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2021: Week 7

188 games. Seven ranked teams lost, five 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

Oct 16, 20211Georgia 30, 11Kentucky 13Box score
Oct 16, 202112Oklahoma State 32, 25Texas 24upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 16, 2021Purdue 24, 2Iowa 7upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Auburn 38, 17Arkansas 23upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021LSU 49, 20Florida 42upsetBox score
Oct 16, 202112Oklahoma State 32, 25Texas 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

Jake BentleyNo. 2 this week24 of 31, 389 yards, 3 TDSouth Alabama vs. Georgia Southern
  1. Bailey Zappe Western Kentucky36 of 54, 397 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT
  2. Carson Strong Nevada34 of 54, 395 yards, 2 TD

Rushing

Tyrion Davis-Price36 carries, 287 yards, 3 TDLSU vs. Florida
  1. Charles Williams UNLV27 carries, 221 yards, 3 TD
  2. Jerome Ford Cincinnati20 carries, 189 yards, 4 TD

Receiving

David Bell11 catches, 240 yards, 1 TDPurdue at Iowa
  1. Quentin Johnston TCU7 catches, 185 yards, 3 TD
  2. Jerreth Sterns Western Kentucky13 catches, 221 yards, 1 TD

Defense

Will Anderson Jr.No. 3 this week6 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 for lossAlabama at Mississippi State
  1. Rashaad Harding Liberty15 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3.5 for loss
  2. Mark Robinson Ole Miss14 tackles, 2 sacks, 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.
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The week’s biggest individual games by FBS players, from CollegeFootballData box scores.

FBS vs. FBS

Oct 12, 2021Louisiana 41, App State 13Box score
Oct 14, 2021Memphis 35, Navy 17Box score
Oct 14, 2021South Alabama 41, Georgia Southern 14Box score
Oct 15, 2021Marshall 49, North Texas 21Box score
Oct 15, 2021Clemson 17, Syracuse 14Box score
Oct 15, 20219Oregon 24, California 17Box score
Oct 15, 202124San Diego State 19, San José State 13Box score
Oct 16, 2021Auburn 38, 17Arkansas 23upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021LSU 49, 20Florida 42upsetBox score
Oct 16, 202121Texas A&M 35, Missouri 14Box score
Oct 16, 202110Michigan State 20, Indiana 15Box score
Oct 16, 2021Minnesota 30, Nebraska 23Box score
Oct 16, 2021Northwestern 21, Rutgers 7Box score
Oct 16, 202112Oklahoma State 32, 25Texas 24upsetBox score
Oct 16, 20213Cincinnati 56, UCF 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021Tulsa 32, South Florida 31Box score
Oct 16, 2021Buffalo 27, Ohio 26Box score
Oct 16, 2021Virginia 48, Duke 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021Ball State 38, Eastern Michigan 31Box score
Oct 16, 2021Miami (OH) 34, Akron 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021Troy 31, Texas State 28Box score
Oct 16, 20211Georgia 30, 11Kentucky 13Box score
Oct 16, 2021Western Kentucky 43, Old Dominion 20Box score
Oct 16, 2021UAB 34, Southern Miss 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021North Carolina 45, Miami 42Box score
Oct 16, 2021Pittsburgh 28, Virginia Tech 7Box score
Oct 16, 2021Purdue 24, 2Iowa 7upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Baylor 38, 19BYU 24Box score
Oct 16, 2021Central Michigan 26, Toledo 23Box score
Oct 16, 2021Northern Illinois 34, Bowling Green 26Box score
Oct 16, 2021Western Michigan 64, Kent State 31Box score
Oct 16, 2021Colorado 34, Arizona 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021Fresno State 17, Wyoming 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021South Carolina 21, Vanderbilt 20Box score
Oct 16, 2021Texas Tech 41, Kansas 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021UTSA 45, Rice 0Box score
Oct 16, 20215Alabama 49, Mississippi State 9Box score
Oct 16, 2021UL Monroe 31, Liberty 28Box score
Oct 16, 2021Colorado State 36, New Mexico 7Box score
Oct 16, 2021Utah State 28, UNLV 24Box score
Oct 16, 202113Ole Miss 31, Tennessee 26Box score
Oct 16, 202122NC State 33, Boston College 7Box score
Oct 16, 2021Iowa State 33, Kansas State 20Box score
Oct 16, 20214Oklahoma 52, TCU 31Box score
Oct 16, 2021Washington State 34, Stanford 31Box score
Oct 16, 2021Wisconsin 20, Army 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021UCLA 24, Washington 17Box score
Oct 16, 2021UTEP 19, Louisiana Tech 3Box score
Oct 16, 2021Air Force 24, Boise State 17Box score
Oct 16, 2021Utah 35, 18Arizona State 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021Nevada 34, Hawai’i 17Box score

