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2008: Week 8

103 games. Nine ranked teams lost, five 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

Oct 18, 20081Texas 56, 11Missouri 31Box score
Oct 18, 20084Oklahoma 45, 16Kansas 31Box score
Oct 18, 200810Georgia 24, 22Vanderbilt 14Box score
Oct 18, 200812Ohio State 45, 20Michigan State 7Box score

Upsets

Oct 16, 2008TCU 32, 9BYU 7upsetBox score
Oct 18, 2008Boston College 28, 17Virginia Tech 23upsetBox score
Oct 18, 2008Virginia 16, 18North Carolina 13upsetBox score
Oct 18, 2008Maryland 26, 21Wake Forest 0upsetBox score
Oct 18, 2008Arizona 42, 25California 27upsetBox 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 Clement30 of 43, 444 yards, 6 TD, 1 INTRice vs. Southern Miss
  1. Austin Davis Southern Miss32 of 61, 461 yards, 4 TD
  2. Sam Bradford Oklahoma36 of 53, 468 yards, 3 TD

Rushing

Shonn GreeneNo. 2 this week25 carries, 217 yards, 4 TDIowa vs. Wisconsin
  1. Dennis Kennedy Akron25 carries, 277 yards, 3 TD
  2. Charles Pierre Florida Atlantic23 carries, 194 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

Dezmon Briscoe12 catches, 269 yards, 2 TDKansas at Oklahoma
  1. DeAndre Brown Southern Miss12 catches, 221 yards, 4 TD
  2. Brennan Marion Tulsa6 catches, 233 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

Oct 16, 2008Florida State 26, NC State 17Box score
Oct 16, 2008TCU 32, 9BYU 7upsetBox score
Oct 17, 200815Boise State 27, Hawai’i 7Box score
Oct 18, 200819South Florida 45, Syracuse 13Box score
Oct 18, 2008Northwestern 48, Purdue 26Box score
Oct 18, 2008Maryland 26, 21Wake Forest 0upsetBox score
Oct 18, 2008Rutgers 12, UConn 10Box score
Oct 18, 2008Miami (OH) 27, Bowling Green 20upsetBox score
Oct 18, 2008Georgia Tech 21, Clemson 17Box score
Oct 18, 2008Central Michigan 38, Western Michigan 28Box score
Oct 18, 2008Iowa 38, Wisconsin 16Box score
Oct 18, 2008East Carolina 30, Memphis 10Box score
Oct 18, 20087Texas Tech 43, Texas A&M 25Box score
Oct 18, 200810Georgia 24, 22Vanderbilt 14Box score
Oct 18, 2008Nebraska 35, Iowa State 7Box score
Oct 18, 2008Akron 42, Eastern Michigan 35Box score
Oct 18, 200814Utah 49, Colorado State 16Box score
Oct 18, 20088Oklahoma State 34, Baylor 6Box score
Oct 18, 2008Rice 45, Southern Miss 40Box score
Oct 18, 2008Louisville 42, Middle Tennessee 23Box score
Oct 18, 200812Ohio State 45, 20Michigan State 7Box score
Oct 18, 2008Miami 49, Duke 31Box score
Oct 18, 20084Oklahoma 45, 16Kansas 31Box score
Oct 18, 2008Virginia 16, 18North Carolina 13upsetBox score
Oct 18, 20086USC 69, Washington State 0Box score
Oct 18, 20082Alabama 24, Ole Miss 20Box score
Oct 18, 2008Buffalo 27, Army 24Box score
Oct 18, 200823Pittsburgh 42, Navy 21Box score
Oct 18, 2008UAB 23, Marshall 21Box score
Oct 18, 2008Nevada 44, Utah State 17Box score
Oct 18, 2008Northern Illinois 38, Toledo 7Box score
Oct 18, 2008UCLA 23, Stanford 20Box score
Oct 18, 20083Penn State 46, Michigan 17Box score
Oct 18, 2008New Mexico 70, San Diego State 7Box score
Oct 18, 2008Kentucky 21, Arkansas 20Box score
Oct 18, 2008Florida Atlantic 24, Western Kentucky 20Box score
Oct 18, 2008Oregon State 34, Washington 13Box score
Oct 18, 2008Louisiana 28, Arkansas State 23Box score
Oct 18, 2008Louisiana Tech 46, Idaho 14Box score
Oct 18, 2008UL Monroe 35, North Texas 23Box score
Oct 18, 2008Tennessee 34, Mississippi State 3Box score
Oct 18, 2008Troy 33, Florida International 23Box score
Oct 18, 2008Colorado 14, Kansas State 13Box score
Oct 18, 2008Boston College 28, 17Virginia Tech 23upsetBox score
Oct 18, 2008San José State 31, New Mexico State 14Box score
Oct 18, 2008Tulsa 77, UTEP 35Box score
Oct 18, 20081Texas 56, 11Missouri 31Box score
Oct 18, 2008Illinois 55, Indiana 13Box score
Oct 18, 2008Houston 44, SMU 38Box score
Oct 18, 200813LSU 24, South Carolina 17Box score
Oct 18, 2008Arizona 42, 25California 27upsetBox score
Oct 18, 2008Air Force 29, UNLV 28Box score

