Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Will McElvain threw three touchdown passes, the Northern Iowa defense came up with three interceptions and the Panthers defeated Illinois State 27-10 in a Missouri Valley Conference matchup of Top 10 teams. McElvain’s 16-yard strike to Suni Lane in the final minute of the first half put the Panthers (6-3, 4-1) on top 14-7.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joseph Binda Jr. ran for three touchdowns, Terrence Smith ran for two more and San Diego cashed in on turnovers to beat Drake 49-7 to become the Pioneer Football League’s remaining undefeated team. The Toreros (6-2, 5-0) scored 35 unanswered first-half points in winning their sixth straight PFL game and seventh straight against the Bulldogs.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — David Bell scored the go-ahead touchdown from nine yards out with 1:08 to play, and the Purdue Boilermakers beat the Nebraska Cornhuskers 31-27. The Boilermakers (3-6, 2-4 Big Ten) took the lead for good after starting quarterback Jack Plummer left the game with a right ankle injury _ the latest sidelined on a team plagued by injuries.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have activated backup quarterback Chad Henne from injured reserve, giving them another option against the Minnesota Vikings if Patrick Mahomes is unable to play. Mahomes dislocated his kneecap two weeks ago in Denver and is listed as questionable. He missed last week’s loss to Green Bay when veteran Matt Moore started in his place.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Skylar Thompson ran for 127 yards and three touchdowns, Harry Trotter added 92 yards rushing and another score, and No. 22 Kansas State romped to a 38-10 victory over Kansas on Saturday. Thompson also had 129 yards passing for the Wildcats, who showed no letdown from their upset of then-No. 5 Oklahoma in trouncing the Jayhawks once again. Carter Stanley had just 115 yards passing for Kansas.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Pierre Strong Jr. ran 18 times for 99 yards and a touchdown and completed an 89-yard TD pass to Cade Johnson as South Dakota State beat Missouri State 35-14. Strong made a forward flip to Johnson on a fly sweep and Johnson took it to the end zone for the longest pass play in nearly five years for the Jackrabbits.

(GVVikings.com/Lamoni, Iowa)— The Grand View University Vikings beat the Graceland Yellowjackets 70-0, Saturday, and improved to 9-0 on the season, while Graceland falls to 0-9.

The Grand View offense outgained the Graceland offense 439-yards to 123-yards. The Vikings ran up and down the field all afternoon rushing for 276-yards. The Grand View defense held the Yellowjackets to an impressive -5-yards rushing. Offensively, Grand View was led by Jensen Gates, who rushed for 113-yards and 3 touchdowns. Johnny Sullivan was a perfect 5/5 in the air for 92-yards and 3 touchdowns.

Anthony Turner caught four balls for 113-yards and two touchdowns. Gates also caught one pass for a touchdown. A slew of Vikings racked up tackles and tackles for loss, Saturday. Ben Slavens led the way with 5 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and one interception. Dallis Flowers had two interceptions on the afternoon.

Up next, the Grand View Vikings will host Peru State 1-p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9th. Peru State is 1-8 on the season, after upsetting William Penn this week.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joseph Binda Jr. ran for three touchdowns, Terrence Smith ran for two more and San Diego cashed in on turnovers to beat Drake 49-7 on Saturday to become the Pioneer Football League’s remaining undefeated team. The Toreros (6-2, 5-0) scored 35 unanswered first-half points in winning their sixth straight PFL game and seventh straight against the Bulldogs.

San Diego used a 46-yard flea-flicker from Reid Sinnett to Dalton Kincaid to score on its opening drive of the third quarter for a 42-0 lead. Kincaid caught five passes for 117 yards. Drake (4-4, 4-1) cashed in on a Sinnett fumble on a sack, with Ian Corwin scoring four plays later on a fourth-and-goal.

David Tolbert’s interception of a Corwin pass led to Binda’s 1-yard TD run and the Toreros led 21-0 after a pick by Victor Lopez set up Smith’s 2-yard scoring run. Binda also scored on runs of 5 and 1 yards and Smith scored on a 19-yard run.

Sinnett’s 3-yard TD run put San Diego up 35-0 at halftime. Freshman Amir Wallace stopped a late Drake drive with an interception in the end zone. San Diego outgained Drake 476-260 in total yards, with Sinnett completing 23 of 28 passes for 281 yards.

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Will McElvain threw three touchdown passes, the Northern Iowa defense came up with three interceptions and the Panthers defeated Illinois State 27-10 on Saturday in a Missouri Valley Conference matchup of Top 10 teams.

McElvain’s 16-yard strike to Suni Lane in the final minute of the first half put the Panthers (6-3, 4-1) on top 14-7. The duo hooked up for a 27-yard score with 11 minutes to play for a 21-10 lead. Matthew Cook finished the next two drives, setup by Xavior Williams’ fumble recovery and a Christian Jegen interception, both deep in ISU territory, with field goals.

McElvain was 14 of 28 for 189 yards with an interception. Illinois State (6-3, 3-2) had only 63 yards of offense in the second half, only scoring on a field goal that was set up by a fumble recovery at the Northern Iowa 30. The Redbirds finished with 210 yards.

ACGC’s Kate Crawford took 3rd in the 2A Girls State Cross Country Meet and West Central Valley’s Louden Foster took 4th in the 2A Boys race.

Crawford ran a time of 19:05.90 to finish 3rd. The Chargers finished 5th in the team race. Rylee Sloss finished 10th and Kiersten Knobbe was 19th. Panorama’s Ella Waddle finished 5th.

Foster ran 16:25.20 to grab 4th in the boys race. The Treynor boys team finished 15th with 307 points. The Cardinals top finisher was Cole Dooley in 25th.