2016: Week 4

110 games. Five ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Four games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

Big days

Passing

Mitchell TrubiskyNo. 2 this week35 of 46, 453 yards, 5 TDNorth Carolina vs. Pittsburgh

1. Ryan Higgins Louisiana Tech36 of 59, 504 yards, 3 TD
3. Davis Webb California32 of 56, 478 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT

Rushing

Dalvin Cook28 carries, 267 yards, 2 TDFlorida State at South Florida

2. Jalin Moore App State39 carries, 257 yards, 2 TD
3. Jeremy McNichols Boise State28 carries, 208 yards, 3 TD

Receiving

Trent TaylorNo. 2 this week17 catches, 210 yards, 2 TDLouisiana Tech at Middle Tennessee

1. Amba Etta-Tawo Syracuse12 catches, 270 yards, 2 TD
3. Ryan Switzer North Carolina16 catches, 208 yards, 1 TD

Defense

Marcus Epps8 tackles, 2 INT, 1 TDWyoming at Eastern Michigan

2. Jessie Bates III Wake Forest8 tackles, 2 INT, 1 TD
3. Tegray Scales Indiana13 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 for loss

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.