2012: Week 6

94 games. Nine ranked teams lost, four to unranked teams. Five 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 6, 2012	6South Carolina 35, 5Georgia 7upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	10Florida 14, 4LSU 6upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	8West Virginia 48, 11Texas 45	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	2Oregon 52, 23Washington 21	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	12Ohio State 63, 21Nebraska 38	Box score

Upsets

Oct 6, 2012	NC State 17, 3Florida State 16upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	10Florida 14, 4LSU 6upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	6South Carolina 35, 5Georgia 7upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Iowa State 37, 15TCU 23upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Penn State 39, 24Northwestern 28upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	California 43, 25UCLA 17upset	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

Matt Scott 45 of 69, 491 yards, 3 TD, 1 INTArizona at Stanford

Nick Sherry UNLV22 of 46, 378 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Rakeem Cato Marshall31 of 44, 391 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Giovani Bernard 23 carries, 262 yards, 1 TDNorth Carolina vs. Virginia Tech

Kasey Carrier New Mexico23 carries, 191 yards, 4 TD
Jordan Lynch Northern Illinois29 carries, 207 yards, 3 TD

Receiving

DeAndre Hopkins 7 catches, 173 yards, 2 TDClemson vs. Georgia Tech

Marqise Lee USC12 catches, 192 yards, 1 TD
Josh Lenz Iowa State5 catches, 147 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.

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 4, 2012	Arkansas State 34, Florida International 20	Box score
Oct 4, 2012	UCF 40, East Carolina 20	Box score
Oct 4, 2012	13USC 38, Utah 28	Box score
Oct 5, 2012	Syracuse 14, Pittsburgh 13	Box score
Oct 5, 2012	BYU 6, Utah State 3	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Navy 28, Air Force 21upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Arkansas 24, Auburn 7	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Michigan State 31, Indiana 27	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	22Rutgers 19, UConn 3	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Ohio 38, Buffalo 31	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Penn State 39, 24Northwestern 28upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Temple 37, South Florida 28	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Army 34, Boston College 31	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	7Kansas State 56, Kansas 16	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Boise State 40, Southern Miss 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	20Mississippi State 27, Kentucky 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	North Carolina 48, Virginia Tech 34	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Kent State 41, Eastern Michigan 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Bowling Green 24, Akron 10	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Western Michigan 52, Massachusetts 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	18Stanford 54, Arizona 48	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Duke 42, Virginia 17	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Northern Illinois 35, Ball State 23	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Toledo 50, Central Michigan 35	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	10Florida 14, 4LSU 6upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Maryland 19, Wake Forest 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	15Clemson 47, Georgia Tech 31	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Wisconsin 31, Illinois 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Tulsa 45, Marshall 38	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	UL Monroe 31, Middle Tennessee 17	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Iowa State 37, 15TCU 23upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	17Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 20	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Michigan 44, Purdue 13	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Idaho 26, New Mexico State 18	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Louisiana 41, Tulane 13	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	New Mexico 35, Texas State 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	14Oregon State 19, Washington State 6	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Fresno State 28, Colorado State 7	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Vanderbilt 19, Missouri 15upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Texas A&M 30, Ole Miss 27	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Memphis 14, Rice 10	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Houston 44, North Texas 21	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	8West Virginia 48, 11Texas 45	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Cincinnati 52, Miami (OH) 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Louisiana Tech 58, UNLV 31	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Nevada 35, Wyoming 28	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	6South Carolina 35, 5Georgia 7upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	9Notre Dame 41, Miami 3	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	San Diego State 52, Hawai’i 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	NC State 17, 3Florida State 16upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	12Ohio State 63, 21Nebraska 38	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	SMU 17, UTEP 0	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	California 43, 25UCLA 17upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	2Oregon 52, 23Washington 21	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 6, 2012	Dartmouth 34, Yale 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Saint Francis 10, Robert Morris 3	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	UAlbany 31, Bryant 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Lehigh 35, Columbia 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Holy Cross 13, Bucknell 6	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Harvard 45, Cornell 13	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Brown 17, Rhode Island 7	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	James Madison 13, Towson 10	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Dayton 38, Davidson 3	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Fordham 38, Georgetown 31	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Jacksonville 38, Morehead State 17	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Wagner 12, Sacred Heart 3	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Drake 38, San Diego 10	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Wofford 20, Furman 17	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Alabama State 45, Texas Southern 0	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Southern Illinois 17, Illinois State 0upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	North Dakota State 48, Youngstown State 7	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Tennessee State 23, Eastern Kentucky 20	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Butler 56, Valparaiso 17	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	UAB 52, SE Louisiana 3	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Western Illinois 24, South Dakota 17upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Alabama A&M 35, Mississippi Valley State 0	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Samford 38, The Citadel 7	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	UT Martin 51, Eastern Illinois 37	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Indiana State 31, Missouri State 17	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Maine 26, Delaware 3upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	William & Mary 34, Pennsylvania 28	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	App State 35, Elon 23	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	New Hampshire 44, Georgia State 21	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Georgia Southern 45, Western Carolina 13	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Sam Houston 51, Stephen F. Austin 43	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Alcorn State 20, Southern 17	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Richmond 28, Villanova 17upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Princeton 35, Lafayette 14upset	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Arkansas–Pine Bluff 34, Jackson State 24	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Murray State 52, Austin Peay 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Central Arkansas 34, Nicholls 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Northwestern State 30, Lamar 23	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Prairie View A&M 31, Grambling 14	Box score
Oct 6, 2012	Jacksonville State 37, Tennessee Tech 28	Box score