| Nov 20, 1971 | 9Arizona State 49, San José State 6 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | 17Arkansas 15, Texas Tech 0 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | The Citadel 47, Davidson 7 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | 10Colorado 53, Air Force 17 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Colorado State 24, UTEP 7upset | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Columbia 24, Brown 6 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Cornell 41, Pennsylvania 13 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Dartmouth 33, Princeton 7 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Dayton 26, Bowling Green 16 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Drake 32, West Texas 28 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Florida State 45, Tulsa 10 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Harvard 35, Yale 16upset | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | 16Houston 27, Miami 6 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Illinois 31, Iowa 0 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Indiana 38, Purdue 31 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Iowa State 54, Oklahoma State 0 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Kansas 7, Missouri 2 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Kansas State 28, Memphis 21 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Long Beach State 46, Hawai’i 21 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | 14LSU 28, 7Notre Dame 8upset | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Miami (OH) 43, Cincinnati 7 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | 3Michigan 10, Ohio State 7 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 21 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | New Mexico 49, Wyoming 14 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | North Carolina 38, Duke 0 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | NC State 31, Clemson 23upset | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | North Texas 31, Wichita State 10 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Northern Illinois 14, Xavier 9 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Northwestern 28, 19Michigan State 7upset | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Ohio 30, Marshall 0 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Oregon State 30, Oregon 29 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Pacific 14, Fresno State 13 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | 6Penn State 55, Pittsburgh 18 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Richmond 21, William & Mary 19 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Rutgers 28, Colgate 16upset | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | San Diego State 39, Arizona 10 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | South Carolina 24, Wake Forest 7 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | SMU 20, Baylor 6 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Southern Miss 17, Virginia Tech 8 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | 18Stanford 14, California 0 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Syracuse 28, West Virginia 24 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | 11Tennessee 21, Kentucky 7 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | TCU 20, Rice 19 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | 13Toledo 41, Kent State 6 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | 15USC 7, UCLA 7 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Utah 17, BYU 15upset | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Utah State 42, Idaho 13 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Vanderbilt 10, Tampa 7 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Temple 13, Villanova 13 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Virginia 29, Maryland 27 | Box score |
| Nov 20, 1971 | Washington 28, Washington State 20 | Box score |