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2005: Week 9

102 games. Four ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Three games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 27, 20053Virginia Tech 30, 13Boston College 10Box score
Oct 29, 200516Florida 14, 4Georgia 10upsetBox score
Oct 29, 200525Michigan 33, 21Northwestern 17upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 29, 200516Florida 14, 4Georgia 10upsetBox score
Oct 29, 200525Michigan 33, 21Northwestern 17upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2005South Carolina 16, 23Tennessee 15upsetBox 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

Rudy CarpenterNo. 2 this week27 of 34, 401 yards, 3 TDArizona State vs. Washington
  1. Steven Wichman Idaho35 of 54, 489 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
  2. Bret Meyer Iowa State20 of 32, 371 yards, 4 TD

Rushing

Vince Young21 carries, 267 yards, 2 TDTexas at Oklahoma State
  1. Curtis Brown BYU25 carries, 219 yards, 4 TD
  2. Brian Calhoun Wisconsin35 carries, 197 yards, 5 TD

Receiving

Daniel Smith11 catches, 269 yards, 2 TDIdaho at New Mexico State
  1. Todd Blythe Iowa State8 catches, 214 yards, 4 TD
  2. Matt Miller Arizona State5 catches, 139 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.
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The week’s biggest individual games by FBS players, from CollegeFootballData box scores.

FBS vs. FBS

Oct 27, 20053Virginia Tech 30, 13Boston College 10Box score
Oct 28, 2005Colorado State 35, New Mexico 25Box score
Oct 29, 2005Michigan State 46, Indiana 15Box score
Oct 29, 200512Ohio State 45, Minnesota 31Box score
Oct 29, 2005Wake Forest 44, Duke 6Box score
Oct 29, 2005NC State 21, Southern Miss 17Box score
Oct 29, 2005Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 24Box score
Oct 29, 2005Cincinnati 22, Syracuse 16Box score
Oct 29, 200515Wisconsin 41, Illinois 24Box score
Oct 29, 20056Miami 34, North Carolina 16Box score
Oct 29, 200519Auburn 27, Ole Miss 3Box score
Oct 29, 200517Texas Tech 28, Baylor 0Box score
Oct 29, 2005Miami (OH) 41, Temple 14Box score
Oct 29, 2005Central Michigan 21, Toledo 17upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2005Kansas 13, Missouri 3Box score
Oct 29, 2005Ohio 34, Buffalo 20Box score
Oct 29, 2005UCF 30, East Carolina 20Box score
Oct 29, 2005Western Michigan 44, Kent State 14Box score
Oct 29, 2005Colorado 23, Kansas State 20Box score
Oct 29, 2005BYU 62, Air Force 41Box score
Oct 29, 20055Alabama 35, Utah State 3Box score
Oct 29, 2005Boise State 49, Nevada 14Box score
Oct 29, 200516Florida 14, 4Georgia 10upsetBox score
Oct 29, 20051USC 55, Washington State 13Box score
Oct 29, 200510Florida State 35, Maryland 27Box score
Oct 29, 2005Georgia Tech 10, Clemson 9Box score
Oct 29, 2005Rutgers 31, Navy 21Box score
Oct 29, 200511Penn State 33, Purdue 15Box score
Oct 29, 2005Iowa State 42, Texas A&M 14upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2005Akron 24, Bowling Green 14upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2005Arizona 29, Oregon State 27upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2005Ball State 31, Northern Illinois 17upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2005Louisiana 31, Troy 28Box score
Oct 29, 2005UTEP 38, Rice 31Box score
Oct 29, 2005Arizona State 44, Washington 20Box score
Oct 29, 20058UCLA 30, Stanford 27Box score
Oct 29, 200525Michigan 33, 21Northwestern 17upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2005Kentucky 13, Mississippi State 7Box score
Oct 29, 20052Texas 47, Oklahoma State 28Box score
Oct 29, 2005Louisiana Tech 31, San José State 14Box score
Oct 29, 2005Marshall 27, Tulane 26Box score
Oct 29, 200522Fresno State 27, Hawai’i 13Box score
Oct 29, 2005South Carolina 16, 23Tennessee 15upsetBox score
Oct 29, 200520TCU 23, San Diego State 20Box score
Oct 29, 20057LSU 56, North Texas 3Box score
Oct 29, 2005Idaho 38, New Mexico State 37Box score

