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2016: Week 8

113 games. Five ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. 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 22, 20161Alabama 33, 6Texas A&M 14Box score
Oct 22, 201621Auburn 56, 17Arkansas 3Box score
Oct 22, 201625LSU 38, 23Ole Miss 21Box score

Upsets

Oct 22, 2016Penn State 24, 2Ohio State 21upsetBox score
Oct 22, 2016SMU 38, 11Houston 16upsetBox 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

Patrick Mahomes52 of 88, 734 yards, 5 TD, 1 INTTexas Tech vs. Oklahoma
  1. Baker Mayfield Oklahoma27 of 36, 545 yards, 7 TD
  2. Tyler Stehling Rice22 of 31, 407 yards, 5 TD

Rushing

Brian HillNo. 2 this week29 carries, 289 yards, 3 TDWyoming at Nevada
  1. Joe Williams Utah29 carries, 332 yards, 4 TD
  2. Leonard Fournette LSU16 carries, 284 yards, 3 TD

Receiving

Dede Westbrook9 catches, 202 yards, 2 TDOklahoma at Texas Tech
  1. Scott Miller Bowling Green11 catches, 178 yards, 2 TD
  2. Carrington Thompson Western Michigan8 catches, 177 yards, 2 TD

Defense

Takkarist McKinley6 tackles, 3 sacks, 5 for lossUCLA vs. Utah
  1. Garrett Sickels Penn State9 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3.5 for loss
  2. Brandon Bell Penn State18 tackles, 1 sack, 1 for loss
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

Oct 20, 2016Virginia Tech 37, Miami 16Box score
Oct 20, 2016Troy 28, South Alabama 21Box score
Oct 20, 201614Boise State 28, BYU 27Box score
Oct 21, 2016Temple 46, South Florida 30Box score
Oct 21, 2016California 52, Oregon 49Box score
Oct 21, 2016San Diego State 42, San José State 3Box score
Oct 22, 2016North Texas 35, Army 18Box score
Oct 22, 2016South Carolina 34, Massachusetts 28Box score
Oct 22, 2016Toledo 31, Central Michigan 17Box score
Oct 22, 2016Miami (OH) 40, Bowling Green 26Box score
Oct 22, 20167Louisville 54, NC State 13Box score
Oct 22, 2016UCF 24, UConn 16Box score
Oct 22, 2016Oklahoma State 44, Kansas 20Box score
Oct 22, 2016Kansas State 24, Texas 21Box score
Oct 22, 2016Minnesota 34, Rutgers 32Box score
Oct 22, 201610Wisconsin 17, Iowa 9Box score
Oct 22, 2016Northwestern 24, Indiana 14Box score
Oct 22, 2016Syracuse 28, Boston College 20Box score
Oct 22, 2016Ohio 14, Kent State 10Box score
Oct 22, 2016Hawai’i 34, Air Force 27Box score
Oct 22, 2016Colorado 10, Stanford 5Box score
Oct 22, 2016Akron 35, Ball State 25Box score
Oct 22, 201622North Carolina 35, Virginia 14Box score
Oct 22, 20161Alabama 33, 6Texas A&M 14Box score
Oct 22, 2016Northern Illinois 44, Buffalo 7Box score
Oct 22, 201620Western Michigan 45, Eastern Michigan 31Box score
Oct 22, 201624Navy 42, Memphis 28Box score
Oct 22, 201612West Virginia 34, TCU 10Box score
Oct 22, 20163Michigan 41, Illinois 8Box score
Oct 22, 20168Nebraska 27, Purdue 14Box score
Oct 22, 2016App State 37, Idaho 19Box score
Oct 22, 2016Tulsa 50, Tulane 27Box score
Oct 22, 2016Middle Tennessee 51, Missouri 45Box score
Oct 22, 201619Utah 52, UCLA 45Box score
Oct 22, 2016Colorado State 42, UNLV 23Box score
Oct 22, 2016Charlotte 27, Marshall 24Box score
Oct 22, 201621Auburn 56, 17Arkansas 3Box score
Oct 22, 20165Washington 41, Oregon State 17Box score
Oct 22, 2016Louisiana Tech 44, Florida International 24Box score
Oct 22, 2016Western Kentucky 59, Old Dominion 24Box score
Oct 22, 2016UTEP 52, UTSA 49Box score
Oct 22, 2016Cincinnati 31, East Carolina 19Box score
Oct 22, 2016SMU 38, 11Houston 16upsetBox score
Oct 22, 2016Louisiana 27, Texas State 3Box score
Oct 22, 2016Kentucky 40, Mississippi State 38Box score
Oct 22, 2016Maryland 28, Michigan State 17Box score
Oct 22, 201616Oklahoma 66, Texas Tech 59Box score
Oct 22, 2016Penn State 24, 2Ohio State 21upsetBox score
Oct 22, 2016Georgia Southern 22, New Mexico State 19Box score
Oct 22, 201625LSU 38, 23Ole Miss 21Box score
Oct 22, 2016New Mexico 59, UL Monroe 17Box score
Oct 22, 2016Washington State 37, Arizona State 32Box score
Oct 22, 2016Utah State 38, Fresno State 20Box score
Oct 22, 2016Wyoming 42, Nevada 34Box score

