Seasons 1954 Week 1 Week 2 → 1954: Week 1 38 games. Two ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. 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 Sep 17, 1954 17 USC 39,Washington State 0Box score Sep 17, 1954 Stanford 13,Pacific 12Box score Sep 18, 1954 Arizona 58,New Mexico State 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 Baylor 53,Houston 13Box score Sep 18, 1954 Cincinnati 21,Detroit Mercy 13Box score Sep 18, 1954 Colorado 61,Drake 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 Georgia 14,Florida State 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 7 Georgia Tech 28,Tulane 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 Hardin Simmons 21,Tulsa 14Box score Sep 18, 1954 Kansas State 29,Colorado State 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 3 Maryland 20,Kentucky 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 New Mexico 21,BYU 12Box score Sep 18, 1954 2 Oklahoma 27,12 California 13Box score Sep 18, 1954 Oklahoma State 14,Wyoming 6Box score Sep 18, 1954 18 Oregon 41,Idaho 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 16 Rice 34,Florida 14Box score Sep 18, 1954 San José State 20,Utah State 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 4 Texas 20,LSU 6Box score Sep 18, 1954 TCU 27,Kansas 6Box score Sep 18, 1954 19 Texas Tech 41,Texas A&M 9Box score Sep 18, 1954 Virginia Tech 30,NC State 21Box score Sep 18, 1954 Wake Forest 14,George Washington 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 Washington 7,Utah 6Box score
Everyone else Sep 17, 1954 Furman 19,Newberry 6Box score Sep 17, 1954 10 Ole Miss 35,North Texas 12Box score Sep 17, 1954 Southern Miss 7,14 Alabama 2upset Box score Sep 18, 1954 Arizona State 28,Hawai’i 14Box score Sep 18, 1954 Clemson 33,Presbyterian 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 Davidson 19,VMI 0upset Box score Sep 18, 1954 Denver 72,Colorado College 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 Iowa State 34,South Dakota State 6Box score Sep 18, 1954 McMurry 19,West Texas 18upset Box score Sep 18, 1954 Mississippi State 27,Memphis 7Box score Sep 18, 1954 Richmond 46,Randolph Macon 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 UTEP 35,Sul Ross State 14Box score Sep 18, 1954 8 UCLA 67,San Diego Navy 0Box score Sep 18, 1954 Wichita State 69,Emporia State 7Box score Sep 19, 1954 San José State 28,Fresno State 0Box score