Gordon loose on Auburn, there was no stopping the nation's leading rusher.
    Gordon ran for an Outback Bowl-record 251 yards and three touchdowns, and Rafael Gaglianone kicked a 25-yard field goal in overtime to give the 17th-ranked Badgers a 34-31 victory over the No. 19 Tigers on Thursday.
    Gordon scored on runs of 25, 53 and 6 yards, bouncing back from a subpar performance in the Big Ten championship game to threaten Barry Sanders' FBS single-season rushing record.
    The Wisconsin star, who has already declared he'll skip his final season of eligibility to enter the NFL draft, finished with 2,587 yards in 14 games — second most in FBS history. Sanders gained 2,628 in 11 games in 1988, when the NCAA did not include bowl results in a player's season or career statistic totals.
    Nick Marshall threw for two touchdowns for Auburn, which also got a pair of TDs on the ground from Cameron Artis-Payne. The Tigers (8-5) were unable to move the ball in overtime, though, and lost when Daniel Carlson's 45-yard field goal hit the right upright and bounced away.
    Joel Stave threw a 7-yard scoring pass to Corey Clement for an early Wisconsin lead. The Badgers' offense, however, didn't really take off until it started feeding Auburn's defense a steady diet of Gordon, who finished second in Heisman Trophy balloting.
    Gordon went over 100 yards for the day with a 17-yard gain of the first play of the second half. His 27th rushing TD finished a six-play, 75-yard march Stave led without putting the ball in the air. His 28th, on a carry up the middle on fourth-and-1, put the Badgers ahead 21-17 late in the third quarter.
    Stave completed 14 of 27 passes for 121 yards. He threw two of his three interceptions in the first half, but that didn't stop him from making a couple of big completions on a 64-yard drive the Badgers put together to send the game into overtime.
    With help from a 20-yard run by Gordon and an accompanying 15-yard penalty on Auburn for a late hit on the running back out of bounds, Wisconsin marched to the Auburn 11 before settling for Gaglianone's 29-yard field goal.
    Marshall threw TD passes of 66 yards Ricardo Louis and 20 yards to C.J. Uzomah. Artis-Payne, who rushed for 126 yards, scored on a pair of 2-yard runs — the second giving Auburn a 31-28 lead.
    Both teams were coming off disappointing losses, Wisconsin falling 59-0 to Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game and Auburn rolling up 630 yards total offense in coming up short 55-44 against Alabama in the Tigers' regular season finale.

Baylor blows big lead in Cotton Bowl
    ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — After their only two losses came against playoff teams, Connor Cook and Michigan State finished off their season with a three-touchdown comeback in the fourth quarter against playoff-snubbed Baylor.
    Cook threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Keith Mumphery with 17 seconds to give the No. 7 Spartans a 42-41 victory in the Cotton Bowl, the lead-in game on New Year's Day to the two national semifinals that No. 4 and two-time Big 12 champion Baylor (11-2) hoped to be part of instead.
    The Spartans (11-2) got the winning touchdown after Marcus Rush blocked Chris Callahan's 43-yard field goal attempt with 1:05 left.
    When Baylor got the ball back for one last try, Bryce Petty was sacked on consecutive plays before Riley Bullough's clinching interception.
    Petty completed 36 of 51 passes for a Cotton Bowl-record 550 yards and three touchdowns, two to speedy freshman KD Cannon and the other to 390-pount backup guard LaQuan McGowan that put Baylor up 41-21 late in the third quarter.
    Jeremy Langford ran for 162 yards and three touchdowns for the Spartans, whose losses were to Pac-12 winner Oregon and the Big Ten champion Ohio State.

Missouri rumbles over Minnesota
    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Marcus Murphy ran for 159 yards, Russell Hansbrough added 114 yards and a touchdown and No. 16 Missouri beat Minnesota 33-17 on Thursday in the Citrus Bowl.
    Missouri (11-3) won its third straight bowl game to reach 11 victories for the fourth time in school history.
    Minnesota (8-5) trailed 19-17 entering the fourth quarter, but Missouri pulled away on Hansbrough's 78-yard touchdown run and Maty Mauk's 7-yard scoring pass to Bud Sasser.
    Mauk settled down to throw two TD passes after interceptions on the Tigers' first two possessions.
    The Tigers forced three turnovers.
    Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner was 21 of 31 for 258 yards and a touchdown.
    The Tigers used an onside kick to open the third quarter to stretch out their halftime lead to 13-7.