| Oct 29, 1971 | Miami 24, Army 13 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 4Alabama 41, Mississippi State 10 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 13Arizona State 44, 18Air Force 28 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 5Auburn 40, Florida 7 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | BYU 16, UTEP 0 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Clemson 10, Wake Forest 9 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Cornell 24, Columbia 21 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Dartmouth 17, Yale 15 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Fresno State 17, San Diego State 10upset | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 7Georgia 24, South Carolina 0 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Georgia Tech 21, Duke 0 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Harvard 28, Pennsylvania 27 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Hawai’i 23, California–Santa Barbara 14 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Houston 14, 19Florida State 7upset | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Idaho 19, New Mexico State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Illinois 24, Northwestern 7upset | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Iowa 20, Wisconsin 16 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Kansas State 28, Missouri 12 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Kentucky 33, Virginia Tech 27 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Louisville 21, Tampa 10 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Marshall 12, Bowling Green 10upset | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Maryland 38, VMI 0 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Memphis 45, Cincinnati 21 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 3Michigan 61, Indiana 7 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Michigan State 43, Purdue 10 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Ole Miss 24, 11LSU 22upset | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 1Nebraska 31, 9Colorado 7 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | New Mexico 34, Arizona 28 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | North Carolina 36, William & Mary 35 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | North Texas 21, Drake 12 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Northern Illinois 26, Kent State 7 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 12Notre Dame 21, Navy 0 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 10Ohio State 14, Minnesota 12 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 2Oklahoma 43, Iowa State 12 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Oklahoma State 17, Kansas 10 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 6Penn State 35, West Virginia 7 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Pittsburgh 31, Syracuse 21 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Princeton 49, Brown 21 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Rice 9, Texas Tech 7upset | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | San José State 28, Pacific 18 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 20USC 28, California 0 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Southern Miss 31, Richmond 24 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 17Stanford 31, Oregon State 24 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 16Tennessee 38, Tulsa 3 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 14Texas 22, SMU 18 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Texas A&M 17, 8Arkansas 9upset | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | TCU 34, Baylor 27 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | 15Toledo 45, Miami (OH) 6 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Utah State 18, Colorado State 17 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Vanderbilt 13, Tulane 9upset | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Villanova 33, Xavier 27 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Virginia 14, NC State 10 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Washington 23, UCLA 12 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Washington State 31, Oregon 21 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | West Texas 31, Wichita State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Western Michigan 28, Ohio 14 | Box score |
| Oct 30, 1971 | Wyoming 29, Utah 16upset | Box score |