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2021: Week 8

190 games. Five ranked teams lost, all to unranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Upsets

Oct 23, 2021Illinois 20, 7Penn State 18upsetBox score
Oct 20, 2021App State 30, 14Coastal Carolina 27upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Miami 31, 18NC State 30upsetBox 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

Sam Hartman23 of 29, 458 yards, 5 TDWake Forest at Army
  1. Carson Strong Nevada49 of 61, 476 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
  2. Tanner Mordecai SMU30 of 42, 427 yards, 3 TD

Rushing

Chris Smith24 carries, 238 yards, 2 TDLouisiana at Arkansas State
  1. Chase Brown Illinois33 carries, 223 yards, 1 TD
  2. Garrett Shrader Syracuse22 carries, 174 yards, 3 TD

Receiving

Malik Williams10 catches, 206 yards, 1 TDApp State vs. Coastal Carolina
  1. Romeo Doubs Nevada19 catches, 203 yards, 1 TD
  2. Jaquarii Roberson Wake Forest8 catches, 157 yards, 3 TD

Defense

Damone ClarkNo. 2 this week19 tackles, 1 sack, 2.5 for lossLSU at Ole Miss
  1. Leo Chenal Wisconsin9 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 5.5 for loss
  2. Cam’ron Carter Colorado State14 tackles, 1 sack, 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.
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The week’s biggest individual games by FBS players, from CollegeFootballData box scores.

FBS vs. FBS

Oct 20, 2021App State 30, 14Coastal Carolina 27upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2021Florida Atlantic 38, Charlotte 9Box score
Oct 21, 202121SMU 55, Tulane 26Box score
Oct 21, 2021Louisiana 28, Arkansas State 27Box score
Oct 21, 2021San José State 27, UNLV 20Box score
Oct 22, 2021Middle Tennessee 44, UConn 13Box score
Oct 22, 2021UCF 24, Memphis 7Box score
Oct 22, 2021Utah State 26, Colorado State 24Box score
Oct 22, 2021Washington 21, Arizona 16Box score
Oct 23, 202116Wake Forest 70, Army 56Box score
Oct 23, 2021Florida State 59, Massachusetts 3Box score
Oct 23, 2021Illinois 20, 7Penn State 18upsetBox score
Oct 23, 20216Michigan 33, Northwestern 7Box score
Oct 23, 20213Oklahoma 35, Kansas 23Box score
Oct 23, 2021Kansas State 25, Texas Tech 24Box score
Oct 23, 20212Cincinnati 27, Navy 20Box score
Oct 23, 2021Eastern Michigan 55, Bowling Green 24Box score
Oct 23, 2021Northern Illinois 39, Central Michigan 38Box score
Oct 23, 2021Syracuse 41, Virginia Tech 36Box score
Oct 23, 2021Kent State 34, Ohio 27Box score
Oct 23, 2021Georgia State 28, Texas State 16Box score
Oct 23, 2021Wisconsin 30, 25Purdue 13Box score
Oct 23, 202112Ole Miss 31, LSU 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Rice 30, UAB 24Box score
Oct 23, 202123Pittsburgh 27, Clemson 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Minnesota 34, Maryland 16Box score
Oct 23, 2021Iowa State 24, 8Oklahoma State 21Box score
Oct 23, 2021Miami (OH) 24, Ball State 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Toledo 34, Western Michigan 15Box score
Oct 23, 2021Buffalo 45, Akron 10Box score
Oct 23, 2021California 26, Colorado 3Box score
Oct 23, 202110Oregon 34, UCLA 31Box score
Oct 23, 2021BYU 21, Washington State 19Box score
Oct 23, 2021New Mexico 14, Wyoming 3Box score
Oct 23, 2021Mississippi State 45, Vanderbilt 6Box score
Oct 23, 2021Liberty 35, North Texas 26Box score
Oct 23, 2021Louisville 28, Boston College 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Houston 31, East Carolina 24Box score
Oct 23, 20214Alabama 52, Tennessee 24Box score
Oct 23, 2021Western Kentucky 34, Florida International 19Box score
Oct 23, 202124UTSA 45, Louisiana Tech 16Box score
Oct 23, 2021South Florida 34, Temple 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021UL Monroe 41, South Alabama 31Box score
Oct 23, 202122San Diego State 20, Air Force 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Fresno State 34, Nevada 32Box score
Oct 23, 202117Texas A&M 44, South Carolina 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Miami 31, 18NC State 30upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Virginia 48, Georgia Tech 40Box score
Oct 23, 202113Notre Dame 31, USC 16Box score
Oct 23, 20215Ohio State 54, Indiana 7Box score
Oct 23, 2021West Virginia 29, TCU 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Oregon State 42, Utah 34Box score
Oct 23, 2021Hawai’i 48, New Mexico State 34Box score

