1971: Week 7

65 games. Four ranked teams lost, all to unranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Upsets

Oct 23, 1971	USC 28, 6Notre Dame 14upset	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Washington State 24, 10Stanford 23upset	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Illinois 21, 17Purdue 7upset	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Navy 15, 19Duke 14upset	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 22, 1971	San Diego State 36, Utah State 20	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	20Air Force 17, Colorado State 12	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	4Alabama 34, Houston 20	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Arizona 14, Utah 3	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	14Arizona State 60, New Mexico 28	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	9Arkansas 60, North Texas 21	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Army 14, Virginia 9	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	5Auburn 35, Clemson 13	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Boston College 40, Pittsburgh 22	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Bowling Green 33, Miami (OH) 7	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	BYU 25, Tulsa 7	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	California 31, UCLA 24	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Colgate 42, Brown 32	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	11Colorado 27, Missouri 7	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Columbia 17, Rutgers 16	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Cornell 31, Yale 10	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Dartmouth 16, Harvard 13	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	East Carolina 31, NC State 15upset	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Florida 27, Maryland 23	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Florida State 49, South Carolina 18	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Fresno State 47, Cal State Los Angeles 7	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	8Georgia 34, Kentucky 0	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Georgia Tech 24, Tulane 16	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Idaho 26, West Texas 0	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Illinois 21, 17Purdue 7upset	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Iowa State 40, Kansas 24	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Kent State 24, Xavier 13	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Long Beach State 31, California–Santa Barbara 10	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Louisville 21, Wichita State 5	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Memphis 27, Southern Miss 12	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	3Michigan 35, Minnesota 7	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Michigan State 34, Iowa 3	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Ole Miss 28, Vanderbilt 7	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Navy 15, 19Duke 14upset	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	1Nebraska 41, Oklahoma State 13	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	New Mexico State 20, Texas–Arlington 6	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	North Carolina 7, Wake Forest 3	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Northwestern 24, Indiana 10	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	12Ohio State 31, Wisconsin 6	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	2Oklahoma 75, Kansas State 28	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Oregon 34, San José State 14	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	7Penn State 66, TCU 14	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Princeton 31, Pennsylvania 0	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	USC 28, 6Notre Dame 14upset	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	SMU 18, Texas Tech 17	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Syracuse 63, Holy Cross 21	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	18Tennessee 10, Mississippi State 7	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	16Texas 39, Rice 10	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Texas A&M 10, Baylor 9	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	UTEP 12, Wyoming 7	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	14Toledo 35, Dayton 7	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Villanova 24, Tampa 3	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Virginia Tech 37, Ohio 29	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Washington 38, Oregon State 14	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Washington State 24, 10Stanford 23upset	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	West Virginia 43, Temple 33	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Western Michigan 37, Marshall 0	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	William & Mary 12, VMI 7	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 23, 1971	Northern Illinois 10, Ball State 10	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	The Citadel 52, Chattanooga 35	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Drake 49, South Dakota 7	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Hawai’i 28, New Mexico Highlands 9	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Pacific 30, Montana 14	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Richmond 20, Furman 0	Box score
Oct 23, 1971	Wofford 23, Davidson 22	Box score