1942: Week 8

61 games. Seven ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. Five 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 31, 19422Georgia 21, 3Alabama 10Box score
Oct 31, 19426Wisconsin 17, 1Ohio State 7upsetBox score
Oct 31, 194214Pennsylvania 19, 8Army 0upsetBox score
Oct 31, 194213Michigan 28, 12Illinois 14upsetBox score
Oct 31, 194220Tennessee 26, 19LSU 0upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 31, 19426Wisconsin 17, 1Ohio State 7upsetBox score
Oct 31, 194214Pennsylvania 19, 8Army 0upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1942Baylor 10, 9TCU 7upsetBox score
Oct 31, 194213Michigan 28, 12Illinois 14upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1942North Carolina Pre-Flight 9, 15Syracuse 0upsetBox score
Oct 31, 194220Tennessee 26, 19LSU 0upsetBox 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 30, 1942Georgia Pre-Flight 20, Jacksonville Naval Air Station 6Box score
Oct 30, 1942Kentucky 27, George Washington 6Box score
Oct 30, 1942South Carolina 14, The Citadel 0Box score
Oct 30, 194215Tulsa 40, Drake 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942Baylor 10, 9TCU 7upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1942California 20, Oregon 7Box score
Oct 31, 1942Holy Cross 6, Colgate 6Box score
Oct 31, 1942Colorado 28, Wyoming 7Box score
Oct 31, 19422Georgia 21, 3Alabama 10Box score
Oct 31, 19425Georgia Tech 26, Duke 7Box score
Oct 31, 1942Great Lakes Navy 17, Missouri 0upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1942Hardin Simmons 39, UTEP 7Box score
Oct 31, 1942Harvard 19, Princeton 14Box score
Oct 31, 1942Iowa 13, Purdue 7Box score
Oct 31, 1942Iowa Pre-Flight 26, Indiana 6Box score
Oct 31, 1942Maryland 13, Florida 0Box score
Oct 31, 194213Michigan 28, 12Illinois 14upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1942Temple 7, Michigan State 7Box score
Oct 31, 194210Minnesota 19, Northwestern 7Box score
Oct 31, 1942Mississippi State 6, Auburn 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942Nebraska 14, Kansas 7Box score
Oct 31, 1942Nevada 0, New Mexico 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942North Carolina Pre-Flight 9, 15Syracuse 0upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1942NC State 21, North Carolina 14Box score
Oct 31, 19424Notre Dame 9, Navy 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942Oklahoma 14, Iowa State 7Box score
Oct 31, 1942Oklahoma State 20, Creighton 6Box score
Oct 31, 194214Pennsylvania 19, 8Army 0upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1942Rice 19, Texas Tech 7Box score
Oct 31, 1942Santa Clara 8, San Francisco 6Box score
Oct 31, 194220Tennessee 26, 19LSU 0upsetBox score
Oct 31, 194217Texas 21, SMU 7Box score
Oct 31, 1942Texas A&M 41, Arkansas 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942Tulane 28, Vanderbilt 21Box score
Oct 31, 194211UCLA 21, Stanford 7Box score
Oct 31, 1942Utah 33, Colorado State 14Box score
Oct 31, 1942Utah State 9, BYU 6Box score
Oct 31, 1942Virginia Tech 20, Virginia 14Box score
Oct 31, 1942Wake Forest 19, Clemson 6Box score
Oct 31, 1942Washington 13, Oregon State 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942West Texas 23, New Mexico State 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942West Virginia 24, Penn State 0Box score
Oct 31, 194218William & Mary 35, Dartmouth 14Box score
Oct 31, 19426Wisconsin 17, 1Ohio State 7upsetBox score
Nov 1, 1942Marquette 10, Detroit Mercy 0Box score
Nov 1, 1942Saint Louis 20, Loyola Marymount 6upsetBox score
Nov 1, 1942Villanova 32, Manhattan 0Box score

Everyone else

Oct 31, 19427Boston College 47, Georgetown 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942Columbia 14, Cornell 13Box score
Oct 31, 1942Davidson 24, VMI 6upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1942Denver 44, Fort Douglas 6Box score
Oct 31, 1942Duquesne 14, St. Vincent’s (Pennsylvania) 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942Fordham 7, Saint Mary’s (CA) 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942Idaho 21, Montana 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942Miami 32, Furman 13Box score
Oct 31, 1942Ole Miss 48, Memphis 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942Pittsburgh 19, Carnegie Mellon 6Box score
Oct 31, 1942Richmond 8, Washington and Lee 6Box score
Oct 31, 1942Santa Ana Field 40, Arizona State 0upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1942Wichita State 9, Kansas State 0Box score
Oct 31, 1942Yale 27, Brown 0upsetBox score