Everyone else

Oct 14, 2021Southern Nazarene 30, Southwestern Oklahoma State 22Box score
Oct 15, 2021Cornell 34, Colgate 20Box score
Oct 15, 2021Montana State 13, Weber State 7Box score
Oct 16, 2021UConn 21, Yale 15Box score
Oct 16, 2021Maine 27, William & Mary 16Box score
Oct 16, 2021Marist 20, Dayton 17upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Incarnate Word 38, Nicholls 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021Wayne State (MI) 16, Davenport 3upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021New Haven 30, American International 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Michigan Tech 21, Northern Michigan 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Merrimack 43, Long Island University 5Box score
Oct 16, 2021West Chester 42, East Stroudsburg 24Box score
Oct 16, 2021Mercyhurst 27, Edinboro 20upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Findlay 21, Ohio Dominican 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Bryant 18, Saint Francis 17Box score
Oct 16, 2021Charleston (WV) 48, Concord 3Box score
Oct 16, 2021Princeton 56, Brown 42Box score
Oct 16, 2021Bowie State 51, Virginia State 44Box score
Oct 16, 2021Lincoln (PA) 17, Elizabeth City State 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Virginia Union 38, Chowan 31Box score
Oct 16, 2021Monmouth 34, Campbell 17Box score
Oct 16, 2021Dartmouth 38, New Hampshire 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021Shaw 20, Livingstone 9Box score
Oct 16, 2021South Dakota State 41, Western Illinois 17Box score
Oct 16, 2021Prairie View A&M 35, Bethune-Cookman 29Box score
Oct 16, 2021Tiffin 27, Ashland 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021Mississippi College 20, Shorter 7Box score
Oct 16, 2021Tuskegee 29, Central State 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021IU Pennsylvania 48, Slippery Rock 21upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Glenville State 35, Alderson-Broaddus 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021Notre Dame College 52, West Virginia Wesleyan 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Lake Erie 33, Hillsdale 14upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Minnesota State 58, Upper Iowa 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021Lenoir Rhyne 59, Carson Newman 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021Stonehill 31, Saint Anselm 22Box score
Oct 16, 2021Sacred Heart 27, Central Connecticut 17Box score
Oct 16, 2021St. Thomas (MN) 38, Stetson 7upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Kentucky State 76, Edward Waters 36Box score
Oct 16, 2021Kentucky Wesleyan 23, Walsh 13Box score
Oct 16, 2021Pace 39, Franklin Pierce 31Box score
Oct 16, 2021Harvard 30, Lafayette 3Box score
Oct 16, 2021Fordham 66, Bucknell 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021West Liberty 52, Fairmont State 31Box score
Oct 16, 2021Minnesota Duluth 33, Concordia St. Paul 13Box score
Oct 16, 2021Winston-Salem State 41, St. Augustine’s 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021Columbia 23, Pennsylvania 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Holy Cross 48, Georgetown 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Chattanooga 21, East Tennessee State 16Box score
Oct 16, 2021Samford 27, Wofford 24Box score
Oct 16, 2021Tusculum 37, UVA Wise 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021Fayetteville State 55, Johnson C. Smith 12Box score
Oct 16, 2021James Madison 19, Richmond 3Box score
Oct 16, 2021Norfolk State 42, Virginia Lynchburg 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Florida A&M 35, Alabama A&M 31Box score
Oct 16, 2021Missouri S&T 37, William Jewell 16Box score
Oct 16, 2021Southwest Baptist 27, Truman State 21upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Saginaw Valley State 31, Northwood 13Box score
Oct 16, 2021Valdosta State 42, West Alabama 17Box score
Oct 16, 2021Bemidji State 22, Minnesota St Moorhead 19Box score
Oct 16, 2021Winona State 26, Southwest Minnesota State 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Albany State 28, Benedict 6Box score
Oct 16, 2021Morehouse 51, Fort Valley State 3upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Sioux Falls 34, University of Mary 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Augustana (SD) 32, Wayne State (NE) 24Box score
Oct 16, 2021Bloomsburg 44, Lock Haven 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021Colorado Mesa 55, Fort Lewis 3Box score
