| Nov 17, 1972 | Northern Illinois 22, Long Beach State 13 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 2Alabama 52, Virginia Tech 13 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 18Arizona State 51, San José State 21 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Army 15, Holy Cross 13 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 11Auburn 27, Georgia 10 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | BYU 16, Utah 7 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | California 24, Stanford 21upset | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | The Citadel 25, Davidson 16 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 15Colorado 38, Air Force 7 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Colorado State 35, UTEP 22 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Dartmouth 31, Cornell 22 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | East Carolina 24, Dayton 22 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Florida 40, Kentucky 0 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Georgia Tech 30, Navy 7 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Harvard 21, Brown 14 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Houston 33, New Mexico 14 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Illinois 27, Wisconsin 7 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Indiana 16, Iowa 8 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Kent State 27, Toledo 9 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 8LSU 28, Mississippi State 14 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Louisville 17, Memphis 0 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Marshall 31, Ohio 14upset | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Miami (OH) 23, Cincinnati 0 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 3Michigan 9, Purdue 6 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Minnesota 14, Michigan State 10upset | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 19Missouri 6, 12Iowa State 5upset | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 5Nebraska 59, Kansas State 7 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 16North Carolina 14, Duke 0 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | NC State 42, Clemson 17 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 10Notre Dame 20, Miami 17 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 9Ohio State 27, Northwestern 14 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 4Oklahoma 31, Kansas 7 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Oregon 30, Oregon State 3 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 6Penn State 45, Boston College 26 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Pennsylvania 20, Columbia 14 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Rice 20, Texas A&M 14 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Richmond 20, William & Mary 3 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | South Carolina 24, Florida State 21 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 1USC 24, 14UCLA 7 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | SMU 22, Arkansas 7upset | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Tampa 29, Bowling Green 22 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Temple 12, Villanova 10 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 13Tennessee 17, Ole Miss 0 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 7Texas 27, TCU 0 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Texas Tech 13, Baylor 7 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Tulane 21, Vanderbilt 7 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Utah State 27, Southern Miss 21 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Virginia 15, Wake Forest 12 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | 20Washington State 27, 17Washington 10upset | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | West Texas 17, North Texas 14 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | West Virginia 43, Syracuse 12 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Western Michigan 27, Idaho 16 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Wichita State 23, New Mexico State 20 | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Wyoming 22, Arizona 14upset | Box score |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Yale 31, Princeton 7 | Box score |