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2026: Week 5

304 games. Three ranked teams lost. Three 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 3, 20265Ohio State 31, 14Iowa 14Box score
Oct 3, 20267Alabama 56, 16Mississippi State 23Box score
Oct 3, 202625Missouri 45, 8Florida 17upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 3, 202625Missouri 45, 8Florida 17upsetBox 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

Braden Atkinson30 of 33, 404 yards, 5 TDOregon State at Colorado State
  1. Ethan Grunkemeyer Virginia Tech30 of 41, 434 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
  2. Marcus Stokes Memphis20 of 25, 318 yards, 5 TD

Rushing

DeSean Bishop34 carries, 220 yards, 3 TDTennessee vs. Auburn
  1. Aiden Flora Iowa State22 carries, 212 yards, 3 TD
  2. Jamal Roberts Missouri24 carries, 211 yards, 3 TD

Receiving

Jeremiah Smith11 catches, 206 yards, 2 TDOhio State at Iowa
  1. Jesse Legree Oregon State5 catches, 156 yards, 3 TD
  2. Umari Hatcher Syracuse12 catches, 152 yards, 3 TD

Defense

Dejuan Lane9 tackles, 2 sacks, 2.5 for loss, 1 INTTennessee vs. Auburn
  1. Eriq George Bowling Green8 tackles, 3 sacks, 3 for loss
  2. Marques White SMU7 tackles, 3 sacks, 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 1, 2026New Mexico State 34, Western Kentucky 13Box score
Oct 1, 2026North Texas 45, Tulsa 44Box score
Oct 2, 2026Pittsburgh 35, Virginia Tech 33Box score
Oct 2, 2026Liberty 30, Delaware 14Box score
Oct 2, 2026Northwestern 34, Penn State 13Box score
Oct 3, 2026Memphis 59, Charlotte 8Box score
Oct 3, 20267Alabama 56, 16Mississippi State 23Box score
Oct 3, 2026Kansas 55, Middle Tennessee 0Box score
Oct 3, 202620Houston 27, UCF 17Box score
Oct 3, 2026Iowa State 45, West Virginia 42Box score
Oct 3, 202621SMU 25, Boston College 16Box score
Oct 3, 20263Notre Dame 37, North Carolina 26Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wake Forest 57, Stanford 3Box score
Oct 3, 2026Syracuse 42, UConn 41Box score
Oct 3, 2026Minnesota 20, Michigan 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Air Force 14, Navy 9Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wisconsin 31, Michigan State 3Box score
Oct 3, 20262Georgia 38, Vanderbilt 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Western Michigan 20, Buffalo 17Box score
Oct 3, 2026Toledo 39, Ball State 24Box score
Oct 3, 202625Missouri 45, 8Florida 17upsetBox score
Oct 3, 202617Tennessee 24, Auburn 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026UNLV 39, California 31Box score
Oct 3, 2026NC State 31, Louisville 28Box score
Oct 3, 2026Florida State 38, Virginia 7Box score
Oct 3, 20265Ohio State 31, 14Iowa 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026North Dakota State 28, Wyoming 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Central Michigan 41, Akron 17Box score
Oct 3, 2026Eastern Michigan 38, Massachusetts 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Ohio 13, Kent State 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Bowling Green 24, Miami (OH) 20Box score
Oct 3, 2026Georgia State 42, Old Dominion 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026James Madison 45, Marshall 17Box score
Oct 3, 2026Nebraska 48, Maryland 23Box score
Oct 3, 2026New Mexico 61, UTEP 7Box score
Oct 3, 202624Kentucky 35, South Carolina 34Box score
Oct 3, 2026Purdue 24, Illinois 17Box score
Oct 3, 2026Oregon State 56, Colorado State 26Box score
Oct 3, 2026Texas A&M 34, Arkansas 7Box score
Oct 3, 202610BYU 17, TCU 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026UTSA 16, Rice 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Georgia Southern 31, Coastal Carolina 24Box score
Oct 3, 2026South Alabama 52, UL Monroe 35Box score
Oct 3, 202612Texas Tech 29, Colorado 7Box score
Oct 3, 20264Miami 41, Clemson 13Box score
Oct 3, 202618USC 25, Washington 21Box score
Oct 3, 202622Boise State 37, Utah State 18Box score
Oct 3, 2026Temple 17, South Florida 13Box score
Oct 3, 2026Louisiana Tech 31, Army 29Box score
Oct 3, 20266Indiana 47, Rutgers 15Box score
Oct 3, 2026Louisiana 23, Arkansas State 20Box score
Oct 3, 2026Fresno State 26, Washington State 6Box score
Oct 3, 2026Baylor 55, Arizona State 19Box score
Oct 3, 2026San Diego State 31, Texas State 29Box score
Oct 3, 2026Arizona 34, Cincinnati 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026San José State 20, Hawai’i 16Box score

