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2021: Week 5

198 games. Nine ranked teams lost, five 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 2, 20212Georgia 37, 8Arkansas 0Box score
Oct 2, 20211Alabama 42, 12Ole Miss 21Box score
Oct 2, 20217Cincinnati 24, 9Notre Dame 13Box score
Oct 2, 202119Oklahoma State 24, 21Baylor 14Box score

Upsets

Oct 2, 2021Stanford 31, 3Oregon 24upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Kentucky 20, 10Florida 13upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Mississippi State 26, 15Texas A&M 22upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Hawai’i 27, 18Fresno State 24upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Arizona State 42, 20UCLA 23upsetBox 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

Kenny PickettNo. 2 this week23 of 36, 389 yards, 4 TDPittsburgh at Georgia Tech
  1. Bailey Zappe Western Kentucky46 of 64, 488 yards, 3 TD
  2. Will Rogers Mississippi State46 of 59, 408 yards, 3 TD

Rushing

Chase Brown26 carries, 257 yards, 2 TDIllinois vs. Charlotte
  1. Tyler Allgeier BYU22 carries, 218 yards, 3 TD
  2. Keaton Mitchell East Carolina15 carries, 222 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

Skyy MooreNo. 2 this week11 catches, 163 yards, 2 TDWestern Michigan at Buffalo
  1. Jerreth Sterns Western Kentucky17 catches, 186 yards, 1 TD
  2. Josh Downs North Carolina8 catches, 168 yards, 1 TD

Defense

Vince Sanford8 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 3.5 for lossAir Force at New Mexico
  1. Joey Noble New Mexico18 tackles, 1 sack, 2.5 for loss
  2. Khoury Bethley Hawai’i9 tackles, 1 sack, 1 for loss, 2 INT
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.

The week’s biggest individual games by FBS players, from CollegeFootballData box scores.

FBS vs. FBS

Sep 30, 2021Virginia 30, Miami 28Box score
Oct 1, 2021Houston 45, Tulsa 10Box score
Oct 1, 20215Iowa 51, Maryland 14Box score
Oct 1, 202113BYU 34, Utah State 20Box score
Oct 2, 20212Georgia 37, 8Arkansas 0Box score
Oct 2, 2021Tennessee 62, Missouri 24Box score
Oct 2, 2021Illinois 24, Charlotte 14Box score
Oct 2, 2021Pittsburgh 52, Georgia Tech 21Box score
Oct 2, 2021North Carolina 38, Duke 7Box score
Oct 2, 202114Michigan 38, Wisconsin 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Minnesota 20, Purdue 13Box score
Oct 2, 2021Toledo 45, Massachusetts 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Texas 32, TCU 27Box score
Oct 2, 2021Temple 34, Memphis 31Box score
Oct 2, 2021Western Michigan 24, Buffalo 17Box score
Oct 2, 202124Wake Forest 37, Louisville 34Box score
Oct 2, 2021App State 45, Georgia State 16Box score
Oct 2, 2021USC 37, Colorado 14Box score
Oct 2, 20217Cincinnati 24, 9Notre Dame 13Box score
Oct 2, 2021Northern Illinois 27, Eastern Michigan 20Box score
Oct 2, 202116Coastal Carolina 59, UL Monroe 6Box score
Oct 2, 20211Alabama 42, 12Ole Miss 21Box score
Oct 2, 2021South Carolina 23, Troy 14Box score
Oct 2, 2021Florida Atlantic 58, Florida International 21Box score
Oct 2, 2021Florida State 33, Syracuse 30Box score
Oct 2, 202111Ohio State 52, Rutgers 13Box score
Oct 2, 20216Oklahoma 37, Kansas State 31Box score
Oct 2, 2021Texas Tech 23, West Virginia 20Box score
Oct 2, 2021Navy 34, UCF 30Box score
Oct 2, 2021East Carolina 52, Tulane 29Box score
Oct 2, 2021Miami (OH) 28, Central Michigan 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Ohio 34, Akron 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Kent State 27, Bowling Green 20Box score
Oct 2, 2021Stanford 31, 3Oregon 24upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Nevada 41, Boise State 31Box score
Oct 2, 2021SMU 41, South Florida 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Georgia Southern 59, Arkansas State 33Box score
Oct 2, 2021Ball State 28, Army 16Box score
Oct 2, 2021Washington State 21, California 6Box score
Oct 2, 2021Kentucky 20, 10Florida 13upsetBox score
Oct 2, 202123NC State 34, Louisiana Tech 27Box score
Oct 2, 2021UTSA 24, UNLV 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Rice 24, Southern Miss 19Box score
Oct 2, 2021Air Force 38, New Mexico 10Box score
Oct 2, 2021Mississippi State 26, 15Texas A&M 22upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Middle Tennessee 34, Marshall 28Box score
Oct 2, 2021Liberty 36, UAB 12Box score
Oct 2, 2021Iowa State 59, Kansas 7Box score
Oct 2, 202119Oklahoma State 24, 21Baylor 14Box score
Oct 2, 2021Vanderbilt 30, UConn 28Box score
Oct 2, 202117Michigan State 48, Western Kentucky 31Box score
Oct 2, 202125Clemson 19, Boston College 13Box score
Oct 2, 20214Penn State 24, Indiana 0Box score
Oct 2, 2021Nebraska 56, Northwestern 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Louisiana 20, South Alabama 18Box score
Oct 2, 202122Auburn 24, LSU 19Box score
Oct 2, 2021UTEP 28, Old Dominion 21Box score
Oct 2, 2021Oregon State 27, Washington 24Box score
Oct 2, 2021Arizona State 42, 20UCLA 23upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021San José State 37, New Mexico State 31Box score
Oct 2, 2021Hawai’i 27, 18Fresno State 24upsetBox score

