2009: Week 8

110 games. Four ranked teams lost, two 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

Oct 24, 200910TCU 38, 16BYU 7Box score
Oct 24, 200925Oklahoma 35, 24Kansas 13upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 24, 2009Clemson 40, 8Miami 37upsetBox score
Oct 24, 2009Texas A&M 52, 21Texas Tech 30upsetBox score
Oct 24, 200925Oklahoma 35, 24Kansas 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

Christian PonderNo. 3 this week33 of 40, 395 yards, 3 TDFlorida State at North Carolina
  1. Ryan Lindley San Diego State29 of 43, 459 yards, 6 TD
  2. Levi Brown Troy27 of 44, 469 yards, 1 TD

Rushing

Colin KaepernickNo. 2 this week15 carries, 230 yards, 4 TDNevada vs. Idaho
  1. MiQuale Lewis Ball State26 carries, 301 yards, 1 TD
  2. Bernard Pierce Temple40 carries, 212 yards, 3 TD

Receiving

  1. Maurice Shaw Idaho5 catches, 183 yards, 2 TD
  2. Rod Owens Florida State9 catches, 199 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.

The week’s biggest individual games by FBS players, from CollegeFootballData box scores.

FBS vs. FBS

Oct 21, 2009UTEP 28, Tulsa 24upsetBox score
Oct 22, 2009Florida State 30, North Carolina 27Box score
Oct 23, 2009Rutgers 27, Army 10Box score
Oct 24, 2009Northwestern 29, Indiana 28Box score
Oct 24, 2009Central Michigan 24, Bowling Green 10Box score
Oct 24, 200918Ohio State 38, Minnesota 7Box score
Oct 24, 200920Pittsburgh 41, South Florida 14Box score
Oct 24, 200911Georgia Tech 34, Virginia 9Box score
Oct 24, 2009Marshall 27, UAB 7Box score
Oct 24, 200922West Virginia 28, UConn 24Box score
Oct 24, 2009Purdue 24, Illinois 14Box score
Oct 24, 2009Ole Miss 30, Arkansas 17Box score
Oct 24, 2009Iowa State 9, Nebraska 7upsetBox score
Oct 24, 200914Oklahoma State 34, Baylor 7Box score
Oct 24, 2009Kansas State 20, Colorado 6Box score
Oct 24, 2009Northern Illinois 27, Miami (OH) 22Box score
Oct 24, 2009Ball State 29, Eastern Michigan 27Box score
Oct 24, 2009Duke 17, Maryland 13Box score
Oct 24, 2009Kent State 20, Ohio 11upsetBox score
Oct 24, 2009Western Michigan 34, Buffalo 31Box score
Oct 24, 2009Utah State 23, Louisiana Tech 21Box score
Oct 24, 2009Notre Dame 20, Boston College 16Box score
Oct 24, 200913Penn State 35, Michigan 10Box score
Oct 24, 2009Syracuse 28, Akron 14Box score
Oct 24, 2009UCF 49, Rice 7Box score
Oct 24, 200912Oregon 43, Washington 19Box score
Oct 24, 20091Alabama 12, Tennessee 10Box score
Oct 24, 20095Cincinnati 41, Louisville 10Box score
Oct 24, 200925Oklahoma 35, 24Kansas 13upsetBox score
Oct 24, 2009Clemson 40, 8Miami 37upsetBox score
Oct 24, 2009Middle Tennessee 62, Western Kentucky 24Box score
Oct 24, 2009Navy 13, Wake Forest 10Box score
Oct 24, 2009Troy 50, North Texas 26Box score
Oct 24, 2009San Diego State 42, Colorado State 28upsetBox score
Oct 24, 200919Utah 23, Air Force 16Box score
Oct 24, 2009Nevada 70, Idaho 45Box score
Oct 24, 2009California 49, Washington State 17Box score
Oct 24, 2009Florida Atlantic 51, Louisiana 29Box score
Oct 24, 2009Arizona 27, UCLA 13Box score
Oct 24, 2009Kentucky 36, UL Monroe 13Box score
Oct 24, 20097Iowa 15, Michigan State 13Box score
Oct 24, 2009Arkansas State 27, Florida International 10Box score
Oct 24, 2009Southern Miss 43, Tulane 6Box score
Oct 24, 200923South Carolina 14, Vanderbilt 10Box score
Oct 24, 2009Texas A&M 52, 21Texas Tech 30upsetBox score
Oct 24, 2009Temple 40, Toledo 24Box score
Oct 24, 20099LSU 31, Auburn 10Box score
Oct 24, 200917Houston 38, SMU 15Box score
Oct 24, 200910TCU 38, 16BYU 7Box score
Oct 24, 20092Florida 29, Mississippi State 19Box score
Oct 24, 20094USC 42, Oregon State 36Box score
Oct 24, 20093Texas 41, Missouri 7Box score
Oct 24, 2009UNLV 34, New Mexico 17Box score
Oct 24, 2009Fresno State 34, New Mexico State 3Box score
Oct 24, 2009Stanford 33, Arizona State 14Box score
Oct 24, 20096Boise State 54, Hawai’i 9Box score

