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2021: Week 9

192 games. Nine ranked teams lost, six to unranked teams. Three 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 30, 20218Michigan State 37, 6Michigan 33upsetBox score
Oct 30, 20215Ohio State 33, 20Penn State 24Box score
Oct 30, 202118Auburn 31, 10Ole Miss 20Box score

Upsets

Oct 30, 20218Michigan State 37, 6Michigan 33upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021Miami 38, 17Pittsburgh 34upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021Houston 44, 19SMU 37upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021West Virginia 38, 22Iowa State 31upsetBox 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 Pickett39 of 55, 519 yards, 3 TD, 2 INTPittsburgh vs. Miami
  1. Caleb Williams Oklahoma23 of 30, 402 yards, 6 TD
  2. Clayton Tune Houston27 of 37, 412 yards, 4 TD

Rushing

Tyler Allgeier29 carries, 266 yards, 5 TDBYU vs. Virginia
  1. Ken Walker III Michigan State23 carries, 197 yards, 5 TD
  2. Tyler Badie Missouri31 carries, 254 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

Nathaniel Dell9 catches, 165 yards, 3 TDHouston vs. SMU
  1. Tre Turner Virginia Tech7 catches, 187 yards, 1 TD
  2. Andrel Anthony Jr. Michigan6 catches, 155 yards, 2 TD

Defense

Felix Anudike-Uzomah8 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 for lossKansas State vs. TCU
  1. Drake Thomas NC State15 tackles, 2 sacks, 2.5 for loss
  2. D.Q. Thomas Middle Tennessee10 tackles, 2 for loss, 1 INT, 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 28, 2021East Carolina 29, South Florida 14Box score
Oct 28, 202124Coastal Carolina 35, Troy 28Box score
Oct 29, 2021Navy 20, Tulsa 17Box score
Oct 29, 2021Nevada 51, UNLV 20Box score
Oct 30, 2021Virginia Tech 26, Georgia Tech 17Box score
Oct 30, 2021Miami 38, 17Pittsburgh 34upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021Rutgers 20, Illinois 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Maryland 38, Indiana 35Box score
Oct 30, 2021Wisconsin 27, 9Iowa 7Box score
Oct 30, 20218Michigan State 37, 6Michigan 33upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021Liberty 62, Massachusetts 17Box score
Oct 30, 202116Baylor 31, Texas 24Box score
Oct 30, 2021UCF 49, Temple 7Box score
Oct 30, 20212Cincinnati 31, Tulane 12Box score
Oct 30, 2021Bowling Green 56, Buffalo 44Box score
Oct 30, 2021Louisiana 45, Texas State 0Box score
Oct 30, 2021North Texas 30, Rice 24Box score
Oct 30, 2021West Virginia 38, 22Iowa State 31upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021Missouri 37, Vanderbilt 28Box score
Oct 30, 2021Washington State 34, Arizona State 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021Utah State 51, Hawai’i 31Box score
Oct 30, 20211Georgia 34, Florida 7Box score
Oct 30, 2021Marshall 38, Florida International 0Box score
Oct 30, 2021Old Dominion 23, Louisiana Tech 20Box score
Oct 30, 2021Middle Tennessee 35, Southern Miss 10Box score
Oct 30, 2021Clemson 30, Florida State 20Box score
Oct 30, 2021Syracuse 21, Boston College 6Box score
Oct 30, 2021Minnesota 41, Northwestern 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Purdue 28, Nebraska 23Box score
Oct 30, 2021Kansas State 31, TCU 12Box score
Oct 30, 20214Oklahoma 52, Texas Tech 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021App State 59, UL Monroe 28Box score
Oct 30, 20217Oregon 52, Colorado 29Box score
Oct 30, 2021Western Kentucky 45, Charlotte 13Box score
Oct 30, 202113Wake Forest 45, Duke 7Box score
Oct 30, 2021San José State 27, Wyoming 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021South Alabama 31, Arkansas State 13Box score
Oct 30, 2021Florida Atlantic 28, UTEP 25Box score
Oct 30, 2021Georgia State 21, Georgia Southern 14Box score
Oct 30, 202118Auburn 31, 10Ole Miss 20Box score
Oct 30, 2021Mississippi State 31, 12Kentucky 17Box score
Oct 30, 202115Oklahoma State 55, Kansas 3Box score
Oct 30, 2021Houston 44, 19SMU 37upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021California 39, Oregon State 25Box score
Oct 30, 2021USC 41, Arizona 34Box score
Oct 30, 2021Boise State 28, Colorado State 19Box score
Oct 30, 2021NC State 28, Louisville 13Box score
Oct 30, 202111Notre Dame 44, North Carolina 34Box score
Oct 30, 20215Ohio State 33, 20Penn State 24Box score
Oct 30, 2021Utah 44, UCLA 24Box score
Oct 30, 202125BYU 66, Virginia 49Box score
Oct 30, 2021Washington 20, Stanford 13Box score
Oct 30, 2021Fresno State 30, 21San Diego State 20Box score

