2025: Week 13

138 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.

Big days

Passing

Diego Pavia33 of 39, 484 yards, 5 TD, 1 INTVanderbilt vs. Kentucky

2. Drew Mestemaker North Texas19 of 23, 469 yards, 3 TD
3. Caden Veltkamp Florida Atlantic42 of 55, 494 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

No. 4Joe Jackson24 carries, 293 yards, 3 TDKansas State at Utah

2. Raleek Brown Arizona State22 carries, 255 yards, 1 TD
3. Evan Dickens Liberty30 carries, 228 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

No. 10Wyatt Young8 catches, 295 yards, 2 TDNorth Texas at Rice

2. Carlos Hernandez Wake Forest5 catches, 197 yards, 2 TD
3. Tre Richardson Vanderbilt6 catches, 159 yards, 3 TD

Defense

No. 7Jayland Parker15 tackles, 2 sacks, 2.5 for lossMarshall at App State

2. Jordan Kwiatkowski Central Michigan14 tackles, 1 sack, 4.5 for loss
3. Shadrach Banks UTSA10 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.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

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