the impact he could have on the Hurricanes by throwing a 48-yard pass to Toney on his first snap to set the tone against Stanford (1-1, 0-1).

Mensah capped that drive with a 23-yard touchdown pass to Toney and the two connected on a 2-yard score on the next possession with Toney punctuating both TDs with a Heisman pose for the Hurricanes fans in that corner of the stadium.

“You couldn’t draw it up any better,” Mensah said. “If you got one on one, if you’re leaving No. 1 one on one, that’s a problem. So just seeing that pre-snap just made it that much easier for me. … You want to go out and punch a team in the mouth.”

Mensah added another touchdown pass to Daylyn Upshaw in the second quarter, a 34-yarder to Cooper Barkate in the third and the deep strike to Toney. He finished 27 for 30 for 401 yards, setting records for the most yards and TDs in a debut for Miami.

Mensah led all power conference quarterbacks last season with 3,973 yards passing last season and now is teamed with one of the most dynamic receivers in Toney, who had 109 catches for 1,211 yards last season as a freshman when he helped Miami reach the College Football Playoff title game.

Davis Warren threw for 214 yards for Stanford but couldn’t get the Cardinal in the end zone after leading them to a 37-27 win over Hawaii in his Cardinal debut last week.

“There were spots tonight where we move the football,” coach Tavita Pritchard said. “We got down in the red zone a couple of times. We got to finish. I think that’s what that spoke to. We got to find consistency and we got to finish in the end zone.”

Miami: The Hurricanes figured to be one of the top offenses coming into the season and nothing they did in their opener would dissuade that thought as they scored touchdowns on six of their first seven drives. … CB OJ Frederique left the game with an injury on the opening drive and coach Mario Cristobal had no update on his status.

Stanford: After beating Hawaii in coach Tavita Pritchard’s first game, the Cardinal were unable to keep up with the Hurricanes as the level of competition rose significantly. Stanford hasn’t started a season 2-0 since 2018.

Miami: Hosts Florida A&M on Thursday night.

Stanford: At Duke on Sept. 19.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Javon Tracy set the program record with two punts for touchdowns and Darius Taylor rushed for three first-half scores as Minnesota Golden Gophers opened with a 59-7 romp past FCS opponent Eastern Illinois Panthers on Thursday.

Drake Lindsey completed 19 of 24 passes for 264 yards and a touchdown to tight end Pierce Walsh, who posted his first career score with six seconds left before halftime to give the Gophers a 35-7 lead.

Backup quarterback Max Shikenjanski and deep reserve Xavier Ford each had rushing touchdowns in the second half and Daniel Jackson made his first college field goal on a night full of highlights for the home team, as head coach P.J. Fleck’s 10th season started with ease.

Tracy, who also had five receptions for 98 yards in the first half, fielded four of the nine punts by Cade Cox and totaled 167 return yards in assuming the role held last season by safety Koi Perich, who transferred to Oregon. Tracy had an 87-yard touchdown in the first quarter and a 69-yard score in the third quarter.

“His vision is so good,” Fleck said.

Taylor had 56 yards on 14 rushes and 31 yards on three catches, becoming only the second running back in program history to reach the 100-reception mark for his career. After an uncharacteristically lackluster 2025 season running the ball, ranking last in the Big Ten, the Gophers are determined to not only re-establish Taylor as one of the conference’s premier rushers but find ways to get him the ball in the air.

“It’s really cool to just be a part of an offense like this,” Taylor said.

The Gophers matched their second-largest margin of victory under Fleck, behind the 66-0 win over Northwestern State last season. They beat Western Illinois 62-10 in 2022. All three of those teams are in the second-tier FCS. Minnesota’s last such loss was to North Dakota State in 2011.

Tyren Buggs caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from Cole LaCrue in the second quarter for the Panthers (1-1), who beat Murray State 28-14 in their opener last week.

Eastern Illinois: After finishing 3-9 each of the last two seasons and being picked to finish seventh out of eight in the Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll, the Panthers have plenty of work to do under fifth-year head coach Chris Wilkerson, starting of course with the punt coverage team.

Minnesota: There will be much tougher tests ahead for the Gophers, but every unit got off to a crisp start. The defense had nine tackles for loss and held Eastern Illinois to 51 yards rushing on 28 attempts. Defensive end T.J. Bush, a transfer from California, had a sack in his debut on the first possession. “Every position group showed up and played elite ball,” linebacker Maverick Baranowski said.

Eastern Illinois: Hosts Indiana State on Sept. 12.

Minnesota: Hosts Mississippi State on Sept. 12.

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