| Nov 5, 1971 | NC State 13, Miami 7upset | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 4Alabama 14, 18LSU 7 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Arizona 34, Oregon State 22 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 10Arizona State 38, BYU 13 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Rice 24, 16Arkansas 24 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Army 30, Rutgers 17 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 5Auburn 30, Mississippi State 21 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Boston College 10, Syracuse 3 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Bowling Green 34, Texas–Arlington 17 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | California–Santa Barbara 26, Cal State Los Angeles 0 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Cincinnati 40, North Texas 7 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | The Citadel 21, Richmond 11 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 13Colorado 35, Kansas 14 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Columbia 31, Dartmouth 29upset | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Cornell 21, Brown 7 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Dayton 20, Xavier 10 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Duke 31, West Virginia 15 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | East Carolina 27, Davidson 26 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 7Georgia 49, Florida 7 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Georgia Tech 34, Navy 21 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 19Houston 35, Memphis 7 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Illinois 22, Indiana 21 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Kansas State 35, Oklahoma State 23upset | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Kent State 21, Marshall 0 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Kentucky 14, Vanderbilt 7upset | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Long Beach State 30, Fresno State 13 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Louisville 17, Tulsa 0 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Miami (OH) 7, Western Michigan 6 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 3Michigan 63, Iowa 7 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Michigan State 17, 9Ohio State 10upset | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Ole Miss 28, Tampa 27 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 1Nebraska 37, Iowa State 0 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | New Mexico 57, Utah 39 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | New Mexico State 50, West Texas 24 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | North Carolina 26, Clemson 13 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Northwestern 41, Minnesota 20 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 8Notre Dame 56, Pittsburgh 7 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Ohio 30, Tulane 7 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 2Oklahoma 20, Missouri 3 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Oregon 23, Air Force 14upset | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Pacific 40, Hawai’i 17 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 6Penn State 63, Maryland 27 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Princeton 21, Harvard 10 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | San José State 45, San Diego State 7upset | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 17USC 30, Washington State 20 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Southern Miss 38, VMI 0 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 12Stanford 20, UCLA 9 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 11Tennessee 35, South Carolina 6 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 15Texas 24, Baylor 0 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Texas A&M 27, SMU 10 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | TCU 17, Texas Tech 6 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 14Toledo 23, Northern Illinois 8 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Virginia Tech 6, Virginia 0 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Wake Forest 36, William & Mary 29 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | 20Washington 30, California 7 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Wichita State 34, Colorado State 14 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Wisconsin 14, Purdue 10 | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Wyoming 31, Utah State 29upset | Box score |
| Nov 6, 1971 | Yale 24, Pennsylvania 14 | Box score |