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2017: Week 9

114 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

Oct 28, 20176Ohio State 39, 2Penn State 38Box score
Oct 28, 20179Notre Dame 35, 14NC State 14Box score
Oct 28, 201725Iowa State 14, 4TCU 7upsetBox score
Oct 28, 201711Oklahoma State 50, 22West Virginia 39Box score

Upsets

Oct 28, 201725Iowa State 14, 4TCU 7upsetBox score
Oct 28, 2017Northwestern 39, 16Michigan State 31upsetBox score
Oct 28, 2017Houston 28, 17South Florida 24upsetBox 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

John Wolford28 of 34, 461 yards, 5 TDWake Forest vs. Louisville
  1. Brian Lewerke Michigan State39 of 57, 445 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
  2. Drew Lock Missouri31 of 37, 377 yards, 5 TD

Rushing

Devin Singletary36 carries, 244 yards, 4 TDFlorida Atlantic at Western Kentucky
  1. Rashaad Penny San Diego State30 carries, 253 yards, 2 TD
  2. Ronald Jones II USC18 carries, 216 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

Steven Sims Jr.9 catches, 233 yards, 1 TDKansas vs. Kansas State
  1. Greg Dortch Wake Forest10 catches, 167 yards, 4 TD
  2. Diontae Johnson Toledo4 catches, 170 yards, 2 TD

Defense

Brad MuhammadNo. 3 this week10 tackles, 2 INT, 1 TDFlorida International at Marshall
  1. Genard Avery Memphis8 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 5.5 for loss
  2. David Long Jr. West Virginia18 tackles, 7 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 26, 2017Northern Illinois 30, Eastern Michigan 27Box score
Oct 26, 2017Toledo 58, Ball State 17Box score
Oct 26, 2017Georgia State 21, South Alabama 13Box score
Oct 26, 201720Stanford 15, Oregon State 14Box score
Oct 27, 2017Boston College 35, Florida State 3Box score
Oct 27, 201724Memphis 56, Tulane 26Box score
Oct 27, 2017SMU 38, Tulsa 34Box score
Oct 28, 2017Akron 21, Buffalo 20Box score
Oct 28, 2017Arkansas 38, Ole Miss 37Box score
Oct 28, 201711Oklahoma State 50, 22West Virginia 39Box score
Oct 28, 2017Texas 38, Baylor 7Box score
Oct 28, 20175Wisconsin 24, Illinois 10Box score
Oct 28, 2017Michigan 35, Rutgers 14Box score
Oct 28, 20178Miami 24, North Carolina 19Box score
Oct 28, 2017Wake Forest 42, Louisville 32Box score
Oct 28, 2017Pittsburgh 31, Virginia 14Box score
Oct 28, 2017Colorado 44, California 28Box score
Oct 28, 2017Florida International 41, Marshall 30Box score
Oct 28, 2017Kansas State 30, Kansas 20Box score
Oct 28, 2017Air Force 45, Colorado State 28Box score
Oct 28, 2017BYU 41, San José State 20Box score
Oct 28, 20173Georgia 42, Florida 7Box score
Oct 28, 201725Iowa State 14, 4TCU 7upsetBox score
Oct 28, 20179Notre Dame 35, 14NC State 14Box score
Oct 28, 201712Washington 44, UCLA 23Box score
Oct 28, 2017Northwestern 39, 16Michigan State 31upsetBox score
Oct 28, 2017Maryland 42, Indiana 39Box score
Oct 28, 20176Ohio State 39, 2Penn State 38Box score
Oct 28, 2017Louisiana Tech 42, Rice 28Box score
Oct 28, 2017Massachusetts 30, App State 27Box score
Oct 28, 2017Troy 38, Georgia Southern 16Box score
Oct 28, 2017Houston 28, 17South Florida 24upsetBox score
Oct 28, 2017South Carolina 34, Vanderbilt 27Box score
Oct 28, 2017Florida Atlantic 42, Western Kentucky 28Box score
Oct 28, 2017Idaho 31, UL Monroe 23Box score
Oct 28, 2017Oregon 41, Utah 20Box score
Oct 28, 2017Texas State 27, Coastal Carolina 7Box score
Oct 28, 2017Missouri 52, UConn 12Box score
Oct 28, 2017Iowa 17, Minnesota 10Box score
Oct 28, 2017North Texas 45, Old Dominion 38Box score
Oct 28, 2017UAB 30, Southern Miss 12Box score
Oct 28, 2017Mississippi State 35, Texas A&M 14Box score
Oct 28, 201713Virginia Tech 24, Duke 3Box score
Oct 28, 2017Kentucky 29, Tennessee 26Box score
Oct 28, 2017Nebraska 25, Purdue 24Box score
Oct 28, 2017Wyoming 42, New Mexico 3Box score
Oct 28, 201710Oklahoma 49, Texas Tech 27Box score
Oct 28, 20177Clemson 24, Georgia Tech 10Box score
Oct 28, 2017UTSA 31, UTEP 14Box score
Oct 28, 2017Arkansas State 37, New Mexico State 21Box score
Oct 28, 2017Arizona 58, 15Washington State 37Box score
Oct 28, 2017Boise State 41, Utah State 14Box score
Oct 28, 2017UNLV 26, Fresno State 16Box score
Oct 28, 201721USC 48, Arizona State 17Box score
Oct 28, 2017San Diego State 28, Hawai’i 7Box score

