2008: Week 4

107 games. Five ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. Two 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 20, 20086LSU 26, 10Auburn 21Box score
Sep 20, 200818Wake Forest 12, 24Florida State 3Box score

Upsets

Sep 20, 2008NC State 30, 15East Carolina 24upsetBox score
Sep 20, 2008Boise State 37, 17Oregon 32upsetBox score
Sep 18, 2008Colorado 17, 21West Virginia 14upsetBox 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

Chase DanielNo. 2 this week36 of 43, 439 yards, 2 TDMissouri vs. Buffalo
  1. David Johnson Tulsa24 of 39, 469 yards, 6 TD, 2 INT
  2. Kellen Moore Boise State25 of 37, 386 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

  1. MiQuale Lewis Ball State29 carries, 166 yards, 4 TD
  2. Javon Ringer Michigan State39 carries, 201 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

  1. Brandon Banks Kansas State7 catches, 153 yards, 2 TD
  2. A.J. Green Georgia8 catches, 159 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 17, 2008Louisville 38, Kansas State 29Box score
Sep 18, 2008Colorado 17, 21West Virginia 14upsetBox score
Sep 19, 2008UConn 31, Baylor 28Box score
Sep 20, 2008Georgia Tech 38, Mississippi State 7Box score
Sep 20, 2008Minnesota 37, Florida Atlantic 3Box score
Sep 20, 2008NC State 30, 15East Carolina 24upsetBox score
Sep 20, 200813Ohio State 28, Troy 10Box score
Sep 20, 200816Penn State 45, Temple 3Box score
Sep 20, 2008Pittsburgh 21, Iowa 20Box score
Sep 20, 2008Purdue 32, Central Michigan 25Box score
Sep 20, 2008Northwestern 16, Ohio 8Box score
Sep 20, 20089Alabama 49, Arkansas 14Box score
Sep 20, 2008Boston College 34, UCF 7Box score
Sep 20, 2008Maryland 51, Eastern Michigan 24Box score
Sep 20, 2008Akron 22, Army 3Box score
Sep 20, 20085Missouri 42, Buffalo 21Box score
Sep 20, 200814BYU 44, Wyoming 0Box score
Sep 20, 2008Tulane 24, UL Monroe 10Box score
Sep 20, 2008Arizona 31, UCLA 10Box score
Sep 20, 2008Colorado State 28, Houston 25Box score
Sep 20, 2008Michigan State 23, Notre Dame 7Box score
Sep 20, 2008Virginia Tech 20, North Carolina 17Box score
Sep 20, 2008Miami 41, Texas A&M 23Box score
Sep 20, 2008Navy 23, Rutgers 21Box score
Sep 20, 2008Boise State 37, 17Oregon 32upsetBox score
Sep 20, 2008Marshall 34, Southern Miss 27upsetBox score
Sep 20, 20084Florida 30, Tennessee 6Box score
Sep 20, 2008Utah State 42, Idaho 17Box score
Sep 20, 200820Utah 30, Air Force 23Box score
Sep 20, 200812South Florida 17, Florida International 9Box score
Sep 20, 200818Wake Forest 12, 24Florida State 3Box score
Sep 20, 2008Ball State 42, Indiana 20Box score
Sep 20, 2008Vanderbilt 23, Ole Miss 17Box score
Sep 20, 20087Texas 52, Rice 10Box score
Sep 20, 2008Louisiana 44, Kent State 27Box score
Sep 20, 2008Arkansas State 31, Middle Tennessee 14Box score
Sep 20, 2008Tulsa 56, New Mexico 14Box score
Sep 20, 2008Cincinnati 45, Miami (OH) 20Box score
Sep 20, 20086LSU 26, 10Auburn 21Box score
Sep 20, 20083Georgia 27, Arizona State 10Box score
Sep 20, 2008TCU 48, SMU 7Box score
Sep 20, 200825Fresno State 55, Toledo 54Box score
Sep 20, 2008Stanford 23, San José State 10Box score
Sep 20, 2008UNLV 34, Iowa State 31Box score
Sep 20, 2008New Mexico State 34, UTEP 33Box score

