LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Ohio used a balanced rushing attack, gaining 241 yards, and its defense held New Mexico State in check for a 44-24 victory in the teams’ season opener.

Donte Harden led Ohio with 81 yards on 15 carries and quarterback Tyler Tettleton ran for 42 yards and two TDs.

Tettleton took over the game in the second quarter, scoring on a 1-yard run and throwing a 7-yard scoring pass to Riley Dunlop. In the third quarter, Tettleton tossed an 8-yard TD pass to Donte Foster and scored on another 1-yard run.

Tettleton completed 16 of 28 passes for 153 yards.

New Mexico State rushed for just six yards.

New Mexico State quarterback Andrew Manley threw for 362 yards and two touchdowns. Taveon Rogers scored on a 97-yard kickoff return.

No. 8 Texas A&M 46, SMU 14

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Cyrus Gray and Christine Michael ran for two touchdowns apiece and Ryan Tannehill threw for two more scores to help No. 8 Texas A&M beat SMU 46-14 on Sunday night.

The Aggies were anxious to get on the field and bring the focus back to football instead of the school’s decision to leave the Big 12. They got things going early, intercepting quarterback Kyle Padron’s passes on SMU’s first two possessions to jump out to a 14-0 lead.

SMU coach June Jones replaced Padron with backup J.J. McDermott after the early miscues and he helped the Mustangs cut it to 20-14 in the second quarter.

But the Mustangs couldn’t do much offensively after that and the Aggies scored 26 straight points the rest of the way to secure the win.

Gray finished with 132 yards rushing. Michael, in his first game since breaking his leg last October, added 85. Tannehill was 21 of 26 for 246 yards. Ryan Swope led Texas A&M’s receivers with eight receptions for 109 yards and a score and Jeff Fuller added six catches for 52 yards.