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2016: Week 3

121 games. Seven ranked teams lost, three 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

Sep 17, 201610Louisville 63, 2Florida State 20upsetBox score
Sep 17, 20163Ohio State 45, 14Oklahoma 24Box score
Sep 17, 20161Alabama 48, 19Ole Miss 43Box score
Sep 17, 201612Michigan State 36, 18Notre Dame 28upsetBox score

Upsets

Sep 17, 201610Louisville 63, 2Florida State 20upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016California 50, 11Texas 43upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016North Dakota State 23, 13Iowa 21upsetBox score
Sep 17, 201612Michigan State 36, 18Notre Dame 28upsetBox 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

Mason Rudolph26 of 46, 540 yards, 2 TDOklahoma State vs. Pittsburgh
  1. Patrick Mahomes Texas Tech26 of 36, 470 yards, 5 TD
  2. Mitchell Trubisky North Carolina24 of 27, 432 yards, 3 TD

Rushing

Brian HillNo. 3 this week25 carries, 207 yards, 2 TDWyoming vs. UC Davis (FCS)
  1. Donnel Pumphrey San Diego State23 carries, 220 yards, 3 TD
  2. Braeden West SMU24 carries, 220 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

James Washington9 catches, 296 yards, 2 TDOklahoma State vs. Pittsburgh
  1. K.D. Cannon Baylor9 catches, 213 yards, 2 TD
  2. Jonathan Giles Texas Tech6 catches, 186 yards, 3 TD

Defense

Jabrill PeppersNo. 2 this week9 tackles, 1 sack, 3.5 for loss, 1 TDMichigan vs. Colorado
  1. Steven Taylor Houston9 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 for loss, 1 INT, 1 TD
  2. Howard Wilson Houston8 tackles, 2 INT, 1 TD
Ranked by a points score for each kind of game (yards, touchdowns, tackles, sacks).
How we rankRanked 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

Sep 15, 20166Houston 40, Cincinnati 16Box score
Sep 16, 201621Baylor 38, Rice 10Box score
Sep 16, 2016Utah State 34, Arkansas State 20Box score
Sep 16, 2016Arizona State 32, UTSA 28Box score
Sep 17, 2016TCU 41, Iowa State 20Box score
Sep 17, 201615Tennessee 28, Ohio 19Box score
Sep 17, 2016Rutgers 37, New Mexico 28Box score
Sep 17, 2016Akron 65, Marshall 38Box score
Sep 17, 2016Middle Tennessee 41, Bowling Green 21Box score
Sep 17, 201610Louisville 63, 2Florida State 20upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016Penn State 34, Temple 27Box score
Sep 17, 2016Memphis 43, Kansas 7Box score
Sep 17, 20169Wisconsin 23, Georgia State 17Box score
Sep 17, 201625Miami 45, App State 10Box score
Sep 17, 2016Georgia Tech 38, Vanderbilt 7Box score
Sep 17, 2016UConn 13, Virginia 10Box score
Sep 17, 2016Washington State 56, Idaho 6Box score
Sep 17, 2016Kansas State 63, Florida Atlantic 7Box score
Sep 17, 2016Toledo 52, Fresno State 17Box score
Sep 17, 2016Central Michigan 44, UNLV 21Box score
Sep 17, 2016Massachusetts 21, Florida International 13Box score
Sep 17, 20161Alabama 48, 19Ole Miss 43Box score
Sep 17, 20164Michigan 45, Colorado 28Box score
Sep 17, 2016Nebraska 35, 22Oregon 32Box score
Sep 17, 2016San Diego State 42, Northern Illinois 28Box score
Sep 17, 2016Western Kentucky 31, Miami (OH) 24Box score
Sep 17, 2016Virginia Tech 49, Boston College 0Box score
Sep 17, 2016Oklahoma State 45, Pittsburgh 38Box score
Sep 17, 2016South Florida 45, Syracuse 20Box score
Sep 17, 2016Kentucky 62, New Mexico State 42Box score
Sep 17, 2016South Carolina 20, East Carolina 15Box score
Sep 17, 2016Western Michigan 34, Illinois 10Box score
Sep 17, 2016Eastern Michigan 37, Charlotte 19Box score
Sep 17, 2016NC State 49, Old Dominion 22Box score
Sep 17, 2016Georgia Southern 23, UL Monroe 21Box score
Sep 17, 2016Army 66, UTEP 14Box score
Sep 17, 201617Texas A&M 29, Auburn 16Box score
Sep 17, 201620LSU 23, Mississippi State 20Box score
Sep 17, 2016Texas Tech 59, Louisiana Tech 45Box score
Sep 17, 2016Troy 37, Southern Miss 31Box score
Sep 17, 2016Maryland 30, UCF 24Box score
Sep 17, 2016Navy 21, Tulane 14Box score
Sep 17, 2016Louisiana 28, South Alabama 23Box score
Sep 17, 201612Michigan State 36, 18Notre Dame 28upsetBox score
Sep 17, 201624Arkansas 42, Texas State 3Box score
Sep 17, 201623Florida 32, North Texas 0Box score
Sep 17, 201616Georgia 28, Missouri 27Box score
Sep 17, 20163Ohio State 45, 14Oklahoma 24Box score
Sep 17, 20167Stanford 27, USC 10Box score
Sep 17, 2016Northwestern 24, Duke 13Box score
Sep 17, 2016Nevada 38, Buffalo 14Box score
Sep 17, 2016UCLA 17, BYU 14Box score
Sep 17, 2016Utah 34, San José State 17Box score
Sep 17, 2016California 50, 11Texas 43upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016Arizona 47, Hawai’i 28Box score

