2026: Week 2

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

Big days

Passing

No. 10Caden Veltkamp27 of 32, 386 yards, 5 TDFlorida Atlantic vs. Navy

2. Jaden Craig TCU24 of 31, 391 yards, 4 TD
3. Julian Lewis Colorado17 of 23, 366 yards, 4 TD

Rushing

Jaylin Lucas11 carries, 214 yards, 1 TDTulane vs. South Alabama

2. Jayden Brown Colorado State9 carries, 171 yards, 2 TD
3. Dylan Riley Boise State19 carries, 206 yards

Receiving

No. 12Jesse Legree8 catches, 240 yards, 2 TDOregon State vs. Texas Tech

2. Hunter Tipton Memphis9 catches, 229 yards, 1 TD
3. Reed Harris Arizona State9 catches, 189 yards, 2 TD

Defense

No. 23Alonzo Jackson Jr.12 tackles, 3 sacks, 3.5 for lossLouisiana Tech at LSU

2. Kingston Lopa California5 tackles, 3 INT, 1 TD
3. Blake Fletcher Air Force14 tackles, 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.

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