Chasing fifth straight win, No. 18 South Carolina hosts Wofford

No. 18 South Carolina will aim to keep its outside hopes of making the College Football Playoff alive when it hosts in-state FCS foe Wofford on Saturday in Columbia.The Gamecocks (7-3) have to win their last two games and get plenty of help to leapfrog any of the Southeastern Conference schools currently ranked ahead of them: No. 3 Texas, No. 7 Alabama, No. 9 Ole Miss, No. 10 Georgia, No. 11 Tennessee and No. 15 Texas A&M.Since losing at Alabama on Oct. 12, South Carolina has won four games in a row, with three of them against AP or CFP ranked opponents. Most recently, the Gamecocks took down Missouri at home last Saturday, 34-30, behind a career-high five passing touchdowns from LaNorris Sellers.Raheim Sanders hauled in Sellers’ go-ahead touchdown pass, a 15-yard shovel toss — with 15 seconds left. It was the first time since 2012, when Steve Spurrier coached the Gamecocks, that they have won four consecutive SEC games.For his efforts, Sellers — a redshirt freshman from Florence, S.C. — was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week and the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week. He has piled up more than 2,200 yards of total offense this season and thrown 14 touchdowns to five interceptions.”He’s just a really good quarterback, and he continues to get better every week,” Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer said of Sellers.Outside of tight end Brady Hunt being out for at least two weeks with a lower body injury, Beamer didn’t have many updates to his injury report. Defensive back Judge Collier “should be fine” and left tackle Josiah Thompson “is back healthy,” Beamer said.

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