1971: Week 4

68 games. Two ranked teams lost. 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

Oct 2, 19718Oklahoma 33, 17USC 20Box score
Oct 2, 197119Duke 9, 10Stanford 3upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 2, 197119Duke 9, 10Stanford 3upsetBox 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

Oct 1, 1971Miami 41, Baylor 15Box score
Oct 1, 1971New Mexico 14, BYU 0Box score
Oct 2, 19717Alabama 40, Ole Miss 6Box score
Oct 2, 197113Arizona State 24, UTEP 7Box score
Oct 2, 197118Arkansas 49, TCU 15Box score
Oct 2, 1971Army 22, Missouri 6Box score
Oct 2, 19715Auburn 38, Kentucky 6Box score
Oct 2, 1971Boston College 24, Richmond 0Box score
Oct 2, 1971Bowling Green 23, Western Michigan 6Box score
Oct 2, 1971California–Santa Barbara 21, Pacific 7upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1971Cincinnati 17, Texas A&M 0Box score
Oct 2, 1971Colgate 28, Yale 21upsetBox score
Oct 2, 19716Colorado 31, Kansas State 21Box score
Oct 2, 1971Columbia 22, Princeton 20Box score
Oct 2, 1971Cornell 31, Rutgers 17Box score
Oct 2, 1971Dartmouth 28, Holy Cross 9Box score
Oct 2, 197119Duke 9, 10Stanford 3upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1971East Carolina 31, The Citadel 25Box score
Oct 2, 1971Florida State 17, Virginia Tech 3Box score
Oct 2, 1971Fresno State 19, Hawai’i 8Box score
Oct 2, 197111Georgia 35, Mississippi State 7Box score
Oct 2, 1971Georgia Tech 24, Clemson 14Box score
Oct 2, 1971Houston 34, San José State 20Box score
Oct 2, 1971Iowa State 17, Kent State 14Box score
Oct 2, 197116LSU 38, Rice 3Box score
Oct 2, 1971Louisville 41, Dayton 13Box score
Oct 2, 1971Miami (OH) 66, Marshall 6Box score
Oct 2, 19712Michigan 46, Navy 0Box score
Oct 2, 1971Minnesota 38, Kansas 20Box score
Oct 2, 19711Nebraska 42, Utah State 6Box score
Oct 2, 197120North Carolina 27, NC State 7Box score
Oct 2, 1971Northwestern 24, Wisconsin 11Box score
Oct 2, 19714Notre Dame 14, Michigan State 2Box score
Oct 2, 197114Ohio State 35, California 3Box score
Oct 2, 19718Oklahoma 33, 17USC 20Box score
Oct 2, 1971Oregon State 34, UCLA 17Box score
Oct 2, 19719Penn State 16, Air Force 14Box score
Oct 2, 1971Pennsylvania 17, Brown 16Box score
Oct 2, 1971Purdue 45, Iowa 13Box score
Oct 2, 1971San Diego State 30, Northern Illinois 10Box score
Oct 2, 1971South Carolina 7, Memphis 3Box score
Oct 2, 1971SMU 28, New Mexico State 25Box score
Oct 2, 1971Syracuse 7, Indiana 0Box score
Oct 2, 197112Tennessee 20, Florida 13Box score
Oct 2, 19713Texas 35, Oregon 7Box score
Oct 2, 1971Texas Tech 13, Arizona 10Box score
Oct 2, 1971Toledo 31, Ohio 28Box score
Oct 2, 1971Tulsa 17, West Texas 13Box score
Oct 2, 1971Virginia 27, Vanderbilt 23Box score
Oct 2, 1971Wake Forest 18, Maryland 14Box score
Oct 2, 197115Washington 52, Illinois 14Box score
Oct 2, 1971Washington State 34, Utah 12upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1971West Virginia 20, Pittsburgh 9Box score
Oct 2, 1971William & Mary 14, Tulane 3upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1971Wyoming 17, Colorado State 6Box score

Everyone else

Oct 2, 1971App State 35, Davidson 10Box score
Oct 2, 1971Cal State Los Angeles 29, Cal Poly-Pomona 25upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1971Delaware 23, Villanova 15upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1971Drake 38, Northern Arizona 13Box score
Oct 2, 1971Furman 14, VMI 0Box score
Oct 2, 1971Harvard 17, Northeastern 7Box score
Oct 2, 1971Idaho 21, Montana 12Box score
Oct 2, 1971Long Beach State 34, Cal State Northridge 7Box score
Oct 2, 1971Middle Tennessee 23, Chattanooga 13Box score
Oct 2, 1971Quantico Marines 24, Xavier 6upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1971Tampa 49, Youngstown State 0Box score
Oct 2, 1971Temple 34, Boston University 10Box score
Oct 2, 1971Wichita State 26, Southern Illinois 24Box score