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2024: Week 6

292 games. Seven ranked teams lost, six to unranked teams. One game matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 5, 202425Texas A&M 41, 9Missouri 10Box score

Upsets

Oct 5, 2024Vanderbilt 40, 1Alabama 35upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Arkansas 19, 4Tennessee 14upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Minnesota 24, 11USC 17upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024SMU 34, 22Louisville 27upsetBox score
Oct 4, 2024Syracuse 44, 25UNLV 41upsetBox 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 Ward35 of 53, 437 yards, 2 TD, 1 INTMiami at California
  1. Kurtis Rourke Indiana25 of 33, 380 yards, 3 TD
  2. Spencer Petras Utah State27 of 41, 372 yards, 3 TD

Rushing

Ashton Jeanty13 carries, 186 yards, 3 TDBoise State vs. Utah State
  1. Tyler Huff Jacksonville State15 carries, 176 yards, 3 TD
  2. Hahsaun Wilson Charlotte15 carries, 164 yards, 3 TD

Receiving

Jalen Royals9 catches, 211 yards, 2 TDUtah State at Boise State
  1. Tory Horton Colorado State9 catches, 158 yards, 1 TD
  2. Jamaal Pritchett South Alabama7 catches, 137 yards, 2 TD

Defense

Cameron Whitfield6 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 for lossLouisiana at Southern Miss
  1. Trey White San Diego State5 tackles, 3 sacks, 4 for loss
  2. Jayden McDonald UConn14 tackles, 1 sack, 2.5 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

Oct 3, 2024Texas State 38, Troy 17Box score
Oct 3, 2024Sam Houston 41, UTEP 21Box score
Oct 4, 2024Jacksonville State 63, Kennesaw State 24Box score
Oct 4, 2024Houston 30, TCU 19Box score
Oct 4, 20246Oregon 31, Michigan State 10Box score
Oct 4, 2024Syracuse 44, 25UNLV 41upsetBox score
Oct 5, 202425Texas A&M 41, 9Missouri 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Wisconsin 52, Purdue 6Box score
Oct 5, 20247Penn State 27, UCLA 11Box score
Oct 5, 2024Northern Illinois 34, Massachusetts 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Virginia 24, Boston College 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024SMU 34, 22Louisville 27upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Pittsburgh 34, North Carolina 24Box score
Oct 5, 2024Wake Forest 34, NC State 30Box score
Oct 5, 2024Navy 34, Air Force 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Army 49, Tulsa 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Tulane 71, UAB 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Western Michigan 45, Ball State 42Box score
Oct 5, 20245Georgia 31, Auburn 13Box score
Oct 5, 202412Ole Miss 27, South Carolina 3Box score
Oct 5, 202423Indiana 41, Northwestern 24Box score
Oct 5, 20243Ohio State 35, Iowa 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024UConn 29, Temple 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Virginia Tech 31, Stanford 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Marshall 52, App State 37Box score
Oct 5, 2024Toledo 30, Miami (OH) 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Bowling Green 27, Akron 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Charlotte 55, East Carolina 24Box score
Oct 5, 2024Nebraska 14, Rutgers 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024West Virginia 38, Oklahoma State 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Vanderbilt 40, 1Alabama 35upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Oregon State 39, Colorado State 31Box score
Oct 5, 202415Clemson 29, Florida State 13Box score
Oct 5, 202421Boise State 62, Utah State 30Box score
Oct 5, 2024Coastal Carolina 45, Old Dominion 37Box score
Oct 5, 2024Arkansas State 18, South Alabama 16Box score
Oct 5, 2024UL Monroe 21, James Madison 19Box score
Oct 5, 2024Louisiana 23, Southern Miss 13Box score
Oct 5, 2024Arkansas 19, 4Tennessee 14upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Washington 27, 10Michigan 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Minnesota 24, 11USC 17upsetBox score
Oct 5, 202416Iowa State 43, Baylor 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024San José State 35, Nevada 31Box score
Oct 5, 2024Florida 24, UCF 13Box score
Oct 5, 2024Georgia Tech 24, Duke 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Arizona State 35, Kansas 31Box score
Oct 5, 2024San Diego State 27, Hawai’i 24Box score
Oct 5, 20248Miami 39, California 38Box score
Oct 5, 2024Texas Tech 28, Arizona 22Box score

