Welcome to the Extra Points, our weekly college wrap-up at Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. This is your one stop to quickly get up to date with all the most important FBS happenings in the state from Week 3.

ARLINGTON -- TCU deserved to beat Ohio State. It was the better team for most of the night.

Ultimately, the Horned Frogs fell 40-28 to the Buckeyes at AT&T Stadium. But despite the disappointment, TCU is very optimistic about where the program is headed with a very young roster.

“Talking to their coaches coming off the field, we have a really good football team,” TCU coach Gary Patterson said. “I think they play a lot of good people. I trust their judgement. I’m not just talking about assistants either; I’m talking coordinators and head coach.”

TCU really did beat itself. Over a four-minute stretch in the third quarter, the Horned Frogs gave up 21 unanswered points thanks to a missed tackle, pick-six and fumbled punt attempt. Even with them, TCU was within 15 yards of Ohio State in yardage. The defense only gave up 26 points against an offense that scored a combined 129 points the two weeks prior.

More importantly, TCU proved it belonged. After losing quarterback Kenny Hill, three offensive linemen, linebacker Travin Howard and more, it seemed like the Frogs were in the midst of a rebuilding year. Three games into the year, and after facing off against arguably the second most talented team in America, TCU is ahead of schedule.

Now, the real work begins. TCU travels to face Texas next week, and then hosts Iowa State, Texas Tech and No. 5 Oklahoma in consecutive weeks. The Horned Frogs will make their case for the Big 12 title game through that stretch.

Patterson wasn’t a huge fan of playing Ohio State. When given the opportunity, he turned a home-and-home into a one-time neutral site game. But after hanging with the Buckeyes for four quarters, he wants to make sure his program gets deserved credit.

“To me, we just got beaten by the number 3- or 4-ranked team in the nation,” Patterson said. “And so if you could win out, then I think you’d be one of those teams that should give TCU just as much credit for playing a ball game like this as anybody else you should.”

UNT is rolling

Four days ago, I wrote that UNT could change the trajectory of its program with a win over SEC opponent Arkansas.

To the winner goes the spoils – even I couldn’t have predicted what was about to happen.

UNT absolutely obliterated Arkansas to the tune of 44-17. It was a total team domination, involving offense, defense and special teams.

All-everything quarterback Mason Fine played decently – 24-of-45 for 281 yards and two total touchdowns – but the defense really took center stage on Saturday. They picked off Arkansas quarterbacks six times. In fact, Arkansas played three quarterbacks against the Mean Green; UNT picked off all of them.

Of course, everyone has seen the ridiculous special teams play that’s gripping the nation, where wide receiver Keegan Brewer faked out the Arkansas special teams unit by faking a fair catch. This was the most important game on UNT’s schedule, and head coach Seth Littrell called the game like it.

Now, UNT takes its rightful place as the hottest team in the state’s FBS football scene, and atop the Dave Campbell’s College Power Poll. More could be coming soon, too.

The Mean Green got a big boost over the weekend as Boise State lost to Oklahoma State. That opens the UNT window to the Group of Five New Year’s Six bowl berth just a little bit wider. It will probably take going undefeated. That said, ESPN’s Football Power Index gives the Mean Green a 12 percent chance to do just that.

Keep an eye on UNT – the Mean Green have a chance to reach heights that the program has never reached before. Jump on before the bandwagon is full.

Texas Tech has a star

How does Kliff Kingsbury keep doing this?

Once again, the Texas Tech coach seems to have an astonishingly productive quarterback. This time, it’s an 18-year-old kid from Grapevine.

Alan Bowman played one of the most impressive games in college football history in a 63-49 win over Houston. His 605 passing yards was the most by a freshman in program history, surpassing Patrick Mahomes’ mark of 598 set in 2014. In fact, it came just six yards shy of the all-time freshman record.

Don’t come to his coach – who DCTF once dubbed “The Kingmaker” – for praise though.

“Yeah, he’s come along about like I thought, I think,” Kingsbury said after the game. “Pat did it against the No. 5 team in the country… he’s got a long ways to go to be mentioned in that category, but I like how he’s progressed.”

He might be underselling Bowman just a little bit. Bowman came into camp as No. 3 on the depth chart behind McLane Carter and Jett Duffey. One ankle injury to Carter was enough to thrust Bowman under center in the biggest games of his life.

He struggled for a half against Ole Miss, but eventually found his groove. In starts against Houston and Lamar, he’s completing 77.4 percent of his passes for 887 yards, seven touchdowns and 10.6 yards per pass attempt.

Bowman’s biggest tests are yet to come. Texas Tech travels to Oklahoma State next week, and hosts Heisman hopeful Will Grier a week later. But regardless, Texas Tech’s quarterback position is once again in good hands. If the running game keeps up alongside it, and the defense gets better, it’s going to be a special year in Lubbock.

Around the state:

• Texas 37, No. 22 USC 14: This was more of the Texas we expected this season. The Longhorns dominated USC in the trenches and held them to negative rushing yards. Quarterback Sam Ehlinger embraced the role of game manager and played a strong, relatively mistake-free game.
• Duke 40, Baylor 27: The Bears played a mistake-filled game against a team that you can’t make mistakes against. Duke broke away for several big touchdowns, and Jalan McClendon threw a critical pick-six late to ice the game. Matt Rhule has yet to decide on a quarterback, and it’s hurting the offense.
• Texas A&M 49, ULM 10: The Aggies made quick work of Louisiana-Monroe. Running back Trayveon Williams exploded for 128 yards and a touchdown in a bounce-back game. Now? It’s on to No. 1 Alabama.
• No. 19 Michigan 45, SMU 20: The Mustangs actually looked decent against Michigan’s impressive defense, especially after inserting true freshman quarterback William Brown. Brown led a pair of touchdowns in five drives to re-open the quarterback competition.
• Kansas State 41, UTSA 17: The Roadrunners finished a nightmare nonconference slate against three Power Five teams with another crushing loss. We won’t know much about this team until it plays a Conference-USA opponent.
• South Alabama 41, Texas State 31: Texas State was rolling, up 31-16 through the middle of the third quarter. The offense was humming, but then quarterback Willie Jones III went out. He eventually came back, but not before Tyler Vitt threw a pick-six that sparked a 25-0 South Alabama run that cost Texas State the game.
• Tennessee 24, UTEP 0: Miners quarterback Kai Locksley averaged just 1.8 yards per pass attempt against an SEC defense, but most were unforced errors. The losing streak falls down to 15 games.