2009: Week 12

108 games. Four ranked teams lost, all to unranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Upsets

Nov 21, 2009Ole Miss 25, 10LSU 23upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009California 34, 14Stanford 28upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009Northwestern 33, 17Wisconsin 31upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009Syracuse 31, 25Rutgers 13upsetBox 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 week29 of 39, 405 yards, 5 TDHouston vs. Memphis
  1. Levi Brown Troy27 of 36, 477 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
  2. Colt McCoy Texas32 of 41, 396 yards, 4 TD

Rushing

  1. John Mosure Colorado State27 carries, 177 yards, 2 TD
  2. Toby Gerhart Stanford20 carries, 136 yards, 4 TD

Receiving

  1. Damaris Johnson Tulsa17 catches, 196 yards
  2. Danario Alexander Missouri11 catches, 173 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

Nov 18, 2009Buffalo 42, Miami (OH) 17Box score
Nov 18, 2009Central Michigan 35, Ball State 3Box score
Nov 19, 200912Oklahoma State 31, Colorado 28Box score
Nov 20, 2009Bowling Green 36, Akron 20Box score
Nov 20, 2009Toledo 47, Eastern Michigan 21Box score
Nov 20, 20096Boise State 52, Utah State 21Box score
Nov 21, 2009Florida State 29, Maryland 26Box score
Nov 21, 2009South Florida 34, Louisville 22Box score
Nov 21, 2009North Carolina 31, Boston College 13Box score
Nov 21, 20099Ohio State 21, Michigan 10Box score
Nov 21, 200915Iowa 12, Minnesota 0Box score
Nov 21, 200921Miami 34, Duke 16Box score
Nov 21, 2009Arkansas 42, Mississippi State 21Box score
Nov 21, 20091Florida 62, Florida International 3Box score
Nov 21, 2009Texas Tech 41, Oklahoma 13Box score
Nov 21, 2009Temple 47, Kent State 13Box score
Nov 21, 200924Houston 55, Memphis 14Box score
Nov 21, 2009Missouri 34, Iowa State 24Box score
Nov 21, 2009Ohio 38, Northern Illinois 31Box score
Nov 21, 2009UCF 49, Tulane 0Box score
Nov 21, 20094TCU 45, Wyoming 10Box score
Nov 21, 2009UConn 33, Notre Dame 30Box score
Nov 21, 2009Northwestern 33, 17Wisconsin 31upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009Purdue 38, Indiana 21Box score
Nov 21, 200913Penn State 42, Michigan State 14Box score
Nov 21, 2009Ole Miss 25, 10LSU 23upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009East Carolina 37, UAB 21Box score
Nov 21, 2009Syracuse 31, 25Rutgers 13upsetBox score
Nov 21, 200918Clemson 34, Virginia 21Box score
Nov 21, 2009Rice 30, UTEP 29Box score
Nov 21, 2009Texas A&M 38, Baylor 3Box score
Nov 21, 200919BYU 38, Air Force 21Box score
Nov 21, 200916Virginia Tech 38, NC State 10Box score
Nov 21, 2009UCLA 23, Arizona State 13Box score
Nov 21, 2009Army 17, North Texas 13Box score
Nov 21, 200923Utah 38, San Diego State 7Box score
Nov 21, 2009Troy 47, Florida Atlantic 21Box score
Nov 21, 2009Marshall 34, SMU 31Box score
Nov 21, 2009Middle Tennessee 38, Arkansas State 14Box score
Nov 21, 200920Oregon State 42, Washington State 10Box score
Nov 21, 2009Fresno State 30, Louisiana Tech 28Box score
Nov 21, 2009New Mexico 29, Colorado State 27Box score
Nov 21, 2009Louisiana 21, UL Monroe 17Box score
Nov 21, 2009Tennessee 31, Vanderbilt 16Box score
Nov 21, 2009California 34, 14Stanford 28upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009Southern Miss 44, Tulsa 34Box score
Nov 21, 2009Kentucky 34, Georgia 27upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009Nebraska 17, Kansas State 3Box score
Nov 21, 200911Oregon 44, Arizona 41Box score
Nov 21, 2009Hawai’i 17, San José State 10Box score
Nov 21, 20093Texas 51, Kansas 20Box score
Nov 21, 2009Nevada 63, New Mexico State 20Box score