Everyone else

Oct 2, 2026Dickinson 35, Johns Hopkins 21Box score
Oct 2, 2026Ursinus 17, Muhlenberg 7Box score
Oct 2, 2026Union 49, St. Lawrence 7Box score
Oct 2, 2026Idaho 35, Montana State 34Box score
Oct 3, 2026Rhode Island 13, Brown 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Princeton 35, Columbia 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Central Connecticut 45, Wagner 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Long Island University 27, Mercyhurst 24Box score
Oct 3, 2026Lehigh 34, Fordham 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Presbyterian 55, St. Thomas (MN) 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Yale 41, Merrimack 24Box score
Oct 3, 2026Valdosta State 56, Erskine 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Findlay 41, Ohio Dominican 3Box score
Oct 3, 2026Northwood 59, Kentucky Wesleyan 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Franklin Pierce 35, American International 24Box score
Oct 3, 2026Assumption 29, Bentley 27Box score
Oct 3, 2026Shepherd 35, Millersville 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Alfred State 33, SUNY Morrisville 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Alfred 27, Hartwick 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Rensselaer 83, Hilbert 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026LaGrange 41, North Carolina Wesleyan 31Box score
Oct 3, 2026Bluffton 36, Anderson (IN) 12Box score
Oct 3, 2026Curry 48, New England College 19Box score
Oct 3, 2026Endicott 55, New England 27Box score
Oct 3, 2026Framingham State 24, Fitchburg State 12Box score
Oct 3, 2026Mass Maritime 26, UMass Dartmouth 22Box score
Oct 3, 2026WPI 45, Norwich 19Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wilkes 21, Juniata 2Box score
Oct 3, 2026Merchant Marine 43, MIT 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Springfield 36, Salve Regina 23Box score
Oct 3, 2026Cornell 35, Georgetown 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Richmond 40, Lafayette 31Box score
Oct 3, 2026Plymouth State 14, Dean 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026New Hampshire 30, Elon 23Box score
Oct 3, 2026Monmouth 41, Towson 40Box score
Oct 3, 2026Morgan State 38, Villanova 35Box score
Oct 3, 2026Drake 30, Dayton 22Box score
Oct 3, 2026Marist 28, Stetson 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Valparaiso 37, Morehead State 3Box score
Oct 3, 2026Johnson C. Smith 51, Bluefield State 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Bowie State 34, Shaw 29Box score
Oct 3, 2026Virginia Union 20, Elizabeth City State 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Virginia State 42, Lincoln (PA) 32Box score
Oct 3, 2026Fayetteville State 28, Livingstone 20Box score
Oct 3, 2026North Greenville 42, UNC Pembroke 41Box score
Oct 3, 2026Tiffin 14, Ashland 9Box score
Oct 3, 2026Hillsdale 29, Lake Erie 9Box score
Oct 3, 2026Ferris State 42, Northern Michigan 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Central State 45, Fort Valley State 32Box score
Oct 3, 2026Emory & Henry 23, Anderson (SC) 20Box score
Oct 3, 2026Bloomsburg 42, Lackawanna 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Lock Haven 38, Clarion 35Box score
Oct 3, 2026Pace 23, Post 15Box score
Oct 3, 2026Kutztown 59, Shippensburg 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Concord 41, Frostburg State 31Box score
Oct 3, 2026Southern Connecticut State 40, Saint Anselm 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wheeling 23, West Virginia Wesleyan 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Carnegie Mellon 52, McDaniel 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Chicago 10, Beloit 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Case Western Reserve 36, Westminster (PA) 29Box score
Oct 3, 2026Rochester (NY) 29, Buffalo State 18Box score
Oct 3, 2026SUNY Cortland 31, Utica 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Huntingdon 31, Methodist 6Box score
