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2023: Week 8

305 games. Six ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. Four 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 21, 20233Ohio State 20, 7Penn State 12Box score
Oct 21, 20234Florida State 38, 16Duke 20Box score
Oct 21, 202311Alabama 34, 17Tennessee 20Box score
Oct 21, 202314Utah 34, 18USC 32upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 21, 2023Virginia 31, 10North Carolina 27upsetBox score
Oct 21, 202314Utah 34, 18USC 32upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Minnesota 12, 24Iowa 10upsetBox 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

Cam Ward34 of 48, 438 yards, 1 TDWashington State at Oregon
  1. Donovan Smith Houston32 of 46, 378 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
  2. Chandler Rogers North Texas35 of 51, 343 yards, 2 TD

Rushing

Ollie Gordon II29 carries, 282 yards, 4 TDOklahoma State at West Virginia
  1. Nay’Quan Wright South Florida26 carries, 186 yards, 2 TD
  2. Kye Robichaux Boston College21 carries, 165 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

Marvin Harrison Jr.No. 2 this week11 catches, 162 yards, 1 TDOhio State vs. Penn State
  1. Sione Vaki Utah5 catches, 149 yards, 2 TD
  2. Sam Wiglusz Ohio10 catches, 155 yards, 1 TD

Defense

Jalen Green6 tackles, 5 sacks, 5.5 for lossJames Madison at Marshall
  1. Nathaniel Watson Mississippi State14 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 for loss
  2. Marques Watson-Trent Georgia Southern14 tackles, 1 sack, 3 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

Oct 17, 2023Liberty 42, Middle Tennessee 35Box score
Oct 17, 2023Jacksonville State 20, Western Kentucky 17Box score
Oct 17, 2023South Alabama 55, Southern Miss 3Box score
Oct 18, 2023Florida International 33, Sam Houston 27Box score
Oct 18, 2023New Mexico State 28, UTEP 7Box score
Oct 19, 2023Rice 42, Tulsa 10Box score
Oct 19, 2023James Madison 20, Marshall 9Box score
Oct 20, 2023SMU 55, Temple 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Mississippi State 7, Arkansas 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Rutgers 31, Indiana 14Box score
Oct 21, 20233Ohio State 20, 7Penn State 12Box score
Oct 21, 2023Boston College 38, Georgia Tech 23Box score
Oct 21, 2023Baylor 32, Cincinnati 29Box score
Oct 21, 20236Oklahoma 31, UCF 29Box score
Oct 21, 2023Memphis 45, UAB 21Box score
Oct 21, 202322Air Force 17, Navy 6Box score
Oct 21, 2023Ohio 20, Western Michigan 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Charlotte 10, East Carolina 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Georgia Southern 38, UL Monroe 28Box score
Oct 21, 2023Bowling Green 41, Akron 14Box score
Oct 21, 202311Alabama 34, 17Tennessee 20Box score
Oct 21, 2023Wisconsin 25, Illinois 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Minnesota 12, 24Iowa 10upsetBox score
Oct 21, 202320Missouri 34, South Carolina 12Box score
Oct 21, 2023Nebraska 17, Northwestern 9Box score
Oct 21, 2023South Florida 24, UConn 21Box score
Oct 21, 20239Oregon 38, Washington State 24Box score
Oct 21, 2023Wake Forest 21, Pittsburgh 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Oklahoma State 48, West Virginia 34Box score
Oct 21, 202323Tulane 35, North Texas 28Box score
Oct 21, 2023Ball State 24, Central Michigan 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Northern Illinois 20, Eastern Michigan 13Box score
Oct 21, 2023Buffalo 24, Kent State 6Box score
Oct 21, 20238Texas 31, Houston 24Box score
Oct 21, 2023Toledo 21, Miami (OH) 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023UTSA 36, Florida Atlantic 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023New Mexico 42, Hawai’i 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Virginia 31, 10North Carolina 27upsetBox score
Oct 21, 202313Ole Miss 28, Auburn 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023BYU 27, Texas Tech 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Kansas State 41, TCU 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Old Dominion 28, App State 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Coastal Carolina 27, Arkansas State 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023UNLV 25, Colorado State 23Box score
Oct 21, 2023San José State 42, Utah State 21Box score
Oct 21, 202319LSU 62, Army 0Box score
Oct 21, 20232Michigan 49, Michigan State 0Box score
Oct 21, 20234Florida State 38, 16Duke 20Box score
Oct 21, 202314Utah 34, 18USC 32upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Miami 28, Clemson 20Box score
Oct 21, 2023Georgia State 20, Louisiana 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Nevada 6, San Diego State 0Box score
Oct 21, 202325UCLA 42, Stanford 7Box score
Oct 21, 20235Washington 15, Arizona State 7Box score

