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2017: Week 8

110 games. Two ranked teams lost. Two 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 21, 20172Penn State 42, 19Michigan 13Box score
Oct 21, 201713Notre Dame 49, 11USC 14Box score

Big days

Passing

Drew Lock23 of 33, 467 yards, 6 TD, 1 INTMissouri vs. Idaho
  1. Will Grier West Virginia26 of 37, 375 yards, 5 TD
  2. Riley Ferguson Memphis33 of 53, 471 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Derrius GuiceNo. 2 this week22 carries, 276 yards, 1 TDLSU at Ole Miss
  1. Darrin Hall Pittsburgh24 carries, 254 yards, 3 TD
  2. Josh Adams Notre Dame19 carries, 191 yards, 3 TD

Receiving

Jalen Virgil5 catches, 186 yards, 2 TDApp State vs. Coastal Carolina
  1. David Sills V West Virginia7 catches, 136 yards, 3 TD
  2. J’Mon Moore Missouri11 catches, 174 yards, 1 TD

Defense

Carl Granderson12 tackles, 3 sacks, 3.5 for lossWyoming at Boise State
  1. Brian Womac Rice9 tackles, 3 sacks, 4 for loss
  2. Joe Ostman Central Michigan5 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 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 19, 2017Arkansas State 47, Louisiana 3Box score
Oct 19, 201725Memphis 42, Houston 38Box score
Oct 20, 2017Western Kentucky 35, Old Dominion 31Box score
Oct 20, 2017Marshall 38, Middle Tennessee 10Box score
Oct 20, 2017Air Force 45, Nevada 42Box score
Oct 20, 2017Colorado State 27, New Mexico 24Box score
Oct 21, 2017Missouri 68, Idaho 21Box score
Oct 21, 2017Iowa State 31, Texas Tech 13Box score
Oct 21, 201710Oklahoma State 13, Texas 10Box score
Oct 21, 2017Army 31, Temple 28Box score
Oct 21, 2017Northwestern 17, Iowa 10Box score
Oct 21, 2017Rutgers 14, Purdue 12Box score
Oct 21, 20175Wisconsin 38, Maryland 13Box score
Oct 21, 2017Louisville 31, Florida State 28Box score
Oct 21, 2017UConn 20, Tulsa 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017Toledo 48, Akron 21Box score
Oct 21, 2017Pittsburgh 24, Duke 17Box score
Oct 21, 2017Boston College 41, Virginia 10Box score
Oct 21, 2017Troy 34, Georgia State 10Box score
Oct 21, 2017Ohio 48, Kent State 3Box score
Oct 21, 2017Northern Illinois 48, Bowling Green 17Box score
Oct 21, 2017Western Michigan 20, Eastern Michigan 17Box score
Oct 21, 2017Miami (OH) 24, Buffalo 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017Central Michigan 56, Ball State 9Box score
Oct 21, 20171Alabama 45, Tennessee 7Box score
Oct 21, 2017Arizona State 30, Utah 10Box score
Oct 21, 201718Michigan State 17, Indiana 9Box score
Oct 21, 2017Minnesota 24, Illinois 17Box score
Oct 21, 20178Miami 27, Syracuse 19Box score
Oct 21, 201714Virginia Tech 59, North Carolina 7Box score
Oct 21, 2017Massachusetts 55, Georgia Southern 20Box score
Oct 21, 201720UCF 31, Navy 21Box score
Oct 21, 2017App State 37, Coastal Carolina 29Box score
Oct 21, 2017Mississippi State 45, Kentucky 7Box score
Oct 21, 2017UCLA 31, Oregon 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017SMU 31, Cincinnati 28Box score
Oct 21, 20179Oklahoma 42, Kansas State 35Box score
Oct 21, 2017Florida Atlantic 69, North Texas 31Box score
Oct 21, 2017South Alabama 33, UL Monroe 23Box score
Oct 21, 2017Utah State 52, UNLV 28Box score
Oct 21, 2017Charlotte 25, UAB 24Box score
Oct 21, 2017Southern Miss 34, Louisiana Tech 27Box score
Oct 21, 2017UTSA 20, Rice 7Box score
Oct 21, 2017East Carolina 33, BYU 17Box score
Oct 21, 201716South Florida 34, Tulane 28Box score
Oct 21, 201724LSU 40, Ole Miss 24Box score
Oct 21, 201721Auburn 52, Arkansas 20Box score
Oct 21, 201713Notre Dame 49, 11USC 14Box score
Oct 21, 20172Penn State 42, 19Michigan 13Box score
Oct 21, 2017Georgia Tech 38, Wake Forest 24Box score
Oct 21, 20174TCU 43, Kansas 0Box score
Oct 21, 201723West Virginia 38, Baylor 36Box score
Oct 21, 2017Arizona 45, California 44Box score
Oct 21, 2017Boise State 24, Wyoming 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017Fresno State 27, San Diego State 3Box score
Oct 21, 201715Washington State 28, Colorado 0Box score