Everyone else

Oct 28, 2021Charleston (WV) 45, West Virginia Wesleyan 6Box score
Oct 29, 2021Princeton 34, Cornell 16Box score
Oct 30, 2021Robert Morris 38, Hampton 35Box score
Oct 30, 2021Yale 37, Columbia 30Box score
Oct 30, 2021Dartmouth 20, Harvard 17Box score
Oct 30, 2021Holy Cross 31, Lehigh 12Box score
Oct 30, 2021Saginaw Valley State 24, Davenport 3Box score
Oct 30, 2021West Alabama 31, North Greenville 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Mercyhurst 38, Clarion 20Box score
Oct 30, 2021Slippery Rock 63, Gannon 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021Notre Dame College 45, Fairmont State 0Box score
Oct 30, 2021Findlay 49, Walsh 0Box score
Oct 30, 2021Wheeling 15, Concord 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021UNC Pembroke 27, West Liberty 17Box score
Oct 30, 2021Stonehill 19, Pace 8Box score
Oct 30, 2021Lafayette 24, Georgetown 23Box score
Oct 30, 2021Bowie State 31, Lincoln (PA) 7Box score
Oct 30, 2021Virginia Union 44, Elizabeth City State 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Delaware 17, Utah Tech 10Box score
Oct 30, 2021Johnson C. Smith 34, St. Augustine’s 13Box score
Oct 30, 2021Charleston Southern 27, Campbell 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Kennesaw State 34, Gardner-Webb 30Box score
Oct 30, 2021Monmouth 35, North Carolina A&T 16Box score
Oct 30, 2021Maine 45, Rhode Island 24Box score
Oct 30, 2021Richmond 35, New Hampshire 21upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021Shaw 38, Winston-Salem State 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021William & Mary 31, Villanova 18upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021Pennsylvania 45, Brown 17Box score
Oct 30, 2021Colgate 33, Bucknell 10Box score
Oct 30, 2021Dayton 38, Butler 31Box score
Oct 30, 2021Nicholls 42, Northwestern State 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021Truman State 49, Quincy 28Box score
Oct 30, 2021Ashland 28, Hillsdale 17Box score
Oct 30, 2021New Haven 16, Assumption 10Box score
Oct 30, 2021Ferris State 44, Northern Michigan 24Box score
Oct 30, 2021Northern State 33, Minnesota St Moorhead 27Box score
Oct 30, 2021Lane College 16, Central State 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Central Connecticut 49, Merrimack 21upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021West Virginia State 38, Glenville State 27Box score
Oct 30, 2021Upper Iowa 42, Wayne State (NE) 41upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021Saint Anselm 21, American International 16Box score
Oct 30, 2021Catawba 31, Tusculum 28Box score
Oct 30, 2021Frostburg State 45, Alderson-Broaddus 7Box score
Oct 30, 2021Long Island University 28, Wagner 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Bentley 24, Franklin Pierce 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Stetson 56, Presbyterian 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Newberry 48, Erskine 10Box score
Oct 30, 2021Shippensburg 24, East Stroudsburg 23Box score
Oct 30, 2021Chattanooga 13, Furman 3Box score
Oct 30, 2021VMI 46, Samford 45Box score
Oct 30, 2021Western Carolina 41, Wofford 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021Chowan 38, Virginia State 30Box score
Oct 30, 2021Central Arkansas 38, Jacksonville State 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Eastern Kentucky 42, Lamar 10Box score
Oct 30, 2021Montana 20, Southern Utah 19Box score
Oct 30, 2021Fayetteville State 34, Livingstone 0Box score
Oct 30, 2021Towson 38, UAlbany 24Box score
Oct 30, 2021James Madison 45, Elon 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021Delaware State 30, Howard 23Box score
Oct 30, 2021Norfolk State 31, Morgan State 20Box score
Oct 30, 2021South Carolina State 27, North Carolina Central 24Box score
Oct 30, 2021South Dakota State 47, Youngstown State 16Box score
Oct 30, 2021Southeast Missouri State 38, Eastern Illinois 15Box score
Oct 30, 2021St. Thomas (MN) 27, Marist 7Box score
Oct 30, 2021Davidson 29, Morehead State 22Box score
Oct 30, 2021Mercer 34, The Citadel 7Box score
Oct 30, 2021Lindenwood 53, William Jewell 10Box score
Oct 30, 2021McKendree 45, Southwest Baptist 42Box score
Oct 30, 2021Missouri S&T 31, Indianapolis 28Box score
Oct 30, 2021Savannah State 24, Fort Valley State 6Box score