Everyone else

Oct 16, 2008UT Martin 35, Tennessee Tech 7Box score
Oct 18, 2008William & Mary 27, Delaware 3upsetBox score
Oct 18, 2008New Hampshire 33, Northeastern 21Box score
Oct 18, 2008Villanova 44, Rhode Island 7Box score
Oct 18, 2008Harvard 27, Lehigh 24Box score
Oct 18, 2008Holy Cross 44, Dartmouth 26Box score
Oct 18, 2008Bucknell 27, Georgetown 24Box score
Oct 18, 2008Morgan State 31, Howard 30Box score
Oct 18, 2008Brown 31, Princeton 10Box score
Oct 18, 2008Colgate 38, Cornell 22Box score
Oct 18, 2008Pennsylvania 15, Columbia 10Box score
Oct 18, 2008Central Connecticut 35, Duquesne 23Box score
Oct 18, 2008Dayton 41, Davidson 22Box score
Oct 18, 2008Delaware State 42, North Carolina A&T 7Box score
Oct 18, 2008Fordham 12, Yale 10upsetBox score
Oct 18, 2008Hampton 35, Norfolk State 17Box score
Oct 18, 2008Jacksonville 40, Morehead State 9Box score
Oct 18, 2008UAlbany 26, Sacred Heart 21Box score
Oct 18, 2008Wagner 17, Saint Francis 13Box score
Oct 18, 2008Bryant 20, Robert Morris 7Box score
Oct 18, 2008Wofford 42, Western Carolina 14Box score
Oct 18, 2008Furman 34, The Citadel 20Box score
Oct 18, 2008Elon 42, Chattanooga 7Box score
Oct 18, 2008Drake 45, Campbell 0Box score
Oct 18, 2008Mississippi Valley State 22, Savannah State 20Box score
Oct 18, 2008Butler 48, Valparaiso 21Box score
Oct 18, 2008Eastern Illinois 24, Southeast Missouri State 21Box score
Oct 18, 2008App State 37, Georgia Southern 36Box score
Oct 18, 2008Maine 41, Hofstra 40Box score
Oct 18, 2008Missouri State 34, Illinois State 28Box score
Oct 18, 2008Stony Brook 20, Charleston Southern 19Box score
Oct 18, 2008Grambling 27, Alabama State 7Box score
Oct 18, 2008Eastern Washington 34, Montana State 17Box score
Oct 18, 2008Montana 43, Sacramento State 7Box score
Oct 18, 2008Weber State 17, Northern Colorado 10Box score
Oct 18, 2008Richmond 30, Massachusetts 15Box score
Oct 18, 2008Lafayette 35, Liberty 21upsetBox score
Oct 18, 2008Southern Illinois 33, Youngstown State 0Box score
Oct 18, 2008Western Illinois 56, Indiana State 0Box score
Oct 18, 2008Jacksonville State 31, Murray State 21Box score
Oct 18, 2008Prairie View A&M 15, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 0Box score
Oct 18, 2008Northern Iowa 23, North Dakota State 13Box score
Oct 18, 2008Gardner-Webb 47, Presbyterian 21Box score
Oct 18, 2008Tennessee State 37, Austin Peay 34Box score
Oct 18, 2008Coastal Carolina 35, North Carolina Central 10Box score
Oct 18, 2008Alabama A&M 20, Alcorn State 13Box score
Oct 18, 2008Cal Poly 42, South Dakota State 28Box score
Oct 18, 2008Florida A&M 52, Southern 49upsetBox score
Oct 18, 2008Jackson State 30, Texas Southern 14Box score
Oct 18, 2008Northern Arizona 52, Idaho State 30Box score
Oct 18, 2008UC Davis 55, Iona 24Box score