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2020: Week 15

37 games. Four ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. 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

Dec 12, 202020North Carolina 62, 9Miami 26upsetBox score
Dec 12, 202019Iowa 28, 25Wisconsin 7upsetBox score

Upsets

Dec 12, 2020LSU 37, 6Florida 34upsetBox score
Dec 12, 202020North Carolina 62, 9Miami 26upsetBox score
Dec 12, 202019Iowa 28, 25Wisconsin 7upsetBox 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

Kyle Trask29 of 47, 474 yards, 2 TD, 2 INTFlorida vs. LSU
  1. Dorian Thompson-Robinson UCLA30 of 36, 364 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
  2. Kedon Slovis USC30 of 47, 344 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT

Rushing

Javonte WilliamsNo. 2 this week23 carries, 236 yards, 3 TDNorth Carolina at Miami
  1. Michael Carter North Carolina24 carries, 308 yards, 2 TD
  2. Vincent Davis Pittsburgh25 carries, 247 yards, 1 TD

Receiving

Dillon Stoner8 catches, 247 yards, 3 TDOklahoma State at Baylor
  1. Jaelon Darden North Texas8 catches, 173 yards, 4 TD
  2. Justin Hall Ball State10 catches, 175 yards, 2 TD

Defense

Carlton Martial21 tackles, 1 sack, 2.5 for loss, 1 INTTroy vs. Coastal Carolina
  1. Troy Brown Central Michigan14 tackles, 2 sacks, 4 for loss
  2. Darius Muasau Hawai’i18 tackles, 1 sack, 2.5 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

Dec 10, 2020Southern Miss 45, Florida Atlantic 31Box score
Dec 10, 2020Pittsburgh 34, Georgia Tech 20Box score
Dec 11, 2020North Texas 45, UTEP 43Box score
Dec 11, 2020Arizona State 70, Arizona 7Box score
Dec 11, 2020San José State 30, Nevada 20Box score
Dec 12, 2020Rutgers 27, Maryland 24Box score
Dec 12, 202015Northwestern 28, Illinois 10Box score
Dec 12, 2020Minnesota 24, Nebraska 17Box score
Dec 12, 2020Penn State 39, Michigan State 24Box score
Dec 12, 2020Utah 38, 21Colorado 21Box score
Dec 12, 2020Eastern Michigan 41, Northern Illinois 33Box score
Dec 12, 2020Ball State 30, Western Michigan 27Box score
Dec 12, 2020Louisville 45, Wake Forest 21Box score
Dec 12, 202012Georgia 49, Missouri 14Box score
Dec 12, 20201Alabama 52, Arkansas 3Box score
Dec 12, 2020UAB 21, Rice 16Box score
Dec 12, 202024Buffalo 56, Akron 7Box score
Dec 12, 2020Army 15, Navy 0Box score
Dec 12, 2020Toledo 24, Central Michigan 23Box score
Dec 12, 202011Coastal Carolina 42, Troy 38Box score
Dec 12, 202020North Carolina 62, 9Miami 26upsetBox score
Dec 12, 202019Iowa 28, 25Wisconsin 7upsetBox score
Dec 12, 2020Oklahoma State 42, Baylor 3Box score
Dec 12, 2020Memphis 30, Houston 27Box score
Dec 12, 2020Florida State 56, Duke 35Box score
Dec 12, 2020Tennessee 42, Vanderbilt 17Box score
Dec 12, 2020App State 34, Georgia Southern 26Box score
Dec 12, 2020Boise State 17, Wyoming 9Box score
Dec 12, 2020LSU 37, 6Florida 34upsetBox score
Dec 12, 2020TCU 52, Louisiana Tech 10Box score
Dec 12, 202016USC 43, UCLA 38Box score
Dec 12, 2020Auburn 24, Mississippi State 10Box score
Dec 12, 2020Virginia Tech 33, Virginia 15Box score
Dec 12, 2020Stanford 27, Oregon State 24Box score
Dec 12, 202014BYU 28, San Diego State 14Box score
Dec 12, 2020New Mexico 49, Fresno State 39Box score
Dec 12, 2020Hawai’i 38, UNLV 21Box score