Oct 3, 2026Trinity (TX) 23, Berry 6Box score
Oct 3, 2026Franklin & Marshall 29, Gettysburg 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Brevard 51, Belhaven 8Box score
Oct 3, 2026Southwestern U 42, Sewanee 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Husson 26, Western New England 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Western Connecticut State 29, Moravian 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Lycoming 49, Catholic 25Box score
Oct 3, 2026Kalamazoo 23, Albion 16Box score
Oct 3, 2026Trine 33, Alma 9Box score
Oct 3, 2026Ithaca 27, Hobart 20Box score
Oct 3, 2026Amherst 22, Bowdoin 13Box score
Oct 3, 2026Middlebury 32, Colby 2Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wesleyan (CT) 42, Hamilton 38Box score
Oct 3, 2026Rowan 79, Vermont State Castleton 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Christopher Newport 49, William Paterson 3Box score
Oct 3, 2026Randolph Macon 46, Bridgewater 6Box score
Oct 3, 2026Roanoke College 52, Guilford 24Box score
Oct 3, 2026Hampden Sydney 30, Shenandoah 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Washington & Jefferson 55, Geneva 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Waynesburg 13, Saint Vincent 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Denison 24, Wabash 23Box score
Oct 3, 2026DePauw 68, Oberlin 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026East Stroudsburg 27, West Chester 13Box score
Oct 3, 2026Dartmouth 14, Pennsylvania 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Mercer 54, VMI 3Box score
Oct 3, 2026West Liberty 41, West Virginia State 38Box score
Oct 3, 2026Hanover 40, Mount St Joseph 38Box score
Oct 3, 2026Otterbein 36, Manchester 35Box score
Oct 3, 2026Mount Union 65, Muskingum 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Coast Guard 48, SUNY Maritime 19Box score
Oct 3, 2026Trinity (CT) 45, Williams 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026North Dakota 55, Murray State 28Box score
Oct 3, 2026Robert Morris 33, Norfolk State 31Box score
Oct 3, 2026The Citadel 34, South Carolina State 31Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wofford 32, Furman 25Box score
Oct 3, 2026St. Norbert 28, Rockford 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Ferrum 21, Barton 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Henderson State 38, Southwestern Oklahoma State 33Box score
Oct 3, 2026Davenport 37, Saginaw Valley State 27Box score
Oct 3, 2026Michigan Tech 57, Roosevelt 28Box score
Oct 3, 2026Benedict 31, Clark Atlanta 3Box score
Oct 3, 2026Edward Waters 61, Kentucky State 42Box score
Oct 3, 2026CSU Pueblo 72, Adams State 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Colorado School of Mines 38, Black Hills State 13Box score
Oct 3, 2026South Dakota Mines 30, Fort Lewis 16Box score
Oct 3, 2026Indianapolis 45, William Jewell 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Southwest Baptist 52, Lincoln (MO) 17Box score
Oct 3, 2026Upper Iowa 39, Missouri S&T 37Box score
Oct 3, 2026Emporia State 34, Missouri Western 22Box score
Oct 3, 2026Carson Newman 20, Lenoir Rhyne 17Box score
Oct 3, 2026Washington St. Louis 35, John Carroll 25Box score
Oct 3, 2026IU Pennsylvania 46, Edinboro 44Box score
Oct 3, 2026Fairmont State 31, Glenville State 24Box score
Oct 3, 2026Augustana (SD) 37, Sioux Falls 20Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wayne State (NE) 17, Winona State 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Simpson (IA) 51, Buena Vista 20Box score
Oct 3, 2026North Central College 35, Augustana (IL) 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Carroll (WI) 31, Millikin 28Box score
Oct 3, 2026Illinois Wesleyan 34, Carthage 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wheaton (IL) 33, North Park 6Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wisconsin Whitewater 24, Wisconsin River Falls 16Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wisconsin Eau Claire 31, Wisconsin Stevens Point 9Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wisconsin La Crosse 32, Wisconsin Oshkosh 31Box score
