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2021: Week 6

189 games. Six ranked teams lost, two 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 9, 20213Iowa 23, 4Penn State 20Box score
Oct 9, 20212Georgia 34, 18Auburn 10Box score
Oct 9, 20216Oklahoma 55, 21Texas 48Box score
Oct 9, 202117Ole Miss 52, 13Arkansas 51Box score

Upsets

Oct 9, 2021Texas A&M 41, 1Alabama 38upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021Boise State 26, 10BYU 17upsetBox 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

Bailey Zappe38 of 60, 523 yards, 5 TD, 1 INTWestern Kentucky vs. UTSA
  1. Max Bortenschlager Florida International19 of 30, 466 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
  2. Brennan Armstrong Virginia40 of 60, 487 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT

Rushing

Kennedy Brooks25 carries, 217 yards, 2 TDOklahoma vs. Texas
  1. Ken Walker III Michigan State29 carries, 233 yards, 1 TD
  2. Tyler Badie Missouri17 carries, 209 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

Xavier WorthyNo. 2 this week9 catches, 261 yards, 2 TDTexas vs. Oklahoma
  1. Isaiah Likely Coastal Carolina8 catches, 232 yards, 4 TD
  2. Jalen Nailor Michigan State5 catches, 221 yards, 3 TD

Defense

T.J. Harris9 tackles, 2 sacks, 2.5 for loss, 1 INTTroy vs. Georgia Southern
  1. Justin Wright Tulsa14 tackles, 1 sack, 2 for loss
  2. Johnny Hodges Navy14 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 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

Oct 7, 2021Houston 40, Tulane 22Box score
Oct 7, 202115Coastal Carolina 52, Arkansas State 20Box score
Oct 8, 2021Charlotte 45, Florida International 33Box score
Oct 8, 20215Cincinnati 52, Temple 3Box score
Oct 8, 202122Arizona State 28, Stanford 10Box score
Oct 9, 202120Florida 42, Vanderbilt 0Box score
Oct 9, 202117Ole Miss 52, 13Arkansas 51Box score
Oct 9, 2021Tennessee 45, South Carolina 20Box score
Oct 9, 20217Ohio State 66, Maryland 17Box score
Oct 9, 202111Michigan State 31, Rutgers 13Box score
Oct 9, 2021Baylor 45, West Virginia 20Box score
Oct 9, 20216Oklahoma 55, 21Texas 48Box score
Oct 9, 2021Northern Illinois 22, Toledo 20Box score
Oct 9, 2021Akron 35, Bowling Green 20Box score
Oct 9, 2021Georgia Tech 31, Duke 27Box score
Oct 9, 2021Marshall 20, Old Dominion 13Box score
Oct 9, 2021Virginia 34, Louisville 33Box score
Oct 9, 20212Georgia 34, 18Auburn 10Box score
Oct 9, 2021UAB 31, Florida Atlantic 14Box score
Oct 9, 2021Liberty 41, Middle Tennessee 13Box score
Oct 9, 2021Florida State 35, North Carolina 25Box score
Oct 9, 202119Wake Forest 40, Syracuse 37Box score
Oct 9, 2021Wisconsin 24, Illinois 0Box score
Oct 9, 2021Massachusetts 27, UConn 13Box score
Oct 9, 202124SMU 31, Navy 24Box score
Oct 9, 2021Eastern Michigan 13, Miami (OH) 12Box score
Oct 9, 2021Ball State 45, Western Michigan 20Box score
Oct 9, 2021Central Michigan 30, Ohio 27Box score
Oct 9, 2021Boise State 26, 10BYU 17upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021Colorado State 32, San José State 14Box score
Oct 9, 2021Missouri 48, North Texas 35Box score
Oct 9, 20213Iowa 23, 4Penn State 20Box score
Oct 9, 2021Washington State 31, Oregon State 24Box score
Oct 9, 2021UCF 20, East Carolina 16Box score
Oct 9, 2021UTEP 26, Southern Miss 13Box score
Oct 9, 2021UTSA 52, Western Kentucky 46Box score
Oct 9, 2021TCU 52, Texas Tech 31Box score
Oct 9, 2021Kent State 48, Buffalo 38Box score
Oct 9, 2021Troy 27, Georgia Southern 24Box score
Oct 9, 2021Texas State 33, South Alabama 31Box score
Oct 9, 2021Air Force 24, Wyoming 14Box score
Oct 9, 202116Kentucky 42, LSU 21Box score
Oct 9, 202114Notre Dame 32, Virginia Tech 29Box score
Oct 9, 20219Michigan 32, Nebraska 29Box score
Oct 9, 2021Texas A&M 41, 1Alabama 38upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021Georgia State 55, UL Monroe 21Box score
Oct 9, 2021Utah 42, USC 26Box score
Oct 9, 2021Tulsa 35, Memphis 29Box score
Oct 9, 202125San Diego State 31, New Mexico 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021UCLA 34, Arizona 16Box score
Oct 9, 2021Nevada 55, New Mexico State 28Box score