Everyone else

Sep 26, 2021Southern 38, Mississippi Valley State 25Box score
Sep 30, 2021Ashland 35, Walsh 10Box score
Sep 30, 2021Prairie View A&M 27, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 17Box score
Oct 1, 2021Dartmouth 31, Pennsylvania 7Box score
Oct 1, 2021Southern Connecticut State 23, American International 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Rhode Island 27, Stony Brook 20Box score
Oct 2, 2021Saint Francis 27, Morgan State 14Box score
Oct 2, 2021Drake 6, Butler 3Box score
Oct 2, 2021New Haven 28, Pace 14Box score
Oct 2, 2021Shepherd 59, Shippensburg 27Box score
Oct 2, 2021Millersville 31, Lock Haven 29Box score
Oct 2, 2021Charleston (WV) 38, Notre Dame College 28Box score
Oct 2, 2021Yale 34, Lehigh 0Box score
Oct 2, 2021Kutztown 21, East Stroudsburg 14Box score
Oct 2, 2021Colgate 28, Georgetown 21Box score
Oct 2, 2021Shaw 27, Virginia Union 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Monmouth 54, Gardner-Webb 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021North Carolina A&T 41, Robert Morris 14Box score
Oct 2, 2021Princeton 24, Columbia 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Ouachita Baptist 64, Northwestern (OK) 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Marist 27, Valparaiso 24Box score
Oct 2, 2021SE Louisiana 38, McNeese 35Box score
Oct 2, 2021Michigan Tech 31, Davenport 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Ferris State 67, Northwood 25Box score
Oct 2, 2021Savannah State 21, Kentucky State 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Minnesota Duluth 26, Minnesota St Moorhead 21Box score
Oct 2, 2021Allen 46, Central State 34Box score
Oct 2, 2021Duquesne 37, Merrimack 14Box score
Oct 2, 2021West Liberty 20, Glenville State 19Box score
Oct 2, 2021Mars Hill 28, Newberry 22Box score
Oct 2, 2021Howard 22, Sacred Heart 17upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Ohio Dominican 32, Kentucky Wesleyan 30Box score
Oct 2, 2021Frostburg State 51, UNC Pembroke 21Box score
Oct 2, 2021Assumption 35, Franklin Pierce 28Box score
Oct 2, 2021Davidson 35, Stetson 28Box score
Oct 2, 2021South Carolina State 42, Bethune-Cookman 35Box score
Oct 2, 2021Harvard 38, Holy Cross 13Box score
Oct 2, 2021Chattanooga 45, Western Carolina 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Bowie State 44, Johnson C. Smith 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Norfolk State 47, Hampton 44Box score
Oct 2, 2021Elon 20, Richmond 7upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Arkansas Tech 51, Southern Nazarene 41Box score
Oct 2, 2021Missouri State 41, Illinois State 20Box score
Oct 2, 2021Morehead State 45, Dayton 38Box score
Oct 2, 2021The Citadel 35, VMI 24Box score
Oct 2, 2021Quincy 31, Missouri S&T 28Box score
Oct 2, 2021Indianapolis 77, Southwest Baptist 10Box score
Oct 2, 2021Grand Valley State 49, Saginaw Valley State 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Wayne State (NE) 38, Winona State 21Box score
Oct 2, 2021Fort Valley State 24, Benedict 14Box score
Oct 2, 2021Tuskegee 21, Clark Atlanta 0Box score
Oct 2, 2021Edward Waters 37, Morehouse 13Box score
Oct 2, 2021Sioux Falls 28, Augustana (SD) 26Box score
Oct 2, 2021West Chester 21, Bloomsburg 20Box score
Oct 2, 2021IU Pennsylvania 28, Gannon 23Box score
Oct 2, 2021Black Hills State 45, Fort Lewis 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Chadron State 46, New Mexico Highlands 16Box score
Oct 2, 2021Colorado School of Mines 20, Western Colorado 14Box score
Oct 2, 2021Emporia State 35, Washburn 30Box score
Oct 2, 2021UVA Wise 35, Lenoir Rhyne 28Box score
Oct 2, 2021Barton 31, Carson Newman 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Fairmont State 31, Concord 27Box score
Oct 2, 2021Wheeling 38, West Virginia Wesleyan 0Box score
Oct 2, 2021Erskine 59, Virginia Lynchburg 13Box score
Oct 2, 2021Elizabeth City State 19, Livingstone 13Box score
Oct 2, 2021Tennessee Tech 28, Southeast Missouri State 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Eastern Kentucky 20, Tarleton State 3Box score
Oct 2, 2021Kennesaw State 31, Jacksonville State 6Box score