Oct 3, 2026Dubuque 35, Central College 13upsetBox score
Oct 3, 2026Coe 35, Loras 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Rose Hulman 42, Franklin 34Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wartburg 69, Nebraska Wesleyan 26Box score
Oct 3, 2026Hardin Simmons 58, UFTL 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Westminster (MO) 34, Greenville 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Northwestern (MN) 22, Martin Luther 16Box score
Oct 3, 2026Nichols 38, Maine Maritime 20Box score
Oct 3, 2026Hope 66, Olivet 17Box score
Oct 3, 2026St. Olaf 23, Augsburg 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Lake Forest 72, Lawrence 13Box score
Oct 3, 2026Grinnell 31, Knox 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Luther 27, Illinois College 26upsetBox score
Oct 3, 2026Saint John’s (MN) 42, Bethel (MN) 16Box score
Oct 3, 2026Gustavus Adolphus 56, Carleton 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Concordia (MN) 63, St. Scholastica 3Box score
Oct 3, 2026Macalester 34, Hamline 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Kenyon 17, Wittenberg 13upsetBox score
Oct 3, 2026Ohio Wesleyan 14, Wooster 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Wisconsin Platteville 31, Wisconsin Stout 27Box score
Oct 3, 2026Mars Hill 42, Tusculum 40Box score
Oct 3, 2026Howard 27, Hampton 13Box score
Oct 3, 2026South Dakota 44, Indiana State 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Grambling 63, Alcorn State 59Box score
Oct 3, 2026Mississippi Valley State 28, Prairie View A&M 27Box score
Oct 3, 2026Southeastern Oklahoma State 35, Arkansas Tech 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Southern Nazarene 40, Arkansas Monticello 34Box score
Oct 3, 2026Harding 42, East Central 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Southern Arkansas 30, Northwestern (OK) 27Box score
Oct 3, 2026Ouachita Baptist 35, Oklahoma Baptist 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Grand Valley State 69, Wayne State (MI) 3Box score
Oct 3, 2026Midwestern State 44, Western Oregon 32Box score
Oct 3, 2026Miles 9, Lane College 6Box score
Oct 3, 2026Pittsburg State 34, Nebraska Kearney 27Box score
Oct 3, 2026Minnesota St Moorhead 31, Minot State 24Box score
Oct 3, 2026University of Mary 21, Jamestown 13Box score
Oct 3, 2026Minnesota State 49, Concordia St. Paul 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Calvin 17, Adrian 12Box score
Oct 3, 2026Cornell (IA) 42, Ripon 28Box score
Oct 3, 2026Salisbury 21, The College of New Jersey 9Box score
Oct 3, 2026Concordia (WI) 21, Concordia Chicago 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026UAB 33, Samford 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Sacred Heart 24, Maine 16Box score
Oct 3, 2026UAlbany 28, Delaware State 3Box score
Oct 3, 2026Holy Cross 41, William & Mary 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026East Tennessee State 14, Chattanooga 3Box score
Oct 3, 2026Montana 36, Northern Colorado 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Western Illinois 28, Tennessee State 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026San Diego 63, Davidson 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Bethune-Cookman 16, Alabama State 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Lewis & Clark 74, Puget Sound 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026McKendree 46, Quincy 43Box score
Oct 3, 2026Seton Hill 29, California (PA) 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Minnesota Duluth 28, Southwest Minnesota State 6Box score
Oct 3, 2026Howard Payne 44, Nelson (TX) 16Box score
Oct 3, 2026Linfield 58, George Fox 24Box score
Oct 3, 2026Whitworth 41, Pacific (OR) 6Box score
