COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP : Warrick Ignites No. 1 Seminoles

Florida State’s Peter Warrick came back to college for his final season to win a national championship. He couldn’t have asked for a much better start.

Warrick’s slithering 20-yard touchdown run late in the first half broke a 7-7 tie as the top-ranked Seminoles overcame a sluggish start to take a 41-7 victory Saturday over Louisiana Tech at Tallahassee, Fla.

“Warrick’s run was unbelievable,” Louisiana Tech Coach Jack Bicknell said. “When you play against people like that, that’s what they do. They make huge plays for their team.”

Warrick, who also caught nine passes for 121 yards, took a handoff from quarterback Chris Weinke and ran laterally across the field, reversing direction twice to elude several Bulldog defenders, for a 14-7 lead 39 seconds before halftime.

“It happened so fast,” Warrick said. “When I ran to the left and came back to the right and I saw the middle, I said, ‘Oh, yeah, this is going to be nice.’ ”

Weinke was 20 of 32 for 242 yards and threw two touchdown passes to freshman Anquan Boldin.

No. 18 Notre Dame 48, Kansas 13--The Irish turned in a dominating second half after squandering a 20-0 first-half lead, survived three interceptions of Jarious Jackson and won going away in the Eddie Robinson Classic at South Bend, Ind.

Kansas cut Notre Dame’s lead to 20-13 after the first interception of Jackson, when Zac Wegner connected with Michael Chandler for a 30-yard touchdown with two seconds left in the first half.

Jackson was intercepted on the third play of the second half. After the drive stalled, Jayhawk kicker Joe Garcia lined up for a 49-yard field goal that would have cut the lead to four.

But Clifford Jefferson blocked the kick and Rocky Boiman returned it to the Kansas 34. Tony Fisher ran in the last two yards for a touchdown to complete the drive and deflate Jayhawk hopes for an upset.