| Nov 13, 1971 | Air Force 17, Tulsa 7 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 4Alabama 31, Miami 3 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Arizona 27, BYU 14upset | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 9Arizona State 52, Wyoming 19 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 17Arkansas 18, SMU 13 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Arkansas State 28, Texas–Arlington 7 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Army 17, Pittsburgh 14 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 6Auburn 35, 7Georgia 20 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Boston College 20, Northern Illinois 10 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | California 17, Oregon 10 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Cincinnati 23, Ohio 15 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Clemson 20, Maryland 14 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 12Colorado 40, Oklahoma State 6 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Colorado State 36, West Texas 14 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Columbia 17, Pennsylvania 3 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Dartmouth 24, Cornell 14 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Florida 35, Kentucky 24 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Georgia Tech 12, Florida State 6 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Harvard 24, Brown 19 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 18Houston 56, Virginia Tech 29 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Illinois 35, Wisconsin 27upset | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Indiana 14, Iowa 7 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Iowa State 45, Missouri 17 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Long Beach State 12, San Diego State 7 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 20LSU 28, Mississippi State 3 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Memphis 47, North Texas 8 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Miami (OH) 30, Kent State 0 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 3Michigan 20, Purdue 17 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Michigan State 40, Minnesota 25 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Navy 17, Syracuse 14 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 1Nebraska 44, Kansas State 17 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | New Mexico 49, UTEP 13 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | New Mexico State 31, Wichita State 7 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | North Carolina 32, Virginia 20 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Northwestern 14, 16Ohio State 10upset | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 8Notre Dame 21, Tulane 7 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 2Oklahoma 56, Kansas 10 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Oregon State 21, Washington State 14 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 5Penn State 35, NC State 3 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Richmond 14, Davidson 7 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Rutgers 14, Holy Cross 13 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | San José State 13, 10Stanford 12upset | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 15USC 13, 19Washington 12 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Southern Miss 24, Louisiana Tech 20 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Tampa 43, East Carolina 7 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Temple 17, William & Mary 13 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 13Texas 31, TCU 0 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Texas A&M 18, Rice 13 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Texas Tech 27, Baylor 0 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | 14Toledo 43, Marshall 0 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Utah State 21, Utah 17 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Villanova 14, Dayton 7 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Wake Forest 23, Duke 7 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | West Virginia 28, VMI 3 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Western Michigan 25, Pacific 21 | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Xavier 42, Bowling Green 27upset | Box score |
| Nov 13, 1971 | Yale 10, Princeton 6 | Box score |