Oct 3, 2026Centenary (LA) 37, Austin 13Box score
Oct 3, 2026Worcester State 35, Bridgewater State 34upsetBox score
Oct 3, 2026Washington and Lee 34, Averett 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Youngstown State 28, Southern Illinois 16Box score
Oct 3, 2026Austin Peay 42, New Haven 17Box score
Oct 3, 2026Jackson State 31, Alabama A&M 28Box score
Oct 3, 2026Montclair State 42, Kean 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026West Alabama 29, Chowan 26Box score
Oct 3, 2026East Texas Baptist at Louisiana ChristianPreview
Oct 3, 2026Texas Lutheran 34, Lyon 12Box score
Oct 3, 2026Florida Atlantic 66, Texas Southern 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Bryant 31, North Carolina A&T 30Box score
Oct 3, 2026Campbell 38, North Carolina Central 31Box score
Oct 3, 2026North Alabama 20, Eastern Kentucky 16Box score
Oct 3, 2026Gardner-Webb 12, Charleston Southern 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Stephen F. Austin 28, Incarnate Word 26Box score
Oct 3, 2026Western Carolina 44, Tennessee Tech 20Box score
Oct 3, 2026UT Permian Basin 38, Northeastern State 27Box score
Oct 3, 2026Savannah State 38, Allen 36Box score
Oct 3, 2026Catawba 35, Wingate 24Box score
Oct 3, 2026Slippery Rock 49, Gannon 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Brockport 38, St. John Fisher 28Box score
Oct 3, 2026Greensboro 42, Southern Virginia 20Box score
Oct 3, 2026Millsaps 54, Rhodes 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Grove City 40, Bethany (WV) 20Box score
Oct 3, 2026Hiram 46, Saint Francis 10upsetBox score
Oct 3, 2026Wisconsin Lutheran 70, Eureka 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Tarleton State 56, Chicago State 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Harvard 20, Colgate 17Box score
Oct 3, 2026South Dakota State 31, Illinois State 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026East Texas A&M 20, UT Rio Grande Valley 17Box score
Oct 3, 2026Arkansas–Pine Bluff 41, Southern 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Lamar 42, Northwestern State 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Houston Christian 16, Nicholls 2Box score
Oct 3, 2026Delta State 23, Shorter 0Box score
Oct 3, 2026Mary Hardin Baylor 64, Keystone 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Thomas More 24, Walsh 21upsetBox score
Oct 3, 2026Central Washington 41, Angelo State 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Morehouse 30, Tuskegee 28upsetBox score
Oct 3, 2026UVA Wise 48, Newberry 38upsetBox score
Oct 3, 2026Northern State 16, Bemidji State 9Box score
Oct 3, 2026Maryville (TN) 27, Centre 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Hendrix 49, Schreiner 42upsetBox score
Oct 3, 2026Pacific Lutheran 14, Willamette 6Box score
Oct 3, 2026Crown 24, Minnesota Morris 23Box score
Oct 3, 2026Baldwin Wallace 41, Heidelberg 26Box score
Oct 3, 2026Tufts 22, Bates 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Allegheny 41, Thiel 10Box score
Oct 3, 202611LSU 63, McNeese 14Box score
Oct 3, 2026Abilene Christian 35, West Florida 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Weber State 42, Cal Poly 34Box score
Oct 3, 2026Northern Arizona 38, Idaho State 31Box score
Oct 3, 2026Southern Utah 46, Utah Tech 33Box score
Oct 3, 2026Colorado Mesa 30, Chadron State 20Box score
Oct 3, 2026Western Colorado 52, New Mexico Highlands 24Box score
Oct 3, 2026Sul Ross State 56, Eastern New Mexico 43Box score
Oct 3, 2026Texas A&M–Kingsville 28, West Texas 21Box score
Oct 3, 2026Central Missouri 33, Central Oklahoma 31Box score
Oct 3, 2026Fort Hays 31, Missouri Southern State 7Box score
Oct 3, 2026Benedictine (IL) 49, Lakeland 13Box score
Oct 3, 2026Claremont Mudd Scripps 24, Cal Lutheran 22Box score
Oct 3, 2026Redlands 44, Azusa Pacific 9upsetBox score
Oct 3, 2026Chapman 57, Whittier 10Box score
Oct 3, 2026Pomona Pitzer 24, La Verne 6Box score
Oct 3, 2026UC Davis 49, Eastern Washington 38Box score