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1948: Week 5

61 games. Eight ranked teams lost, six to unranked teams. Two 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 9, 19483Northwestern 19, 8Minnesota 16Box score
Oct 9, 19487Michigan 40, 15Purdue 0Box score

Upsets

Oct 9, 1948Missouri 20, 4SMU 14upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948Iowa 14, 11Ohio State 7upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948Baylor 23, 13Arkansas 7upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948Oklahoma 20, 16Texas 14upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948TCU 7, 17Indiana 6upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948Cornell 40, 18Harvard 6upsetBox 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 8, 1948Alabama 48, Duquesne 6Box score
Oct 8, 1948Detroit Mercy 40, San Francisco 7Box score
Oct 8, 194810Penn State 34, Syracuse 14Box score
Oct 8, 1948Richmond 7, Furman 0Box score
Oct 8, 1948Villanova 19, Miami 10Box score
Oct 8, 1948Wichita State 21, Drake 20Box score
Oct 9, 1948Arizona 20, Hardin Simmons 14Box score
Oct 9, 19485Army 26, Illinois 21Box score
Oct 9, 1948Baylor 23, 13Arkansas 7upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948Boston University 14, Colgate 13Box score
Oct 9, 19489California 40, Wisconsin 14Box score
Oct 9, 1948Clemson 21, Mississippi State 7upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948Colorado 19, Nebraska 6Box score
Oct 9, 1948Colorado State 14, Denver 10Box score
Oct 9, 1948Columbia 34, Yale 28Box score
Oct 9, 1948Cornell 40, 18Harvard 6upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948Dartmouth 19, Holy Cross 6Box score
Oct 9, 1948Duke 28, Navy 7Box score
Oct 9, 1948Florida 16, Auburn 9Box score
Oct 9, 1948George Washington 20, Virginia 12upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948Georgia 35, Kentucky 12Box score
Oct 9, 19486Georgia Tech 27, Washington and Lee 0Box score
Oct 9, 1948Iowa 14, 11Ohio State 7upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948Kansas 20, Iowa State 7Box score
Oct 9, 1948LSU 14, Texas A&M 13Box score
Oct 9, 1948Marquette 47, Saint Louis 7Box score
Oct 9, 1948Maryland 28, Virginia Tech 0Box score
Oct 9, 19487Michigan 40, 15Purdue 0Box score
Oct 9, 194813Ole Miss 20, Vanderbilt 7Box score
Oct 9, 1948Missouri 20, 4SMU 14upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948New Mexico 61, New Mexico State 0Box score
Oct 9, 19482North Carolina 28, Wake Forest 6Box score
Oct 9, 1948NC State 40, Davidson 0Box score
Oct 9, 19483Northwestern 19, 8Minnesota 16Box score
Oct 9, 19481Notre Dame 26, Michigan State 7Box score
Oct 9, 1948Oklahoma 20, 16Texas 14upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948Oregon 15, Idaho 8Box score
Oct 9, 194812Pennsylvania 29, Princeton 7Box score
Oct 9, 1948Pittsburgh 16, West Virginia 6Box score
Oct 9, 1948Rutgers 34, Temple 20Box score
Oct 9, 1948Santa Clara 27, Stanford 14Box score
Oct 9, 1948USC 7, Rice 0Box score
Oct 9, 194820Tennessee 26, Chattanooga 0Box score
Oct 9, 1948TCU 7, 17Indiana 6upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948Texas Tech 41, Tulsa 20Box score
Oct 9, 1948UTEP 21, West Texas 7Box score
Oct 9, 1948Tulane 14, South Carolina 0Box score
Oct 9, 1948Utah 30, BYU 0Box score
Oct 9, 1948Utah State 22, Arizona State 17Box score
Oct 9, 1948Washington 27, UCLA 6Box score
Oct 9, 1948Washington State 48, Montana 0Box score
Oct 9, 1948William & Mary 31, VMI 0Box score

Everyone else

Oct 9, 1948Brown 33, Rhode Island 0Box score
Oct 9, 1948Canisius 30, Fordham 21upsetBox score
Oct 9, 1948The Citadel 14, Newberry 0Box score
Oct 9, 1948Kansas State 37, Arkansas State 6Box score
Oct 9, 194819Nevada 48, North Texas 7Box score
Oct 9, 1948New York University 21, Brooklyn 7Box score
Oct 9, 1948Oregon State 32, Portland 6Box score
Oct 9, 1948Boston College 7, St. Bonaventure 7Box score
Oct 9, 1948Wyoming 40, Idaho State 13Box score