1971: Week 6

67 games. Six ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. Three 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 16, 1971	2Oklahoma 45, 6Colorado 17	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	4Alabama 32, 14Tennessee 15	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	16Arkansas 31, 10Texas 7upset	Box score

Upsets

Oct 16, 1971	16Arkansas 31, 10Texas 7upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Oregon State 24, 11Arizona State 18upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Oregon 23, 18Washington 21upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Florida 17, 19Florida State 15upset	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 15, 1971	Houston 42, Villanova 9	Box score
Oct 15, 1971	Miami 31, Navy 16	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Air Force 20, Army 7	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	4Alabama 32, 14Tennessee 15	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	16Arkansas 31, 10Texas 7upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	5Auburn 31, Georgia Tech 14	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Bowling Green 46, Kent State 33	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	BYU 35, Wyoming 17	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	California 24, Washington State 23	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Cincinnati 20, Wichita State 7	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Clemson 32, Virginia 15	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Columbia 15, Yale 14upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Cornell 21, Harvard 16	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Dartmouth 10, Brown 7	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Dayton 13, Marshall 0	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Duke 41, NC State 13	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Florida 17, 19Florida State 15upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	8Georgia 24, Vanderbilt 0	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Idaho 13, Pacific 12	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Iowa State 24, Kansas State 0	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Long Beach State 36, Cal State Los Angeles 7	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Louisiana 16, Texas–Arlington 0upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	12LSU 17, Kentucky 13	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	3Michigan 35, Illinois 6	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Minnesota 19, Iowa 14	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Ole Miss 20, Southern Miss 6	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	1Nebraska 55, Kansas 0	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	San José State 21, New Mexico 21	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	North Texas 20, Louisville 17upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Northern Illinois 22, West Texas 19	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	7Notre Dame 16, North Carolina 0	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Ohio 3, Miami (OH) 0upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	13Ohio State 27, Indiana 7	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	2Oklahoma 45, 6Colorado 17	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Oklahoma State 37, Missouri 16	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Oregon 23, 18Washington 21upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Oregon State 24, 11Arizona State 18upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	9Penn State 31, Syracuse 0	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Princeton 35, Colgate 12	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	20Purdue 21, Northwestern 20	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Richmond 21, VMI 6	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	San Diego State 27, California–Santa Barbara 23	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	South Carolina 35, Maryland 6	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	SMU 16, Rice 10	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	15Stanford 33, USC 18	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Tampa 36, Drake 2upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Temple 38, Xavier 0	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	TCU 14, Texas A&M 3	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Texas Tech 14, Boston College 6	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	UTEP 14, New Mexico State 7	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	17Toledo 35, Western Michigan 24	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Tulane 33, Pittsburgh 8	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	UCLA 28, Arizona 12	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Utah 42, Colorado State 16	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Utah State 7, Memphis 6	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Virginia Tech 41, William & Mary 30	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Wake Forest 51, Tulsa 21	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	West Virginia 44, East Carolina 21	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Wisconsin 31, Michigan State 28	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 16, 1971	Chattanooga 28, East Tennessee State 14	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Delaware 48, Rutgers 7	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Furman 41, Davidson 6	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Hawai’i 32, Santa Clara 14	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Holy Cross 28, Boston University 14	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Lafayette 17, Pennsylvania 15upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Mississippi State 24, Lamar 7	Box score
Oct 16, 1971	Presbyterian 24, The Citadel 23upset	Box score