Everyone else

Oct 4, 2024Johns Hopkins 20, Rowan 13Box score
Oct 4, 2024Wilkes 54, Juniata 7Box score
Oct 4, 2024Harvard 28, New Hampshire 23Box score
Oct 4, 2024Gettysburg 20, McDaniel 7Box score
Oct 4, 2024Ursinus 53, Muhlenberg 50Box score
Oct 4, 2024UMass Dartmouth 34, Mass Maritime 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Bryant 42, Brown 35Box score
Oct 5, 2024Columbia 34, Princeton 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Yale 23, Central Connecticut 22Box score
Oct 5, 2024Alfred State 21, Apprentice School 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Charleston (WV) 29, Glenville State 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024UNC Pembroke 35, Wheeling 32Box score
Oct 5, 2024Kutztown 42, Bloomsburg 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024East Stroudsburg 57, Millersville 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Grand Valley State 24, Davenport 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Michigan Tech 22, Wayne State (MI) 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Rochester (NY) 14, Rensselaer 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Framingham State 25, Fitchburg State 22Box score
Oct 5, 2024Walsh 63, Lake Erie 34Box score
Oct 5, 2024Valdosta State 59, Shorter 6Box score
Oct 5, 2024Western Connecticut State 48, Plymouth State 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024Shepherd 45, Lock Haven 38Box score
Oct 5, 2024Kenyon 34, Oberlin 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Salve Regina 31, Merchant Marine 28upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Springfield 51, WPI 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Utica 65, Hartwick 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024West Chester 28, Shippensburg 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Gallaudet 42, Nichols 28Box score
Oct 5, 2024Coast Guard 21, MIT 19Box score
Oct 5, 2024Bentley 31, Pace 16Box score
Oct 5, 2024Mount Union 21, Otterbein 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Delaware 42, Monmouth 35Box score
Oct 5, 2024UAlbany 31, Cornell 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Drake 27, Valparaiso 3Box score
Oct 5, 2024Davidson 42, Marist 19Box score
Oct 5, 2024Butler 40, Morehead State 6Box score
Oct 5, 2024Dartmouth 20, Pennsylvania 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Saint Francis 28, Delaware State 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Morgan State 41, Lincoln (PA) 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Sacred Heart 10, Norfolk State 3Box score
Oct 5, 2024Duquesne 47, Long Island University 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024Lafayette 28, Fordham 23Box score
Oct 5, 2024Holy Cross 38, Colgate 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Wagner 28, Stonehill 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Saginaw Valley State 63, Northern Michigan 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Frostburg State 49, West Virginia Wesleyan 16Box score
Oct 5, 2024Carson Newman 28, Barton 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Emory & Henry 31, Lenoir Rhyne 20upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Moravian 55, Keystone 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024West Liberty 31, Concord 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Gannon 23, Seton Hill 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Franklin & Marshall 23, Dickinson 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Alfred 47, Hilbert 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Defiance College 35, Manchester 3Box score
Oct 5, 2024Susquehanna 48, Catholic 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Hobart 16, Ithaca 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024St. Lawrence 27, Union 24Box score
Oct 5, 2024Albion 38, Adrian 27Box score
Oct 5, 2024Hope 42, Trine 6Box score
Oct 5, 2024Grinnell 17, Lawrence 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Wabash 55, Wooster 19Box score
Oct 5, 2024Fayetteville State 27, Bowie State 24Box score
Oct 5, 2024Virginia Union 31, Winston-Salem State 13Box score
Oct 5, 2024Ashland 26, Ohio Dominican 6Box score
Oct 5, 2024Hillsdale 14, Northwood 13upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Brevard 55, Southern Virginia 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024Maryville (TN) 38, LaGrange 13Box score
Oct 5, 2024St. Norbert 28, Concordia (WI) 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Wesleyan (CT) 19, Hamilton 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Williams 34, Bowdoin 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Alma 73, Calvin 13Box score
Oct 5, 2024SUNY Maritime 37, Norwich 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Kean 25, William Paterson 18Box score
Oct 5, 2024Centre 24, Trinity (TX) 12Box score
Oct 5, 2024Washington & Jefferson 21, Westminster (PA) 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Hampden Sydney 31, Guilford 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Randolph Macon 22, Shenandoah 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024Case Western Reserve 58, Allegheny 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Grove City 62, Bethany (WV) 22Box score
Oct 5, 2024Geneva 16, Saint Vincent 13Box score
Oct 5, 2024Shaw 35, Bluefield State 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024New Haven 56, American International 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Saint Anselm 56, Post 28Box score
