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2023: Week 4

288 games. Six ranked teams lost. Six games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Sep 23, 20236Ohio State 17, 9Notre Dame 14Box score
Sep 23, 202313Alabama 24, 15Ole Miss 10Box score
Sep 23, 202310Oregon 42, 19Colorado 6Box score
Sep 23, 20237Penn State 31, 24Iowa 0Box score
Sep 23, 202311Utah 14, 22UCLA 7Box score
Sep 23, 202321Washington State 38, 14Oregon State 35upsetBox score

Upsets

Sep 23, 202321Washington State 38, 14Oregon 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

J.T. Daniels27 of 40, 432 yards, 3 TDRice at South Florida
  1. Jack Plummer Louisville18 of 21, 388 yards, 5 TD
  2. Will Rogers Mississippi State30 of 48, 487 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Peny BooneNo. 3 this week24 carries, 211 yards, 2 TDToledo vs. Western Michigan
  1. D.J. Giddens Kansas State30 carries, 207 yards, 4 TD
  2. Ismail Mahdi Texas State21 carries, 216 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

Naiem Simmons8 catches, 272 yards, 1 TDSouth Florida vs. Rice
  1. Lideatrick Griffin Mississippi State7 catches, 256 yards, 1 TD
  2. Bryce Kirtz Northwestern10 catches, 215 yards, 2 TD

Defense

Jonah Elliss10 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 5 for lossUtah vs. UCLA
  1. Kyle Kennard Georgia Tech8 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 for loss
  2. Maxwell Hairston Kentucky4 tackles, 2 INT, 2 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

Sep 21, 2023Georgia State 30, Coastal Carolina 17Box score
Sep 22, 2023Wisconsin 38, Purdue 17Box score
Sep 22, 2023NC State 24, Virginia 21Box score
Sep 22, 2023Boise State 34, San Diego State 31Box score
Sep 22, 2023Air Force 45, San José State 20Box score
Sep 23, 20232Michigan 31, Rutgers 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Syracuse 29, Army 16Box score
Sep 23, 2023Texas A&M 27, Auburn 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023Troy 27, Western Kentucky 24Box score
Sep 23, 2023Kentucky 45, Vanderbilt 28Box score
Sep 23, 20234Florida State 31, Clemson 24Box score
Sep 23, 2023Marshall 24, Virginia Tech 17Box score
Sep 23, 202316Oklahoma 20, Cincinnati 6Box score
Sep 23, 2023TCU 34, SMU 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023Tulsa 22, Northern Illinois 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Toledo 49, Western Michigan 31Box score
Sep 23, 2023Georgia Southern 40, Ball State 3Box score
Sep 23, 202313Alabama 24, 15Ole Miss 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023Illinois 23, Florida Atlantic 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023Maryland 31, Michigan State 9Box score
Sep 23, 2023Nebraska 28, Louisiana Tech 14Box score
Sep 23, 202318Duke 41, UConn 7Box score
Sep 23, 202310Oregon 42, 19Colorado 6Box score
Sep 23, 202311Utah 14, 22UCLA 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Louisville 56, Boston College 28Box score
Sep 23, 202320Miami 41, Temple 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Kansas 38, BYU 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023West Virginia 20, Texas Tech 13Box score
Sep 23, 2023New Mexico 34, Massachusetts 31Box score
Sep 23, 2023Ohio 38, Bowling Green 7Box score
Sep 23, 202323Tennessee 45, UTSA 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Iowa State 34, Oklahoma State 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023South Florida 42, Rice 29Box score
Sep 23, 2023Jacksonville State 21, Eastern Michigan 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Central Michigan 34, South Alabama 30Box score
Sep 23, 2023Liberty 38, Florida International 6Box score
Sep 23, 2023Georgia Tech 30, Wake Forest 16Box score
Sep 23, 202325Florida 22, Charlotte 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Houston 38, Sam Houston 7Box score
Sep 23, 202312LSU 34, Arkansas 31Box score
Sep 23, 2023Colorado State 31, Middle Tennessee 23Box score
Sep 23, 2023Arizona 21, Stanford 20Box score
Sep 23, 202321Washington State 38, 14Oregon State 35upsetBox score
Sep 23, 2023Wyoming 22, App State 19Box score
Sep 23, 2023Arkansas State 44, Southern Miss 37Box score
Sep 23, 2023Texas State 35, Nevada 24Box score
Sep 23, 20231Georgia 49, UAB 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Indiana 29, Akron 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023Missouri 34, Memphis 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023Northwestern 37, Minnesota 34Box score
Sep 23, 20237Penn State 31, 24Iowa 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023South Carolina 37, Mississippi State 30Box score
Sep 23, 20236Ohio State 17, 9Notre Dame 14Box score
Sep 23, 20233Texas 38, Baylor 6Box score
Sep 23, 2023Louisiana 45, Buffalo 38Box score
Sep 23, 202317North Carolina 41, Pittsburgh 24Box score
Sep 23, 2023Kansas State 44, UCF 31Box score
Sep 23, 2023James Madison 45, Utah State 38Box score
Sep 23, 2023UNLV 45, UTEP 28Box score
Sep 23, 20235USC 42, Arizona State 28Box score
Sep 23, 20238Washington 59, California 32Box score
Sep 23, 2023Fresno State 53, Kent State 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023Hawai’i 20, New Mexico State 17Box score