Everyone else

Oct 7, 2021Central Oklahoma 49, Northeastern State 9Box score
Oct 8, 2021Assumption 26, Southern Connecticut State 0Box score
Oct 8, 2021Howard 27, Morgan State 0Box score
Oct 9, 2021Elon 33, Maine 23Box score
Oct 9, 2021San Diego 52, Butler 21Box score
Oct 9, 2021Marist 34, Stetson 3Box score
Oct 9, 2021Davenport 18, Northern Michigan 13Box score
Oct 9, 2021Seton Hill 19, Mercyhurst 17Box score
Oct 9, 2021Notre Dame College 23, Frostburg State 21Box score
Oct 9, 2021Newberry 37, UVA Wise 14Box score
Oct 9, 2021Duquesne 39, Bryant 34Box score
Oct 9, 2021UNC Pembroke 34, Wheeling 28Box score
Oct 9, 2021California (PA) 38, Gannon 17Box score
Oct 9, 2021Stonehill 25, American International 0Box score
Oct 9, 2021Brown 31, Colgate 10Box score
Oct 9, 2021Lafayette 27, Bucknell 0Box score
Oct 9, 2021Bowie State 14, Chowan 3Box score
Oct 9, 2021Virginia Union 32, Lincoln (PA) 0Box score
Oct 9, 2021Fayetteville State 15, Shaw 12Box score
Oct 9, 2021Winston-Salem State 26, Johnson C. Smith 12Box score
Oct 9, 2021North Carolina A&T 38, North Alabama 34Box score
Oct 9, 2021Rhode Island 22, Delaware 15Box score
Oct 9, 2021Columbia 22, Central Connecticut 20Box score
Oct 9, 2021Harvard 24, Cornell 10Box score
Oct 9, 2021Pennsylvania 20, Lehigh 0Box score
Oct 9, 2021Indiana State 37, Western Illinois 27Box score
Oct 9, 2021Dayton 28, Drake 10Box score
Oct 9, 2021Morehead State 38, Presbyterian 30Box score
Oct 9, 2021SE Louisiana 58, Nicholls 48Box score
Oct 9, 2021New Haven 56, Saint Anselm 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021West Alabama 44, Shorter 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021Bemidji State 42, Concordia St. Paul 14Box score
Oct 9, 2021Shepherd 75, Lock Haven 21Box score
Oct 9, 2021Shippensburg 34, West Chester 18Box score
Oct 9, 2021Charleston (WV) 20, Glenville State 9Box score
Oct 9, 2021Catawba 33, Carson Newman 27Box score
Oct 9, 2021Lenoir Rhyne 38, Tusculum 31Box score
Oct 9, 2021Wingate 35, Limestone 17Box score
Oct 9, 2021Princeton 31, Monmouth 28Box score
Oct 9, 2021Saint Francis 55, Long Island University 10Box score
Oct 9, 2021Fordham 56, Wagner 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021Bluefield State 23, UFTL 9Box score
Oct 9, 2021Concord 20, West Liberty 16Box score
Oct 9, 2021Bentley 26, Pace 0Box score
Oct 9, 2021Livingstone 21, St. Augustine’s 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021Dartmouth 24, Yale 17Box score
Oct 9, 2021VMI 37, Chattanooga 34Box score
Oct 9, 2021Furman 42, Wofford 20Box score
Oct 9, 2021Mars Hill 40, Barton 32Box score
Oct 9, 2021West Virginia State 38, West Virginia Wesleyan 3Box score
Oct 9, 2021Kennesaw State 34, Hampton 15Box score
Oct 9, 2021Villanova 28, James Madison 27upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021Delaware State 56, Virginia Lynchburg 6Box score
Oct 9, 2021Tennessee Tech 27, North Carolina Central 16upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021Youngstown State 41, Missouri State 33Box score
Oct 9, 2021North Dakota State 34, Northern Iowa 20Box score
Oct 9, 2021St. Thomas (MN) 20, Valparaiso 13Box score
Oct 9, 2021Lindenwood 33, Quincy 28Box score
Oct 9, 2021Truman State 38, Missouri S&T 21Box score
Oct 9, 2021Albany State 30, Edward Waters 0Box score
Oct 9, 2021Clark Atlanta 21, Allen 12Box score
Oct 9, 2021Fort Valley State 35, Central State 14Box score
Oct 9, 2021Kentucky State 49, Lane College 14Box score
Oct 9, 2021Augustana (SD) 37, Upper Iowa 20Box score
Oct 9, 2021Kutztown 34, Bloomsburg 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021IU Pennsylvania 58, Clarion 21Box score
Oct 9, 2021Sacred Heart 20, Merrimack 10Box score
Oct 9, 2021South Dakota Mines 42, Fort Lewis 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021Central Missouri 45, Emporia State 38Box score
Oct 9, 2021Washburn 23, Fort Hays 20Box score
Oct 9, 2021Slippery Rock 49, Edinboro 13Box score
Oct 9, 2021Wayne State (NE) 35, Minnesota State 24Box score
Oct 9, 2021Hillsdale 20, Walsh 3Box score
Oct 9, 2021Fairmont State 44, Alderson-Broaddus 10Box score
