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2023: Week 13

67 games. Four ranked teams lost, two 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

Nov 25, 20233Michigan 30, 2Ohio State 24Box score
Nov 24, 20236Oregon 31, 15Oregon State 7Box score

Upsets

Nov 25, 2023Kentucky 38, 9Louisville 31upsetBox score
Nov 25, 2023Iowa State 42, 19Kansas State 35upsetBox 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

Joe Milton IIINo. 2 this week22 of 33, 383 yards, 4 TDTennessee vs. Vanderbilt
  1. Noah Fifita Arizona30 of 41, 527 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT
  2. Chandler Rogers North Texas30 of 53, 404 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Abu Sama III16 carries, 276 yards, 3 TDIowa State at Kansas State
  1. Audric Estime Notre Dame25 carries, 238 yards, 4 TD
  2. Ollie Gordon II Oklahoma State34 carries, 166 yards, 5 TD

Receiving

Tetairoa McMillan11 catches, 266 yards, 1 TDArizona at Arizona State
  1. Casey Washington Illinois9 catches, 218 yards, 3 TD
  2. Amad Anderson Jr. Temple7 catches, 169 yards, 2 TD

Defense

Payton WilsonNo. 2 this week15 tackles, 1 sack, 2 for loss, 1 INTNC State vs. North Carolina
  1. Trevor Williams Sam Houston12 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 0.5 for loss, 1 INT, 1 TD
  2. Brian Holloway Texas State15 tackles, 1 sack, 3.5 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

Nov 21, 2023Bowling Green 34, Western Michigan 10Box score
Nov 21, 2023Eastern Michigan 24, Buffalo 11Box score
Nov 23, 202312Ole Miss 17, Mississippi State 7Box score
Nov 24, 202320Iowa 13, Nebraska 10Box score
Nov 24, 2023Miami 45, Boston College 20Box score
Nov 24, 202313Oklahoma 69, TCU 45Box score
Nov 24, 2023Memphis 45, Temple 21Box score
Nov 24, 202323Toledo 32, Central Michigan 17Box score
Nov 24, 2023Ohio 25, Akron 14Box score
Nov 24, 202318Tulane 29, UTSA 16Box score
Nov 24, 2023Utah State 44, New Mexico 41Box score
Nov 24, 202310Missouri 48, Arkansas 14Box score
Nov 24, 2023Boise State 27, Air Force 19Box score
Nov 24, 202311Penn State 42, Michigan State 0Box score
Nov 24, 20237Texas 57, Texas Tech 7Box score
Nov 24, 20236Oregon 31, 15Oregon State 7Box score
Nov 25, 2023Kentucky 38, 9Louisville 31upsetBox score
Nov 25, 202314LSU 42, Texas A&M 30Box score
Nov 25, 20233Michigan 30, 2Ohio State 24Box score
Nov 25, 2023Purdue 35, Indiana 31Box score
Nov 25, 2023Sam Houston 23, Middle Tennessee 20Box score
Nov 25, 2023UConn 31, Massachusetts 18Box score
Nov 25, 2023Duke 30, Pittsburgh 19Box score
Nov 25, 2023UCF 27, Houston 13Box score
Nov 25, 2023SMU 59, Navy 14Box score
Nov 25, 2023Troy 35, Southern Miss 17Box score
Nov 25, 2023Northern Illinois 37, Kent State 27Box score
Nov 25, 2023Miami (OH) 17, Ball State 15Box score
Nov 25, 2023Rice 24, Florida Atlantic 21Box score
Nov 25, 2023Syracuse 35, Wake Forest 31Box score
Nov 25, 2023Tulsa 29, East Carolina 27Box score
Nov 25, 2023North Texas 45, UAB 42Box score
Nov 25, 2023Old Dominion 25, Georgia State 24Box score
Nov 25, 2023Western Kentucky 41, Florida International 28Box score
Nov 25, 2023Utah 23, Colorado 17Box score
Nov 25, 2023Louisiana 52, UL Monroe 21Box score
Nov 25, 2023San José State 37, UNLV 31Box score
Nov 25, 20238Alabama 27, Auburn 24Box score
Nov 25, 2023Northwestern 45, Illinois 43Box score
Nov 25, 2023Wisconsin 28, Minnesota 14Box score
Nov 25, 2023Maryland 42, Rutgers 24Box score
Nov 25, 202325Tennessee 48, Vanderbilt 24Box score
Nov 25, 202322Liberty 42, UTEP 28Box score
Nov 25, 202316Arizona 59, Arizona State 23Box score
Nov 25, 2023Virginia Tech 55, Virginia 17Box score
Nov 25, 202321Oklahoma State 40, BYU 34Box score
Nov 25, 2023App State 55, Georgia Southern 27Box score
Nov 25, 202324James Madison 56, Coastal Carolina 14Box score
Nov 25, 2023Marshall 35, Arkansas State 21Box score
Nov 25, 2023New Mexico State 20, Jacksonville State 17Box score
Nov 25, 20234Washington 24, Washington State 21Box score
Nov 25, 20235Florida State 24, Florida 15Box score
Nov 25, 202317Notre Dame 56, Stanford 23Box score
Nov 25, 2023West Virginia 34, Baylor 31Box score
Nov 25, 2023Texas State 52, South Alabama 44Box score
Nov 25, 20231Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 23Box score
Nov 25, 2023Clemson 16, South Carolina 7Box score
Nov 25, 2023Kansas 49, Cincinnati 16Box score
Nov 25, 2023South Florida 48, Charlotte 14Box score
Nov 25, 2023NC State 39, North Carolina 20Box score
Nov 25, 2023Iowa State 42, 19Kansas State 35upsetBox score
Nov 25, 2023Wyoming 42, Nevada 6Box score
Nov 25, 2023California 33, UCLA 7Box score
Nov 25, 2023San Diego State 33, Fresno State 18Box score
Nov 25, 2023Hawai’i 27, Colorado State 24Box score

Everyone else

Nov 23, 2023Alabama State 41, Tuskegee 3Box score
Nov 25, 2023Southern 27, Grambling 22Box score