2012: Week 12

104 games. Five ranked teams lost, three 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

Nov 17, 2012	14Stanford 17, 1Oregon 14upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	17UCLA 38, 21USC 28	Box score

Upsets

Nov 17, 2012	14Stanford 17, 1Oregon 14upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Baylor 52, 2Kansas State 24upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Utah State 48, 19Louisiana Tech 41upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Oklahoma State 59, 23Texas Tech 21upset	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

Mike GlennonNo. 2 this week29 of 53, 493 yards, 5 TD, 1 INTNC State at Clemson

Landry Jones Oklahoma38 of 51, 554 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT
Tajh Boyd Clemson30 of 44, 426 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT

Rushing

Tavon AustinNo. 2 this week21 carries, 344 yards, 2 TDWest Virginia vs. Oklahoma

Montel Harris Temple36 carries, 351 yards, 7 TD
Dri Archer Kent State17 carries, 241 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

Stedman Bailey 13 catches, 205 yards, 4 TDWest Virginia vs. Oklahoma

Alec Lemon Syracuse12 catches, 244 yards, 2 TD
Tobais Palmer NC State7 catches, 219 yards, 3 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.

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

FBS vs. FBS

Nov 14, 2012	Ball State 52, Ohio 27	Box score
Nov 14, 2012	Northern Illinois 31, Toledo 24	Box score
Nov 15, 2012	North Carolina 37, Virginia 13	Box score
Nov 16, 2012	Florida International 34, Florida Atlantic 24	Box score
Nov 16, 2012	Air Force 21, Hawai’i 7	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	10Florida State 41, Maryland 14	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Northwestern 23, Michigan State 20	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	23Michigan 42, Iowa 17	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	25Kent State 31, Bowling Green 24	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Tulsa 23, UCF 21	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Penn State 45, Indiana 22	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Marshall 44, Houston 41	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Temple 63, Army 32	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	22Rutgers 10, Cincinnati 3	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Mississippi State 45, Arkansas 14	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 23	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Central Michigan 30, Miami (OH) 16	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Washington 38, Colorado 3	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Memphis 46, UAB 9upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Eastern Michigan 29, Western Michigan 23upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Arizona State 46, Washington State 7	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Buffalo 29, Massachusetts 19	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Miami 40, South Florida 9	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	17UCLA 38, 21USC 28	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Middle Tennessee 20, South Alabama 12	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Georgia Tech 42, Duke 24	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Boise State 42, Colorado State 14	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	3Notre Dame 38, Wake Forest 0	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	8LSU 41, Ole Miss 35	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	16Nebraska 38, Minnesota 14	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Nevada 31, New Mexico 24	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Oklahoma State 59, 23Texas Tech 21upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	11Clemson 62, NC State 48	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Rice 36, SMU 14	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	6Ohio State 21, Wisconsin 14	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Purdue 20, Illinois 17	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Navy 21, Texas State 10	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Arkansas State 41, Troy 34	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	East Carolina 28, Tulane 23	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Utah State 48, 19Louisiana Tech 41upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	UL Monroe 42, North Texas 16	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Wyoming 28, UNLV 23	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	UTSA 34, Idaho 27	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Syracuse 31, Missouri 27upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Vanderbilt 41, Tennessee 18	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	13Oklahoma 50, West Virginia 49	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Louisiana 31, Western Kentucky 27	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Iowa State 51, Kansas 23	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Baylor 52, 2Kansas State 24upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	14Stanford 17, 1Oregon 14upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	UTEP 34, Southern Miss 33	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Arizona 34, Utah 24	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	San José State 20, BYU 14	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	15Oregon State 62, California 14	Box score

Everyone else

Nov 15, 2012	SE Louisiana 35, Nicholls 16	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Harvard 34, Yale 24	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Towson 64, New Hampshire 35upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Maine 55, Rhode Island 6	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Austin Peay 38, Tennessee Tech 31	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Monmouth 26, Robert Morris 21	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Saint Francis 44, Sacred Heart 24	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Wagner 23, Duquesne 17	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	4Alabama 49, Western Carolina 0	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Pennsylvania 35, Cornell 28	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Brown 22, Columbia 6	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Holy Cross 24, Georgetown 0upset	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Howard 41, Delaware State 34	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	7Florida 23, Jacksonville State 0	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Dartmouth 35, Princeton 21	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Drake 32, Jacksonville 29	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Lehigh 38, Lafayette 21	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	UAlbany 63, Central Connecticut 34	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Bucknell 24, Bryant 21	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Marist 28, Campbell 7	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	San Diego 17, Davidson 10	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Colgate 41, Fordham 39	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	North Dakota State 38, Illinois State 20	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Morehead State 76, Valparaiso 24	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Hampton 27, Morgan State 17	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	12South Carolina 24, Wofford 7	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	5Georgia 45, Georgia Southern 14	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	The Citadel 42, Furman 20	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	South Carolina State 27, Savannah State 13	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Richmond 21, William & Mary 14	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Auburn 51, Alabama A&M 7	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Bethune-Cookman 21, Florida A&M 16	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Murray State 42, Southeast Missouri State 35	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Chattanooga 24, Elon 17	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	North Carolina A&T 22, North Carolina Central 16	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Mississippi Valley State 34, Texas Southern 3	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Youngstown State 27, Indiana State 6	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Southern Illinois 35, Western Illinois 0	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Jackson State 37, Alcorn State 11	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	South Dakota State 31, South Dakota 8	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	UT Martin 35, Tennessee State 26	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Villanova 41, Delaware 10	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	9Texas A&M 47, Sam Houston 28	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Arkansas–Pine Bluff 42, Prairie View A&M 41	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Stephen F. Austin 34, Northwestern State 17	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Northern Iowa 38, Missouri State 13	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Central Arkansas 48, Eastern Illinois 30	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Old Dominion 38, James Madison 28	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	Kentucky 34, Samford 3	Box score
Nov 17, 2012	McNeese 35, Lamar 0	Box score