The nation witnessed many breakout performances this past weekend in Week 8 of the college football season. Below is the Top-10 leaders of each offensive category.
Week 8 Passing Leaders
| COM | ATT | Yards | TD | INT | Rating | |
| Trevone Boykin, TCU |
26 |
39 |
410 |
3 |
1 |
175.2 |
| Christian Steward, BYU |
39 |
63 |
408 |
4 |
0 |
137.3 |
| Marquise Williams. N. Carolina |
38 |
47 |
390 |
4 |
1 |
162.9 |
| Colin Reardon, Kent State |
27 |
40 |
360 |
3 |
1 |
162.9 |
| Andrew Hendrix, Miami (OH) |
23 |
42 |
346 |
2 |
0 |
139.7 |
| Sam B. Richardson, Iowa State |
36 |
55 |
345 |
3 |
2 |
128.9 |
| Blake Frohnapfel, UMASS |
28 |
51 |
337 |
0 |
1 |
106.5 |
| Marcus Mariota, Oregon |
24 |
33 |
336 |
2 |
0 |
178.3 |
| Brandon Doughty, Western Kentucky |
28 |
44 |
335 |
3 |
1 |
145.6 |
| Connor Cook, Michigan State |
24 |
32 |
332 |
3 |
1 |
186.8 |
Rushing Leaders
| CAR | YARDS | YPC | TD | |
| Devontae Booker, Utah |
32 |
229 |
7.9 |
3 |
| Nick Chubb |
30 |
202 |
6.7 |
2 |
| David Cobb, Minnesota |
35 |
194 |
5.5 |
1 |
| Donnel Pumphrey, San Diego State |
25 |
182 |
7.3 |
1 |
| Drew Hare (QB), Northern Illinois |
17 |
180 |
10.6 |
2 |
| Nick Hill, Michigan State |
16 |
178 |
11.1 |
1 |
| Michael Dyer, Louisville |
24 |
173 |
7.2 |
1 |
| Royce Freeman, Oregon |
29 |
169 |
5.8 |
4 |
| Thomas Rawls, Central Michigan |
32 |
167 |
5.2 |
1 |
| DeAndre Washington, Texas Tech |
23 |
164 |
7.1 |
0 |
Receiving Leaders
| REC | YARDS | YPR | TD | |
| Josh Doctson, TCU |
7 |
225 |
32.1 |
2 |
| Carlos Harris, North Texas |
15 |
216 |
14.4 |
0 |
| Sterling Shepard, Oklahoma |
15 |
197 |
13.1 |
1 |
| Tajae Sharpe, UMASS |
13 |
193 |
14.8 |
0 |
| Rashard Higgins, Colorado State |
10 |
187 |
18.7 |
0 |
| Mitch Mathews, BYU |
16 |
182 |
11.4 |
2 |
| Keevan Lewis, Tulsa |
11 |
160 |
14.5 |
1 |
| Andre Davis, USF |
6 |
154 |
25.7 |
3 |
| Jahad Thomas (RB), Temple |
3 |
150 |
50 |
0 |
| John Harris, Texas |
9 |
147 |
16.3 |
0 |
