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2020: Week 7

31 games. Five ranked teams lost, four to unranked teams. One game matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 17, 20202Alabama 41, 3Georgia 24Box score

Upsets

Oct 17, 2020Florida State 31, 5North Carolina 28upsetBox score
Oct 17, 2020South Carolina 30, 14Auburn 22upsetBox score
Oct 17, 2020Kentucky 34, 18Tennessee 7upsetBox score
Oct 14, 2020Coastal Carolina 30, 21Louisiana 27upsetBox 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

Dillon Gabriel31 of 43, 548 yards, 5 TDUCF at Memphis
  1. Brady White Memphis34 of 50, 486 yards, 6 TD
  2. Trevor Lawrence Clemson24 of 32, 404 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Hendon HookerNo. 2 this week18 carries, 164 yards, 3 TDVirginia Tech vs. Boston College
  1. Jason Bean North Texas10 carries, 169 yards, 3 TD
  2. Leddie Brown West Virginia18 carries, 195 yards, 1 TD

Receiving

Dax Milne9 catches, 184 yards, 3 TDBYU at Houston
  1. Jaelon Darden North Texas10 catches, 204 yards, 1 TD
  2. Jonathan Adams Jr. Arkansas State15 catches, 177 yards, 2 TD

Defense

Payton WilsonNo. 2 this week19 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 0.5 for loss, 1 INTNC State vs. Duke
  1. Grant Morgan Arkansas19 tackles, 1 sack, 3 for loss, 1 INT, 1 TD
  2. Gregory Grate Jr. Middle Tennessee11 tackles, 1 sack, 2 for loss, 1 TD
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.
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The week’s biggest individual games by FBS players, from CollegeFootballData box scores.

FBS vs. FBS

Oct 14, 2020Coastal Carolina 30, 21Louisiana 27upsetBox score
Oct 15, 2020Arkansas State 59, Georgia State 52Box score
Oct 16, 202017SMU 37, Tulane 34Box score
Oct 16, 202015BYU 43, Houston 26Box score
Oct 17, 2020Temple 39, South Florida 37Box score
Oct 17, 2020Navy 27, East Carolina 23Box score
Oct 17, 2020South Alabama 30, Texas State 20Box score
Oct 17, 20201Clemson 73, Georgia Tech 7Box score
Oct 17, 202013Miami 31, Pittsburgh 19Box score
Oct 17, 2020Liberty 38, Syracuse 21Box score
Oct 17, 2020West Virginia 38, Kansas 17Box score
Oct 17, 2020South Carolina 30, 14Auburn 22upsetBox score
Oct 17, 2020Kentucky 34, 18Tennessee 7upsetBox score
Oct 17, 2020UAB 37, Western Kentucky 14Box score
Oct 17, 2020Army 28, UTSA 16Box score
Oct 17, 20204Notre Dame 12, Louisville 7Box score
Oct 17, 2020Memphis 50, UCF 49Box score
Oct 17, 2020NC State 31, Duke 20Box score
Oct 17, 2020Arkansas 33, Ole Miss 21Box score
Oct 17, 2020Wake Forest 40, Virginia 23Box score
Oct 17, 202011Texas A&M 28, Mississippi State 14Box score
Oct 17, 2020Georgia Southern 41, Massachusetts 0Box score
Oct 17, 2020North Texas 52, Middle Tennessee 35Box score
Oct 17, 2020Marshall 35, Louisiana Tech 17Box score
Oct 17, 2020Florida State 31, 5North Carolina 28upsetBox score
Oct 17, 202023Virginia Tech 40, Boston College 14Box score
Oct 17, 20202Alabama 41, 3Georgia 24Box score

Everyone else

Oct 17, 2020Jacksonville State 24, North Alabama 17Box score
Oct 17, 2020Troy 31, Eastern Kentucky 29Box score
Oct 17, 2020Stephen F. Austin 31, Angelo State 12Box score
Oct 17, 2020Central Arkansas 33, Missouri State 24Box score