Missouri knock off Oklahoma

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Jerrell Jackson spun free from a knot of tacklers on a 38-yard reception for the go-ahead score, sparking a 16-point fourth quarter that helped No. 18 Missouri upend the top team in the BCS standings with a 36-27 victory over error-prone Oklahoma on Saturday night.

The third-ranked Sooners (6-1, 2-1 Big 12) committed three costly turnovers, out of character considering they had only five giveaways in the first six games. Two of the turnovers led to 10 points and the other squelched a drive deep in Missouri territory, and the Sooners also missed a chip-shot field goal.

An 86-yard scoring return by Gahn McGaffie on the opening kickoff added to that edge as the Tigers (7-0, 3-0) ended a seven-game losing streak in a lopsided series dating to 1998, and beat the Sooners for only the second time in the last 21 meetings overall.

Thousands of fans from a sellout crowd of 70,004 swarmed the field before the end of Oklahoma's final, desperate play, taking down both goalposts.

Missouri is 7-0 for the first time since 1960 when the school ended 11-0 and finished No. 5 after beating Navy in the Orange Bowl. This one was especially satisfying, coming against a school that whipped it the last two meetings, ending the Tigers' one-week stay at No. 1 with a 38-17 victory in the 2007 Big 12 championship game and hammering them again 62-21 in the 2008 conference title game.

Oklahoma became another national championship front-runner to tumble in a road conference game, following Alabama and Ohio State, who both were No. 1 in the AP poll when they lost the past two Saturdays.

That helped clear the way for the Sooners to be first when the BCS standings debuted last week, but it will be a short stay.

Oregon likely will take the top spot.

Jackson had nine catches for 139 yards, both season bests. He totaled 18 catches in the first six games, playing the pre-conference schedule wearing a cast from a broken left wrist.