1971: Week 3

68 games. Three ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Two 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 25, 1971	5Auburn 10, 9Tennessee 9	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	10Colorado 20, 6Ohio State 14upset	Box score

Upsets

Sep 25, 1971	10Colorado 20, 6Ohio State 14upset	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Tulsa 21, 7Arkansas 20upset	Box 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, 1971	Air Force 23, Wyoming 19	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	8Alabama 38, Florida 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Arizona 14, UTEP 6	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	15Arizona State 41, Utah 21	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Army 16, Georgia Tech 13upset	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	5Auburn 10, 9Tennessee 9	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Baylor 10, Indiana 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Boston College 49, Navy 6	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Bowling Green 47, East Carolina 21	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	California 34, San José State 10	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	10Colorado 20, 6Ohio State 14upset	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Cornell 38, Colgate 20	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Drake 10, Louisville 7	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	20Duke 28, Virginia 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Florida State 30, Kansas 7	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	14Georgia 28, Clemson 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Holy Cross 21, Harvard 16upset	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Houston 12, Cincinnati 3	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Idaho 10, Colorado State 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Iowa State 44, New Mexico 20	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Kansas State 23, BYU 7	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Long Beach State 15, Pacific 14	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	18LSU 38, Wisconsin 28	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Marshall 15, Xavier 13	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Miami 29, Wake Forest 10upset	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Miami (OH) 14, Dayton 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	4Michigan 38, UCLA 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Michigan State 31, Oregon State 14	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Ole Miss 34, Kentucky 20	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Missouri 24, SMU 12	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	1Nebraska 34, Texas A&M 7	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	New Mexico State 10, North Texas 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	North Carolina 35, Maryland 14	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Northwestern 12, Syracuse 6	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	2Notre Dame 8, Purdue 7	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Ohio 37, Kent State 21	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	11Oklahoma 55, Pittsburgh 29	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Oklahoma State 24, Virginia Tech 16	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	12Penn State 44, Iowa 14	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Rice 14, Tulane 11	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Rutgers 33, Princeton 18upset	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	South Carolina 24, NC State 6	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	16USC 28, Illinois 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Southern Miss 10, San Diego State 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	13Stanford 38, Oregon 17	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	3Texas 28, Texas Tech 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	19Toledo 23, Texas–Arlington 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Tulsa 21, 7Arkansas 20upset	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Vanderbilt 49, Mississippi State 19	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Villanova 13, VMI 3	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	17Washington 44, TCU 26	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Washington State 31, Minnesota 20upset	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	West Virginia 16, Richmond 3	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Western Michigan 27, Northern Illinois 17	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	William & Mary 40, Davidson 14	Box score

Everyone else

Sep 25, 1971	The Citadel 44, Boston University 37	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Dartmouth 31, Massachusetts 7	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Hawai’i 44, Linfield 6	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Idaho State 19, Cal State Los Angeles 6	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Lafayette 3, Columbia 0upset	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Montana State 37, Fresno State 28upset	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Pennsylvania 28, Lehigh 14	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Rhode Island 34, Brown 21upset	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Tampa 31, Chattanooga 14	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Utah State 27, UNLV 7	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Wichita State 12, Trinity (Texas) 8	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Wofford 27, Furman 0	Box score
Sep 25, 1971	Yale 23, UConn 0	Box score