2005: Week 4

90 games. Seven ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. Four games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Sep 26, 200510Tennessee 30, 3LSU 27upsetBox score
Sep 24, 20054Virginia Tech 51, 15Georgia Tech 7Box score
Sep 24, 20051USC 45, 24Oregon 13Box score
Sep 24, 20058Ohio State 31, 21Iowa 6Box score

Upsets

Sep 26, 200510Tennessee 30, 3LSU 27upsetBox score
Sep 24, 2005South Florida 45, 9Louisville 14upsetBox score
Sep 24, 2005Minnesota 42, 11Purdue 35upsetBox score
Sep 24, 2005Wisconsin 23, 14Michigan 20upsetBox score

A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.

Big days

Passing

  1. Phil Horvath Northern Illinois39 of 52, 486 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT
  2. Luke Getsy Akron20 of 39, 406 yards, 5 TD

Rushing

  1. Justin Forsett California31 carries, 235 yards, 1 TD
  2. Kalvin McRae Ohio28 carries, 200 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

  1. Jason Carter Texas A&M8 catches, 219 yards, 1 TD
  2. Todd Watkins BYU7 catches, 176 yards, 3 TD
Ranked by a points score for each kind of game (yards, touchdowns, tackles, sacks).
How we rankRanked 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.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

The week’s biggest individual games by FBS players, from CollegeFootballData box scores.

FBS vs. FBS

Sep 21, 2005Boise State 48, Bowling Green 20Box score
Sep 22, 2005Utah 38, Air Force 35Box score
Sep 22, 2005UL Monroe 28, Florida Atlantic 21upsetBox score
Sep 23, 200522Iowa State 28, Army 21Box score
Sep 23, 200513California 41, New Mexico State 13Box score
Sep 24, 2005Penn State 34, Northwestern 29Box score
Sep 24, 2005Minnesota 42, 11Purdue 35upsetBox score
Sep 24, 2005North Carolina 31, NC State 24upsetBox score
Sep 24, 20058Ohio State 31, 21Iowa 6Box score
Sep 24, 2005Boston College 16, Clemson 13Box score
Sep 24, 2005West Virginia 20, East Carolina 15Box score
Sep 24, 200517Michigan State 61, Illinois 14Box score
Sep 24, 200512Miami 23, Colorado 3Box score
Sep 24, 200520Alabama 24, Arkansas 13Box score
Sep 24, 2005Western Michigan 19, Temple 16Box score
Sep 24, 2005Eastern Michigan 23, Central Michigan 20Box score
Sep 24, 2005Ohio 35, Kent State 32Box score
Sep 24, 2005Tulane 31, SMU 10Box score
Sep 24, 2005Kansas State 54, North Texas 7Box score
Sep 24, 2005TCU 51, BYU 50Box score
Sep 24, 20055Florida 49, Kentucky 28Box score
Sep 24, 2005Maryland 22, Wake Forest 12Box score
Sep 24, 200523Virginia 38, Duke 7Box score
Sep 24, 20054Virginia Tech 51, 15Georgia Tech 7Box score
Sep 24, 200516Notre Dame 36, Washington 17Box score
Sep 24, 2005Arkansas State 66, Florida International 24Box score
Sep 24, 2005Colorado State 42, Nevada 21Box score
Sep 24, 2005Wisconsin 23, 14Michigan 20upsetBox score
Sep 24, 2005Akron 48, Northern Illinois 42Box score
Sep 24, 2005UCF 23, Marshall 13upsetBox score
Sep 24, 2005South Florida 45, 9Louisville 14upsetBox score
Sep 24, 2005South Carolina 45, Troy 20Box score
Sep 24, 2005Wyoming 24, Ole Miss 14Box score
Sep 24, 2005Tulsa 37, Memphis 31Box score
Sep 24, 20051USC 45, 24Oregon 13Box score
Sep 24, 20057Georgia 23, Mississippi State 10Box score
Sep 24, 2005San Diego State 52, San José State 21Box score
Sep 24, 2005Utah State 31, UNLV 24Box score
Sep 24, 2005UTEP 21, New Mexico 13Box score
Sep 24, 2005Hawai’i 24, Idaho 0Box score
Sep 24, 200518Arizona State 42, Oregon State 24Box score
Sep 26, 200510Tennessee 30, 3LSU 27upsetBox score