Everyone else

Oct 22, 2021Columbia 19, Dartmouth 0upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Arkansas 45, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 3Box score
Oct 23, 2021Yale 42, Pennsylvania 28Box score
Oct 23, 2021Morehead State 27, Marist 24Box score
Oct 23, 2021Seton Hill 49, Clarion 0Box score
Oct 23, 2021Shepherd 42, West Chester 38Box score
Oct 23, 2021Slippery Rock 20, Mercyhurst 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Tiffin 34, Kentucky Wesleyan 28Box score
Oct 23, 2021Wingate 48, UVA Wise 21Box score
Oct 23, 2021Minot State 17, Upper Iowa 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Gannon 21, Edinboro 18Box score
Oct 23, 2021Hillsdale 34, Findlay 29upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Sacred Heart 31, Duquesne 13Box score
Oct 23, 2021Bryant 31, Wagner 10Box score
Oct 23, 2021Long Island University 30, Central Connecticut 13upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Ohio Dominican 56, Walsh 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Bowie State 27, Virginia Union 7Box score
Oct 23, 2021Fayetteville State 40, St. Augustine’s 12Box score
Oct 23, 2021Shaw 20, Johnson C. Smith 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Maine 19, UAlbany 16Box score
Oct 23, 2021Elon 24, New Hampshire 10Box score
Oct 23, 2021Brown 49, Cornell 45upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Winston-Salem State 21, Livingstone 0Box score
Oct 23, 2021North Carolina Central 28, Morgan State 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Norfolk State 45, Howard 31Box score
Oct 23, 2021Indiana State 28, Youngstown State 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Georgetown 29, Bucknell 21Box score
Oct 23, 2021Davidson 49, Butler 35Box score
Oct 23, 2021Valparaiso 45, Dayton 28upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Chattanooga 55, Samford 13Box score
Oct 23, 2021McNeese 28, Incarnate Word 20Box score
Oct 23, 2021Ashland 42, Lake Erie 41Box score
Oct 23, 2021Davenport 21, Northwood 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Ferris State 38, Michigan Tech 10Box score
Oct 23, 2021New Haven 42, Stonehill 20Box score
Oct 23, 2021Grand Valley State 28, Northern Michigan 24Box score
Oct 23, 2021Miles 28, Kentucky State 21upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Minnesota St Moorhead 35, University of Mary 31Box score
Oct 23, 2021Northern State 38, Concordia St. Paul 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Shippensburg 38, Millersville 7Box score
Oct 23, 2021Mars Hill 31, Catawba 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Alderson-Broaddus 49, West Virginia Wesleyan 20Box score
Oct 23, 2021Stetson 1, Drake 0upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021West Virginia State 34, Concord 32Box score
Oct 23, 2021Southern Connecticut State 43, Franklin Pierce 24Box score
Oct 23, 2021San Diego 69, Presbyterian 28Box score
Oct 23, 2021Wheeling 26, West Liberty 20Box score
Oct 23, 2021Fordham 35, Lehigh 28Box score
Oct 23, 2021Frostburg State 49, Fairmont State 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Princeton 18, Harvard 16Box score
Oct 23, 2021Assumption 42, American International 21Box score
Oct 23, 2021East Stroudsburg 35, Bloomsburg 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Elizabeth City State 32, Chowan 28Box score
Oct 23, 2021Gardner-Webb 28, Robert Morris 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Notre Dame College 34, Glenville State 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Virginia State 23, Lincoln (PA) 3Box score
Oct 23, 2021Hampton 30, North Carolina A&T 9upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021South Carolina State 13, Delaware State 7Box score
Oct 23, 2021Illinois State 20, South Dakota 14upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Ouachita Baptist 42, Southern Arkansas 7Box score
Oct 23, 2021Western Carolina 45, The Citadel 31upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021East Tennessee State 17, Furman 13Box score
Oct 23, 2021Lindenwood 48, Southwest Baptist 24Box score
Oct 23, 2021Jackson State 42, Bethune-Cookman 12Box score
Oct 23, 2021Missouri S&T 37, McKendree 31Box score
Oct 23, 2021Albany State 30, Savannah State 0Box score
Oct 23, 2021Winona State 14, Sioux Falls 10Box score
Oct 23, 2021Morehouse 20, Benedict 5Box score
