2012: Week 14

27 games. Six ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. Four games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Dec 1, 2012	2Alabama 32, 3Georgia 28	Box score
Nov 30, 2012	8Stanford 27, 17UCLA 24	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	7Kansas State 42, 23Texas 24	Box score
Nov 30, 2012	19Northern Illinois 44, 18Kent State 37upset	Box score

Upsets

Dec 1, 2012	Wisconsin 70, 14Nebraska 31upset	Box score
Nov 30, 2012	19Northern Illinois 44, 18Kent State 37upset	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Baylor 41, 24Oklahoma State 34upset	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

Geno Smith 23 of 24, 407 yards, 3 TD, 1 INTWest Virginia vs. Kansas

Graham Wilbert Florida Atlantic25 of 38, 379 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Clint Chelf Oklahoma State30 of 51, 333 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT

Rushing

Montee Ball 21 carries, 202 yards, 3 TDWisconsin vs. Nebraska

Melvin Gordon Wisconsin9 carries, 216 yards, 1 TD
Johnathan Franklin UCLA19 carries, 194 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

William Dukes 9 catches, 204 yards, 2 TDFlorida Atlantic vs. Louisiana

Stedman Bailey West Virginia11 catches, 159 yards, 2 TD
Josh Stewart Oklahoma State12 catches, 147 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 29, 2012	Louisville 20, Rutgers 17	Box score
Nov 30, 2012	19Northern Illinois 44, 18Kent State 37upset	Box score
Nov 30, 2012	8Stanford 27, 17UCLA 24	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Tulsa 33, UCF 27	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Baylor 41, 24Oklahoma State 34upset	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	12Oklahoma 24, TCU 17	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	West Virginia 59, Kansas 10	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Arkansas State 45, Middle Tennessee 0	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Louisiana 35, Florida Atlantic 21	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Cincinnati 34, UConn 17	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	25Boise State 27, Nevada 21	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	2Alabama 32, 3Georgia 28	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Texas State 66, New Mexico State 28	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Pittsburgh 27, South Florida 3	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	13Florida State 21, Georgia Tech 15	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	7Kansas State 42, 23Texas 24	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Wisconsin 70, 14Nebraska 31upset	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Hawai’i 23, South Alabama 7	Box score

Everyone else

Dec 1, 2012	San Diego 34, Marist 10	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Georgia Southern 24, Central Arkansas 16	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Old Dominion 63, Coastal Carolina 35	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Illinois State 38, App State 37	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Wofford 23, New Hampshire 7	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	16Oregon State 77, Nicholls 3	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	North Dakota State 28, South Dakota State 3	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Sam Houston 18, Cal Poly 16	Box score
Dec 1, 2012	Eastern Washington 29, Wagner 19	Box score