2004: Week 1
Four games. Every ranked team that played won. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
Big days
Passing
Matt Leinart19 of 29, 272 yards, 3 TDUSC vs. Virginia Tech
- Josh Betts Miami (OH)17 of 27, 214 yards, 3 TD
Ranked by a points score for each kind of game (yards, touchdowns, tackles, sacks). Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How we rank
Ranked by yards plus 20 for each touchdown (passing: less 20 for each interception); defense (from 2016, when the box scores carry tackles) by points: 8 a tackle, 12 a tackle for loss, 30 a sack (a sack is also a tackle for loss, so 42 in all), 40 an interception, 60 a touchdown.The week’s biggest individual games by FBS players, from CollegeFootballData box scores.
FBS vs. FBS
| Aug 28, 2004 | 1USC 24, Virginia Tech 13 | Box score |
Everyone else
| Aug 28, 2004 | Murray State 56, Glenville State 3 | Box score |
| Aug 28, 2004 | Miami (OH) 49, Indiana State 0 | Box score |
| Aug 28, 2004 | Samford 34, West Alabama 20 | Box score |