Oct 23, 2021Fort Valley State 40, Clark Atlanta 7Box score
Oct 23, 2021Edward Waters 56, Central State 19Box score
Oct 23, 2021Lane College 21, Tuskegee 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Augustana (SD) 45, Minnesota State 35Box score
Oct 23, 2021California (PA) 38, IU Pennsylvania 34Box score
Oct 23, 2021Kutztown 32, Lock Haven 15Box score
Oct 23, 2021Chadron State 60, Fort Lewis 7Box score
Oct 23, 2021Western Colorado 42, South Dakota Mines 21Box score
Oct 23, 2021Texas A&M–Kingsville 28, Western New Mexico 19Box score
Oct 23, 2021Northwest Missouri State 59, Northeastern State 7Box score
Oct 23, 2021Lenoir Rhyne 45, Limestone 3Box score
Oct 23, 2021Indianapolis 70, Quincy 21Box score
Oct 23, 2021Saint Anselm 24, Pace 16Box score
Oct 23, 2021Tusculum 41, Barton 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021UNC Pembroke 21, Charleston (WV) 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Tennessee Tech 56, Virginia Lynchburg 13Box score
Oct 23, 2021Fort Hays 21, Central Missouri 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Sam Houston 42, Jacksonville State 7Box score
Oct 23, 2021Montana State 27, Idaho State 9Box score
Oct 23, 2021North Alabama 45, Charleston Southern 22Box score
Oct 23, 2021James Madison 22, Delaware 10Box score
Oct 23, 2021Henderson State 41, Arkansas Tech 38Box score
Oct 23, 2021East Central 44, Southwestern Oklahoma State 34Box score
Oct 23, 2021North Dakota 34, Western Illinois 10Box score
Oct 23, 2021Northern Iowa 26, South Dakota State 17upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Austin Peay 47, Murray State 6Box score
Oct 23, 2021Tennessee State 28, Eastern Illinois 0Box score
Oct 23, 2021UT Martin 38, Southeast Missouri State 30Box score
Oct 23, 2021Truman State 52, William Jewell 0Box score
Oct 23, 2021Saginaw Valley State 41, Wayne State (MI) 25Box score
Oct 23, 2021Valdosta State 41, Mississippi College 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021New Mexico Highlands 24, Black Hills State 10Box score
Oct 23, 2021Colorado Mesa 26, Colorado School of Mines 21Box score
Oct 23, 2021Washburn 29, Central Oklahoma 17Box score
Oct 23, 2021Emporia State 24, Missouri Southern State 21Box score
Oct 23, 2021Bemidji State 42, Minnesota Duluth 35upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Villanova 44, Rhode Island 0Box score
Oct 23, 2021Stony Brook 27, Richmond 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021William & Mary 40, Towson 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021North Dakota State 27, Missouri State 20Box score
Oct 23, 2021Weber State 35, Eastern Washington 34upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Kennesaw State 30, Campbell 7Box score
Oct 23, 2021Harding 64, Arkansas Monticello 7Box score
Oct 23, 2021SE Louisiana 51, Northwestern State 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Florida A&M 31, Mississippi Valley State 28Box score
Oct 23, 2021CSU Pueblo 35, Adams State 28Box score
Oct 23, 2021Newberry 34, Carson Newman 3Box score
Oct 23, 2021Erskine 47, Allen 40Box score
Oct 23, 2021Holy Cross 42, Colgate 10Box score
Oct 23, 2021Delta State 35, West Alabama 30upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021Pittsburg State 34, Missouri Western 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Mercer 45, Wofford 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021West Georgia 34, North Greenville 12Box score
Oct 23, 2021Wayne State (NE) 38, Southwest Minnesota State 16Box score
Oct 23, 2021Central Arkansas 49, Lamar 38Box score
Oct 23, 2021Tarleton State 17, Midwestern State 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Oklahoma Baptist 43, Southeastern Oklahoma State 37Box score
Oct 23, 2021Nicholls 44, Houston Christian 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021Prairie View A&M 48, Southern 21Box score
Oct 23, 2021Angelo State 51, Simon Fraser 10Box score
Oct 23, 2021East Texas A&M 15, West Texas 3upsetBox score
Oct 23, 2021UT Permian Basin 44, Eastern New Mexico 21Box score
Oct 23, 2021Montana 34, Idaho 14Box score
Oct 23, 2021UC Davis 24, Cal Poly 13Box score
Oct 23, 2021Northern Colorado 17, Southern Utah 9Box score
Oct 23, 2021Alcorn State 44, Texas Southern 27Box score
Oct 23, 2021Stephen F. Austin 37, Utah Tech 20Box score
Oct 23, 2021Sacramento State 44, Northern Arizona 0Box score
Oct 23, 2021Central Washington 53, Western Oregon 21Box score