The Associated Press Texas A&M's Nate Boerkircher celebrates after catching a touchdown pass during the fourth quarter against Notre Dame on Saturday.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Marcel Reed escaped pressure to throw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Nate Boerkircher with 13 seconds left, Randy Bond kicked the extra point and No. 16 Texas A&M beat No. 8 Notre Dame 41-40 on Saturday night.

“I don’t think Nate had a target all game, but when his name was called, he was ready,” Reed said.

Texas A&M (3-0) beat a Top 25 team on the road for the first time since knocking off then-No. 3 Auburn on Nov. 8, 2014. The Aggies had lost 13 straight road games to ranked opponents.

“I don’t know that anything went to script in terms of how you want to go about winning a game on the road,” said Texas A&M coach Mike Elko, a former Notre Dame assistant coach. “We just kept fighting, kept battling, kept scrapping. Ultimately, we made one more play than they did.”

Notre Dame dropped to 0-2 after playing in the national title game last season. The Irish opened with a 24-27 loss at No. 5 Miami on Aug. 31.

“You’ve got to go to work and practice and get better,” coach Marcus Freeman said. “We’re 0-2. So what do you control? You control getting better and getting ready for the next one. I can’t sit here and dwell on being 0-2 as much as I need to dwell on how do we find ways to improve.”

Bond made a 45-yard field goal to tie it at 34 with 9:06 left.

Notre Dame pushed ahead 40-34 with 2:53 to go on Jeremiyah Love’s 12-yard run. A botched snap on the extra point kept the lead at six.

Texas A&M started at its 26 on the winning drive after a 99-yard kickoff return by Terry Bussey was negated by a holding penalty, but quickly reached Notre Dame territory. Mario Craver, who had an 86-yard TD reception in the first quarter, gained 34 yards on a pass from Reed to the 37.

Texas A&M reached the Notre Dame 10 and survived back-to-back penalties before the winning score.

Reed was 17 of 37 for a career-high 360 yards and two touchdowns. Carver caught seven passes for a career-high 207 yards.

Love gained 94 yards on 23 carries, and quarterback C.J. Carr was 20 of 32 with a touchdown and an interception.

Josh McCray’s 1-yard TD run in OT gives No. 6 Georgia a 44-41 win at No. 15 Tennessee

Georgia escapes

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Josh McCray scored on a one-yard run in overtime to give No. 6 Georgia a 44-41 victory over No. 15 Tennessee on Saturday.

The Bulldogs (3-0, 1-0 SEC) came from behind three times to beat the Volunteers (2-1, 1-0) for the ninth straight time with Nate Frazier setting up the winnign score with a 21-yard run on Georgia’s first snap in overtime.

Tennessee’s Joey Aguilar threw for 371 yards and four touchdowns and ran for a TD. Chris Brazzell III caught scoring passes of 72, 14 and 66 yards.

Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for a TD.

LSU beats Florida

BATON ROUGE, La. — Garrett Nussmeier threw for 220 yards and a touchdown, Dashawn Spears returned one of his first two career interceptions 58 yards for a touchdown and No. 3 LSU beat Florida 20-10 on Saturday night.

After the ejection of LSU preseason AP All-America linebacker Whit Weeks for a targeting penalty in the game’s opening minutes, the Tigers (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) intercepted five of Florida quarterback DJ Lagway’s passes and sacked him three times.

Lagway’s career high in interceptions came in what was widely seen as a pivotal bounce-back game for the Gators (1-2, 0-1) and fourth-year coach Billy Napier after a surprising home loss to South Florida a week earlier.

Tech stuns Clemson

ATLANTA — Aidan Birr made a 55-yard field goal as time expired and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets upset the No. 12 Clemson Tigers 24-21 on Saturday.

With no timeouts left and the clock running with under 20 seconds to play, the Georgia Tech special teams squad sprinted onto the field and lined up. And on fourth-and-3, Birr connected and the home crowd rushed the field.

Flash defeated

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Saint Francis fell to Central Connecticut State, 31-7, in both teams’ Northeast Conference football opener on Saturday.

The Red Flash got an 8-yard touchdown run by Jahmil Perryman to finish off a 98-yard drive — which included a 71-yard pass from Nick Whitfield Jr. to Lukas Gilland — that tied the score at 7-7 in the first quarter but never scored again.

Colin Douglas had a career-high nine tackles for SFU, which fell to 0-3.

Elijah Howard caught two touchdown passes from Brady Olson, and Donny Marcus ran for two touchdowns for CCSU, which improved to 2-1.

Juniata now 2-0

HUNTINGDON — Juniata College marked its first 2-0 start to a season since 2016 with a 40-38 win over the Allegheny Gators on Saturday at Knox Stadium.

Ethan Eisenberg’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Horm with 7 seconds remaining in the game lifted the Eagles.

Eisenberg completed 14-of-21 passes for 169 yards and two scores, and Ivan Foreman carried the ball 20 times for 115 yards and three touchdowns.

Juniata, which trailed Allegheny 28-20 entering the fourth quarter, finished with 500 yards of offense.

Juniata plays at McDaniel next Saturday at 2 p.m.