Everyone else

Sep 21, 2023Franklin & Marshall 34, The College of New Jersey 9Box score
Sep 21, 2023Alabama A&M 31, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 24Box score
Sep 22, 2023Harvard 34, Brown 31Box score
Sep 22, 2023Endicott 37, Hardin Simmons 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023Sacred Heart 37, Saint Francis 34Box score
Sep 23, 2023Cornell 23, Yale 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Bryant 16, Princeton 13Box score
Sep 23, 2023Butler 28, Stetson 18Box score
Sep 23, 2023Thomas More 26, Walsh 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023Utica 31, Curry 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023FDU Florham 14, Albright 6Box score
Sep 23, 2023Wheeling 44, Concord 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023Fairmont State 17, Notre Dame College 14upsetBox score
Sep 23, 2023California (PA) 31, Edinboro 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023Kutztown 20, Shepherd 3upsetBox score
Sep 23, 2023Millersville 23, West Chester 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Davenport 55, William Jewell 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023Bentley 13, Southern Connecticut State 6Box score
Sep 23, 2023Merchant Marine 36, SUNY Maritime 19Box score
Sep 23, 2023Salve Regina 34, MIT 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Belhaven 34, Greensboro 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023UMass Dartmouth 59, Worcester State 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Albion 30, Wisconsin Stevens Point 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Denison 55, Hiram 24Box score
Sep 23, 2023Alma 48, Wittenberg 28Box score
Sep 23, 2023Hope 54, Northwestern (MN) 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023Brockport 59, Lycoming 3Box score
Sep 23, 2023Framingham State 9, Westfield State 8Box score
Sep 23, 2023Columbia 30, Georgetown 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Fordham 44, Stonehill 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Illinois State 48, Lindenwood 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023Marist 36, Valparaiso 30Box score
Sep 23, 2023Furman 38, Mercer 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Bowie State 10, St. Augustine’s 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Truman State 41, Wayne State (MI) 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023UNC Pembroke 37, West Liberty 19Box score
Sep 23, 2023Shippensburg 7, Bloomsburg 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Gannon 27, Clarion 20Box score
Sep 23, 2023East Stroudsburg 35, Lock Haven 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Lenoir Rhyne 24, Carson Newman 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023DePauw 28, Ohio Wesleyan 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Wooster 70, Kenyon 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Greenville 38, Adrian 35Box score
Sep 23, 2023Missouri Western 28, Fort Hays 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Berry 49, Centre 16Box score
Sep 23, 2023Northwest Missouri State 59, Lincoln (MO) 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023IU Pennsylvania 30, Mercyhurst 13Box score
Sep 23, 2023Mars Hill 16, Barton 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Wingate 31, Emory & Henry 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023Alderson-Broaddus 0, Frostburg State 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Charleston (WV) 76, West Virginia Wesleyan 16Box score
Sep 23, 2023Northwood 68, Lake Erie 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Fort Valley State 31, Kentucky State 9Box score
Sep 23, 2023Allen 34, Central State 28Box score
Sep 23, 2023Austin 34, Crown 23Box score
Sep 23, 2023Rochester (NY) 29, New England 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023Union 43, Montclair State 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Bowdoin 20, Williams 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Huntingdon 41, LaGrange 6Box score
Sep 23, 2023Methodist 27, Southern Virginia 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Susquehanna 26, Western New England 18Box score
Sep 23, 2023Allegheny 31, Bethany (WV) 20Box score
Sep 23, 2023Alfred 9, Catholic 6upsetBox score
Sep 23, 2023Mass Maritime 21, Fitchburg State 3Box score
Sep 23, 2023Minnesota Morris 38, Lawrence 22Box score
Sep 23, 2023Amherst 17, Hamilton 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Westminster (PA) 31, Waynesburg 20Box score
Sep 23, 2023Alfred State 48, Hilbert 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Wesleyan (CT) 24, Middlebury 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Trinity (CT) 48, Colby 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Lebanon Valley 45, Eastern 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Misericordia 35, Alvernia 15Box score