Oct 2, 2021Montana State 40, Northern Colorado 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Delaware 20, UAlbany 15Box score
Oct 2, 2021Arkansas Monticello 18, Southwestern Oklahoma State 16Box score
Oct 2, 2021South Dakota 38, Indiana State 10Box score
Oct 2, 2021East Central 38, Southern Arkansas 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021North Dakota State 16, North Dakota 10Box score
Oct 2, 2021Harding 31, Oklahoma Baptist 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Henderson State 27, Southeastern Oklahoma State 24Box score
Oct 2, 2021Grambling 37, Alabama A&M 28upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Mississippi College 42, North Greenville 21upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021South Dakota Mines 45, Adams State 42Box score
Oct 2, 2021University of Mary 49, Northern State 42upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Lane College 71, Texas College 0Box score
Oct 2, 2021Minnesota State 58, Concordia St. Paul 10Box score
Oct 2, 2021Central Missouri 41, Northeastern State 10Box score
Oct 2, 2021Central Oklahoma 69, Lincoln (MO) 28Box score
Oct 2, 2021Pittsburg State 20, Missouri Southern State 16Box score
Oct 2, 2021Findlay 37, Lake Erie 10Box score
Oct 2, 2021Bemidji State 49, Minot State 35Box score
Oct 2, 2021California (PA) 37, Mercyhurst 0Box score
Oct 2, 2021James Madison 23, New Hampshire 21Box score
Oct 2, 2021Bucknell 21, Cornell 10Box score
Oct 2, 2021East Tennessee State 27, Wofford 21Box score
Oct 2, 2021Bentley 34, Saint Anselm 21Box score
Oct 2, 2021Fordham 42, Lafayette 41Box score
Oct 2, 2021Northern Arizona 48, Idaho State 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Mississippi Valley State 17, North Carolina Central 16Box score
Oct 2, 2021Southern Illinois 31, Western Illinois 30Box score
Oct 2, 2021Nicholls 48, Houston Christian 17Box score
Oct 2, 2021Northern Michigan 26, Wayne State (MI) 19Box score
Oct 2, 2021Edinboro 17, Seton Hill 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021CSU Pueblo 19, Colorado Mesa 13Box score
Oct 2, 2021Hillsdale 24, Tiffin 21upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Southwest Minnesota State 20, Upper Iowa 14Box score
Oct 2, 2021San Diego 27, St. Thomas (MN) 24Box score
Oct 2, 2021Bryant 36, Brown 29Box score
Oct 2, 2021Western Oregon 41, West Texas 38Box score
Oct 2, 2021Sam Houston 21, Stephen F. Austin 20Box score
Oct 2, 2021Delaware State 33, Wagner 27Box score
Oct 2, 2021Northern Iowa 34, Youngstown State 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Murray State 22, Eastern Illinois 6Box score
Oct 2, 2021Virginia State 33, St. Augustine’s 9Box score
Oct 2, 2021Chowan 73, Winston-Salem State 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Mercer 45, Samford 42Box score
Oct 2, 2021Florida A&M 28, Alabama State 0Box score
Oct 2, 2021West Alabama 38, West Georgia 20Box score
Oct 2, 2021Slippery Rock 75, Clarion 0Box score
Oct 2, 2021Wingate 43, Tusculum 35Box score
Oct 2, 2021Fayetteville State 46, Lincoln (PA) 9Box score
Oct 2, 2021Central Arkansas 42, Abilene Christian 21Box score
Oct 2, 2021South Dakota State 55, Utah Tech 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Campbell 48, North Alabama 31Box score
Oct 2, 2021Incarnate Word 38, Northwestern State 27Box score
Oct 2, 2021Lindenwood 31, Truman State 21upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Albany State 31, Miles 3Box score
Oct 2, 2021Valdosta State 49, Shorter 13Box score
Oct 2, 2021West Florida 39, Delta State 33Box score
Oct 2, 2021Angelo State 62, Western New Mexico 3Box score
Oct 2, 2021East Texas A&M 72, UFTL 6Box score
Oct 2, 2021Northwest Missouri State 30, Missouri Western 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021West Virginia State 45, Alderson-Broaddus 13Box score
Oct 2, 2021Portland State 20, Southern Utah 13Box score
Oct 2, 2021Tennessee State 24, Austin Peay 22upsetBox score
Oct 2, 2021Fort Hays 42, Nebraska Kearney 35Box score
Oct 2, 2021Eastern New Mexico 52, Lincoln (CA) 6Box score
Oct 2, 2021Weber State 38, Cal Poly 7Box score
Oct 2, 2021Central Washington 30, Midwestern State 20Box score
Oct 2, 2021UC Davis 27, Idaho 20Box score
Oct 2, 2021Eastern Washington 34, Montana 28Box score