Everyone else

Oct 20, 2017Princeton 52, Harvard 17Box score
Oct 21, 2017Elon 35, Rhode Island 34Box score
Oct 21, 2017Central Connecticut 31, Bryant 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017Duquesne 24, Saint Francis 7Box score
Oct 21, 2017Sacred Heart 21, Robert Morris 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017San Diego 63, Jacksonville 10Box score
Oct 21, 2017Colgate 45, Holy Cross 7Box score
Oct 21, 2017Columbia 22, Dartmouth 17upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2017Monmouth 56, Liberty 39Box score
Oct 21, 2017Yale 24, Pennsylvania 19Box score
Oct 21, 2017North Carolina A&T 24, Bethune-Cookman 20Box score
Oct 21, 2017Howard 39, Morgan State 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017Butler 37, Campbell 23Box score
Oct 21, 2017Dayton 48, Davidson 22Box score
Oct 21, 2017Drake 19, Marist 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017Morehead State 29, Stetson 26Box score
Oct 21, 2017Sacramento State 34, North Dakota 27Box score
Oct 21, 2017Furman 28, Mercer 21Box score
Oct 21, 2017Samford 24, Wofford 21upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2017Western Carolina 26, VMI 7Box score
Oct 21, 2017New Hampshire 40, Towson 17Box score
Oct 21, 2017Northern Iowa 19, Youngstown State 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017Fordham 17, Georgetown 9Box score
Oct 21, 2017The Citadel 20, Chattanooga 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017Delaware State 17, South Carolina State 14upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2017Hampton 31, Florida A&M 27Box score
Oct 21, 2017Norfolk State 28, North Carolina Central 21upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2017Montana State 27, Northern Colorado 24Box score
Oct 21, 2017Illinois State 37, South Dakota 21Box score
Oct 21, 2017Southern Illinois 45, Indiana State 24Box score
Oct 21, 2017South Dakota State 62, Missouri State 30Box score
Oct 21, 2017Jacksonville State 30, Eastern Illinois 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017Eastern Kentucky 31, UT Martin 21upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2017Grambling 41, Alcorn State 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017Cornell 34, Brown 7Box score
Oct 21, 2017Mississippi Valley State 53, Virginia Lynchburg 5Box score
Oct 21, 2017Delaware 42, Richmond 35Box score
Oct 21, 2017James Madison 46, William & Mary 14Box score
Oct 21, 2017Maine 12, UAlbany 10Box score
Oct 21, 2017North Dakota State 24, Western Illinois 12Box score
Oct 21, 2017Bucknell 13, Lafayette 7Box score
Oct 21, 2017SE Louisiana 56, Abilene Christian 21Box score
Oct 21, 2017Sam Houston 63, Lamar 27Box score
Oct 21, 2017Stephen F. Austin 27, Houston Christian 10Box score
Oct 21, 2017Idaho State 59, Portland State 30Box score
Oct 21, 2017Austin Peay 38, Southeast Missouri State 31Box score
Oct 21, 2017Charleston Southern 52, Savannah State 27Box score
Oct 21, 2017Northern Arizona 45, UC Davis 31Box score
Oct 21, 2017Kennesaw State 17, Gardner-Webb 3Box score
Oct 21, 2017Central Arkansas 45, Northwestern State 17Box score
Oct 21, 2017McNeese 55, Incarnate Word 7Box score
Oct 21, 2017Southern 35, Jackson State 17Box score
Oct 21, 2017Southern Utah 46, Eastern Washington 28Box score
Oct 21, 2017Weber State 17, Cal Poly 3Box score