Oct 5, 2024New England 68, Dean 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Limestone 49, Tusculum 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024SUNY Cortland 41, SUNY Morrisville 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Brockport 35, St. John Fisher 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Mercyhurst 55, Buffalo State 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Bluffton 37, Anderson (IN) 9Box score
Oct 5, 2024Mount St Joseph 49, Hanover 41Box score
Oct 5, 2024Trinity (CT) 42, Tufts 24Box score
Oct 5, 2024Heidelberg 45, Capital 22Box score
Oct 5, 2024John Carroll 35, Muskingum 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Rhode Island 46, Hampton 44Box score
Oct 5, 2024Richmond 20, North Carolina A&T 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Austin Peay 20, West Georgia 16Box score
Oct 5, 2024UT Martin 35, Gardner-Webb 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Tennessee State 24, Lindenwood 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Youngstown State 21, Indiana State 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Furman 17, The Citadel 16Box score
Oct 5, 2024St. Thomas (MN) 34, Stetson 24Box score
Oct 5, 2024Chadron State 52, Adams State 3Box score
Oct 5, 2024North Park 30, Augustana (IL) 27upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Elmhurst 23, Carthage 17upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Nebraska Kearney 35, Southwest Minnesota State 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Wayne State (NE) 27, Minot State 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024West Virginia State 45, Fairmont State 34Box score
Oct 5, 2024Augustana (SD) 28, Minnesota Duluth 24Box score
Oct 5, 2024Winona State 33, Minnesota St Moorhead 6Box score
Oct 5, 2024California (PA) 31, Clarion 27Box score
Oct 5, 2024Henderson State 52, Oklahoma Baptist 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Indianapolis 23, William Jewell 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Ferris State 55, Roosevelt 13Box score
Oct 5, 2024Nebraska Wesleyan 34, Buena Vista 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024Central College 59, Simpson (IA) 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Coe 43, Loras 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Texas Lutheran 43, Austin 34Box score
Oct 5, 2024Hardin Simmons 35, Endicott 27Box score
Oct 5, 2024Mary Hardin Baylor 42, East Texas Baptist 28Box score
Oct 5, 2024Washington St. Louis 33, Illinois Wesleyan 23Box score
Oct 5, 2024North Central College 55, Wheaton (IL) 27Box score
Oct 5, 2024Rose Hulman 24, Franklin 16Box score
Oct 5, 2024Vermont State Castleton 24, Westfield State 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Olivet 45, Kalamazoo 12Box score
Oct 5, 2024Saint John’s (MN) 45, Augsburg 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Bethel (MN) 43, Gustavus Adolphus 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Concordia (MN) 31, Carleton 6Box score
Oct 5, 2024St. Olaf 41, Hamline 6Box score
Oct 5, 2024St. Scholastica 30, Macalester 28Box score
Oct 5, 2024Chicago 23, Beloit 3Box score
Oct 5, 2024Denison 30, Wittenberg 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Johnson C. Smith 21, Virginia State 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Findlay 49, Kentucky Wesleyan 9Box score
Oct 5, 2024Savannah State 35, Clark Atlanta 28Box score
Oct 5, 2024Kentucky State 24, Lane College 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Tuskegee 42, Morehouse 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Wisconsin Whitewater 21, Wisconsin Oshkosh 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Wisconsin Stout 22, Wisconsin Stevens Point 15Box score
Oct 5, 2024Wisconsin Platteville 30, Wisconsin La Crosse 27upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Wisconsin River Falls 71, Wisconsin Eau Claire 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Aurora 45, Wisconsin Lutheran 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Lakeland 42, Benedictine (IL) 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024Huntingdon 45, Belhaven 31Box score
Oct 5, 2024Slippery Rock 33, IU Pennsylvania 32Box score
Oct 5, 2024DePauw 53, Ohio Wesleyan 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Greenville 35, Westminster (MO) 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Northwestern (MN) 69, Crown 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Martin Luther 21, Minnesota Morris 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Bridgewater 41, Ferrum 15Box score
Oct 5, 2024Assumption 35, Southern Connecticut State 28Box score
Oct 5, 2024Wingate 33, UVA Wise 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Middlebury 29, Amherst 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024Western Carolina 21, Wofford 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024South Carolina State 22, Tennessee Tech 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Southeast Missouri State 38, Eastern Illinois 27Box score
Oct 5, 2024Weber State 55, Montana 48Box score
Oct 5, 2024South Dakota 59, Murray State 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Florida A&M 28, Alabama State 13Box score
Oct 5, 2024Alcorn State 38, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 28Box score
Oct 5, 2024Samford 27, VMI 3Box score
Oct 5, 2024Texas Southern 28, Virginia Lynchburg 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Colorado Mesa 14, Colorado School of Mines 13upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Monmouth (IL) 44, Illinois College 24Box score