Everyone else

Oct 22, 2009Prairie View A&M 16, Southern 14Box score
Oct 24, 2009Harvard 37, Princeton 3Box score
Oct 24, 2009William & Mary 24, James Madison 3Box score
Oct 24, 2009Brown 34, Cornell 14Box score
Oct 24, 2009North Carolina A&T 30, Howard 19Box score
Oct 24, 2009Holy Cross 42, Colgate 28Box score
Oct 24, 2009Northeastern 27, Towson 7Box score
Oct 24, 2009Lafayette 26, Fordham 21Box score
Oct 24, 2009Lehigh 35, Bucknell 16Box score
Oct 24, 2009Butler 23, Campbell 16Box score
Oct 24, 2009Drake 21, Davidson 16Box score
Oct 24, 2009Delaware State 35, Morgan State 22Box score
Oct 24, 2009UAlbany 35, Monmouth 10Box score
Oct 24, 2009Marist 24, Morehead State 14Box score
Oct 24, 2009Wagner 49, Sacred Heart 28Box score
Oct 24, 2009Central Connecticut 24, Bryant 23Box score
Oct 24, 2009Dartmouth 28, Columbia 6Box score
Oct 24, 2009Liberty 20, Charleston Southern 13Box score
Oct 24, 2009Elon 45, Chattanooga 10Box score
Oct 24, 2009Alabama State 24, Alcorn State 17Box score
Oct 24, 2009South Carolina State 21, Hampton 9Box score
Oct 24, 2009Jackson State 25, Mississippi Valley State 16Box score
Oct 24, 2009VMI 31, Presbyterian 20Box score
Oct 24, 2009The Citadel 38, Furman 28Box score
Oct 24, 2009Dayton 38, Valparaiso 7Box score
Oct 24, 2009Florida A&M 34, Norfolk State 20Box score
Oct 24, 2009App State 52, Georgia Southern 16Box score
Oct 24, 2009New Hampshire 18, Hofstra 10Box score
Oct 24, 2009South Dakota State 24, Northern Iowa 14Box score
Oct 24, 2009Stephen F. Austin 42, Sam Houston 3Box score
Oct 24, 2009Indiana State 17, Western Illinois 14upsetBox score
Oct 24, 2009Pennsylvania 9, Yale 0Box score
Oct 24, 2009Villanova 36, Rhode Island 7Box score
Oct 24, 2009Richmond 34, Massachusetts 12Box score
Oct 24, 2009Arkansas–Pine Bluff 38, Edward Waters 12Box score
Oct 24, 2009Stony Brook 16, Coastal Carolina 10Box score
Oct 24, 2009Weber State 28, Northern Colorado 20Box score
Oct 24, 2009Southern Illinois 27, Youngstown State 8Box score
Oct 24, 2009Southern Utah 35, North Dakota 10Box score
Oct 24, 2009Winston-Salem State 16, Bethune-Cookman 10upsetBox score
Oct 24, 2009Wofford 35, Western Carolina 26Box score
Oct 24, 2009Eastern Washington 35, Montana State 24Box score
Oct 24, 2009UC Davis 34, Portland State 31Box score
Oct 24, 2009Jacksonville 34, San Diego 16upsetBox score
Oct 24, 2009Old Dominion 38, Savannah State 17Box score
Oct 24, 2009Montana 45, Sacramento State 30Box score
Oct 24, 2009Gardner-Webb 65, Southern Virginia 0Box score
Oct 24, 2009Northern Arizona 40, Idaho State 12Box score
Oct 24, 2009Central Arkansas 42, Nicholls 13Box score
Oct 24, 2009McNeese 36, SE Louisiana 35Box score
Oct 24, 2009Missouri State 21, North Dakota State 17Box score
Oct 24, 2009Saint Francis 31, Duquesne 14Box score
Oct 24, 2009Texas State 20, Northwestern State 17Box score
Oct 24, 2009Cal Poly 44, Utah Tech 14Box score