Everyone else

Sep 18, 2008Alcorn State 13, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 3Box score
Sep 18, 2008North Dakota 38, Idaho State 35Box score
Sep 19, 2008Harvard 25, Holy Cross 24Box score
Sep 19, 2008Wagner 21, Marist 14Box score
Sep 20, 2008New Hampshire 32, UAlbany 24Box score
Sep 20, 2008San Diego 43, Campbell 7Box score
Sep 20, 2008Yale 47, Georgetown 7Box score
Sep 20, 2008Fordham 29, Columbia 22Box score
Sep 20, 2008Brown 17, Stony Brook 7Box score
Sep 20, 200823Clemson 54, South Carolina State 0Box score
Sep 20, 2008Sacred Heart 44, Iona 24Box score
Sep 20, 2008Central Connecticut 35, North Carolina Central 23Box score
Sep 20, 2008Dayton 31, Robert Morris 14Box score
Sep 20, 2008Hofstra 23, Rhode Island 20Box score
Sep 20, 2008The Citadel 37, Princeton 24Box score
Sep 20, 2008Monmouth 30, Bryant 17Box score
Sep 20, 2008UNC Pembroke 22, Jacksonville 21Box score
Sep 20, 2008Colgate 34, Dartmouth 20Box score
Sep 20, 2008Florida A&M 51, Howard 24Box score
Sep 20, 2008Western Carolina 23, Presbyterian 21Box score
Sep 20, 2008VMI 69, Chowan 20Box score
Sep 20, 2008Furman 23, Delaware 21Box score
Sep 20, 2008Marian (IN) 13, Valparaiso 10Box score
Sep 20, 2008Richmond 44, Maine 17Box score
Sep 20, 2008Northern Illinois 48, Indiana State 3Box score
Sep 20, 2008Montana 29, UC Davis 24Box score
Sep 20, 2008Syracuse 30, Northeastern 21Box score
Sep 20, 2008Villanova 20, Pennsylvania 14Box score
Sep 20, 2008Texas State 38, Northern Colorado 35Box score
Sep 20, 2008UAB 45, Alabama State 10Box score
Sep 20, 2008Bethune-Cookman 34, Savannah State 9Box score
Sep 20, 2008Weber State 32, Sacramento State 27Box score
Sep 20, 2008Northern Iowa 34, South Dakota State 20Box score
Sep 20, 2008Jacksonville State 31, Chattanooga 3Box score
Sep 20, 2008Cornell 21, Bucknell 20Box score
Sep 20, 2008Hampton 44, North Carolina A&T 7Box score
Sep 20, 2008Prairie View A&M 49, Mississippi Valley State 15Box score
Sep 20, 2008Tennessee State 34, Eastern Kentucky 20Box score
Sep 20, 2008Morgan State 21, Winston-Salem State 7Box score
Sep 20, 2008Youngstown State 32, North Dakota State 24Box score
Sep 20, 2008Western Kentucky 50, Murray State 9Box score
Sep 20, 2008James Madison 35, App State 32Box score
Sep 20, 2008Washington State 48, Portland State 9Box score
Sep 20, 2008Elon 22, Georgia Southern 20Box score
Sep 20, 2008Coastal Carolina 31, Towson 3Box score
Sep 20, 2008Alabama A&M 37, Central State 17Box score
Sep 20, 2008UT Martin 31, Austin Peay 17Box score
Sep 20, 2008Duquesne 21, Saint Francis 7Box score
Sep 20, 200819Kansas 38, Sam Houston 14Box score
Sep 20, 2008Louisiana Tech 41, SE Louisiana 26Box score
Sep 20, 2008Missouri State 45, Southeast Missouri State 28Box score
Sep 20, 2008South Carolina 23, Wofford 13Box score
Sep 20, 2008Texas Southern 28, Texas College 13Box score
Sep 20, 200811Texas Tech 56, Massachusetts 14Box score
Sep 20, 2008William & Mary 42, Norfolk State 12Box score
Sep 20, 2008Grambling 14, Jackson State 5Box score
Sep 20, 2008Western Illinois 34, Stephen F. Austin 14Box score
Sep 20, 2008Western Michigan 41, Tennessee Tech 7Box score
Sep 20, 2008Eastern Illinois 25, Illinois State 21Box score
Sep 20, 2008Memphis 31, Nicholls 10Box score
Sep 20, 2008Northern Arizona 19, Southern Utah 14Box score
Sep 20, 2008Eastern Washington 52, Western Washington 31Box score