2011: Week 12

114 games. Seven ranked teams lost, four to unranked teams. Three games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Nov 19, 2011	18USC 38, 4Oregon 35upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	25Baylor 45, 5Oklahoma 38upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	20Michigan 45, 17Nebraska 17upset	Box score

Upsets

Nov 18, 2011	Iowa State 37, 2Oklahoma State 31upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	18USC 38, 4Oregon 35upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	25Baylor 45, 5Oklahoma 38upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	NC State 37, 7Clemson 13upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	20Michigan 45, 17Nebraska 17upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2011	UAB 34, 22Southern Miss 31upset	Box 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

Robert Griffin III 21 of 34, 479 yards, 4 TDBaylor vs. Oklahoma

Brandon Weeden Oklahoma State42 of 58, 476 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
Alex Carder Western Michigan36 of 57, 429 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Montee BallNo. 3 this week38 carries, 224 yards, 2 TDWisconsin at Illinois

Branden Oliver Buffalo29 carries, 235 yards, 2 TD
Robert Turbin Utah State24 carries, 208 yards, 3 TD

Receiving

Kendall Wright 8 catches, 208 yards, 1 TDBaylor vs. Oklahoma

Gerell Robinson Arizona State11 catches, 199 yards, 1 TD
Chris Givens Wake Forest8 catches, 191 yards, 1 TD

Ranked by a points score for each kind of game (yards, touchdowns, tackles, sacks).

How we rank

Ranked 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 15, 2011	Northern Illinois 41, Ball State 38	Box score
Nov 16, 2011	Ohio 29, Bowling Green 28	Box score
Nov 16, 2011	Western Michigan 24, Miami (OH) 21	Box score
Nov 17, 2011	UAB 34, 22Southern Miss 31upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2011	Marshall 23, Memphis 22	Box score
Nov 17, 2011	9Virginia Tech 24, North Carolina 21	Box score
Nov 18, 2011	Iowa State 37, 2Oklahoma State 31upset	Box score
Nov 18, 2011	Toledo 44, Central Michigan 17	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Louisville 34, UConn 20	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Northwestern 28, Minnesota 13	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	12Michigan State 55, Indiana 3	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	20Michigan 45, 17Nebraska 17upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Rutgers 20, Cincinnati 3	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Texas A&M 61, Kansas 7	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	15Wisconsin 28, Illinois 17	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Buffalo 51, Akron 10	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Iowa 31, Purdue 21	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	13Georgia 19, Kentucky 10	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Georgia Tech 38, Duke 31	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Temple 42, Army 14	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Kent State 28, Eastern Michigan 22	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Wyoming 31, New Mexico 10	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Wake Forest 31, Maryland 10	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Arkansas State 45, Middle Tennessee 19	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Tulsa 57, UTEP 28	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	6Arkansas 44, Mississippi State 17	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Miami 6, South Florida 3	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Missouri 31, Texas Tech 27	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	NC State 37, 7Clemson 13upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	21Penn State 20, Ohio State 14	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Oregon State 38, Washington 21	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Rice 19, Tulane 7	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	11Houston 37, SMU 7	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	19TCU 34, Colorado State 10	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Troy 34, Florida Atlantic 7	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	San José State 27, Navy 24upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	24Notre Dame 16, Boston College 14	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Louisiana Tech 24, Nevada 20upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Utah State 49, Idaho 42	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Utah 30, Washington State 27	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Florida International 28, UL Monroe 17	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Air Force 45, UNLV 17	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	1LSU 52, Ole Miss 3	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	East Carolina 38, UCF 31	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Western Kentucky 31, North Texas 21	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Tennessee 27, Vanderbilt 21	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	UCLA 45, Colorado 6	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Virginia 14, 23Florida State 13upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	10Boise State 52, San Diego State 35	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	25Baylor 45, 5Oklahoma 38upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	16Kansas State 17, Texas 13	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	18USC 38, 4Oregon 35upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Arizona 31, Arizona State 27upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	8Stanford 31, California 28	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	BYU 42, New Mexico State 7	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Fresno State 24, Hawai’i 21upset	Box score

Everyone else

Nov 17, 2011	SE Louisiana 31, Nicholls 14	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Harvard 45, Yale 7	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	New Hampshire 30, Maine 27	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	William & Mary 25, Richmond 23	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Duquesne 45, Robert Morris 10	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Northern Iowa 23, Illinois State 20	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Wagner 44, Monmouth 29	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	14South Carolina 41, The Citadel 20	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Central Connecticut 42, Bryant 21upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Columbia 35, Brown 28upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Towson 28, Rhode Island 17	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Lehigh 37, Lafayette 13	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Auburn 35, Samford 16	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Florida 54, Furman 32	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	James Madison 34, Massachusetts 17	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Cornell 48, Pennsylvania 38upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	UAlbany 31, Sacred Heart 21	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Colgate 21, Bucknell 6	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Davidson 30, Valparaiso 22	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Delaware State 39, Howard 36	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Eastern Kentucky 23, UT Martin 16	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Holy Cross 41, Fordham 21	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Hampton 42, Morgan State 18	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Morehead State 55, Butler 35	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Presbyterian 45, Charleston Southern 14	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Missouri State 38, Youngstown State 34upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Dartmouth 24, Princeton 17	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	North Carolina A&T 31, North Carolina Central 21	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	VMI 31, Gardner-Webb 24	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	North Dakota 38, South Dakota 37	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Wofford 28, Chattanooga 27	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	3Alabama 45, Georgia Southern 21	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Georgia State 42, Campbell 35	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Jackson State 51, Alcorn State 7	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	South Carolina State 20, Savannah State 10	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Murray State 35, Southeast Missouri State 34	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	UTSA 49, Minot State 7	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	North Dakota State 37, Western Illinois 21	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Coastal Carolina 45, Western Carolina 21	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Montana 36, Montana State 10	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Southern Illinois 35, Indiana State 28upset	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Bethune-Cookman 26, Florida A&M 16	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Tennessee Tech 49, Austin Peay 7	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	App State 28, Elon 24	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Alabama A&M 17, Prairie View A&M 15	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Jacksonville State 38, Tennessee State 16	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Delaware 26, Villanova 16	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Arkansas–Pine Bluff 42, Texas Southern 6	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Stony Brook 41, Liberty 31	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	San Diego 23, Jacksonville 14	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Sam Houston 36, Texas State 14	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Stephen F. Austin 33, Northwestern State 0	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Weber State 48, Portland State 33	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	UC Davis 23, Sacramento State 19	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Cal Poly 41, South Alabama 10	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Southern Utah 27, Northern Arizona 24	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	Eastern Washington 45, Idaho State 14	Box score
Nov 19, 2011	McNeese 45, Lamar 17	Box score