Oct 30, 2021Augustana (SD) 38, Winona State 20Box score
Oct 30, 2021Albany State 14, Morehouse 10Box score
Oct 30, 2021Benedict 24, Clark Atlanta 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021Shepherd 62, Bloomsburg 18Box score
Oct 30, 2021Edinboro 21, IU Pennsylvania 17upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021Colorado School of Mines 34, Chadron State 7Box score
Oct 30, 2021CSU Pueblo 73, Fort Lewis 0Box score
Oct 30, 2021Pittsburg State 26, Central Oklahoma 20Box score
Oct 30, 2021Emporia State 15, Fort Hays 12Box score
Oct 30, 2021Sioux Falls 45, Minnesota State 35Box score
Oct 30, 2021Washburn 35, Northeastern State 0Box score
Oct 30, 2021Bemidji State 48, Southwest Minnesota State 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Minnesota Duluth 34, Minot State 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021Kentucky State 42, Tuskegee 35Box score
Oct 30, 2021Barton 62, Bluefield State 7Box score
Oct 30, 2021Kutztown 30, Millersville 7Box score
Oct 30, 2021Weber State 40, Idaho State 17Box score
Oct 30, 2021Sacramento State 27, Northern Colorado 24Box score
Oct 30, 2021Southeastern Oklahoma State 34, Arkansas Monticello 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Ouachita Baptist 43, East Central 28Box score
Oct 30, 2021Missouri State 32, North Dakota 28Box score
Oct 30, 2021Harding 73, Northwestern (OK) 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Henderson State 34, Southern Nazarene 3Box score
Oct 30, 2021UT Martin 17, Austin Peay 16Box score
Oct 30, 2021Oklahoma Baptist 44, Southern Arkansas 40Box score
Oct 30, 2021Texas Southern 59, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 17Box score
Oct 30, 2021Grand Valley State 14, Michigan Tech 9Box score
Oct 30, 2021Delta State 14, Shorter 13Box score
Oct 30, 2021West Florida 63, Mississippi College 28Box score
Oct 30, 2021New Mexico Highlands 58, Adams State 28Box score
Oct 30, 2021University of Mary 42, Concordia St. Paul 17Box score
Oct 30, 2021South Dakota Mines 13, Black Hills State 10Box score
Oct 30, 2021Western Colorado 23, Colorado Mesa 9Box score
Oct 30, 2021Central Missouri 77, Lincoln (MO) 35Box score
Oct 30, 2021Missouri Western 45, Missouri Southern State 28Box score
Oct 30, 2021Lake Erie 38, Kentucky Wesleyan 28Box score
Oct 30, 2021Northwest Missouri State 66, Nebraska Kearney 13Box score
Oct 30, 2021Mars Hill 49, Carson Newman 23Box score
Oct 30, 2021Saint Francis 17, Duquesne 10upsetBox score
Oct 30, 2021North Dakota State 44, Indiana State 2Box score
Oct 30, 2021Alabama A&M 42, Alabama State 28Box score
Oct 30, 2021Northern Arizona 38, Idaho 31Box score
Oct 30, 2021Western Illinois 38, Illinois State 31Box score
Oct 30, 2021San Diego 21, Valparaiso 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Incarnate Word 49, Houston Christian 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021Florida A&M 26, Grambling 3Box score
Oct 30, 2021Jackson State 28, Mississippi Valley State 19Box score
Oct 30, 2021Western Oregon 42, Simon Fraser 3Box score
Oct 30, 2021California (PA) 42, Seton Hill 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021West Chester 35, Lock Haven 13Box score
Oct 30, 2021Tiffin 34, Ohio Dominican 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021UVA Wise 28, Limestone 24Box score
Oct 30, 2021Portland State 42, Cal Poly 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021Northern Iowa 23, Southern Illinois 16Box score
Oct 30, 2021Stephen F. Austin 41, Abilene Christian 27Box score
Oct 30, 2021East Texas A&M 41, UT Permian Basin 0Box score
Oct 30, 2021Tennessee State 27, Murray State 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021Miles 16, Edward Waters 9Box score
Oct 30, 2021Wayne State (MI) 56, Northwood 21Box score
Oct 30, 2021Lenoir Rhyne 31, Wingate 6Box score
Oct 30, 2021Arkansas Tech 15, Southwestern Oklahoma State 14Box score
Oct 30, 2021Sam Houston 45, Tarleton State 27Box score
Oct 30, 2021SE Louisiana 23, McNeese 20Box score
Oct 30, 2021Southern 38, Alcorn State 35Box score
Oct 30, 2021Valdosta State 36, West Georgia 34Box score
Oct 30, 2021Angelo State 59, Eastern New Mexico 7Box score
Oct 30, 2021Midwestern State 52, Western New Mexico 10Box score
Oct 30, 2021West Texas 35, Texas A&M–Kingsville 23Box score
Oct 30, 2021Central Washington 92, Lincoln (CA) 0Box score