2007: Week 3

121 games. Six ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. 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

Sep 15, 20071USC 49, 14Nebraska 31Box score
Sep 15, 20075Florida 59, 22Tennessee 20Box score
Sep 15, 200721Boston College 24, 15Georgia Tech 10upsetBox score

Upsets

Sep 15, 2007Kentucky 40, 9Louisville 34upsetBox score
Sep 15, 2007Utah 44, 11UCLA 6upsetBox score
Sep 15, 200721Boston College 24, 15Georgia Tech 10upsetBox score
Sep 15, 2007Alabama 41, 16Arkansas 38upsetBox 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. Rusty Smith Florida Atlantic27 of 44, 463 yards, 5 TD
  2. Paul Smith Tulsa21 of 35, 454 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Darren McFaddenNo. 3 this week33 carries, 195 yards, 2 TDArkansas at Alabama
  1. P.J. Hill Wisconsin25 carries, 168 yards, 4 TD
  2. Kellen Lewis Indiana18 carries, 199 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

  1. Chris Williams New Mexico State9 catches, 221 yards, 2 TD
  2. Harry Douglas Louisville13 catches, 223 yards, 1 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 13, 20074West Virginia 31, Maryland 14Box score
Sep 13, 2007Air Force 20, TCU 17Box score
Sep 14, 2007Troy 41, Oklahoma State 23Box score
Sep 15, 2007UConn 22, Temple 17Box score
Sep 15, 2007Indiana 41, Akron 24Box score
Sep 15, 2007Michigan State 17, Pittsburgh 13Box score
Sep 15, 2007Virginia 22, North Carolina 20Box score
Sep 15, 2007Illinois 41, Syracuse 20Box score
Sep 15, 2007Cincinnati 47, Miami (OH) 10Box score
Sep 15, 2007Eastern Michigan 21, Northern Illinois 19upsetBox score
Sep 15, 2007Purdue 45, Central Michigan 22Box score
Sep 15, 200712Penn State 45, Buffalo 24Box score
Sep 15, 2007Mississippi State 19, Auburn 14upsetBox score
Sep 15, 2007Florida Atlantic 42, Minnesota 39Box score
Sep 15, 200718Virginia Tech 28, Ohio 7Box score
Sep 15, 2007Iowa State 15, Iowa 13upsetBox score
Sep 15, 2007Missouri 52, Western Michigan 24Box score
Sep 15, 2007Texas Tech 59, Rice 24Box score
Sep 15, 20075Florida 59, 22Tennessee 20Box score
Sep 15, 2007Michigan 38, Notre Dame 0Box score
Sep 15, 2007Wake Forest 21, Army 10Box score
Sep 15, 20073Oklahoma 54, Utah State 3Box score
Sep 15, 200710Ohio State 33, Washington 14Box score
Sep 15, 20076Texas 35, UCF 32Box score
Sep 15, 2007Miami 23, Florida International 9Box score
Sep 15, 2007Utah 44, 11UCLA 6upsetBox score
Sep 15, 2007Ball State 34, Navy 31upsetBox score
Sep 15, 2007Southern Miss 28, East Carolina 21Box score
Sep 15, 20078California 42, Louisiana Tech 12Box score
Sep 15, 2007Alabama 41, 16Arkansas 38upsetBox score
Sep 15, 2007Vanderbilt 31, Ole Miss 17Box score
Sep 15, 200725Texas A&M 54, UL Monroe 14Box score
Sep 15, 2007Arkansas State 45, SMU 28Box score
Sep 15, 2007Kansas 45, Toledo 13Box score
Sep 15, 200719Oregon 52, Fresno State 21Box score
Sep 15, 2007Houston 34, Tulane 10Box score
Sep 15, 2007Kentucky 40, 9Louisville 34upsetBox score
Sep 15, 200721Boston College 24, 15Georgia Tech 10upsetBox score
Sep 15, 2007Boise State 24, Wyoming 14Box score
Sep 15, 20072LSU 44, Middle Tennessee 0Box score
Sep 15, 20071USC 49, 14Nebraska 31Box score
Sep 15, 2007New Mexico State 29, UTEP 24Box score
Sep 15, 2007Duke 20, Northwestern 14upsetBox score
Sep 15, 2007Tulsa 55, BYU 47Box score
Sep 15, 200724Hawai’i 49, UNLV 14Box score
Sep 15, 2007Stanford 37, San José State 0Box score
Sep 15, 2007Florida State 16, Colorado 6Box score
Sep 15, 2007Washington State 45, Idaho 28Box score
Sep 15, 2007Arizona State 34, San Diego State 13Box score
Sep 15, 2007New Mexico 29, Arizona 27Box score

