2023: Week 12

127 games. Five ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. Three games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

Big days

Passing

Jayden Daniels25 of 30, 413 yards, 6 TDLSU vs. Georgia State

2. Bo Nix Oregon24 of 29, 404 yards, 6 TD
3. Frank Harris UTSA31 of 46, 411 yards, 3 TD

Rushing

Jacory Merritt21 carries, 204 yards, 2 TDNew Mexico at Fresno State

2. Malik Jackson Jacksonville State9 carries, 193 yards, 2 TD
3. Ollie Gordon II Oklahoma State25 carries, 164 yards, 3 TD

Receiving

No. 19Jared Wiley7 catches, 178 yards, 2 TDTCU vs. Baylor

2. Xavier Restrepo Miami8 catches, 193 yards, 1 TD
3. Malachi Corley Western Kentucky10 catches, 171 yards, 1 TD

Defense

No. 44Jett Johnson18 tackles, 1 sack, 2 for loss, 1 INTMississippi State vs. Southern Miss

2. Melique Straker Arkansas State13 tackles, 1.5 for loss, 1 INT, 1 TD
3. Nathaniel Watson Mississippi State21 tackles, 1 sack, 1.5 for loss

Ranked by a points score for each kind of game (yards, touchdowns, tackles, sacks).

How we rank

Ranked 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.