1971: Week 13
Five games. One ranked team lost. 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
| Dec 4, 1971 | 1Nebraska 45, Hawai’i 3 | Box score |
| Dec 4, 1971 | 3Oklahoma 58, Oklahoma State 14 | Box score |
| Dec 4, 1971 | San Diego State 44, North Texas 28 | Box score |
| Dec 4, 1971 | Syracuse 14, Miami 0 | Box score |
| Dec 4, 1971 | 12Tennessee 31, 5Penn State 11upset | Box score |