Everyone else

Oct 19, 2023Frostburg State 28, West Virginia State 14Box score
Oct 19, 2023North Carolina Central 16, Morgan State 10Box score
Oct 19, 2023SE Louisiana 37, Northwestern State 20Box score
Oct 20, 2023Western Connecticut State 28, Mass Maritime 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Howard 27, Norfolk State 23Box score
Oct 21, 2023South Carolina State 35, Delaware State 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Central Connecticut 17, Wagner 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Merrimack 39, Long Island University 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Springfield 31, Salve Regina 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Hillsdale 35, Thomas More 33Box score
Oct 21, 2023Utica 28, Alfred 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023FDU Florham 41, Alvernia 16Box score
Oct 21, 2023Pennsylvania 27, Yale 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Saint Anselm 14, Assumption 0upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Clarion 34, Edinboro 20upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Shepherd 59, West Chester 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Union 27, Hobart 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023Ithaca 24, Rochester (NY) 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023Illinois College 72, Lawrence 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Bentley 62, American International 12Box score
Oct 21, 2023Merchant Marine 40, WPI 28Box score
Oct 21, 2023MIT 35, SUNY Maritime 28Box score
Oct 21, 2023Huntingdon 56, Greensboro 8Box score
Oct 21, 2023Belhaven 45, Methodist 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023SUNY Cortland 42, St. John Fisher 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Moravian 44, Juniata 13Box score
Oct 21, 2023Wabash 67, Kenyon 18Box score
Oct 21, 2023North Carolina Wesleyan 34, Southern Virginia 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Endicott 48, Nichols 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Plymouth State 35, Worcester State 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Widener 48, Albright 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Anna Maria College 52, Dean 20Box score
Oct 21, 2023Stevenson 33, Misericordia 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023King’s 28, Eastern 18Box score
Oct 21, 2023Baldwin Wallace 24, Otterbein 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Duquesne 38, Saint Francis 35Box score
Oct 21, 2023Stonehill 22, Sacred Heart 19Box score
Oct 21, 2023Lehigh 27, Bucknell 18Box score
Oct 21, 2023Lafayette 38, Holy Cross 35Box score
Oct 21, 2023Cornell 36, Brown 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023South Dakota 17, Indiana State 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Princeton 21, Harvard 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Davidson 42, Valparaiso 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Butler 37, Dayton 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023Marist 19, Presbyterian 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023Richmond 33, North Carolina A&T 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023St. Thomas (MN) 38, Stetson 6Box score
Oct 21, 2023Chattanooga 34, East Tennessee State 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Bowie State 40, Bluefield State 11Box score
Oct 21, 2023Virginia Union 57, Lincoln (PA) 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Grand Valley State 73, Northern Michigan 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Ferris State 35, Michigan Tech 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023UNC Pembroke 56, West Virginia Wesleyan 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Kutztown 7, Lock Haven 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Mars Hill 21, Carson Newman 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Brockport 49, SUNY Morrisville 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Randolph Macon 48, Shenandoah 13Box score
Oct 21, 2023Northwestern (MN) 32, Greenville 12Box score
Oct 21, 2023Ashland 31, Lake Erie 19Box score
Oct 21, 2023Findlay 23, Walsh 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Missouri Western 20, Nebraska Kearney 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Grove City 49, Saint Vincent 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Glenville State 44, Concord 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Fairmont State 33, Charleston (WV) 30upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Alderson-Broaddus at WheelingPreview
Oct 21, 2023Slippery Rock 42, California (PA) 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Shippensburg 13, Millersville 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Davenport 44, University of Mary 34Box score
Oct 21, 2023Emory & Henry 27, Tusculum 24Box score
Oct 21, 2023Hardin Simmons 55, Sul Ross State 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Johns Hopkins 42, Ursinus 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Western New England 10, Husson 9Box score
Oct 21, 2023New England 19, Curry 13Box score
Oct 21, 2023Rensselaer 37, St. Lawrence 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Muhlenberg 42, Dickinson 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Wesleyan (CT) 35, Bowdoin 30Box score
Oct 21, 2023Christopher Newport 34, Kean 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023Susquehanna 34, Wilkes 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Delaware Valley 21, Lebanon Valley 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Trine 35, Albion 28upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Alma 43, Kalamazoo 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023Salisbury 35, Rowan 20Box score
Oct 21, 2023Hiram 27, Oberlin 19Box score
