| Oct 1, 1971 | Miami 41, Baylor 15 | Box score |
| Oct 1, 1971 | New Mexico 14, BYU 0 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 7Alabama 40, Ole Miss 6 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 13Arizona State 24, UTEP 7 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 18Arkansas 49, TCU 15 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Army 22, Missouri 6 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 5Auburn 38, Kentucky 6 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Boston College 24, Richmond 0 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Bowling Green 23, Western Michigan 6 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | California–Santa Barbara 21, Pacific 7upset | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Cincinnati 17, Texas A&M 0 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Colgate 28, Yale 21upset | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 6Colorado 31, Kansas State 21 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Columbia 22, Princeton 20 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Cornell 31, Rutgers 17 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Dartmouth 28, Holy Cross 9 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 19Duke 9, 10Stanford 3upset | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | East Carolina 31, The Citadel 25 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Florida State 17, Virginia Tech 3 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Fresno State 19, Hawai’i 8 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 11Georgia 35, Mississippi State 7 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Georgia Tech 24, Clemson 14 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Houston 34, San José State 20 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Iowa State 17, Kent State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 16LSU 38, Rice 3 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Louisville 41, Dayton 13 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Miami (OH) 66, Marshall 6 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 2Michigan 46, Navy 0 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Minnesota 38, Kansas 20 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 1Nebraska 42, Utah State 6 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 20North Carolina 27, NC State 7 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Northwestern 24, Wisconsin 11 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 4Notre Dame 14, Michigan State 2 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 14Ohio State 35, California 3 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 8Oklahoma 33, 17USC 20 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Oregon State 34, UCLA 17 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 9Penn State 16, Air Force 14 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Pennsylvania 17, Brown 16 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Purdue 45, Iowa 13 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | San Diego State 30, Northern Illinois 10 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | South Carolina 7, Memphis 3 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | SMU 28, New Mexico State 25 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Syracuse 7, Indiana 0 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 12Tennessee 20, Florida 13 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 3Texas 35, Oregon 7 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Texas Tech 13, Arizona 10 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Toledo 31, Ohio 28 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Tulsa 17, West Texas 13 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Virginia 27, Vanderbilt 23 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Wake Forest 18, Maryland 14 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | 15Washington 52, Illinois 14 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Washington State 34, Utah 12upset | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | West Virginia 20, Pittsburgh 9 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | William & Mary 14, Tulane 3upset | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1971 | Wyoming 17, Colorado State 6 | Box score |