Oct 16, 2021Colorado School of Mines 44, South Dakota Mines 24Box score
Oct 16, 2021Shepherd 38, Millersville 13Box score
Oct 16, 2021Nebraska Kearney 42, Emporia State 35Box score
Oct 16, 2021Pittsburg State 59, Lincoln (MO) 7Box score
Oct 16, 2021Washburn 17, Northwest Missouri State 16Box score
Oct 16, 2021Frostburg State 41, Wheeling 17Box score
Oct 16, 2021Bentley 34, Southern Connecticut State 20Box score
Oct 16, 2021Eastern Washington 71, Idaho 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021Sacramento State 28, Montana 21upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Southern Arkansas 34, Arkansas Tech 17Box score
Oct 16, 2021Ouachita Baptist 34, Arkansas Monticello 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021North Dakota State 20, Illinois State 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021Missouri State 37, Indiana State 7Box score
Oct 16, 2021Southern Illinois 31, North Dakota 28Box score
Oct 16, 2021Harding 46, Henderson State 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021UT Martin 28, Eastern Illinois 17Box score
Oct 16, 2021Murray State 32, Southeast Missouri State 31Box score
Oct 16, 2021Tennessee State 20, Tennessee Tech 13Box score
Oct 16, 2021Southeastern Oklahoma State 43, Northwestern (OK) 10Box score
Oct 16, 2021Morehead State 31, Butler 8Box score
Oct 16, 2021Jackson State 28, Alabama State 7Box score
Oct 16, 2021Southern 34, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 7Box score
Oct 16, 2021Grambling 34, Texas Southern 20Box score
Oct 16, 2021Savannah State 49, Clark Atlanta 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Miles 34, Lane College 31Box score
Oct 16, 2021North Greenville 42, Delta State 34upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Chadron State 45, Adams State 35Box score
Oct 16, 2021Western Colorado 44, Black Hills State 28Box score
Oct 16, 2021New Mexico Highlands 28, CSU Pueblo 21upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Simon Fraser 30, MONTANASTN 3upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Villanova 17, UAlbany 10Box score
Oct 16, 2021Stony Brook 34, Delaware 17upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021South Carolina State 37, Morgan State 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Abilene Christian 24, Lamar 17Box score
Oct 16, 2021Northern Arizona 59, Southern Utah 35Box score
Oct 16, 2021Towson 28, Rhode Island 7Box score
Oct 16, 2021VMI 45, Mercer 7Box score
Oct 16, 2021McNeese 35, Northwestern State 17Box score
Oct 16, 2021Alcorn State 24, Mississippi Valley State 12Box score
Oct 16, 2021McKendree 51, Quincy 48Box score
Oct 16, 2021Gannon 14, Seton Hill 10Box score
Oct 16, 2021Mars Hill 32, Limestone 3Box score
Oct 16, 2021Erskine 24, Bluefield State 19upsetBox score
Oct 16, 2021Eastern Kentucky 38, Central Arkansas 35Box score
Oct 16, 2021Portland State 31, Idaho State 10Box score
Oct 16, 2021Kennesaw State 14, North Carolina A&T 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021South Dakota 34, Northern Iowa 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021SE Louisiana 61, Houston Christian 24Box score
Oct 16, 2021West Georgia 30, West Florida 26Box score
Oct 16, 2021East Texas A&M 58, Western New Mexico 0Box score
Oct 16, 2021Missouri Southern State 30, Central Missouri 28Box score
Oct 16, 2021Missouri Western 57, Northeastern State 24Box score
Oct 16, 2021Newberry 14, Catawba 7Box score
Oct 16, 2021San Diego 13, Drake 10Box score
Oct 16, 2021Kutztown 20, Shippensburg 3Box score
Oct 16, 2021Charleston Southern 35, Hampton 5Box score
Oct 16, 2021Furman 24, The Citadel 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Lindenwood 28, Indianapolis 20Box score
Oct 16, 2021Barton 26, Wingate 20Box score
Oct 16, 2021UNC Pembroke 14, West Virginia State 13Box score
Oct 16, 2021North Alabama 42, Robert Morris 31Box score
Oct 16, 2021Oklahoma Baptist 47, East Central 20Box score
Oct 16, 2021Ferris State 35, Grand Valley State 28Box score
Oct 16, 2021Northern State 36, Minot State 35Box score
Oct 16, 2021Angelo State 34, UT Permian Basin 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021Davidson 70, Presbyterian 35Box score
Oct 16, 2021UC Davis 32, Northern Colorado 3Box score
Oct 16, 2021Central Oklahoma 24, Fort Hays 14Box score
Oct 16, 2021West Texas 44, Eastern New Mexico 24Box score
Oct 16, 2021Texas A&M–Kingsville 51, Lincoln (CA) 21Box score
Oct 16, 2021Tarleton State 41, Utah Tech 20Box score