2009: Week 4

116 games. Seven ranked teams lost, six to unranked teams. One game matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Sep 26, 200911Virginia Tech 31, 9Miami 7upsetBox score

Upsets

Sep 24, 2009South Carolina 16, 4Ole Miss 10upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009Iowa 21, 5Penn State 10upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009Oregon 42, 6California 3upsetBox score
Sep 26, 200911Virginia Tech 31, 9Miami 7upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009South Florida 17, 18Florida State 7upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009Georgia Tech 24, 22North Carolina 7upsetBox 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. Case Keenum Houston38 of 58, 435 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
  2. Russell Wilson NC State21 of 35, 322 yards, 4 TD

Rushing

Ricky DobbsNo. 3 this week29 carries, 143 yards, 4 TDNavy vs. Western Kentucky
  1. André Anderson Tulane28 carries, 199 yards, 4 TD
  2. Darius Marshall Marshall25 carries, 203 yards, 3 TD

Receiving

Mardy GilyardNo. 2 this week9 catches, 177 yards, 2 TDCincinnati vs. Fresno State
  1. Jeremy Williams Tulane10 catches, 222 yards, 2 TD
  2. Danario Alexander Missouri9 catches, 170 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 24, 2009South Carolina 16, 4Ole Miss 10upsetBox score
Sep 25, 2009Missouri 31, Nevada 21Box score
Sep 26, 2009South Florida 17, 18Florida State 7upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009Georgia Tech 24, 22North Carolina 7upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009Minnesota 35, Northwestern 24upsetBox score
Sep 26, 200923Michigan 36, Indiana 33Box score
Sep 26, 2009Temple 37, Buffalo 13Box score
Sep 26, 2009Wisconsin 38, Michigan State 30Box score
Sep 26, 20097LSU 30, Mississippi State 26Box score
Sep 26, 200914Cincinnati 28, Fresno State 20Box score
Sep 26, 200920Kansas 35, Southern Miss 28Box score
Sep 26, 2009Marshall 27, Memphis 16Box score
Sep 26, 2009Boston College 27, Wake Forest 24Box score
Sep 26, 2009Air Force 26, San Diego State 14Box score
Sep 26, 2009Wyoming 30, UNLV 27Box score
Sep 26, 2009Rutgers 34, Maryland 13Box score
Sep 26, 2009East Carolina 19, UCF 14Box score
Sep 26, 2009NC State 38, Pittsburgh 31Box score
Sep 26, 200913Ohio State 30, Illinois 0Box score
Sep 26, 200915TCU 14, Clemson 10Box score
Sep 26, 20092Texas 64, UTEP 7Box score
Sep 26, 200911Virginia Tech 31, 9Miami 7upsetBox score
Sep 26, 20093Alabama 35, Arkansas 7Box score
Sep 26, 2009Central Michigan 48, Akron 21Box score
Sep 26, 2009Navy 38, Western Kentucky 22Box score
Sep 26, 2009Idaho 34, Northern Illinois 31upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009Oregon 42, 6California 3upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009UL Monroe 27, Florida Atlantic 25Box score
Sep 26, 2009Troy 30, Arkansas State 27Box score
Sep 26, 20091Florida 41, Kentucky 7Box score
Sep 26, 200919BYU 42, Colorado State 23Box score
Sep 26, 200921Georgia 20, Arizona State 17Box score
Sep 26, 2009Iowa State 31, Army 10Box score
Sep 26, 200925Nebraska 55, Louisiana 0Box score
Sep 26, 20098Boise State 49, Bowling Green 14Box score
Sep 26, 2009Texas A&M 56, UAB 19Box score
Sep 26, 2009Middle Tennessee 37, North Texas 21Box score
Sep 26, 2009Toledo 41, Florida International 31Box score
Sep 26, 2009Kent State 29, Miami (OH) 19Box score
Sep 26, 2009Tennessee 34, Ohio 23Box score
Sep 26, 2009Auburn 54, Ball State 30Box score
Sep 26, 2009Utah 30, Louisville 14Box score
Sep 26, 2009Arizona 37, Oregon State 32Box score
Sep 26, 2009Iowa 21, 5Penn State 10upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009Vanderbilt 36, Rice 17Box score
Sep 26, 2009Notre Dame 24, Purdue 21Box score
Sep 26, 2009Stanford 34, 24Washington 14upsetBox score
Sep 26, 200917Houston 29, Texas Tech 28Box score
Sep 26, 2009New Mexico State 20, New Mexico 17upsetBox score
Sep 26, 200912USC 27, Washington State 6Box score