Sep 23, 2023Delaware Valley 28, King’s 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Washington & Jefferson 56, Thiel 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Dartmouth 34, Lehigh 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023VMI 17, Wofford 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Marietta 50, Otterbein 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Mount Union 74, Muskingum 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Hanover 38, Trine 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Baldwin Wallace 31, Ohio Northern 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023John Carroll 34, Heidelberg 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Holy Cross 47, Colgate 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023St. Thomas (MN) 35, Morehead State 28Box score
Sep 23, 2023Villanova 35, Rhode Island 9Box score
Sep 23, 2023Indianapolis 35, Saginaw Valley State 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023Michigan Tech 34, Upper Iowa 31Box score
Sep 23, 2023SUNY Morrisville 20, Moravian 19Box score
Sep 23, 2023Carleton 31, Hamline 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023Central Missouri 58, Washburn 28Box score
Sep 23, 2023Emporia State 38, Central Oklahoma 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023Sioux Falls 7, Minot State 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Tuskegee 28, Lane College 22Box score
Sep 23, 2023North Park 38, Millikin 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Augustana (SD) 31, Minnesota St Moorhead 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023Minnesota State 42, Concordia St. Paul 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023Minnesota Duluth 33, Southwest Minnesota State 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Winona State 39, Northern State 16Box score
Sep 23, 2023Western Colorado 35, Chadron State 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023South Dakota Mines 42, New Mexico Highlands 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Edward Waters 44, Morehouse 13Box score
Sep 23, 2023Central College 41, Luther 16Box score
Sep 23, 2023Coe 56, Nebraska Wesleyan 6Box score
Sep 23, 2023Dubuque 35, Loras 23Box score
Sep 23, 2023Wartburg 63, Simpson (IA) 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Carroll (WI) 70, Illinois Wesleyan 23Box score
Sep 23, 2023St. Lawrence 28, Vermont State Castleton 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Washington St. Louis 38, Carthage 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Benedictine (IL) 48, Concordia Chicago 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Lakeland 41, Rockford 20Box score
Sep 23, 2023Quincy 45, Northern Michigan 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023Limestone 38, UVA Wise 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023Southwestern U 43, Birmingham-Southern 20Box score
Sep 23, 2023WPI 38, Norwich 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023Augsburg 33, Gustavus Adolphus 31Box score
Sep 23, 2023Saint John’s (MN) 27, Bethel (MN) 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Concordia (MN) 49, St. Scholastica 16Box score
Sep 23, 2023St. Olaf 38, Macalester 13Box score
Sep 23, 2023Concordia (WI) 41, Wisconsin Lutheran 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Eureka 21, St. Norbert 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023Wabash 59, Oberlin 6Box score
Sep 23, 2023Lyon 30, Westminster (MO) 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Western Carolina 77, Charleston Southern 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023North Carolina Central 45, Mississippi Valley State 3Box score
Sep 23, 2023Grambling 35, Texas Southern 23Box score
Sep 23, 2023Missouri State 59, Utah Tech 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Eastern Illinois 31, McNeese 28Box score
Sep 23, 2023Robert Morris 46, Virginia Lynchburg 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Chattanooga 47, Samford 24Box score
Sep 23, 2023Southern Nazarene 41, Southwestern Oklahoma State 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Missouri Southern State 42, Northeastern State 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Pittsburg State 33, Nebraska Kearney 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Bemidji State 41, University of Mary 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023Slippery Rock 35, Seton Hill 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Black Hills State 25, Colorado Mesa 23Box score
Sep 23, 2023Albany State 15, Savannah State 12Box score
Sep 23, 2023North Central College 59, Elmhurst 6Box score
Sep 23, 2023Shenandoah 48, Juniata 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Hendrix 53, Millsaps 42Box score
Sep 23, 2023Benedict 31, Chowan 3Box score
Sep 23, 2023Nichols 52, Hartwick 3Box score
Sep 23, 2023Old Dominion 10, East Texas A&M 9Box score
Sep 23, 2023Miami (OH) 62, Delaware State 20Box score
Sep 23, 2023Pennsylvania 37, Bucknell 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Lafayette 28, Monmouth 20Box score
Sep 23, 2023William & Mary 28, Maine 3Box score
Sep 23, 2023Richmond 20, Stony Brook 19Box score
Sep 23, 2023Springfield 63, Coast Guard 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Husson 50, Anna Maria College 49Box score