Oct 21, 2023Middlebury 48, Bates 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Hamilton 17, Colby 6upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Washington and Lee 21, Hampden Sydney 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Maryville (TN) 26, LaGrange 6Box score
Oct 21, 2023Centre 59, Millsaps 20Box score
Oct 21, 2023Minnesota Morris 34, Westminster (MO) 13Box score
Oct 21, 2023Ohio Dominican 15, Northwood 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Gallaudet 38, Alfred State 24Box score
Oct 21, 2023Lycoming 34, Keystone 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Tufts 34, Amherst 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Post 16, Franklin Pierce 13upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Franklin & Marshall 27, McDaniel 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Montclair State 14, William Paterson 13Box score
Oct 21, 2023Southern Connecticut State 25, Pace 23Box score
Oct 21, 2023East Stroudsburg 21, Bloomsburg 16Box score
Oct 21, 2023Dartmouth 20, Columbia 9Box score
Oct 21, 2023Samford 27, VMI 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Livingstone 27, Shaw 26Box score
Oct 21, 2023Bluffton 50, Manchester 12Box score
Oct 21, 2023Mount Union 69, Wilmington (OH) 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Mount St Joseph 52, Hanover 27Box score
Oct 21, 2023Winston-Salem State 24, St. Augustine’s 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Coast Guard 52, Norwich 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Defiance College 36, Anderson (IN) 6Box score
Oct 21, 2023Rose Hulman 50, Franklin 35Box score
Oct 21, 2023John Carroll 63, Capital 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Trinity (CT) 41, Williams 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Youngstown State 41, Illinois State 38Box score
Oct 21, 2023Delaware 47, Hampton 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Elon 28, Monmouth 26Box score
Oct 21, 2023Elizabeth City State 17, Virginia State 16upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Indianapolis 24, Quincy 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023McKendree 20, Missouri S&T 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Ouachita Baptist 31, Arkansas Tech 24Box score
Oct 21, 2023Saginaw Valley State 17, Wayne State (MI) 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023Carleton 42, St. Scholastica 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023DePauw 41, Wittenberg 35Box score
Oct 21, 2023Wisconsin La Crosse 31, Wisconsin Oshkosh 28Box score
Oct 21, 2023Fort Hays 31, Washburn 28Box score
Oct 21, 2023Knox 14, Grinnell 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Berry 61, Sewanee 23Box score
Oct 21, 2023Winona State 42, Sioux Falls 35Box score
Oct 21, 2023Wingate 38, Barton 24Box score
Oct 21, 2023Augustana (IL) 42, North Park 28Box score
Oct 21, 2023Elmhurst 29, Millikin 27Box score
Oct 21, 2023Hope 45, Olivet 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Bemidji State 38, Concordia St. Paul 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Augustana (SD) 28, Minnesota State 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023Minnesota Duluth 42, Minot State 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Minnesota St Moorhead 34, Southwest Minnesota State 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023CSU Pueblo 28, Chadron State 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023South Dakota Mines 48, Fort Lewis 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023UVA Wise 34, Erskine 23Box score
Oct 21, 2023Benedict 63, Kentucky State 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Central State 48, Clark Atlanta 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Fort Valley State 31, Morehouse 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Central College 72, Nebraska Wesleyan 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Wartburg 62, Loras 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Simpson (IA) 56, Luther 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Mary Hardin Baylor 49, Austin 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023McMurry 45, Howard Payne 21upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Wheaton (IL) 52, Carroll (WI) 6Box score
Oct 21, 2023Illinois Wesleyan 34, Carthage 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023North Central College 49, Washington St. Louis 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Monmouth (IL) 59, Beloit 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Ripon 12, Lake Forest 0upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Concordia Chicago 28, Eureka 27Box score
Oct 21, 2023Ohio Northern 27, Muskingum 17upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Martin Luther 13, Crown 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Wisconsin Platteville 47, Wisconsin Eau Claire 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Augsburg 56, St. Olaf 36Box score
Oct 21, 2023Bethel (MN) 49, Hamline 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Concordia (MN) 49, Macalester 8Box score
Oct 21, 2023Gustavus Adolphus 38, Saint John’s (MN) 35Box score
Oct 21, 2023Cornell (IA) 47, Chicago 34Box score
Oct 21, 2023Aurora 70, Wisconsin Lutheran 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023St. Norbert 13, Concordia (WI) 7upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Benedictine (IL) 31, Lakeland 6Box score
Oct 21, 2023Bridgewater 53, Averett 24Box score
Oct 21, 2023Trinity (TX) 57, Southwestern U 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Case Western Reserve 35, Waynesburg 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Wisconsin River Falls 75, Wisconsin Stevens Point 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Upper Iowa 35, Southwest Baptist 13Box score
Oct 21, 2023Southeast Missouri State 28, Tennessee Tech 3Box score
