1941: Week 5

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

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 18, 1941

6Michigan 14, 5Northwestern 7upset

Box score

Upsets

Oct 18, 1941	6Michigan 14, 5Northwestern 7upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	LSU 27, 12Rice 0upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Indiana 21, 15Nebraska 13upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Georgia 7, 20Columbia 3upset	Box score

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

Oct 18, 1941	Alabama 9, Tennessee 2upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Arizona 31, New Mexico 6	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Arizona State 19, New Mexico State 14	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Boston College 26, Manhattan 13	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Utah 6, BYU 6	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Colorado 26, Colorado State 13	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Creighton 14, Washington St. Louis 13	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Denver 40, Wyoming 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Detroit Mercy 20, Oklahoma State 14	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	3Duke 27, Colgate 14	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Georgia 7, 20Columbia 3upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Harvard 7, Dartmouth 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Illinois 40, Drake 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Indiana 21, 15Nebraska 13upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	LSU 27, 12Rice 0upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Loyola Marymount 20, UTEP 6upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Marquette 33, Kansas 7	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Maryland 13, Florida 12	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	6Michigan 14, 5Northwestern 7upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	1Minnesota 39, Pittsburgh 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Ole Miss 21, Holy Cross 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Missouri 39, Iowa State 13	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	10Ohio State 16, Purdue 14	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Oklahoma 16, Kansas State 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Oregon 19, California 7	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	11Pennsylvania 23, Princeton 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	9Santa Clara 7, Michigan State 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	USC 7, Washington State 6	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	SMU 20, Auburn 7	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Stanford 42, San Francisco 26	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Syracuse 31, New York University 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Temple 14, Penn State 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	2Texas 48, Arkansas 14	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	14Texas A&M 14, TCU 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Texas Tech 25, Centenary (LA) 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	17Tulane 52, North Carolina 6	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Tulsa 33, Saint Louis 7	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	18Vanderbilt 14, Georgia Tech 7	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Villanova 14, Baylor 6	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Virginia Tech 16, Davidson 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Wake Forest 7, NC State 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Washington 14, UCLA 7	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Wisconsin 23, Iowa 0	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 17, 1941	Duquesne 7, St. Vincent’s (Pennsylvania) 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1941	San José State 7, Hardin Simmons 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1941	Miami 21, Rollins 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Army 20, Yale 7	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Brown 28, Tufts 6	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	4Fordham 27, West Virginia 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	The Citadel 13, Furman 13	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Georgetown 25, George Washington 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Idaho 16, Utah State 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Kentucky 21, Xavier 6	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Montana 13, Gonzaga 6	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	7Navy 14, Cornell 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	8Notre Dame 16, Carnegie Mellon 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Rhodes 35, Sewanee 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Virginia 27, VMI 7	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	Washington and Lee 21, Richmond 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	West Texas 66, Western Colorado 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1941	William & Mary 28, Hampden Sydney 0	Box score