2014: Week 8

105 games. Six ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. 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 18, 2014	2Florida State 31, 5Notre Dame 27	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	14Kansas State 31, 11Oklahoma 30upset	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	12TCU 42, 15Oklahoma State 9	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	7Alabama 59, 21Texas A&M 0	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	17Arizona State 26, 23Stanford 10upset	Box score

Upsets

Oct 18, 2014	West Virginia 41, 4Baylor 27upset	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	14Kansas State 31, 11Oklahoma 30upset	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	17Arizona State 26, 23Stanford 10upset	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

Cody KesslerNo. 2 this week19 of 26, 319 yards, 7 TDUSC vs. Colorado

Christian Stewart BYU39 of 63, 408 yards, 4 TD
Marquise Williams North Carolina38 of 47, 390 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Royce FreemanNo. 2 this week29 carries, 169 yards, 4 TDOregon vs. Washington

Devontae Booker Utah32 carries, 229 yards, 3 TD
Nick Chubb Georgia30 carries, 202 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

Josh Doctson 7 catches, 225 yards, 2 TDTCU vs. Oklahoma State

Mitch Mathews BYU16 catches, 182 yards, 2 TD
Sterling Shepard Oklahoma15 catches, 197 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

Oct 14, 2014	Louisiana 34, Texas State 10	Box score
Oct 16, 2014	Pittsburgh 21, Virginia Tech 16	Box score
Oct 16, 2014	20Utah 29, Oregon State 23	Box score
Oct 17, 2014	Boise State 37, Fresno State 27	Box score
Oct 17, 2014	Houston 31, Temple 10	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	UCF 20, Tulane 13	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	South Florida 38, Tulsa 30	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Syracuse 30, Wake Forest 7	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	West Virginia 41, 4Baylor 27upset	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	14Kansas State 31, 11Oklahoma 30upset	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Maryland 38, Iowa 31	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Minnesota 39, Purdue 38	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Florida Atlantic 45, Western Kentucky 38	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Louisiana Tech 27, UTSA 20	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Duke 20, Virginia 13	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Ohio 23, Akron 20	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Western Michigan 26, Bowling Green 14	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Massachusetts 36, Eastern Michigan 14	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	App State 53, Troy 14	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Cincinnati 41, SMU 3	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	24Clemson 17, Boston College 13	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Louisville 30, NC State 18	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Texas Tech 34, Kansas 21	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	8Michigan State 56, Indiana 17	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	13Ohio State 56, Rutgers 17	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Middle Tennessee 34, UAB 22	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Kent State 39, Army 17	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Ball State 32, Central Michigan 29	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Air Force 35, New Mexico 31	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	UCLA 36, California 34	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	7Alabama 59, 21Texas A&M 0	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	12TCU 42, 15Oklahoma State 9	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	San José State 27, Wyoming 20	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	10Georgia 45, Arkansas 32	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Northern Illinois 51, Miami (OH) 41	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Idaho 29, New Mexico State 17	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	25Marshall 45, Florida International 13	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	22USC 56, Colorado 28	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	North Carolina 48, Georgia Tech 43	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Southern Miss 30, North Texas 20	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Colorado State 16, Utah State 13	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	3Ole Miss 34, Tennessee 3	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Missouri 42, Florida 13	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	19Nebraska 38, Northwestern 17	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	LSU 41, Kentucky 3	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	South Alabama 30, Georgia State 27	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	2Florida State 31, 5Notre Dame 27	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Texas 48, Iowa State 45	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	9Oregon 45, Washington 20	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Nevada 42, BYU 35	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	San Diego State 20, Hawai’i 10	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	17Arizona State 26, 23Stanford 10upset	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 18, 2014	South Carolina 41, Furman 10	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Chattanooga 34, The Citadel 14	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Sacred Heart 23, Duquesne 20	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Robert Morris 27, Central Connecticut 24	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Bryant 42, Saint Francis 27	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	San Diego 27, Butler 21	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	UAlbany 20, Maine 7upset	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Towson 24, Delaware 17	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Pennsylvania 31, Columbia 7	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Harvard 24, Lafayette 14	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Yale 45, Colgate 31	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Florida A&M 31, Howard 28	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Norfolk State 21, Hampton 13	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Morgan State 21, North Carolina Central 20	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Dayton 41, Morehead State 7	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Gardner-Webb 47, VMI 41	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Stony Brook 20, Elon 3	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Dartmouth 24, Holy Cross 21	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Montana 42, UC Davis 28	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	North Carolina A&T 33, Delaware State 20	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Eastern Illinois 52, Southeast Missouri State 13	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Drake 17, Valparaiso 9	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Presbyterian 7, Charleston Southern 3upset	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Missouri State 31, South Dakota 12	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Wofford 24, Samford 20	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Lehigh 31, Cornell 14	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Alcorn State 40, Texas Southern 25	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Grambling 63, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 39	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Prairie View A&M 52, Mississippi Valley State 19	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	UT Martin 21, Tennessee State 16	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	North Dakota State 34, Indiana State 17	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Richmond 37, Rhode Island 0	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Villanova 35, William & Mary 31	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Princeton 27, Brown 16	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Illinois State 37, Western Illinois 34	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Youngstown State 26, Southern Illinois 14	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Northwestern State 31, Sam Houston 27	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Lamar 63, Nicholls 21	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Western Carolina 35, Mercer 21upset	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Campbell 28, Davidson 27	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Eastern Washington 26, Northern Colorado 18	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Idaho State 56, Southern Utah 28	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	South Dakota State 31, Northern Iowa 28	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Montana State 23, Weber State 13	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Bethune-Cookman 48, Savannah State 20	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Jacksonville 30, Stetson 7	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Northern Arizona 21, Portland State 17	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	McNeese 31, Abilene Christian 20	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Austin Peay 20, Murray State 13	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Stephen F. Austin 59, Houston Christian 27	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	SE Louisiana 41, Central Arkansas 24	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Tennessee Tech 39, Eastern Kentucky 31upset	Box score
Oct 18, 2014	Cal Poly 56, Sacramento State 27	Box score