Oct 21, 2023Furman 29, Western Carolina 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Fayetteville State 14, Johnson C. Smith 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Central Missouri 77, Emporia State 27Box score
Oct 21, 2023Colgate 28, Georgetown 18Box score
Oct 21, 2023Alcorn State 31, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Jackson State 21, Mississippi Valley State 6Box score
Oct 21, 2023Missouri State 28, Murray State 24Box score
Oct 21, 2023Eastern Illinois 25, Bryant 24Box score
Oct 21, 2023South Dakota State 17, Southern Illinois 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023UT Martin 17, Charleston Southern 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Tennessee State 54, Lincoln (CA) 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Truman State 31, William Jewell 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023Henderson State 42, Arkansas Monticello 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Gannon 31, Mercyhurst 28Box score
Oct 21, 2023Denison 35, Wooster 31Box score
Oct 21, 2023Harding 54, Southern Arkansas 20Box score
Oct 21, 2023Southeastern Oklahoma State 32, Southwestern Oklahoma State 13Box score
Oct 21, 2023Southern Nazarene 27, East Central 13upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Valdosta State 42, Shorter 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Missouri Southern State 63, Lincoln (MO) 5Box score
Oct 21, 2023Marietta 37, Heidelberg 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Pittsburg State 28, Northwest Missouri State 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Seton Hill 35, IU Pennsylvania 28upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Colorado Mesa 42, Adams State 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Virginia Lynchburg 45, Lane College 42upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Colorado School of Mines 42, Black Hills State 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Western Colorado 62, New Mexico Highlands 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Tuskegee 21, Savannah State 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Dubuque 41, Buena Vista 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Wisconsin Whitewater 37, Wisconsin Stout 20Box score
Oct 21, 2023The College of New Jersey 30, Gettysburg 13Box score
Oct 21, 2023North Dakota State 52, Western Illinois 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023New Hampshire 45, Stony Brook 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023UAlbany 35, Rhode Island 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023Towson 34, William & Mary 24Box score
Oct 21, 2023Ferrum 28, Guilford 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Southern 28, Bethune-Cookman 18Box score
Oct 21, 2023Idaho State 38, Portland State 24Box score
Oct 21, 2023Campbell 34, Maine 28Box score
Oct 21, 2023Mercer 31, Wofford 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Tiffin 37, Kentucky Wesleyan 12Box score
Oct 21, 2023West Florida 24, Delta State 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Whitworth 42, Pacific (OR) 20Box score
Oct 21, 2023Claremont Mudd Scripps 31, Redlands 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Lenoir Rhyne 24, Newberry 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023UMass Dartmouth 42, Fitchburg State 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Linfield 55, Puget Sound 6Box score
Oct 21, 2023Pacific Lutheran 49, Lewis & Clark 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Bridgewater State 21, Westfield State 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Pomona Pitzer 20, La Verne 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Midwestern State 33, Western Oregon 6Box score
Oct 21, 2023Nicholls 27, East Texas A&M 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Northern Iowa 27, North Dakota 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Drake 25, San Diego 20Box score
Oct 21, 2023East Texas Baptist 16, Texas Lutheran 6Box score
Oct 21, 2023Abilene Christian 34, Stephen F. Austin 27Box score
Oct 21, 2023Notre Dame College 40, West Liberty 35Box score
Oct 21, 2023Miles 28, Allen 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Buffalo State 44, Hilbert 12Box score
Oct 21, 2023Gardner-Webb 35, Eastern Kentucky 32Box score
Oct 21, 2023West Georgia 38, North Greenville 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Edward Waters 31, Albany State 27Box score
Oct 21, 2023North Alabama 31, Utah Tech 30Box score
Oct 21, 2023Tarleton State 42, Morehead State 0Box score
Oct 21, 2023Eastern Washington 31, Weber State 23Box score
Oct 21, 2023Mississippi College 38, Chowan 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023UT Permian Basin 28, Angelo State 23upsetBox score
Oct 21, 2023Central Oklahoma 37, Northeastern State 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Northern State 28, Wayne State (NE) 26Box score
Oct 21, 2023Limestone 27, Catawba 16Box score
Oct 21, 2023Westminster (PA) 27, Allegheny 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Carnegie Mellon 35, Washington & Jefferson 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Geneva 45, Bethany (WV) 20Box score
Oct 21, 2023Hendrix 50, Rhodes 49Box score
Oct 21, 2023Florida A&M 31, Texas Southern 21Box score
Oct 21, 2023Austin Peay 48, Southern Utah 45Box score
Oct 21, 2023Cal Poly 24, Northern Colorado 17Box score
Oct 21, 2023Incarnate Word 35, McNeese 24Box score
Oct 21, 2023Oklahoma Baptist 28, Northwestern (OK) 7Box score
Oct 21, 2023Texas A&M–Kingsville 35, Eastern New Mexico 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Central Washington 30, West Texas 14Box score
Oct 21, 2023Chapman 38, Cal Lutheran 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023George Fox 63, Willamette 10Box score
Oct 21, 2023Montana State 42, Sacramento State 30Box score