Oct 5, 2024Carroll (WI) 49, Millikin 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Central Oklahoma 59, Missouri Southern State 24Box score
Oct 5, 2024Emporia State 48, Northeastern State 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Pittsburg State 31, Missouri Western 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Harding 57, Southwestern Oklahoma State 3Box score
Oct 5, 2024Ouachita Baptist 25, Southeastern Oklahoma State 9Box score
Oct 5, 2024Lincoln (MO) 40, Lincoln (CA) 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Dubuque 64, Luther 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Lake Forest 42, Knox 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Cornell (IA) 37, Ripon 34Box score
Oct 5, 2024North Greenville 38, Benedict 21upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024The College of New Jersey 20, Montclair State 13Box score
Oct 5, 2024Marietta 45, Ohio Northern 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Concordia St. Paul 19, University of Mary 13Box score
Oct 5, 2024Sioux Falls 40, Minnesota State 36upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Villanova 42, Stony Brook 24Box score
Oct 5, 2024Chattanooga 17, East Tennessee State 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024North Dakota State 41, North Dakota 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Northern State 14, Bemidji State 13upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Southern Arkansas 49, Southern Nazarene 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024North Carolina Central 45, Campbell 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Abilene Christian 41, Central Arkansas 34Box score
Oct 5, 2024Western Illinois 31, Charleston Southern 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Montana State 55, Northern Colorado 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024UC Davis 27, Portland State 26Box score
Oct 5, 2024San Diego 27, Presbyterian 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024CSU Pueblo 67, New Mexico Highlands 28Box score
Oct 5, 2024Northwest Missouri State 51, Washburn 34Box score
Oct 5, 2024Arkansas Tech 44, Northwestern (OK) 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024East Central 42, Arkansas Monticello 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Quincy 34, McKendree 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Bridgewater State 42, Worcester State 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Tiffin 51, Thomas More 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Western Oregon 34, Western New Mexico 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Fort Valley State 48, Edward Waters 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Livingstone 23, Elizabeth City State 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Concordia Chicago 31, Eureka 27upsetBox score
Oct 5, 2024Lewis & Clark 24, George Fox 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024Whitworth 34, Pacific Lutheran 23Box score
Oct 5, 2024Pacific (OR) 62, Puget Sound 34Box score
Oct 5, 2024North Alabama 60, Utah Tech 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Idaho 23, Northern Arizona 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024South Dakota State 41, Northern Iowa 3Box score
Oct 5, 2024Jackson State 45, Alabama A&M 38Box score
Oct 5, 2024West Florida 31, Mississippi College 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Miles 16, Central State 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Washington and Lee 35, Averett 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Towson 34, William & Mary 27Box score
Oct 5, 2024Albany State 57, Allen 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024North Carolina Wesleyan 19, Methodist 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Salisbury 42, Christopher Newport 38Box score
Oct 5, 2024Berry 44, Southwestern U 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Houston Christian 43, McNeese 22Box score
Oct 5, 2024SE Louisiana 21, East Texas A&M 9Box score
Oct 5, 2024Illinois State 45, Southern Illinois 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Incarnate Word 56, Prairie View A&M 28Box score
Oct 5, 2024Nicholls 51, Southern 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Black Hills State 22, South Dakota Mines 20Box score
Oct 5, 2024Missouri S&T 65, Southwest Baptist 24Box score
Oct 5, 2024Truman State 26, Upper Iowa 23Box score
Oct 5, 2024Delta State 54, Chowan 9Box score
Oct 5, 2024Angelo State 36, UT Permian Basin 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Colby 28, Bates 26Box score
Oct 5, 2024Centenary (LA) 35, Lyon 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Linfield 72, Willamette 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Rhodes 34, Hendrix 29Box score
Oct 5, 2024Carnegie Mellon 42, Waynesburg 0Box score
Oct 5, 2024Western New England 44, Anna Maria College 10Box score
Oct 5, 2024Mars Hill 34, Newberry 9Box score
Oct 5, 2024Tarleton State 38, Southern Utah 37Box score
Oct 5, 2024Idaho State 41, Cal Poly 38Box score
Oct 5, 2024Western Colorado 44, Fort Lewis 7Box score
Oct 5, 2024Fort Hays 31, Central Missouri 21Box score
Oct 5, 2024Stephen F. Austin 59, Northwestern State 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Central Washington 44, Eastern New Mexico 28Box score
Oct 5, 2024Texas A&M–Kingsville 40, Midwestern State 13Box score
Oct 5, 2024Redlands 38, La Verne 17Box score
Oct 5, 2024Claremont Mudd Scripps 20, Pomona Pitzer 14Box score
Oct 5, 2024Chapman 24, Cal Lutheran 20Box score
Oct 6, 2024Catawba 44, Anderson (SC) 41Box score