Sep 23, 2023Norfolk State 21, Towson 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Wagner 30, Merrimack 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023Portland State 59, Cal Poly 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Idaho 36, Sacramento State 27Box score
Sep 23, 2023Northern Arizona 28, Montana 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Tiffin 55, Ashland 30Box score
Sep 23, 2023Findlay 31, Hillsdale 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Colorado School of Mines 55, CSU Pueblo 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Tusculum 35, Catawba 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Claremont Mudd Scripps 49, Cal Lutheran 28Box score
Sep 23, 2023Bridgewater State 35, Western Connecticut State 28Box score
Sep 23, 2023Pace 24, American International 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023St. John Fisher 29, Wilkes 20Box score
Sep 23, 2023Central Washington 17, Western Oregon 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Saint Anselm 42, Post 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023San Diego 40, Dayton 25Box score
Sep 23, 2023Miles 55, Clark Atlanta 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Rensselaer 63, Dean 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Brevard 37, Maryville (TN) 35upsetBox score
Sep 23, 2023Trinity (TX) 63, Rhodes 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023East Carolina 44, Gardner-Webb 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023UAlbany 23, Morgan State 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023South Carolina State 31, The Citadel 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023Florida A&M 23, Alabama State 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023Eastern Kentucky 41, Southeast Missouri State 38Box score
Sep 23, 2023Idaho State 35, Northern Colorado 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Elon 28, Campbell 24Box score
Sep 23, 2023Delaware 29, New Hampshire 25Box score
Sep 23, 2023Virginia State 33, Livingstone 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Fayetteville State 10, Virginia Union 7upsetBox score
Sep 23, 2023West Florida 49, West Georgia 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Winston-Salem State 30, Bluefield State 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023West Virginia State 31, Glenville State 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Newberry 24, Erskine 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023Hobart 43, Keystone 10Box score
Sep 23, 2023New Haven 41, Franklin Pierce 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Tufts 44, Bates 16Box score
Sep 23, 2023Tulane 36, Nicholls 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Prairie View A&M 23, Alcorn State 20Box score
Sep 23, 2023Jackson State 22, Bethune-Cookman 16Box score
Sep 23, 2023Austin Peay 22, Stephen F. Austin 20Box score
Sep 23, 2023Central Arkansas 52, Abilene Christian 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023UT Martin 37, North Alabama 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Tarleton State 27, Southwest Baptist 13Box score
Sep 23, 2023Houston Christian 34, SE Louisiana 19Box score
Sep 23, 2023Lamar 38, Lincoln (CA) 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Davidson 84, St. Andrews 6Box score
Sep 23, 2023Tennessee Tech 17, Kennesaw State 7upsetBox score
Sep 23, 2023Johnson C. Smith 27, Lincoln (PA) 20Box score
Sep 23, 2023Southern Arkansas 49, Arkansas Tech 3Box score
Sep 23, 2023Wayne State (NE) 38, Missouri S&T 35Box score
Sep 23, 2023Ouachita Baptist 45, Arkansas Monticello 25Box score
Sep 23, 2023Harding 27, Henderson State 16Box score
Sep 23, 2023Southeastern Oklahoma State 41, Northwestern (OK) 2Box score
Sep 23, 2023Oklahoma Baptist 23, East Central 15upsetBox score
Sep 23, 2023Kentucky Wesleyan 13, Ohio Dominican 10upsetBox score
Sep 23, 2023Delta State 56, Shorter 20Box score
Sep 23, 2023Valdosta State 28, North Greenville 3Box score
Sep 23, 2023West Alabama 10, Mississippi College 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Angelo State 62, Western New Mexico 9Box score
Sep 23, 2023UT Permian Basin 41, West Texas 40Box score
Sep 23, 2023Incarnate Word 63, North American 3Box score
Sep 23, 2023Wheaton (IL) 41, Augustana (IL) 34Box score
Sep 23, 2023Wilmington (OH) 49, Capital 24Box score
Sep 23, 2023Mary Hardin Baylor 50, McMurry 9Box score
Sep 23, 2023Grove City 21, Carnegie Mellon 14Box score
Sep 23, 2023Case Western Reserve 42, Geneva 7Box score
Sep 23, 2023Southern Utah 37, Western Illinois 17Box score
Sep 23, 2023Montana State 40, Weber State 0Box score
Sep 23, 2023Midwestern State 34, Eastern New Mexico 31Box score
Sep 23, 2023Adams State 25, Fort Lewis 24Box score
Sep 23, 2023Eastern Washington 27, UC Davis 24Box score
Sep 23, 2023Redlands 38, Chapman 21Box score
Sep 23, 2023Pomona Pitzer 34, La Verne 7Box score
Sep 24, 2023Stevenson 49, Widener 7Box score
Sep 24, 2023Shaw 20, Elizabeth City State 17Box score
Sep 24, 2023Washington and Lee 28, Apprentice School 9Box score