2016: Week 13

74 games. 11 ranked teams lost, five to unranked teams. Six games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

Big days

Passing

Patrick Mahomes30 of 46, 586 yards, 6 TDTexas Tech vs. Baylor

2. Greg Ward Jr. Houston47 of 67, 487 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
3. Zack Mahoney Syracuse43 of 61, 440 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Aaron Jones24 carries, 301 yards, 4 TDUTEP vs. North Texas

2. Derrius Guice LSU37 carries, 285 yards, 4 TD
3. Nick Fitzgerald Mississippi State14 carries, 258 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

No. 84Amba Etta-Tawo13 catches, 178 yards, 5 TDSyracuse at Pittsburgh

2. Keke Coutee Texas Tech8 catches, 221 yards, 2 TD
3. Linell Bonner Houston17 catches, 235 yards, 1 TD

Defense

No. 1Jermaine Carter15 tackles, 2 sacks, 2.5 for lossMaryland vs. Rutgers

2. Frank Ginda San José State14 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 4 for loss
3. Jerome Baker Ohio State15 tackles, 1 sack, 1 for loss, 1 INT

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.

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