2009: Week 9

110 games. Six ranked teams lost, four 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 31, 200910Oregon 47, 4USC 20upsetBox score
Oct 31, 20093Texas 41, 13Oklahoma State 14Box score

Upsets

Oct 31, 200910Oregon 47, 4USC 20upsetBox score
Oct 29, 2009North Carolina 20, 14Virginia Tech 17upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2009South Florida 30, 20West Virginia 19upsetBox score
Oct 31, 2009Tennessee 31, 21South Carolina 13upsetBox score
Oct 31, 2009Auburn 33, 24Ole Miss 20upsetBox 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. Adam Weber Minnesota19 of 31, 416 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT
  2. Levi Brown Troy28 of 41, 378 yards, 4 TD

Rushing

Lance DunbarNo. 3 this week23 carries, 227 yards, 1 TDNorth Texas vs. Western Kentucky
  1. Bernard Pierce Temple29 carries, 267 yards, 2 TD
  2. Boobie Dixon Mississippi State33 carries, 252 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

  1. Tyshon Goode Kent State11 catches, 198 yards, 2 TD
  2. James Cleveland Houston13 catches, 190 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

Oct 27, 2009East Carolina 38, Memphis 19Box score
Oct 29, 2009North Carolina 20, 14Virginia Tech 17upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2009South Florida 30, 20West Virginia 19upsetBox score
Oct 31, 2009Rutgers 28, UConn 24Box score
Oct 31, 2009Florida State 45, NC State 42Box score
Oct 31, 20095Cincinnati 28, Syracuse 7Box score
Oct 31, 200917Ohio State 45, New Mexico State 0Box score
Oct 31, 2009Wisconsin 37, Purdue 0Box score
Oct 31, 2009Ohio 20, Ball State 17Box score
Oct 31, 2009Florida International 20, Louisiana 17Box score
Oct 31, 20097Iowa 42, Indiana 24Box score
Oct 31, 2009Northern Illinois 27, Akron 10Box score
Oct 31, 2009Auburn 33, 24Ole Miss 20upsetBox score
Oct 31, 2009Nebraska 20, Baylor 10Box score
Oct 31, 200915Houston 50, Southern Miss 43Box score
Oct 31, 2009Missouri 36, Colorado 17Box score
Oct 31, 2009SMU 27, Tulsa 13upsetBox score
Oct 31, 2009Kent State 26, Western Michigan 14Box score
Oct 31, 20096Boise State 45, San José State 7Box score
Oct 31, 2009UAB 38, UTEP 33upsetBox score
Oct 31, 2009California 23, Arizona State 21Box score
Oct 31, 20091Florida 41, Georgia 17Box score
Oct 31, 2009Louisville 21, Arkansas State 13Box score
Oct 31, 2009Boston College 31, Central Michigan 10Box score
Oct 31, 200918Miami 28, Wake Forest 27Box score
Oct 31, 2009Miami (OH) 31, Toledo 24Box score
Oct 31, 2009Texas A&M 35, Iowa State 10Box score
Oct 31, 2009Duke 28, Virginia 17Box score
Oct 31, 2009Illinois 38, Michigan 13Box score
Oct 31, 2009Temple 27, Navy 24upsetBox score
Oct 31, 2009Texas Tech 42, Kansas 21Box score
Oct 31, 2009Air Force 34, Colorado State 16Box score
Oct 31, 2009Oregon State 26, UCLA 19Box score
Oct 31, 2009Middle Tennessee 27, Florida Atlantic 20Box score
Oct 31, 20098TCU 41, UNLV 0Box score
Oct 31, 2009Nevada 31, Hawai’i 21Box score
Oct 31, 2009North Texas 68, Western Kentucky 49Box score
Oct 31, 200912Penn State 34, Northwestern 13Box score
Oct 31, 2009Idaho 35, Louisiana Tech 34Box score
Oct 31, 2009Fresno State 31, Utah State 27Box score
Oct 31, 2009Arkansas 63, Eastern Michigan 27Box score
Oct 31, 2009Mississippi State 31, Kentucky 24upsetBox score
Oct 31, 200922Oklahoma 42, Kansas State 30Box score
Oct 31, 2009Troy 42, UL Monroe 21Box score
Oct 31, 2009San Diego State 23, New Mexico 20Box score
Oct 31, 200925Notre Dame 40, Washington State 14Box score
Oct 31, 200911Georgia Tech 56, Vanderbilt 31Box score
Oct 31, 2009Tennessee 31, 21South Carolina 13upsetBox score
Oct 31, 20099LSU 42, Tulane 0Box score
Oct 31, 2009Minnesota 42, Michigan State 34Box score
Oct 31, 20093Texas 41, 13Oklahoma State 14Box score
Oct 31, 200919Utah 22, Wyoming 10Box score
Oct 31, 200910Oregon 47, 4USC 20upsetBox score
Nov 1, 2009UCF 21, Marshall 20Box score