Everyone else

Sep 25, 2009Harvard 24, Brown 21Box score
Sep 26, 2009UConn 52, Rhode Island 10Box score
Sep 26, 2009Cornell 14, Yale 12upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009New Hampshire 44, Dartmouth 14Box score
Sep 26, 2009Bryant 20, Robert Morris 13Box score
Sep 26, 2009Youngstown State 28, Indiana State 0Box score
Sep 26, 2009Central Connecticut 22, Columbia 13Box score
Sep 26, 2009Princeton 17, Lehigh 14upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009Bucknell 17, Marist 16Box score
Sep 26, 2009Dayton 24, Duquesne 17Box score
Sep 26, 2009Butler 28, Morehead State 21Box score
Sep 26, 2009Wagner 56, Saint Francis 48Box score
Sep 26, 2009Charleston Southern 34, North Greenville 0Box score
Sep 26, 2009Elon 28, Georgia Southern 14Box score
Sep 26, 2009Howard 14, Georgetown 11Box score
Sep 26, 2009Northern Iowa 35, Missouri State 7Box score
Sep 26, 2009Carthage 34, Valparaiso 24Box score
Sep 26, 2009Kansas State 49, Tennessee Tech 7Box score
Sep 26, 2009Florida A&M 31, Tennessee State 12Box score
Sep 26, 2009Villanova 56, Northeastern 7Box score
Sep 26, 2009Richmond 38, VMI 28Box score
Sep 26, 2009App State 20, Samford 7Box score
Sep 26, 2009Tulane 42, McNeese 32Box score
Sep 26, 2009Montana State 25, Northern Colorado 7Box score
Sep 26, 2009UAlbany 22, Sacred Heart 9Box score
Sep 26, 2009Alabama A&M 28, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 7Box score
Sep 26, 2009Morgan State 12, Towson 9Box score
Sep 26, 2009Jacksonville State 60, Nicholls 10Box score
Sep 26, 2009Norfolk State 40, Bethune-Cookman 14Box score
Sep 26, 2009Concordia (AL) 23, Savannah State 21Box score
Sep 26, 2009Weber State 36, Portland State 29Box score
Sep 26, 2009Mississippi Valley State 10, Alabama State 3upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009South Dakota 44, SE Louisiana 13Box score
Sep 26, 2009Central Washington 33, Idaho State 22Box score
Sep 26, 2009Massachusetts 44, Stony Brook 17Box score
Sep 26, 2009Chattanooga 38, Wofford 9upsetBox score
Sep 26, 2009Monmouth 31, Old Dominion 28Box score
Sep 26, 2009Lafayette 20, Pennsylvania 17Box score
Sep 26, 2009Colgate 20, Fordham 12Box score
Sep 26, 2009Delaware State 21, Hampton 6Box score
Sep 26, 2009South Carolina State 27, Winston-Salem State 10Box score
Sep 26, 2009Montana 41, Northern Arizona 34Box score
Sep 26, 2009Southern Illinois 24, North Dakota State 14Box score
Sep 26, 2009Duke 49, North Carolina Central 14Box score
Sep 26, 2009Syracuse 41, Maine 24Box score
Sep 26, 200916Oklahoma State 56, Grambling 6Box score
Sep 26, 2009Tulsa 56, Sam Houston 3Box score
Sep 26, 2009Baylor 68, Northwestern State 13Box score
Sep 26, 2009Coastal Carolina 28, North Carolina A&T 7Box score
Sep 26, 2009Texas State 52, Texas Southern 18Box score
Sep 26, 2009Eastern Illinois 30, Austin Peay 20Box score
Sep 26, 2009Central Arkansas 24, Glenville State 10Box score
Sep 26, 2009James Madison 24, Liberty 10Box score
Sep 26, 2009Southern 48, Alcorn State 42Box score
Sep 26, 2009Stephen F. Austin 65, North Dakota 31Box score
Sep 26, 2009UT Martin 29, Southeast Missouri State 22Box score
Sep 26, 2009The Citadel 46, Presbyterian 21Box score
Sep 26, 2009Western Michigan 24, Hofstra 10Box score
Sep 26, 2009Furman 33, Western Carolina 14Box score
Sep 26, 2009William & Mary 30, Delaware 20Box score
Sep 26, 2009San José State 19, Cal Poly 9Box score
Sep 26, 2009Eastern Kentucky 23, Murray State 13Box score
Sep 26, 2009Utah State 53, Southern Utah 34Box score
Sep 26, 2009South Dakota State 38, Illinois State 17Box score
Sep 26, 2009UC Davis 29, Western Oregon 13Box score
Sep 26, 2009Eastern Washington 56, Sacramento State 30Box score