2025: Week 12

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

Big days

Passing

No. 10Ben Finley32 of 59, 424 yards, 3 TD, 1 INTAkron vs. Kent State

2. Marcel Reed Texas A&M22 of 39, 439 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
3. Sawyer Robertson Baylor29 of 58, 430 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT

Rushing

No. 29Ahmad Hardy25 carries, 300 yards, 3 TDMissouri vs. Mississippi State

2. O.J. Arnold Georgia Southern21 carries, 267 yards, 2 TD
3. Caleb Hawkins North Texas27 carries, 189 yards, 5 TD

Receiving

No. 2Marcel Williams14 catches, 206 yards, 2 TDAkron vs. Kent State

2. Josh Cameron Baylor13 catches, 165 yards, 2 TD
3. Camden Brown Georgia Southern5 catches, 133 yards, 3 TD

Defense

No. 3Rasheem Biles9 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 2 for loss, 1 INT, 1 TDPittsburgh vs. Notre Dame

2. Marvin Burks Jr. Missouri12 tackles, 1 INT, 1 TD
3. Jordan Kwiatkowski Central Michigan9 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 INT, 1 TD

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.

The week’s biggest individual games by FBS players, from CollegeFootballData box scores.