Everyone else

Sep 22, 2005Texas A&M 44, Texas State 31Box score
Sep 24, 2005New Hampshire 49, Dartmouth 20Box score
Sep 24, 2005Columbia 23, Duquesne 13Box score
Sep 24, 2005Jacksonville 55, Butler 21Box score
Sep 24, 2005Harvard 38, Brown 35Box score
Sep 24, 2005Yale 37, Cornell 17Box score
Sep 24, 2005Princeton 20, San Diego 17Box score
Sep 24, 2005Lafayette 27, Fordham 10Box score
Sep 24, 2005Central Connecticut 14, UAlbany 13Box score
Sep 24, 2005La Salle 29, Saint Francis 27Box score
Sep 24, 2005Bethune-Cookman 63, Norfolk State 61Box score
Sep 24, 2005Davidson 48, Valparaiso 17Box score
Sep 24, 2005Lehigh 28, VMI 26Box score
Sep 24, 2005Marist 38, Wagner 21upsetBox score
Sep 24, 2005William & Mary 56, Liberty 0Box score
Sep 24, 2005Rowan 35, Robert Morris 28Box score
Sep 24, 2005UT Martin 31, Gardner-Webb 28upsetBox score
Sep 24, 2005Charleston Southern 35, North Greenville 28Box score
Sep 24, 2005Pittsburgh 41, Youngstown State 0Box score
Sep 24, 2005Furman 44, Hofstra 41Box score
Sep 24, 2005Iona 16, Stonehill 7Box score
Sep 24, 2005Drake 54, Austin Peay 0Box score
Sep 24, 2005Georgetown 10, Stony Brook 7Box score
Sep 24, 2005Auburn 37, Western Kentucky 14Box score
Sep 24, 2005Eastern Illinois 43, Samford 14Box score
Sep 24, 2005Florida A&M 12, Tennessee State 7Box score
Sep 24, 2005Eastern Kentucky 52, Tennessee Tech 3Box score
Sep 24, 2005Montana State 20, North Dakota State 17Box score
Sep 24, 2005Hampton 44, Morgan State 14Box score
Sep 24, 2005App State 45, The Citadel 13Box score
Sep 24, 2005UC Davis 37, Sacramento State 7Box score
Sep 24, 2005Idaho State 34, Eastern Washington 30Box score
Sep 24, 2005Elon 12, North Carolina A&T 9Box score
Sep 24, 2005Howard 39, Savannah State 21Box score
Sep 24, 2005Delaware 35, Holy Cross 23Box score
Sep 24, 2005Villanova 28, Pennsylvania 24Box score
Sep 24, 2005Vanderbilt 37, Richmond 13Box score
Sep 24, 2005Georgia Southern 48, Chattanooga 10Box score
Sep 24, 2005Coastal Carolina 24, Delaware State 6Box score
Sep 24, 2005Dayton 42, Morehead State 7Box score
Sep 24, 2005Jacksonville State 24, Southeast Missouri State 10Box score
Sep 24, 200519Texas Tech 63, Indiana State 7Box score
Sep 24, 2005Western Illinois 70, Iowa Wesleyan 7Box score
Sep 24, 2005Illinois State 42, Murray State 0Box score
Sep 24, 2005Weber State 31, Northern Arizona 23Box score
Sep 24, 2005Stephen F. Austin 40, Southern Utah 17Box score
Sep 24, 2005Cal Poly 24, South Dakota State 16Box score
Sep 24, 2005Portland State 41, Northern Colorado 17Box score