Adelaide marked milestone midfielder Scott Thompsons 300th AFL match with a 28-point win against Collingwood to rise to second spot on the ladder.The Crows, with Eddie Betts slotting three goals, triumphed 14.13 (97) to 10.9 (69) in Saturday nights Adelaide Oval fixture.Thompson, one of Adelaides favourite sons, was chaired from the field after the victory which puts the Crows behind only pacesetters Hawthorn.Adelaide booted the initial five goals of the game with a swagger but the Magpies, with Adam Treloar and captain Scott Pendlebury prominent, reduced their deficit to nine points just before halftime.The home side, before a bumper 50,012 crowd, surged again in the third term to create a 28-point break before Collingwood again responded - they kicked three consecutive goals to shrink the margin to 11 points.But steadying goals to Mitch McGovern, and Betts third after the three quarter-time siren, gave Adelaide a handy 23-point buffer.The Magpies, with seven wins and nine losses - still three wins outside the top eight - couldnt bridge the gap on the Crows in the last quarter.Adelaides Tom Lynch and emerging onballer Jarryd Lyons kicked two goals and dependable Daniel Talia was superb in defence.Onballers Rory Sloane (27 disposals) and the Crouch brothers - Brad (29 possessions) and Matt (24 touches) were influential, while the celebrated Thompson gathered 22 disposals.Collingwood skipper Pendlebury collected 30 possessions, and Treloar (36 touches) and Taylor Adams (32 possessions) were standouts.Travis Cloke took seven marks and kicked two goals among 17 disposals - his scoring return was matched by teammates Jack Crisp and Levi Greenwood.Crows coach Don Pyke praised the even spread of contributors in his winning side.It was a tough hard-fought contest, he said.To Collingwoods real credit they came with a strong contest ... but our guys really dug in.Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley lamented some sloppy skills from his players, who had 20 more disposals than Adelaide yet 10 fewer inside 50m entries.We gave most of what we had, Buckley said.The Magpies meet North Melbourne on Friday night while Adelaide travel to play Geelong next Saturday night. 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But the leagues top scoring offense committed five turnovers and couldnt reach the end zone.We took it very, very personally, said Arkansas State defensive end Chris Odom, who forced the fumble that led to Humes touchdown. Top 25, they thought they were already No. 1 in the conference. They felt like they had already won the Sun Belt title.Well, they had to go through us tonight and we showed them how we play.Arkansas State has won 15 straight conference games. The first Sun Belt team to start 8-1, Troy scored first but wound up losing to the Red Wolves for the fourth straight year.They came in here as champions and theyre leaving as champions, Trojans coach Neal Brown said. We havent earned that yet.Humes had a big role in two straight touchdowns. Arkansas State turned a fake punt into a 7-3 halftime lead. Cam Echols-Luper took the punt snap and hit a wide open Humes, who raced down the left sideline to inside Troys 10.Three plays later, Justice Hansen hit a leaping Kendall Sanders in the back of the end zone for a 9-yard touchdown. The Red Wolves at one point had more punts (7) than completions (6).Humes recovered a fumble in the end zone on the first play of the second half after Odom knocked the ball loose from quarterback Brandon Silvers.dddddddddddd It was one of many plays by the defense that Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson said came up as big as you possibly can.That was about as complete a game defensively as you can play from beginning to end, Anderson said. They came up aces. We all knew they were capable of it.Hansen started slow but completed a few balls downfield in the second half. He finished 13 of 24 for 149 yardsSilvers was 20 of 39 for 207 yards with two interceptions. The Sun Belts leading rusher, Jordan Chunn, was limited to 51 yards on 16 carries.THE TAKEAWAYArkansas State: Has won 18 of its last 21 Sun Belt road games. Gained 126 yards in the first half and 262 in the second. JaVon Rolland-Jones tied the Sun Belt career record with his 26th sack.Troy: The Trojans had only lost four fumbles all season, but twice coughed up the ball in Arkansas State territory before halftime and fared worse the third time. An offense that came in averaging 474 yards and 38.1 points was held to 262 yards.QB PRESSURE: Troy allowed two sacks after coming in having given up a nations best three in nine games.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Trojans had only a few days to celebrate being in the Top 25 , but are still having their best season in years.UP NEXTArkansas State faces Louisiana-Lafayette in the second of three straight Sun Belt road games.Troy visits Sun Belt opponent Texas State trying to regroup.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '