2009: Week 1

129 games. Five ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. 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 5, 20095Alabama 34, 7Virginia Tech 24Box score
Sep 5, 20099Oklahoma State 24, 13Georgia 10Box score
Sep 5, 200920BYU 14, 3Oklahoma 13upsetBox score
Sep 3, 200914Boise State 19, 16Oregon 8Box score

Upsets

Sep 5, 200920BYU 14, 3Oklahoma 13upsetBox score
Sep 7, 2009Miami 38, 18Florida State 34upsetBox 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

Case KeenumNo. 2 this week23 of 30, 359 yards, 4 TDHouston vs. Northwestern State (FCS)
  1. Aaron Opelt Toledo41 of 67, 423 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
  2. Tony Pike Cincinnati27 of 34, 362 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Roy HeluNo. 3 this week16 carries, 152 yards, 3 TDNebraska vs. Florida Atlantic
  1. Ralph Bolden Purdue21 carries, 234 yards, 2 TD
  2. Joe Webb UAB20 carries, 194 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

  1. Stephen Williams Toledo15 catches, 185 yards, 2 TD
  2. Blair White Michigan State9 catches, 162 yards, 2 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 3, 2009South Carolina 7, NC State 3Box score
Sep 3, 2009Bowling Green 31, Troy 14Box score
Sep 3, 2009North Texas 20, Ball State 10upsetBox score
Sep 3, 200919Utah 35, Utah State 17Box score
Sep 3, 200914Boise State 19, 16Oregon 8Box score
Sep 4, 2009Tulsa 37, Tulane 13Box score
Sep 5, 2009Minnesota 23, Syracuse 20Box score
Sep 5, 2009Kentucky 42, Miami (OH) 0Box score
Sep 5, 20096Ohio State 31, Navy 27Box score
Sep 5, 20099Penn State 31, Akron 7Box score
Sep 5, 2009Purdue 52, Toledo 31Box score
Sep 5, 2009Tennessee 63, Western Kentucky 7Box score
Sep 5, 20094USC 56, San José State 3Box score
Sep 5, 200923Notre Dame 35, Nevada 0Box score
Sep 5, 2009Michigan 31, Western Michigan 7Box score
Sep 5, 2009Baylor 24, Wake Forest 21upsetBox score
Sep 5, 20099Oklahoma State 24, 13Georgia 10Box score
Sep 5, 2009Missouri 37, Illinois 9Box score
Sep 5, 2009UAB 44, Rice 24Box score
Sep 5, 2009Clemson 37, Middle Tennessee 14Box score
Sep 5, 2009Stanford 39, Washington State 13Box score
Sep 5, 2009Auburn 37, Louisiana Tech 13Box score
Sep 5, 200924Nebraska 49, Florida Atlantic 3Box score
Sep 5, 2009UConn 23, Ohio 16Box score
Sep 5, 200920BYU 14, 3Oklahoma 13upsetBox score
Sep 5, 2009Texas A&M 41, New Mexico 6Box score
Sep 5, 20092Texas 59, UL Monroe 20Box score
Sep 5, 2009Wisconsin 28, Northern Illinois 20Box score
Sep 5, 2009Army 27, Eastern Michigan 14Box score
Sep 5, 2009UCLA 33, San Diego State 14Box score
Sep 5, 2009Idaho 21, New Mexico State 6Box score
Sep 5, 20095Alabama 34, 7Virginia Tech 24Box score
Sep 5, 2009Buffalo 23, UTEP 17Box score
Sep 5, 2009Arizona 19, Central Michigan 6Box score
Sep 5, 200912California 52, Maryland 13Box score
Sep 5, 200911LSU 31, Washington 23Box score
Sep 6, 20098Ole Miss 45, Memphis 14Box score
Sep 6, 2009Colorado State 23, Colorado 17Box score
Sep 7, 2009Cincinnati 47, Rutgers 15Box score
Sep 7, 2009Miami 38, 18Florida State 34upsetBox score

