2012: Week 8

102 games. Four ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. 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

Oct 20, 2012	3Florida 44, 9South Carolina 11	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	4Kansas State 55, 17West Virginia 14	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	6LSU 24, 20Texas A&M 19	Box score

Upsets

Oct 20, 2012

Toledo 29, 21Cincinnati 23upset

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

Aaron Murray 30 of 38, 427 yards, 4 TDGeorgia at Kentucky

Seth Doege Texas Tech30 of 42, 318 yards, 7 TD
Tyler Benz Eastern Michigan19 of 31, 369 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Kasey Carrier 39 carries, 338 yards, 3 TDNew Mexico at Air Force

Kenneth Dixon Louisiana Tech17 carries, 232 yards, 6 TD
Trent Steelman Army16 carries, 212 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

Tyler Lockett 9 catches, 194 yards, 2 TDKansas State at West Virginia

Tavarres King Georgia9 catches, 188 yards, 2 TD
Robert Woods USC8 catches, 132 yards, 4 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 16, 2012	North Texas 30, Louisiana 23	Box score
Oct 18, 2012	SMU 72, Houston 42	Box score
Oct 18, 2012	2Oregon 43, Arizona State 21	Box score
Oct 19, 2012	Syracuse 40, UConn 10	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Bowling Green 24, Massachusetts 0	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	7Ohio State 29, Purdue 22	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Oklahoma State 31, Iowa State 10	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	19Rutgers 35, Temple 10	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	14Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 17	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	6LSU 24, 20Texas A&M 19	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Wisconsin 38, Minnesota 13	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Northern Illinois 37, Akron 7	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Vanderbilt 17, Auburn 13	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Wake Forest 16, Virginia 10	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Eastern Michigan 48, Army 38	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Troy 38, Florida International 37	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	San José State 52, UTSA 24	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	22Stanford 21, California 3	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Georgia Tech 37, Boston College 17	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Utah State 41, New Mexico State 7	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	South Alabama 37, Florida Atlantic 34	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	3Florida 44, 9South Carolina 11	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	24Boise State 32, UNLV 7	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Nebraska 29, Northwestern 28	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	5Notre Dame 17, BYU 14	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	16Louisville 27, South Florida 25	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	NC State 20, Maryland 18	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	23Michigan 12, Michigan State 10	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Tulsa 28, Rice 24	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Pittsburgh 20, Buffalo 6	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Ball State 41, Central Michigan 30	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Kent State 41, Western Michigan 24	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Navy 31, Indiana 30	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	18Texas Tech 56, TCU 53	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	UL Monroe 43, Western Kentucky 42	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	11USC 50, Colorado 6	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	East Carolina 42, UAB 35	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	13Georgia 29, Kentucky 24	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Duke 33, North Carolina 30	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	10Oklahoma 52, Kansas 7	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	4Kansas State 55, 17West Virginia 14	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	15Mississippi State 45, Middle Tennessee 3	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Air Force 28, New Mexico 23	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Louisiana Tech 70, Idaho 28	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Marshall 59, Southern Miss 24	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	1Alabama 44, Tennessee 13	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Toledo 29, 21Cincinnati 23upset	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	UCF 35, Memphis 17	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Texas 56, Baylor 50	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Penn State 38, Iowa 14	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	12Florida State 33, Miami 20	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	UTEP 24, Tulane 20	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Arizona 52, Washington 17	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	8Oregon State 21, Utah 7	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Fresno State 42, Wyoming 14	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	San Diego State 39, Nevada 38upset	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 18, 2012	North Carolina Central 37, Hampton 20	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Yale 27, Pennsylvania 13	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Jacksonville State 31, Tennessee State 28	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	New Hampshire 28, Maine 21	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Duquesne 35, Sacred Heart 3	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Robert Morris 37, Central Connecticut 31	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Wagner 31, Saint Francis 24	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Brown 21, Cornell 14	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Lehigh 42, Bucknell 19	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Howard 21, Morgan State 20	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Princeton 39, Harvard 34upset	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	San Diego 24, Jacksonville 7	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Lafayette 30, Holy Cross 13	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Colgate 57, Georgetown 36	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Dayton 45, Valparaiso 0	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Bryant 27, Monmouth 24upset	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Dartmouth 21, Columbia 16	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Georgia Southern 38, Furman 17	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Delaware State 24, North Carolina A&T 0	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Drake 34, Marist 27	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Missouri State 24, Illinois State 17upset	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Savannah State 42, Edward Waters 35	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	UT Martin 27, Southeast Missouri State 17	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Elon 42, Western Carolina 31	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Grambling 22, Virginia Lynchburg 7	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Delaware 47, Rhode Island 24	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Richmond 35, James Madison 29	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Wofford 38, App State 28	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Villanova 49, Georgia State 24	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Prairie View A&M 52, Alcorn State 37	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Bethune-Cookman 48, Norfolk State 3	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Jackson State 14, Mississippi Valley State 7	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Stephen F. Austin 44, Nicholls 10	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Southern Illinois 38, Youngstown State 21	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Northern Iowa 27, South Dakota State 6	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	South Carolina State 27, Florida A&M 20	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Chattanooga 20, Samford 13	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Butler 39, Morehead State 35	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Davidson 28, Campbell 21upset	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Old Dominion 31, Towson 20	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	North Dakota State 54, South Dakota 0	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Central Arkansas 24, Lamar 14	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Arkansas–Pine Bluff 50, Southern 21	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Indiana State 23, Western Illinois 7	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Sam Houston 45, McNeese 10	Box score
Oct 20, 2012	Eastern Kentucky 42, Tennessee Tech 28	Box score