Everyone else

Oct 27, 2005Jacksonville 52, North Greenville 13Box score
Oct 27, 2005Marist 52, St. Peter’s 34Box score
Oct 27, 2005Southern Illinois 31, Western Kentucky 20Box score
Oct 29, 2005New Hampshire 34, Massachusetts 28Box score
Oct 29, 2005Princeton 20, Cornell 17Box score
Oct 29, 2005Hofstra 38, Rhode Island 24Box score
Oct 29, 2005Maine 25, Delaware 15Box score
Oct 29, 2005Hofstra 38, Rhodes 24Box score
Oct 29, 2005Harvard 42, Dartmouth 14Box score
Oct 29, 2005Yale 37, Columbia 3Box score
Oct 29, 2005Coastal Carolina 38, VMI 14Box score
Oct 29, 2005Sacred Heart 53, Saint Francis 45Box score
Oct 29, 2005Brown 34, Pennsylvania 20Box score
Oct 29, 2005Duquesne 31, Iona 17Box score
Oct 29, 2005Lafayette 33, Bucknell 20Box score
Oct 29, 2005Central Connecticut 15, Monmouth 13Box score
Oct 29, 2005Lehigh 50, Colgate 34Box score
Oct 29, 2005Dayton 45, Davidson 15Box score
Oct 29, 2005Fordham 24, Holy Cross 20upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2005La Salle 38, Kean 36Box score
Oct 29, 2005Tiffin 17, Morehead State 14upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2005Norfolk State 26, Howard 7upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2005Northwestern State 14, Northeastern 12Box score
Oct 29, 2005Stony Brook 38, Robert Morris 37Box score
Oct 29, 2005UAlbany 38, Wagner 10Box score
Oct 29, 2005South Carolina State 24, Delaware State 3Box score
Oct 29, 2005Missouri S&T 45, Austin Peay 3Box score
Oct 29, 2005Drake 56, Butler 10Box score
Oct 29, 2005Central State 28, Savannah State 27Box score
Oct 29, 2005Southeast Missouri State 52, Murray State 21Box score
Oct 29, 2005Georgia Southern 55, South Dakota State 42Box score
Oct 29, 2005San Diego 63, Valparaiso 21Box score
Oct 29, 2005Western Carolina 31, Elon 26Box score
Oct 29, 2005Montana State 29, Northern Arizona 22Box score
Oct 29, 2005Western Illinois 31, Illinois State 17upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2005Samford 31, Tennessee State 11Box score
Oct 29, 2005Missouri State 31, Indiana State 27Box score
Oct 29, 2005Richmond 18, James Madison 15upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2005McNeese 31, Sam Houston 26Box score
Oct 29, 2005Northern Colorado 45, Fort Lewis 14Box score
Oct 29, 2005SE Louisiana 45, Stephen F. Austin 23Box score
Oct 29, 2005Montana 37, Portland State 16Box score
Oct 29, 2005App State 35, Chattanooga 25Box score
Oct 29, 2005UC Davis 20, Cal Poly 13Box score
Oct 29, 2005Wofford 28, The Citadel 10Box score
Oct 29, 2005Weber State 30, Idaho State 21Box score
Oct 29, 2005Northern Iowa 21, Youngstown State 7Box score
Oct 29, 2005Jacksonville State 43, Tennessee Tech 17Box score
Oct 29, 2005Villanova 35, William & Mary 21Box score
Oct 29, 2005Gardner-Webb 21, Liberty 16Box score
Oct 29, 2005Florida A&M 27, Morgan State 16Box score
Oct 29, 2005Eastern Illinois 26, UT Martin 7Box score
Oct 29, 2005Bethune-Cookman 54, North Carolina A&T 17Box score
Oct 29, 2005Eastern Washington 45, Sacramento State 17Box score
Oct 29, 2005Nicholls 32, Texas State 29Box score
Oct 29, 2005North Dakota State 37, Southern Utah 21Box score