Week 8 of the college football season was supposed to be a quiet week. Saturday’s collegiate slate of games featured only one contest in which two Top 25 teams faced each other, No. 15 Texas A&M vs. No. 24 Ole Miss, and very few upsets were forecasted. Most of the early Saturday games went relatively as predicted, and it seemed like the day was going to disappoint. Then the night matchups happened, and those of us that thought the day would wind up a dud looked foolish. Below is a recap of the most significant storylines from Week 8 of the 2015 college football season. Most Significant Victory - No. 24 Ole Miss defeats No. 15 Texas A&M, 23-3 Ole Miss’ win over Texas A&M Saturday was one of the team’s most important victories this season. …show more content…
22 Temple (7-0) defeats East Carolina (4-4), 24-14 No. 23 Duke (6-1) defeats Virginia Tech (3-5), 45-43 No. 25 Pittsburgh (6-1) defeats Syracuse (3-4), 23-20 Standout Players Paxton Lynch - Quarterback - Memphis - 447 passing yards, 4 touchdowns, 0 interceptions; 2 carries, six rushing yards, 1 touchdown in 66-42 victory over Tulsa Josh Rosen - Quarterback - UCLA - 399 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, 0 interceptions in 40-24 victory over No. 20 California Connor Cook - Quarterback - Michigan State - 398 passing yards, 4 touchdowns, 0 interceptions in 52-26 victory over Indiana Phillip Ely - Quarterback - Toledo - 355 passing yards, 5 touchdowns, 3 interceptions in 51-35 victory over Massachusetts Mason Rudolph - Quarterback - Oklahoma State - 305 passing yards, 1 touchdowns, 0 interceptions in 58-10 victory over Kansas Thomas Sirk - Quarterback - Duke - 270 passing yards, 4 touchdowns, 0 interceptions; 18 carries, 109 rushing yards in 45-43 victory over Virginia Tech J.T. Barrett - Quarterback - Ohio State - 223 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, 0 interceptions; 13 carries, 101 rushing yards, 2 touchdowns in 49-7 victory over Rutgers Samaje Perine - Running back - Oklahoma - 201 rushing yards, 4 touchdowns in 63-27 victory over Texas …show more content…
Joe Mixon - Running back - Oklahoma - 154 rushing yards, 2 touchdowns in 63-27 victory over Texas Tech Shock Linwood - Running back - Baylor - 171 rushing yards, 1 touchdown; 1 reception, 6 receiving yards, 1 touchdown in 45-27 victory over Iowa State Kenneth Farrow - Running back - Houston - 167 rushing yards, 3 touchdowns in 59-10 victory over UCF Leonard Fournette - Running back - LSU - 150 rushing yards, 1 touchdown in 48-20 victory over Western Kentucky Derrick Henry - Running back - Alabama - 143 rushing yards, 2 touchdowns in 19-14 victory over Tennessee Ezekiel Elliott - Running back - Ohio State - 142 rushing yards, 2 touchdowns in 49-7 victory over Rutgers Doroland Dorceus - Running back - Memphis - 138 rushing yards, 2 touchdowns in 66-42 victory over Tulsa Wayne Gallman - Running back - Clemson - 118 rushing yards, 1 touchdown in 58-0 victory over Miami Terry Swanson - Running back - Toledo - 118 rushing yards, 1 touchdown in 51-35 victory over Massachusetts Jamarius Henderson - Running back - Memphis - 112 rushing yards, 2 touchdowns; 1 reception, 21 receiving yards, 1 touchdown in 66-42 victory over Tulsa Christian McCaffrey - Running back - Stanford - 109 rushing yards, 1 touchdown; 5 receptions, 112 receiving yards, 1 touchdown in 31-14 victory over