FORT COLLINS -- The top defense in the nation was slow to arrive but quick to recover, leading TCU past Colorado State 13-7 on a wet and chilly Saturday afternoon at Hughes Stadium.

The Rams marched right down the field for a touchdown on their first possession, then could hardly do anything against the Horned Frogs.

"That was our real defense the rest of the way," linebacker Robert Henson said after TCU (6-1, 3-0 Mountain West) ruined the Rams' homecoming and handed Colorado State (3-3, 1-1) its first home loss in six games dating to last year.

After its only airplane trip in a two-month span, the Horned Frogs looked like they had jet lag on CSU's opening drive, a nine-play, 78-yard march that included 45 yards on the ground, highlighted by Gartrell Johnson's 4-yard rumble into the end zone.

"It took a little time for us to settle in," Henson said.

After that, it was all TCU.

Sure enough, the Rams' running game ground to a halt, and Colorado State finished with just 11 yards on 28 carries, including minus-49 yards in the second half.

TCU 13, Colorado St. 7

TCU 6 7 0 0--13

Colorado St. 7 0 0 0-- 7

First Quarter

CSU -- G.Johnson 4 run (J.Smith kick), 10:47.

TCU -- A.Brown 6 run (kick blocked), 5:11.

Second Quarter

TCU -- Turner 3 run (Evans kick), 6:52.

A -- 27,130.

TCU CSU

First downs 15 14

Rushes-yards 46-151 28-11

Passing 166 188

Comp-Att-Int 16-26-1 17-35-2

Return Yards 61 38

Punts-Avg. 8-39.6 7-41.0

Fumbles-Lost 5-1 2-1

Penalties-Yards 11-115 3-30

Time of Possession 32:46 27:14

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- TCU, Jackson 19-54, Turner 11-39, A.Brown 7-32, Christian 8-28, Team 1-(minus 2). Colorado St., G.Johnson 16-30, Morton 1-13, Mosure 2-9, Farris 3-4, Kla.Kubiak 6-(minus 45).

PASSING -- TCU, Jackson 16-26-1-166. Colorado St., Kla.Kubiak 12-24-1-121, Farris 5-11-1-67.

RECEIVING -- TCU, Young 5-35, Bryant 2-60, Reagan 2-20, B.Johnson 2-12, Kerley 2-11, Christian 1-16, Clay 1-7, Adams 1-5. Colorado St., Sperry 6-104, Morton 3-34, G.Johnson 2-27, Borcky 2-11, Pauga 2-2, Mosure 1-7, Gardner 1-3.

Utah 40, Wyoming 7

LARAMIE, Wyo. -- Matt Asiata ran for a touchdown and caught another, Utah's special teams scored two touchdowns and its defense stifled punchless Wyoming.

No. 14 Utah (7-0, 3-0 Mountain West) remained undefeated, having no problem clearing this hurdle after needing a last-second field goal to beat Oregon State last week.

Wyoming (2-5, 0-4) lost its fourth straight game, but managed to avoid being shut out for the third time this season.

Wyoming's Karsten Sween, one of four quarterbacks to play for the Cowboys, was 8-for-18 for 52 yards and three interceptions. Devin Moore led Wyoming with 106 yards on 23 carries.

Utah 10 17 7 6--40

Wyoming 0 0 0 7-- 7

First Quarter

Utah -- Smith 25 interception return (Sakoda kick), 11:09.

Utah -- FG Sakoda 50, 4:22.

Second Quarter

Utah -- FG Sakoda 39, 10:30.

Utah -- Key 6 blocked punt return (Sakoda kick), 9:34.

Utah -- Asiata 3 run (Sakoda kick), :05.

Third Quarter

Utah -- Asiata 13 pass from B.Johnson (Sakoda kick), 10:36.

Fourth Quarter

Wyo -- Bolling 18 pass from Stutzriem (Scott kick), 7:47.

Utah -- Rice recovered fumble in end zone (run failed), 3:19.

A -- 17,123.

Utah Wyo

First downs 11 14

Rushes-yards 44-123 44-184

Passing 119 68

Comp-Att-Int 11-20-0 10-23-3

Return Yards 86 (-12)

Punts-Avg. 9-40.1 9-37.1

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2

Penalties-Yards 3-30 5-28

Time of Possession 32:27 27:33

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Utah, Louks 9-50, Asiata 11-37, Wide 4-16, Mack 6-15, Vroman 1-5, B.Johnson 10-3, Casteel 1-1, Wesson 1-(minus 1), Team 1-(minus 3). Wyoming, Moore 23-106, Seldon 11-57, Stewart 5-18, M.Gipson 1-8, Stutzriem 1-5, Terry 1-(minus 3), Sween 2-(minus 7).

PASSING -- Utah, B.Johnson 10-19-0-110, Louks 1-1-0-9. Wyoming, Sween 8-18-3-52, Stutzriem 2-2-0-16, Crum 0-2-0-0, Team 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING -- Utah, Brown 4-57, Brooks 3-22, Godfrey 2-19, Asiata 1-13, Mack 1-8. Wyoming, Stewart 4-21, Moore 2-(minus 4), Bolling 1-18, Sundberg 1-16, Evers 1-9, D.Morgan 1-8.

N. Colo. 29, Idaho St. 9

GREELEY -- Bryan Waggener threw two touchdown passes for Northern Colorado, which defeated Idaho State in its homecoming game for the Bears' first win of the season.

Northern Colorado (1-4, 1-1 Big Sky Conference) scored 19 points off two turnovers by Idaho State (0-6, 0-3), and the Bears scored two safeties.

Waggener finished 13-for-25 passing for 138 yards.