Oct 9, 2021East Stroudsburg 27, Millersville 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021Northwest Missouri State 20, Pittsburg State 19Box score
Oct 9, 2021Montana 31, Utah Tech 14Box score
Oct 9, 2021Sam Houston 41, Lamar 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021Eastern Washington 63, Northern Colorado 17Box score
Oct 9, 2021Idaho State 27, UC Davis 17upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021Robert Morris 31, Charleston Southern 24Box score
Oct 9, 2021Arkansas Tech 38, Oklahoma Baptist 35Box score
Oct 9, 2021Henderson State 59, East Central 24Box score
Oct 9, 2021South Dakota 20, North Dakota 13Box score
Oct 9, 2021Southern Illinois 42, South Dakota State 41upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021Harding 49, Southern Nazarene 10Box score
Oct 9, 2021UT Martin 48, Murray State 24Box score
Oct 9, 2021Ouachita Baptist 30, Southwestern Oklahoma State 10Box score
Oct 9, 2021Alabama State 35, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 15Box score
Oct 9, 2021Alcorn State 24, Grambling 20Box score
Oct 9, 2021Jackson State 61, Alabama A&M 15upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021West Georgia 40, Mississippi College 21Box score
Oct 9, 2021Minnesota St Moorhead 29, Minot State 17Box score
Oct 9, 2021Northern State 52, Winona State 49Box score
Oct 9, 2021Minnesota Duluth 31, University of Mary 27Box score
Oct 9, 2021Colorado School of Mines 41, Black Hills State 20Box score
Oct 9, 2021CSU Pueblo 42, Chadron State 17Box score
Oct 9, 2021Missouri Southern State 52, Lincoln (MO) 32Box score
Oct 9, 2021Nebraska Kearney 35, Missouri Western 14Box score
Oct 9, 2021Tiffin 35, Lake Erie 17Box score
Oct 9, 2021Western Colorado 45, New Mexico Highlands 38Box score
Oct 9, 2021William & Mary 31, UAlbany 24Box score
Oct 9, 2021Southeastern Oklahoma State 38, Southern Arkansas 24Box score
Oct 9, 2021Mercer 34, Western Carolina 24Box score
Oct 9, 2021Jacksonville State 28, Stephen F. Austin 24Box score
Oct 9, 2021Montana State 45, Cal Poly 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021Towson 21, Stony Brook 14Box score
Oct 9, 2021Southeast Missouri State 30, Austin Peay 14upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021Mississippi Valley State 20, Bethune-Cookman 14upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021Southwest Baptist 55, William Jewell 10Box score
Oct 9, 2021Findlay 31, Kentucky Wesleyan 19Box score
Oct 9, 2021Central Washington 45, Western Oregon 14Box score
Oct 9, 2021East Tennessee State 48, The Citadel 21Box score
Oct 9, 2021Idaho 42, Portland State 35Box score
Oct 9, 2021Arkansas Monticello 42, Northwestern (OK) 23Box score
Oct 9, 2021Texas Southern 35, Southern 31upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021Benedict 24, Miles 21Box score
Oct 9, 2021Saginaw Valley State 20, East Texas A&M 17upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021Virginia State 35, Elizabeth City State 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021Eastern Kentucky 30, Abilene Christian 15Box score
Oct 9, 2021Campbell 42, Gardner-Webb 28Box score
Oct 9, 2021Florida A&M 30, South Carolina State 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021Indianapolis 57, McKendree 28Box score
Oct 9, 2021Savannah State 39, Erskine 6Box score
Oct 9, 2021Michigan Tech 30, Wayne State (MI) 27Box score
Oct 9, 2021Sioux Falls 35, Southwest Minnesota State 7Box score
Oct 9, 2021Northwestern State 21, Houston Christian 17Box score
Oct 9, 2021Ohio Dominican 34, Ashland 24Box score
Oct 9, 2021Grand Valley State 70, Northwood 9Box score
Oct 9, 2021Valdosta State 55, Delta State 0Box score
Oct 9, 2021West Florida 52, North Greenville 10Box score
Oct 9, 2021UT Permian Basin 75, Lincoln (CA) 0Box score
Oct 9, 2021Colorado Mesa 49, Adams State 14Box score
Oct 9, 2021West Texas 31, Angelo State 15Box score
Oct 9, 2021Midwestern State 30, Texas A&M–Kingsville 13Box score
Oct 9, 2021Morehouse 31, Tuskegee 15upsetBox score
Oct 9, 2021Eastern New Mexico 50, Western New Mexico 47Box score
Oct 9, 2021Sacramento State 41, Southern Utah 20Box score