Everyone else

Oct 31, 2009James Madison 20, Delaware 8Box score
Oct 31, 2009Harvard 42, Dartmouth 21Box score
Oct 31, 2009New Hampshire 48, Northeastern 21Box score
Oct 31, 2009App State 52, Furman 27Box score
Oct 31, 2009Butler 14, Davidson 7Box score
Oct 31, 2009Central Connecticut 31, UAlbany 29Box score
Oct 31, 2009Wagner 23, Duquesne 17Box score
Oct 31, 2009Marist 24, Valparaiso 0Box score
Oct 31, 2009Robert Morris 9, Sacred Heart 7Box score
Oct 31, 2009Southern Illinois 33, Indiana State 0Box score
Oct 31, 2009Pennsylvania 14, Brown 7Box score
Oct 31, 2009Richmond 42, Towson 14Box score
Oct 31, 2009Princeton 17, Cornell 13Box score
Oct 31, 2009Yale 23, Columbia 22Box score
Oct 31, 2009William & Mary 39, Rhode Island 14Box score
Oct 31, 2009Lafayette 35, Bucknell 14Box score
Oct 31, 2009Campbell 31, Morehead State 22Box score
Oct 31, 2009Colgate 27, Lehigh 20Box score
Oct 31, 2009Dayton 21, San Diego 14Box score
Oct 31, 2009Holy Cross 41, Fordham 27Box score
Oct 31, 2009Monmouth 10, Bryant 6Box score
Oct 31, 2009Norfolk State 41, Howard 6Box score
Oct 31, 2009The Citadel 28, Samford 16Box score
Oct 31, 2009Clemson 49, Coastal Carolina 3Box score
Oct 31, 2009Stony Brook 24, Gardner-Webb 14Box score
Oct 31, 2009North Carolina Central 53, Central State 22Box score
Oct 31, 2009Bethune-Cookman 31, North Carolina A&T 13Box score
Oct 31, 2009South Carolina State 52, Delaware State 10Box score
Oct 31, 2009Charleston Southern 31, VMI 21Box score
Oct 31, 2009Elon 34, Wofford 6Box score
Oct 31, 2009Chattanooga 24, Western Carolina 20Box score
Oct 31, 2009Drake 45, Jacksonville 38Box score
Oct 31, 2009McNeese 38, Nicholls 17Box score
Oct 31, 2009Savannah State 45, Edward Waters 24Box score
Oct 31, 2009Illinois State 24, Missouri State 14upsetBox score
Oct 31, 2009Hampton 16, Winston-Salem State 13Box score
Oct 31, 2009North Dakota State 14, Western Illinois 7Box score
Oct 31, 2009Southern Utah 56, UC Davis 35Box score
Oct 31, 2009Texas State 28, Stephen F. Austin 7Box score
Oct 31, 2009SE Louisiana 25, Central Arkansas 21Box score
Oct 31, 2009Texas Southern 51, Alcorn State 21Box score
Oct 31, 2009Grambling 50, Mississippi Valley State 7Box score
Oct 31, 2009Montana 31, Weber State 10Box score
Oct 31, 2009Maine 19, Massachusetts 9Box score
Oct 31, 2009Alabama A&M 21, Alabama State 7Box score
Oct 31, 2009Southern 24, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 10Box score
Oct 31, 2009Liberty 55, Presbyterian 19Box score
Oct 31, 2009Montana State 41, Idaho State 10Box score
Oct 31, 2009Northern Colorado 21, South Dakota 17Box score
Oct 31, 2009Florida A&M 31, Morgan State 28Box score
Oct 31, 2009South Dakota State 17, Youngstown State 3Box score
Oct 31, 2009Eastern Washington 47, Portland State 10Box score
Oct 31, 2009North Dakota 31, Cal Poly 17Box score
Oct 31, 2009Sacramento State 27, Northern Arizona 24Box score
Oct 31, 2009Old Dominion 31, Georgetown 10Box score
Oct 31, 2009Sam Houston 34, Northwestern State 30Box score