Everyone else

Nov 19, 2009Tennessee State 21, Eastern Illinois 10upsetBox score
Nov 19, 2009Nicholls 45, SE Louisiana 30upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009Harvard 14, Yale 10Box score
Nov 21, 2009New Hampshire 27, Maine 24Box score
Nov 21, 2009Richmond 13, William & Mary 10Box score
Nov 21, 2009Bryant 20, Duquesne 0Box score
Nov 21, 2009Robert Morris 23, Monmouth 9Box score
Nov 21, 2009Central Connecticut 14, Saint Francis 13Box score
Nov 21, 20092Alabama 45, Chattanooga 0Box score
Nov 21, 2009Princeton 23, Dartmouth 11Box score
Nov 21, 2009Columbia 28, Brown 14upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009Northeastern 33, Rhode Island 27Box score
Nov 21, 2009Lehigh 27, Lafayette 21upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009Fordham 41, Georgetown 14Box score
Nov 21, 2009Jacksonville State 34, Eastern Kentucky 26Box score
Nov 21, 2009Pennsylvania 34, Cornell 0Box score
Nov 21, 2009Bucknell 23, Holy Cross 17upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009Butler 20, Drake 17Box score
Nov 21, 2009Jacksonville 34, Campbell 14Box score
Nov 21, 2009Dayton 27, Marist 16Box score
Nov 21, 2009Delaware State 30, Howard 20Box score
Nov 21, 2009Morgan State 16, Hampton 13Box score
Nov 21, 2009Hofstra 52, Massachusetts 38Box score
Nov 21, 2009Illinois State 22, Northern Iowa 20upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009Norfolk State 28, Winston-Salem State 21Box score
Nov 21, 2009Gardner-Webb 21, Presbyterian 14Box score
Nov 21, 2009Stony Brook 36, Liberty 33Box score
Nov 21, 2009Morehead State 29, Valparaiso 6Box score
Nov 21, 2009UAlbany 41, Wagner 28Box score
Nov 21, 2009Charleston Southern 30, Coastal Carolina 23Box score
Nov 21, 2009North Carolina Central 35, Savannah State 14Box score
Nov 21, 2009South Carolina State 28, North Carolina A&T 10Box score
Nov 21, 2009Old Dominion 42, VMI 35Box score
Nov 21, 2009Georgia Southern 13, The Citadel 6Box score
Nov 21, 2009Alcorn State 14, Jackson State 7upsetBox score
Nov 21, 2009Youngstown State 39, North Dakota State 35Box score
Nov 21, 2009Prairie View A&M 49, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 17Box score
Nov 21, 2009Southern Illinois 42, Southeast Missouri State 24Box score
Nov 21, 2009UT Martin 48, Austin Peay 38Box score
Nov 21, 2009Montana 33, Montana State 19Box score
Nov 21, 2009Weber State 47, Cal Poly 14Box score
Nov 21, 2009South Dakota State 27, Western Illinois 7Box score
Nov 21, 2009Florida A&M 42, Bethune-Cookman 6Box score
Nov 21, 2009Tennessee Tech 45, Murray State 14Box score
Nov 21, 2009Furman 58, Wofford 21Box score
Nov 21, 2009James Madison 43, Towson 12Box score
Nov 21, 2009Texas State 28, Sam Houston 20Box score
Nov 21, 2009Alabama A&M 17, Mississippi Valley State 12Box score
Nov 21, 2009Stephen F. Austin 19, Northwestern State 10Box score
Nov 21, 2009Elon 27, Samford 7Box score
Nov 21, 2009Villanova 30, Delaware 12Box score
Nov 21, 2009App State 19, Western Carolina 14Box score
Nov 21, 2009Sacramento State 31, UC Davis 28Box score
Nov 21, 2009Eastern Washington 49, Northern Arizona 45Box score
Nov 21, 2009McNeese 21, Central Arkansas 17Box score
Nov 21, 2009Southern Utah 37, San Diego 32upsetBox score