Everyone else

Sep 13, 2007Jackson State 28, Texas Southern 7Box score
Sep 13, 2007Samford 34, Presbyterian 24Box score
Sep 13, 2007Tennessee Tech 55, Concordia (AL) 7Box score
Sep 15, 2007Massachusetts 36, Towson 13Box score
Sep 15, 20077Wisconsin 45, The Citadel 31Box score
Sep 15, 2007Northeastern 42, Northwestern State 14Box score
Sep 15, 2007Colgate 31, Dartmouth 28Box score
Sep 15, 2007Brown 28, Duquesne 17Box score
Sep 15, 2007Yale 28, Georgetown 14Box score
Sep 15, 200723Georgia 45, Western Carolina 16Box score
Sep 15, 2007Holy Cross 31, Harvard 28Box score
Sep 15, 2007Valparaiso 38, Kalamazoo 24Box score
Sep 15, 200720Clemson 38, Furman 10Box score
Sep 15, 2007Iona 34, Sacred Heart 10Box score
Sep 15, 2007Butler 11, St. Joseph’s (IN) 8Box score
Sep 15, 2007Davidson 21, Lenoir Rhyne 20Box score
Sep 15, 2007Dayton 40, Central State 0Box score
Sep 15, 2007Robert Morris 28, Saint Francis 14Box score
Sep 15, 2007Bethune-Cookman 45, Savannah State 13Box score
Sep 15, 2007Wagner 24, Marist 14Box score
Sep 15, 2007Charleston Southern 44, Johnson C. Smith 20Box score
Sep 15, 2007Drake 20, Wisconsin Platteville 7Box score
Sep 15, 2007North Carolina Central 18, Elizabeth City State 10Box score
Sep 15, 2007Western Kentucky 26, Eastern Kentucky 6Box score
Sep 15, 2007Montana State 61, Utah Tech 7Box score
Sep 15, 2007Delaware 38, Rhode Island 9Box score
Sep 15, 200713Rutgers 59, Norfolk State 0Box score
Sep 15, 2007App State 34, Northern Arizona 21Box score
Sep 15, 2007Kent State 38, Delaware State 7Box score
Sep 15, 2007Winston-Salem State 19, Morgan State 17Box score
Sep 15, 2007Youngstown State 42, Stony Brook 6Box score
Sep 15, 2007New Hampshire 48, Marshall 35Box score
Sep 15, 2007Central Connecticut 56, Southern Connecticut State 34Box score
Sep 15, 2007Florida A&M 30, Howard 17Box score
Sep 15, 2007NC State 38, Wofford 17Box score
Sep 15, 2007Lehigh 32, Princeton 21Box score
Sep 15, 2007Lafayette 8, Pennsylvania 7Box score
Sep 15, 2007Villanova 24, Maine 17Box score
Sep 15, 2007James Madison 45, VMI 17Box score
Sep 15, 2007Hofstra 28, UAlbany 13Box score
Sep 15, 2007Fordham 27, Columbia 10Box score
Sep 15, 2007Hampton 59, North Carolina A&T 14Box score
Sep 15, 2007Oregon State 61, Idaho State 10Box score
Sep 15, 2007UAB 22, Alcorn State 0Box score
Sep 15, 2007Murray State 48, Lambuth 13Box score
Sep 15, 2007Cornell 38, Bucknell 14Box score
Sep 15, 2007Baylor 34, Texas State 27Box score
Sep 15, 2007McNeese 38, Louisiana 17Box score
Sep 15, 2007Georgia Southern 42, Coastal Carolina 34upsetBox score
Sep 15, 2007Alabama State 12, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 10Box score
Sep 15, 2007Tennessee State 33, Austin Peay 32Box score
Sep 15, 2007Central Arkansas 48, UT Martin 34Box score
Sep 15, 2007Illinois State 24, Eastern Illinois 21Box score
Sep 15, 2007Morehead State 34, WVU Tech 7Box score
Sep 15, 2007North Dakota State 41, Sam Houston 38Box score
Sep 15, 2007SE Louisiana 79, Kentucky Wesleyan 7Box score
Sep 15, 2007Southeast Missouri State 13, Indiana State 10Box score
Sep 15, 200717South Carolina 38, South Carolina State 3Box score
Sep 15, 2007Southern 12, Prairie View A&M 2Box score
Sep 15, 2007William & Mary 48, Liberty 41Box score
Sep 15, 2007Kansas State 61, Missouri State 10Box score
Sep 15, 2007Western Illinois 69, St. Francis (IL) 0Box score
Sep 15, 2007Alabama A&M 45, Mississippi Valley State 14Box score
Sep 15, 2007Memphis 35, Jacksonville State 14Box score
Sep 15, 2007Southern Illinois 44, Southern Utah 10Box score
Sep 15, 2007Northern Iowa 31, South Dakota State 17Box score
Sep 15, 2007Nevada 52, Nicholls 17Box score
Sep 15, 2007Cal Poly 47, Weber State 19Box score
Sep 15, 2007San Diego 49, Northern Colorado 13Box score
Sep 15, 2007Eastern Washington 41, UC Davis 31Box score
Sep 15, 2007Portland State 35, Sacramento State 24Box score