Everyone else

Oct 28, 2017Liberty 33, Gardner-Webb 17Box score
Oct 28, 2017Maine 23, William & Mary 6Box score
Oct 28, 2017Harvard 25, Dartmouth 22Box score
Oct 28, 2017Bryant 31, Wagner 16Box score
Oct 28, 2017Duquesne 37, Sacred Heart 21Box score
Oct 28, 2017Saint Francis 36, Robert Morris 7Box score
Oct 28, 2017Pennsylvania 17, Brown 7Box score
Oct 28, 2017Rhode Island 31, UAlbany 14upsetBox score
Oct 28, 2017Yale 23, Columbia 6Box score
Oct 28, 2017Colgate 40, Bucknell 3Box score
Oct 28, 2017Fordham 45, Lehigh 35Box score
Oct 28, 2017Wofford 31, East Tennessee State 24Box score
Oct 28, 2017Florida A&M 34, Morgan State 31Box score
Oct 28, 2017Dayton 27, Butler 22Box score
Oct 28, 2017San Diego 48, Stetson 7Box score
Oct 28, 2017Holy Cross 24, Georgetown 10Box score
Oct 28, 2017Howard 28, South Carolina State 20Box score
Oct 28, 2017Illinois State 35, Youngstown State 0Box score
Oct 28, 2017South Dakota State 52, Western Illinois 24Box score
Oct 28, 2017The Citadel 21, VMI 3Box score
Oct 28, 2017North Carolina Central 42, Delaware State 14Box score
Oct 28, 2017Savannah State 27, Norfolk State 9upsetBox score
Oct 28, 2017Jacksonville 54, Campbell 48Box score
Oct 28, 2017Drake 17, Davidson 12Box score
Oct 28, 2017Valparaiso 63, Morehead State 32Box score
Oct 28, 2017Southern Utah 27, Northern Colorado 14Box score
Oct 28, 2017Kennesaw State 28, Presbyterian 0Box score
Oct 28, 2017Tennessee Tech 30, Tennessee State 26Box score
Oct 28, 2017Stony Brook 27, Richmond 24Box score
Oct 28, 2017Missouri State 59, Indiana State 20Box score
Oct 28, 2017UT Martin 27, Eastern Illinois 10Box score
Oct 28, 2017Chattanooga 23, Samford 21upsetBox score
Oct 28, 2017Nicholls 38, Incarnate Word 31Box score
Oct 28, 2017Jackson State 24, Mississippi Valley State 5Box score
Oct 28, 2017Grambling 50, Texas Southern 24Box score
Oct 28, 2017Prairie View A&M 34, Bacone College 17Box score
Oct 28, 2017Montana State 28, Idaho State 14Box score
Oct 28, 2017Elon 19, Villanova 14upsetBox score
Oct 28, 2017James Madison 21, New Hampshire 0Box score
Oct 28, 2017North Dakota State 30, Northern Iowa 14Box score
Oct 28, 2017Furman 28, Western Carolina 6Box score
Oct 28, 2017Alabama State 21, Alabama A&M 16Box score
Oct 28, 2017Weber State 41, Montana 27Box score
Oct 28, 2017Towson 18, Delaware 17Box score
Oct 28, 2017South Dakota 42, Southern Illinois 0Box score
Oct 28, 2017Eastern Kentucky 26, Murray State 13Box score
Oct 28, 2017Jacksonville State 23, Southeast Missouri State 7Box score
Oct 28, 2017Bethune-Cookman 24, Hampton 21Box score
Oct 28, 2017Southern 47, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 40Box score
Oct 28, 201718UCF 73, Austin Peay 33Box score
Oct 28, 2017Monmouth 23, Charleston Southern 20Box score
Oct 28, 2017UC Davis 31, Cal Poly 28Box score
Oct 28, 2017North Dakota 48, Portland State 21Box score
Oct 28, 2017Northern Arizona 37, Sacramento State 17Box score
Oct 28, 2017Stephen F. Austin 34, Lamar 7Box score
Oct 28, 2017Central Arkansas 47, McNeese 17Box score
Oct 28, 2017Northwestern State 10, Houston Christian 7Box score
Oct 28, 2017Cornell 29, Princeton 28upsetBox score
Oct 28, 2017Sam Houston 33, SE Louisiana 23Box score