1938: Week 12
10 games. One ranked team lost. One game matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
The week in review
Upsets
A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.
FBS vs. FBS
| Dec 2, 1938 | New Mexico State 20, Drake 16 | Box score |
| Dec 3, 1938 | Baylor 14, Centenary (LA) 0 | Box score |
| Dec 3, 1938 | NC State 14, The Citadel 6 | Box score |
| Dec 3, 1938 | 5Oklahoma 28, Washington State 0 | Box score |
| Dec 3, 1938 | Rice 25, SMU 14 | Box score |
| Dec 3, 1938 | 8USC 13, 1Notre Dame 0upset | Box score |
| Dec 3, 1938 | Temple 20, Florida 12 | Box score |
| Dec 3, 1938 | 4Tennessee 47, Ole Miss 0 | Box score |