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 11. 

HOUSTON -- Two weeks ago, Houston was in the thick of the American West title race. That dream isn’t over yet, but the Cougars have put a major dent in those hopes over the last two weeks.

First, it was losing to SMU on the road in a tremendous letdown. That hangover continued to Saturday against Temple, which ended up being a 59-49 loss to the Owls. Houston spotted Temple 14 points, and eventually couldn’t overcome the deficit.

“Our energy? Disappointed,” Houston coach Major Applewhite said. “We spend a lot of time, dive in this as players and coaches. Our energy is down. Tomorrow, we’re getting ready for Tulane. We have five days to make sure our seniors go out the right way.”  

Quarterback D’Eriq King rebounded with five touchdowns against Temple, but the Cougars still couldn’t get any stops. The Owls had only scored more than 40 points once in 2018, and it came in a loss. Temple scored 24 points in two of the last three weeks; it scored 59 against the Cougars.

Heading into the game, Houston was 4-1 in conference play with an inside track to the conference title game. Now, the Cougars are 4-2 and in a three-way tie for first place in the division with SMU and Tulane. Memphis is right on the cusp of contention at 3-3. The Cougars still have Tulane and Memphis left on the schedule, and already lost the tiebreaker against SMU.

Worse news? Houston has to play three games in 13 days. The Cougars get just five days to prepare for Tulane’s unique run-centric attack on Thursday. Then, it’s only eight days until a Friday matchup against Memphis on the road. Memphis is the second-best opponent Houston will play this season, only behind Texas Tech in the S&P+ rankings.

“We have no idea where this league is going to go, but you can’t be there and be depressed about [losing[,” Applewhite said. “Obviously we’re disappointed in the way we played and coached, no doubt about it, but it’s still two games left and we have to look at the ones ahead of us.”

Mayhem in Lubbock

Ten years ago, Texas Tech picked up one of the biggest wins in program history after legendary wide receiver Michael Crabtree caught a vert in traffic and broke into the end zone to knock off No. 1 Texas.

After Texas’ 41-34 win over the Red Raiders on Saturday, wide receiver Lil’Jordan Humphrey is ready to rename the “Crabtree corner” of Jones AT&T Stadium to the “Humphrey corner.”

Humphrey caught a 29-yard touchdown on virtually the same exact play as Crabtree to get Texas into the end zone with just 21 seconds remaining. He fought through a Tech defensive back and ran in for a score with ease.

Even without starting quarterback Alan Bowman in the game, Texas Tech had opportunities to take this game. Red Raiders third-string quarterback Jett Duffey threw for 444 yards and four touchdowns, and added 80 yards rushing. However, he had three turnovers, and all of them were critical and mind-boggling.

On the other end, Ehlinger broke the Big 12 record for consecutive passes without an interception. We wrote about it last week, but his development has both been somewhat unexpected and critical to the Longhorns’ improvement. Now, Texas has to keep the momentum going against Iowa State, arguably the best defense in the conference.

UNT’s luster is gone

Three weeks into the season, North Texas was the hottest team in college football. But after losing to Old Dominion in embarrassing fashion on Saturday, UNT has lost its shine.

The loss went to exactly the same script as the previous losses to UAB and Louisiana Tech. The Mean Green quickly took a 28-0 lead with 3:48 remaining in the second quarter. North Texas scored touchdowns on four of its first five drives. From there on out, the offense fell asleep.

North Texas had 269 yards at the half and averaged 6.7 yards per play and 5.6 points per drive. In the second half, that contracted to just 126 yards on an embarrassing 3.2 yards per play. Quarterback Mason Fine became the program’s all-time leading passer on Saturday, but didn’t get to enjoy it.

After the offense went up 28-0, the defense collapsed too. Old Dominion took over with 3:43 left in the second quarter, and managed to score 10 quick points after Fine threw just his second interception of the season. After a three-and-out, the defense gave up a nine-play touchdown drive to Old Dominion. It changed from 28-0 to 28-17 in barely seven minutes of game time.

Old Dominion was 2-7 heading into the game. Its only two wins were a bizarre game against Virginia Tech and a wild finish against 1-9 Western Kentucky. The Monarchs were playing for absolutely nothing, while UNT still had plenty to play for.

North Texas sits at 7-3. It’s still been a great season in Denton. But after blowing leads of 21-6, 21-10 and 28-0 in losses, it’s hard not to wonder what could have been.

Around the state:

• Texas A&M 38, Ole Miss 24: The Aggies came close to losing this game, but they went on a 17-3 run in the fourth quarter to eventually pull away. Trayveon Williams posted 228 yards to blow past the 1,000-yard mark with multiple games remaining. Kellen Mond threw for 236 yards and three touchdowns. HOwever, the Aggies secondary gave up 100-yard receiving games to both A.J. Brown and DaMarkus Lodge.

• No. 22 Iowa State 28, Baylor 14: The Bears went down 14-0 in Ames, Iowa, after a series of mistakes and questionable calls. However, Baylor got back in the game thanks to some sustained fourth quarter drives from Charlie Brewer. Brewer was astonishingly thrown out after a strange set of penalties, which ultimately cost the Bears a chance to really make it a game. Baylor will be without starting defensive end Greg Roberts for the first half against TCU next week.  

• No. 9 West Virginia 47, TCU 10: The Horned Frogs suffered the most lopsided loss of the Gary Patterson era against the Mountaineers. TCU had never lost by more than 35 points under Patterson. The Horned Frogs were held to minus-seven yards in the embarrassing loss.

• SMU 62, UConn 50: The Mustangs’ defense let things get just a little too interesting against one of the worst teams in college football after going up 24-7 in the second quarter. The Huskies went on a 21-3 run in just five minutes of game time to start the fourth quarter. However, running backs Xavier Jones and Ke’Mon Freeman combined for 249 yards and five touchdowns on just 28 carries. SMU is in a tie for first place in the American West.

• Middle Tennessee 48, UTEP 32: UTEP showed some fight late in the fourth quarter, and went on a 22-14 run to end the game. However, the Miners were overmatched against talented quarterback Brent Stockstill. The MTSU star threw for 352 yards and four touchdowns in an easy performance. However, running back Quardraiz Wadley rushed for 99 yards and two touchdowns. He’s been an underrated star in El Paso.

• Louisiana Tech 27, Rice 13: The Owls actually took an unexpected 10-7 lead in the second half after Austin Walter broke away for a 68-yard touchdown. He posted 173 all-purpose yards on 22 touches. Rice’s offense looks much more competent with Shawn Stankavage under center, but the Owls were still no match for Louisiana Tech.

• Appalachian State 38, Texas State 7: Quarterback Willie Jones went out, and backup Tyler Vitt couldn’t quite find a rhythm against a talented Mountaineers squad. The Bobcats mustered just 218 yards against App State, including 2.8 yards per carry on the ground.  

• FIU 45, UTSA 7: The Roadrunners played in front of the smallest crowd since the football program came back, and quickly proved why no one came. UTSA went on a four-play, 75-yard touchdowns drive to end the game. On all other plays, UTSA averaged 3.2 yards per play. D.J. Gillins threw for 107 yards and four interceptions on 17-of-31 passing. This team keeps finding new lows.