1959: Week 3

56 games. Four ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Three games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Sep 26, 19591LSU 10, 9TCU 0Box score
Sep 26, 195910Northwestern 45, 2Oklahoma 13upsetBox score
Sep 26, 195916Georgia Tech 16, 6SMU 12upsetBox score

Upsets

Sep 26, 195910Northwestern 45, 2Oklahoma 13upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1959Tennessee 3, 3Auburn 0upsetBox score
Sep 26, 195916Georgia Tech 16, 6SMU 12upsetBox 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

Sep 25, 1959George Washington 18, Boston University 14upsetBox score
Sep 25, 1959Iowa State 28, Denver 12Box score
Sep 25, 1959Miami 26, Tulane 7Box score
Sep 25, 195911USC 23, Pittsburgh 0Box score
Sep 26, 1959Air Force 20, Wyoming 7Box score
Sep 26, 1959Alabama 3, Houston 0Box score
Sep 26, 1959Arizona 7, West Texas 6Box score
Sep 26, 1959Arizona State 34, Utah State 12Box score
Sep 26, 1959Arkansas 13, Oklahoma State 7Box score
Sep 26, 19597Army 44, Boston College 8Box score
Sep 26, 1959Baylor 15, Colorado 7Box score
Sep 26, 1959Cincinnati 21, Dayton 7Box score
Sep 26, 19595Clemson 47, Virginia 0Box score
Sep 26, 1959Colorado State 14, New Mexico 9Box score
Sep 26, 1959Columbia 21, Brown 6upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1959Cornell 20, Colgate 15Box score
Sep 26, 1959Detroit Mercy 14, Marquette 0Box score
Sep 26, 195919Florida 14, Mississippi State 13Box score
Sep 26, 1959Florida State 47, The Citadel 6Box score
Sep 26, 195917Georgia 21, Vanderbilt 6Box score
Sep 26, 195916Georgia Tech 16, 6SMU 12upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1959Holy Cross 31, Dartmouth 8upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1959Indiana 20, Illinois 0Box score
Sep 26, 195913Iowa 42, California 12Box score
Sep 26, 19591LSU 10, 9TCU 0Box score
Sep 26, 19594Ole Miss 16, Kentucky 0Box score
Sep 26, 1959Missouri 20, Michigan 15Box score
Sep 26, 195913Navy 29, William & Mary 2Box score
Sep 26, 1959Nebraska 32, Minnesota 12upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1959North Texas 31, UTEP 7Box score
Sep 26, 195910Northwestern 45, 2Oklahoma 13upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1959Notre Dame 28, North Carolina 8Box score
Sep 26, 195912Ohio State 14, Duke 13Box score
Sep 26, 1959Oregon 21, Utah 6Box score
Sep 26, 195918Penn State 21, VMI 0Box score
Sep 26, 1959Rutgers 8, Princeton 6Box score
Sep 26, 1959Syracuse 35, Kansas 21Box score
Sep 26, 1959Tennessee 3, 3Auburn 0upsetBox score
Sep 26, 195915Texas 26, Maryland 0Box score
Sep 26, 1959Texas A&M 9, Michigan State 7Box score
Sep 26, 1959Texas Tech 15, Oregon State 14Box score
Sep 26, 1959Tulsa 28, New Mexico State 27Box score
Sep 26, 1959Wake Forest 27, Virginia Tech 18Box score
Sep 26, 1959Washington 23, Idaho 0Box score
Sep 26, 1959Washington State 30, San José State 6Box score
Sep 26, 1959West Virginia 10, Richmond 7Box score
Sep 26, 1959Wichita State 27, Hardin Simmons 13Box score
Sep 26, 19598Wisconsin 16, Stanford 14Box score
Sep 27, 1959Xavier 48, Villanova 20Box score

Everyone else

Sep 26, 1959Fresno State 27, BYU 16upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1959Harvard 36, Massachusetts 22Box score
Sep 26, 1959Kansas State 28, South Dakota State 12Box score
Sep 26, 1959Pennsylvania 26, Lafayette 0Box score
Sep 26, 1959Presbyterian 25, Davidson 21upsetBox score
Sep 26, 195920South Carolina 30, Furman 0Box score
Sep 26, 1959Yale 20, UConn 0Box score