1971: Week 5

67 games. Four ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. 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 9, 1971	8Oklahoma 48, 3Texas 27upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	19Stanford 17, 11Washington 6upset	Box score

Upsets

Oct 9, 1971	8Oklahoma 48, 3Texas 27upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	19Stanford 17, 11Washington 6upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Clemson 3, 14Duke 0upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Tulane 37, 18North Carolina 29upset	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

Oct 8, 1971	San José State 30, Long Beach State 28upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Air Force 30, SMU 0	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	6Alabama 42, Vanderbilt 0	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	12Arizona State 42, Colorado State 0	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	17Arkansas 35, Baylor 7	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	4Auburn 27, Southern Miss 14	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Boston College 23, Villanova 7	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	California 30, Oregon State 27	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Cincinnati 30, Xavier 7	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	The Citadel 25, VMI 24	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Clemson 3, 14Duke 0upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	5Colorado 24, Iowa State 14	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Cornell 19, Princeton 8	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Dartmouth 19, Pennsylvania 3	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Florida State 27, Mississippi State 9	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	10Georgia 38, Ole Miss 7	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Harvard 21, Columbia 19	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Hawai’i 26, Cal State Los Angeles 0	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Holy Cross 28, Colgate 14	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Kansas 39, Kansas State 13	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	16LSU 48, Florida 7	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Louisville 26, Memphis 20	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	2Michigan 24, Michigan State 13	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	1Nebraska 36, Missouri 0	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	New Mexico 35, New Mexico State 35	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	NC State 21, Wake Forest 14	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Northern Illinois 37, Marshall 18	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Northwestern 28, Iowa 3	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	7Notre Dame 17, Miami 0	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Ohio 35, Kentucky 6	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	15Ohio State 24, Illinois 10	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	8Oklahoma 48, 3Texas 27upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	TCU 14, Oklahoma State 14	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Oregon 28, USC 23upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	9Penn State 42, Army 0	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Pittsburgh 36, Navy 35	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Purdue 27, Minnesota 13	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Richmond 14, East Carolina 7	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	San Diego State 14, Pacific 7	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	South Carolina 34, Virginia 14	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	19Stanford 17, 11Washington 6upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Syracuse 21, Maryland 13	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Tampa 47, Dayton 14	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	13Tennessee 10, Georgia Tech 6	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Texas Tech 28, Texas A&M 7	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Texas–Arlington 13, West Texas 0upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	20Toledo 24, Bowling Green 7	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Tulane 37, 18North Carolina 29upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Tulsa 46, Virginia Tech 39	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	UCLA 34, Washington State 21	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Utah 32, UTEP 10	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Utah State 29, BYU 7	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	West Virginia 28, William & Mary 23	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Western Michigan 31, Kent State 0	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Wisconsin 35, Indiana 29	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Wyoming 14, Arizona 3	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Yale 17, Brown 10	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 9, 1971	Akron 20, North Texas 6upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Cal State Northridge 15, California–Santa Barbara 14upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Davidson 20, Bucknell 8	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Drake 28, Northern Iowa 0	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Fresno State 13, Cal Poly 10	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Furman 21, Western Carolina 14	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Idaho 40, Idaho State 3	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Lehigh 35, Rutgers 14upset	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	UL Monroe 27, Chattanooga 21	Box score
Oct 9, 1971	Temple 38, UConn 0	Box score