Everyone else

Aug 27, 2009Quincy 26, Indiana State 20Box score
Sep 3, 2009Villanova 27, Temple 24Box score
Sep 3, 2009Chattanooga 30, Glenville State 13Box score
Sep 3, 2009Maine 34, St. Cloud State 27Box score
Sep 3, 2009Kent State 18, Coastal Carolina 0Box score
Sep 3, 2009Western Illinois 35, Sam Houston 28Box score
Sep 3, 2009Southeast Missouri State 72, Quincy 3Box score
Sep 3, 2009UT Martin 56, Iowa Wesleyan 0Box score
Sep 3, 2009Iowa State 34, North Dakota State 17Box score
Sep 3, 2009Indiana 19, Eastern Kentucky 13Box score
Sep 3, 2009Murray State 66, Kentucky Wesleyan 10Box score
Sep 3, 2009South Dakota 52, William Penn 0Box score
Sep 3, 2009Southern Utah 36, Utah Tech 7Box score
Sep 3, 2009Eastern Illinois 31, Illinois State 6Box score
Sep 4, 2009Delaware 35, West Chester 0Box score
Sep 5, 2009Hawai’i 25, Central Arkansas 20Box score
Sep 5, 2009Northwestern 47, Towson 14Box score
Sep 5, 2009Michigan State 44, Montana State 3Box score
Sep 5, 2009East Carolina 29, App State 24Box score
Sep 5, 2009New Hampshire 24, Saint Francis 14Box score
Sep 5, 2009West Virginia 33, Liberty 20Box score
Sep 5, 200922Iowa 17, Northern Iowa 16Box score
Sep 5, 2009Central Connecticut 28, Lehigh 21Box score
Sep 5, 200915Georgia Tech 37, Jacksonville State 17Box score
Sep 5, 2009Holy Cross 20, Georgetown 7Box score
Sep 5, 2009Pittsburgh 38, Youngstown State 3Box score
Sep 5, 2009Rhode Island 41, Fordham 28Box score
Sep 5, 2009Butler 42, Albion 3Box score
Sep 5, 2009Campbell 48, Methodist 28Box score
Sep 5, 2009St. Joseph’s (IN) 31, Valparaiso 6Box score
Sep 5, 2009Stonehill 45, Wagner 42upsetBox score
Sep 5, 2009VMI 14, Robert Morris 13Box score
Sep 5, 2009Boston College 54, Northeastern 0Box score
Sep 5, 2009Air Force 72, Nicholls 0Box score
Sep 5, 2009Oregon State 34, Portland State 7Box score
Sep 5, 2009Wyoming 29, Weber State 22Box score
Sep 5, 2009Bryant 19, Southern Connecticut State 10Box score
Sep 5, 2009Montana 38, Western Colorado 0Box score
Sep 5, 2009Eastern Washington 35, Western Oregon 14Box score
Sep 5, 2009Mississippi State 45, Jackson State 7Box score
Sep 5, 2009Shaw 20, Bethune-Cookman 6upsetBox score
Sep 5, 2009Marshall 31, Southern Illinois 28Box score
Sep 5, 2009Furman 45, Presbyterian 21Box score
Sep 5, 2009Arkansas Monticello 27, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 3Box score
Sep 5, 2009Jacksonville 40, Webber International 24Box score
Sep 5, 2009Florida A&M 21, Delaware State 12Box score
Sep 5, 200921North Carolina 40, The Citadel 6Box score
Sep 5, 2009William & Mary 26, Virginia 14upsetBox score
Sep 5, 2009Georgia Southern 29, UAlbany 26Box score
Sep 5, 2009Old Dominion 36, Chowan 21Box score
Sep 5, 2009Colgate 35, Monmouth 23Box score
Sep 5, 2009Duquesne 24, Bucknell 19Box score
Sep 5, 2009Gardner-Webb 58, Mars Hill 14Box score
Sep 5, 2009Hampton 31, North Carolina Central 24Box score
Sep 5, 2009Norfolk State 28, Virginia State 10Box score
Sep 5, 2009Marist 31, Sacred Heart 12Box score
Sep 5, 2009North Carolina A&T 19, Winston-Salem State 10upsetBox score
Sep 5, 2009Savannah State 34, Livingstone 12Box score
Sep 5, 2009Arkansas 48, Missouri State 10Box score
Sep 5, 20091Florida 62, Charleston Southern 3Box score
Sep 5, 2009Richmond 24, Duke 16Box score
Sep 5, 2009Houston 55, Northwestern State 7Box score
Sep 5, 2009Louisiana 42, Southern 19Box score
Sep 5, 2009Texas State 48, Angelo State 28Box score
Sep 5, 2009Austin Peay 34, Newberry 23Box score
Sep 5, 2009Drake 22, Des Moines 0Box score
Sep 5, 2009Elon 56, Davidson 0Box score
Sep 5, 2009Hofstra 17, Stony Brook 10Box score
Sep 5, 200925Kansas 49, Northern Colorado 3Box score
Sep 5, 2009Morehead State 61, Southern Virginia 10Box score
Sep 5, 2009SE Louisiana 41, East Texas A&M 7Box score
Sep 5, 2009Southern Miss 52, Alcorn State 0Box score
Sep 5, 2009Alabama A&M 24, Tennessee State 7upsetBox score
Sep 5, 2009Texas Tech 38, North Dakota 13Box score
Sep 5, 2009Arkansas State 61, Mississippi Valley State 0Box score
Sep 5, 2009Kansas State 21, Massachusetts 17Box score
Sep 5, 2009South Florida 40, Wofford 7Box score
Sep 5, 2009Louisville 30, Indiana State 10Box score
Sep 5, 2009Vanderbilt 45, Western Carolina 0Box score
Sep 5, 2009UCF 28, Samford 24Box score
Sep 5, 2009Alabama State 38, Concordia (AL) 33Box score
Sep 5, 2009McNeese 27, Henderson State 24Box score
Sep 5, 2009Prairie View A&M 17, Texas Southern 7Box score
Sep 5, 2009SMU 31, Stephen F. Austin 23Box score
Sep 5, 2009San Diego 24, Azusa Pacific 12Box score
Sep 5, 2009Arizona State 50, Idaho State 3Box score
Sep 5, 2009Fresno State 51, UC Davis 0Box score
Sep 5, 2009UNLV 38, Sacramento State 3Box score
Sep 6, 2009South Carolina State 34, Grambling 31Box score