JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Sean Glennon held an orange in one hand and a most valuable player trophy in the other.

He waved both of them in the air as thousands of Virginia Tech fans chanted his name — not exactly a scene anyone would have envisioned after Glennon got booed to end last season and benched to start this one.

Glennon threw three touchdown passes, outshining Boston College star Matt Ryan and leading the No. 6 Hokies to a 30-16 victory over the 12th-ranked Eagles in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game yesterday.

"It's been such an emotional roller-coaster this season, and for it to end probably on the most unbelievable high note of my athletic career — you get the MVP — it just shows how blessed I've been," Glennon said.

Ryan overshadowed Glennon and teammate Tyrod Taylor much of the game. But Tech's two-quarterback system worked to perfection on one drive, just enough to get the Hokies (11-2) to the Orange Bowl.

The duo put together a game-winning drive that showed exactly why the coaching staff decided to play both of them.

Taylor gained 31 yards on a quarterback draw, his best play of the day, and Glennon capped an 84-yard drive with a 24-yard strike to Eddie Royal with 7:12 remaining.

The Hokies' defense did the rest.

Kam Chancellor made a touchdown-saving tackle on Kevin Challenger, then Vince Hall intercepted Ryan's fourth-down pass near the goal line four plays later to maintain a 23-16 lead with 2:16 to play.

The Eagles (10-3) forced a punt, but Ryan threw another pick which Xavier Adibi returned 40 yards for a score with 11 seconds to play.

NO. 13 ARIZONA STATE 20, ARIZONA 17

TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State's Rose Bowl dream died shortly before the Sun Devils took the field against arch rival Arizona.

Rudy Carpenter threw for 247 yards and two touchdowns as the Sun Devils (10-2, 7-2 Pac-10) kept their Fiesta Bowl hopes alive by beating the Wildcats (5-7, 4-5) for their third straight Territorial Cup victory.

The Fiesta may have to choose between the hometown Sun Devils and the 11-1 Kansas Jayhawks.

ASU's slim shot at a Rose Bowl berth evaporated when USC defeated UCLA.

OREGON STATE 38, NO. 18 OREGON 31

EUGENE, Ore. — Freshman wide receiver James Rodgers ran 25 yards around end for the go-ahead touchdown, and the Beavers (8-4, 6-3 Pac-10) stuffed the Ducks (8-4, 5-4) on fourth down to preserve a victory in double overtime.

The two teams matched field goals in the first extra session before Rodgers broke free on the first play of the second overtime. Oregon was faced with fourth-and-1 from the 16 when it got a chance to answer, but tailback Jonathan Stewart was stopped for a loss on a run up the middle.

NO. 21 BYU 48, SAN DIEGO STATE 27

SAN DIEGO — Freshman Harvey Unga ran for 161 yards and scored four touchdowns to lead the Cougars (10-2, 8-0 Mountain West) over the Aztecs (4-8, 3-5).

Unga scored on runs of 1, 7 and 3 yards, and caught an 8-yard TD pass from Max Hall as the Cougars, winners of 16 consecutive conference games, await their bowl fate. It appears likely that they will play in the Las Vegas Bowl, which can select any Mountain West team.

CENTRAL FLORIDA 44, TULSA 25

ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida junior Kevin Smith has run through 13 teams for 2,448 yards this season. Now all that stands in his way is a Hall of Fame rusher who hasn't played college ball in 19 years.

Smith had 284 yards and four touchdowns yesterday as Central Florida beat Tulsa for the Conference USA championship. He moved into second place behind Barry Sanders on the NCAA's single-season rushing list, and still has one game left, UCF's Dec. 29 Liberty Bowl appearance.

Smith, who is 188 yards behind Sanders (2,636), also set the NCAA all-time single-season record in season rushing attempts with 415, 12 more than Marcus Allen had at USC in 1981.

It was the second time in three years UCF (10-3, 8-1) and Tulsa (9-4, 6-3) have played for the conference championship.

CENTRAL MICHIGAN 35, MIAMI (OHIO) 10

DETROIT — Dan LeFevour wasn't happy with his passing yesterday afternoon.

No one else seemed to mind.

The Central Michigan sophomore quarterback ran for 170 yards and threw for 185, helping the Chippewas (8-5, 6-1) beat the RedHawks (6-7, 5-2) to win their second straight Mid-American Conference championship.

LeFevour ran for two scores and threw for another, giving him 41 touchdowns — 17 rushing, 23 passing and one receiving — this season.

LeFevour has 1,008 yards rushing and 3,360 yards passing this season, joining Vince Young (Texas, 2005) as the only members of the 1,000-3,000 club in Football Bowl Subdivision history.

PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE

STANFORD 20, CALIFORNIA 13:

T.C. Ostrander passed for 151 yards and an early touchdown to Mark Bradford, and the Cardinal (4-8, 3-6) snapped a five-game losing streak to the Golden Bears (6-6, 3-6) at Stanford, Calif.

Nick Sanchez intercepted two passes in the 110th Big Game for the Cardinal, who handed the Golden Bears their sixth loss in seven games during an incredible collapse by the former No. 2 team.

SUN BELT CONFERENCE

FLORIDA ATLANTIC 38, TROY 32:

Rusty Smith passed for 291 yards and two touchdowns and the Owls (7-5, 6-1) overcame a three-touchdown surge by the Trojans (8-4, 6-1) in the fourth quarter at Troy, Ala., to earn their first bowl game.

Howard Schnellenberger's Owls scored 28 points in a 12-minute span of the second half for a 35-12 lead and held on to claim a share of the league title with the Trojans and a chance to play Memphis in the New Orleans Bowl. Troy is hoping to receive an at-large bowl bid.

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 38, NORTH TEXAS 19:

Paul McCall threw for 228 yards and three touchdowns in his first start, and the Golden Panthers (1-11, 1-6) beat the Mean Green (2-10, 1-6) in Miami to end major college football's longest current losing streak at 23 games.

Lionell Singleton had an 84-yard kickoff return for a score, Julian Reams added a 22-yard rushing TD and Audric Adger tied a school record with four sacks for FIU, which last won on Dec. 3, 2005 against Middle Tennessee State.

"These kids have been through a lot," said Mario Cristobal, FIU's first-year head coach who got the requisite water-cooler bath with 1:21 left. "It's been a long, long time."

WAC

NEVADA 49, LOUISIANA TECH 10:

Colin Kaepernick passed for 404 yards and Luke Lippincott scored five touchdowns to lead the Wolf Pack (6-6, 4-4) past the Bulldogs (5-7, 4-4) at Reno, Nev., to keep alive their hopes of making a third straight trip to a bowl game.

Nevada which needed No. 11 Hawai'i to beat Washington, would secure a spot for Hawai'i in a BCS bowl and open up a slot in one of the three bowl games — New Mexico Bowl, Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl and Roady's Humanitarian Bowl — with WAC tie-ins.