Everyone else

Sep 15, 2016Arkansas–Pine Bluff 45, Alcorn State 43upsetBox score
Sep 16, 2016Harvard 51, Rhode Island 21Box score
Sep 17, 20165Clemson 59, South Carolina State 0Box score
Sep 17, 2016North Dakota State 23, 13Iowa 21upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016Stony Brook 42, Richmond 14upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016Duquesne 34, Dayton 20Box score
Sep 17, 2016Brown 35, Bryant 27Box score
Sep 17, 2016Saint Francis 13, Columbia 9Box score
Sep 17, 2016Colgate 55, Yale 13Box score
Sep 17, 2016East Tennessee State 34, Western Carolina 31upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016Jacksonville State 27, Coastal Carolina 26Box score
Sep 17, 2016Tulsa 58, North Carolina A&T 21Box score
Sep 17, 2016Drake 28, McKendree 16Box score
Sep 17, 2016Valparaiso 49, Trinity International (IL) 24Box score
Sep 17, 2016Ball State 41, Eastern Kentucky 14Box score
Sep 17, 2016Eastern Illinois 24, Illinois State 21upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016Wofford 59, Johnson C. Smith 0Box score
Sep 17, 2016Central Connecticut 44, Bowie State 35Box score
Sep 17, 2016UT Martin 84, Bacone College 6Box score
Sep 17, 2016Kent State 27, Monmouth 7Box score
Sep 17, 2016North Carolina 56, James Madison 28Box score
Sep 17, 2016Villanova 40, Towson 21Box score
Sep 17, 2016Hampton 34, Howard 7Box score
Sep 17, 2016Colorado State 47, Northern Colorado 21Box score
Sep 17, 2016Wyoming 45, UC Davis 22Box score
Sep 17, 2016Montana State 55, Western Oregon 0Box score
Sep 17, 2016Youngstown State 38, Robert Morris 6Box score
Sep 17, 2016Mercer 34, Tennessee Tech 27Box score
Sep 17, 2016Nicholls 35, Incarnate Word 28Box score
Sep 17, 2016Tennessee State 31, Bethune-Cookman 24Box score
Sep 17, 2016Oregon State 37, Idaho State 7Box score
Sep 17, 2016North Dakota 47, South Dakota 44Box score
Sep 17, 2016Princeton 35, Lafayette 31Box score
Sep 17, 2016Lehigh 49, Pennsylvania 28upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016Sacred Heart 31, Marist 6Box score
Sep 17, 2016Cornell 24, Bucknell 16upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016The Citadel 31, Gardner-Webb 24Box score
Sep 17, 2016Presbyterian 31, Campbell 14upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016Elon 26, Fayetteville State 3Box score
Sep 17, 2016William & Mary 35, Norfolk State 10Box score
Sep 17, 2016North Carolina Central 65, St. Augustine’s 7Box score
Sep 17, 2016Morehead State 56, Lincoln (PA) 6Box score
Sep 17, 2016Wake Forest 38, Delaware 21Box score
Sep 17, 2016SMU 29, Liberty 14Box score
Sep 17, 2016Northern Arizona 73, New Mexico Highlands 3Box score
Sep 17, 2016Cal Poly 38, South Dakota State 31upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016Dartmouth 22, New Hampshire 21Box score
Sep 17, 2016Indiana State 27, Southeast Missouri State 24Box score
Sep 17, 2016Southern Illinois 50, Murray State 17Box score
Sep 17, 2016Chattanooga 21, Furman 14Box score
Sep 17, 2016Central Arkansas 24, Northwestern State 10Box score
Sep 17, 2016Stephen F. Austin 31, McNeese 28upsetBox score
Sep 17, 2016UAlbany 45, Holy Cross 28Box score
Sep 17, 2016Tuskegee 20, Florida A&M 17Box score
Sep 17, 2016Butler 27, Taylor 14Box score
Sep 17, 2016Prairie View A&M 41, Alabama A&M 20Box score
Sep 17, 2016Southern 64, Alabama State 6Box score
Sep 17, 2016Grambling 35, Jackson State 14Box score
Sep 17, 2016Jacksonville 41, Edward Waters 7Box score
Sep 17, 2016Davidson 38, Livingstone 12Box score
Sep 17, 2016Eastern Washington 34, Northern Iowa 30Box score
Sep 17, 20168Washington 41, Portland State 3Box score
Sep 17, 2016Weber State 14, Sacramento State 7Box score
Sep 17, 2016Houston Christian 27, Abilene Christian 24Box score
Sep 17, 2016Sam Houston 44, Lamar 31Box score
Sep 17, 2016Texas Southern 31, Mississippi Valley State 0Box score