Seasons 1972 Week 1 Week 2 → 1972: Week 1 38 games. Two ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. One game matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
The week in review Upsets 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 Sep 8, 1972 San Diego State 17,Oregon State 8Box score Sep 9, 1972 7 Alabama 35,Duke 12Box score Sep 9, 1972 Arizona 17,Colorado State 0Box score Sep 9, 1972 Auburn 14,Mississippi State 3Box score Sep 9, 1972 Clemson 13,The Citadel 0Box score Sep 9, 1972 2 Colorado 20,California 10Box score Sep 9, 1972 East Carolina 30,VMI 3Box score Sep 9, 1972 19 Florida State 19,Pittsburgh 7Box score Sep 9, 1972 Kansas State 21,Tulsa 13Box score Sep 9, 1972 NC State 24,Maryland 24Box score Sep 9, 1972 Missouri 24,Oregon 22Box score Sep 9, 1972 North Carolina 28,Richmond 18Box score Sep 9, 1972 Rice 14,Houston 13upset Box score Sep 9, 1972 8 USC 31,4 Arkansas 10upset Box score Sep 9, 1972 Southern Miss 38,Texas–Arlington 17Box score Sep 9, 1972 Syracuse 17,Temple 10Box score Sep 9, 1972 Tampa 21,Toledo 0upset Box score Sep 9, 1972 15 Tennessee 34,Georgia Tech 3Box score Sep 9, 1972 Texas A&M 36,Wichita State 13Box score Sep 9, 1972 UCLA 20,1 Nebraska 17upset Box score Sep 9, 1972 Utah State 48,New Mexico State 14Box score Sep 9, 1972 Virginia 24,South Carolina 16upset Box score Sep 9, 1972 Wake Forest 26,Davidson 20Box score Sep 9, 1972 9 Washington 13,Pacific 6Box score Sep 9, 1972 Washington State 18,Kansas 17Box score Sep 9, 1972 West Virginia 25,Villanova 6Box score Sep 9, 1972 Western Michigan 28,Long Beach State 20Box score
Everyone else Sep 9, 1972 App State 7,Western Kentucky 6upset Box score Sep 9, 1972 Cincinnati 10,Indiana State 7Box score Sep 9, 1972 Dayton 18,Youngstown State 13Box score Sep 9, 1972 Fresno State 24,Sacramento State 7Box score Sep 9, 1972 Akron 13,Kent State 13Box score Sep 9, 1972 Northern Illinois 21,Illinois State 7Box score Sep 9, 1972 Ohio 26,Central Michigan 21Box score Sep 9, 1972 San José State 33,Santa Clara 28Box score Sep 9, 1972 Vanderbilt 24,Chattanooga 7Box score Sep 9, 1972 William & Mary 31,Furman 7Box score Sep 9, 1972 Wyoming 30,Idaho State 14Box score