Everyone else

Oct 20, 2016East Tennessee State 38, West Virginia Wesleyan 7Box score
Oct 21, 2016Pennsylvania 42, Yale 7Box score
Oct 21, 2016Saint Francis 14, Duquesne 10Box score
Oct 22, 2016Brown 28, Cornell 21Box score
Oct 22, 2016Kennesaw State 47, Gardner-Webb 39Box score
Oct 22, 2016Maine 28, Rhode Island 21Box score
Oct 22, 2016Marist 31, Davidson 10Box score
Oct 22, 2016Lehigh 46, Holy Cross 14Box score
Oct 22, 2016Harvard 23, Princeton 20Box score
Oct 22, 2016Stony Brook 28, Delaware 3Box score
Oct 22, 2016North Carolina Central 21, Morgan State 17Box score
Oct 22, 2016North Carolina A&T 34, Howard 7Box score
Oct 22, 2016Bryant 27, Wagner 17Box score
Oct 22, 2016Sacred Heart 16, Robert Morris 10Box score
Oct 22, 2016Dayton 31, Butler 16Box score
Oct 22, 2016Jacksonville 61, Morehead State 49Box score
Oct 22, 2016Bucknell 42, Lafayette 17Box score
Oct 22, 2016Fordham 17, Georgetown 14Box score
Oct 22, 2016Columbia 9, Dartmouth 7upsetBox score
Oct 22, 2016The Citadel 24, Wofford 21Box score
Oct 22, 2016South Carolina State 30, Delaware State 3Box score
Oct 22, 2016Coastal Carolina 33, Central Connecticut 25Box score
Oct 22, 2016Eastern Washington 41, Montana State 17Box score
Oct 22, 2016Northern Iowa 61, Missouri State 7Box score
Oct 22, 2016Chattanooga 30, VMI 13Box score
Oct 22, 2016Bethune-Cookman 21, Norfolk State 14Box score
Oct 22, 2016Murray State 40, Eastern Illinois 38upsetBox score
Oct 22, 2016Tennessee Tech 21, Southeast Missouri State 20Box score
Oct 22, 2016Northern Colorado 27, Sacramento State 19Box score
Oct 22, 2016South Dakota 27, Illinois State 24Box score
Oct 22, 2016Indiana State 22, Southern Illinois 14Box score
Oct 22, 2016South Dakota State 24, Youngstown State 10Box score
Oct 22, 2016Florida A&M 31, Hampton 14Box score
Oct 22, 2016Jacksonville State 24, Eastern Kentucky 7Box score
Oct 22, 2016Jackson State 21, Texas Southern 13Box score
Oct 22, 2016Grambling 59, Mississippi Valley State 10Box score
Oct 22, 2016Rice 65, Prairie View A&M 44Box score
Oct 22, 2016Georgia State 31, UT Martin 6Box score
Oct 22, 2016Abilene Christian 52, Incarnate Word 27Box score
Oct 22, 2016Sam Houston 38, Nicholls 21Box score
Oct 22, 2016Liberty 52, Monmouth 28Box score
Oct 22, 2016Villanova 24, UAlbany 13Box score
Oct 22, 2016Richmond 35, Elon 7Box score
Oct 22, 2016New Hampshire 21, Towson 7Box score
Oct 22, 2016Stetson 30, Campbell 24Box score
Oct 22, 2016San Diego 49, Valparaiso 10Box score
Oct 22, 2016North Dakota 28, Idaho State 21Box score
Oct 22, 2016Mercer 41, Austin Peay 34Box score
Oct 22, 2016SE Louisiana 37, Houston Christian 3Box score
Oct 22, 2016Southern 49, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 17Box score
Oct 22, 2016Charleston Southern 38, Presbyterian 3Box score
Oct 22, 2016Northern Arizona 45, Montana 34Box score
Oct 22, 2016North Dakota State 21, Western Illinois 13Box score
Oct 22, 2016Samford 30, Western Carolina 17Box score
Oct 22, 2016Central Arkansas 22, Lamar 12Box score
Oct 22, 2016McNeese 48, Northwestern State 27Box score
Oct 22, 2016Vanderbilt 35, Tennessee State 17Box score
Oct 22, 2016Weber State 37, Southern Utah 36Box score
Oct 22, 2016Cal Poly 21, UC Davis 16Box score