Seasons 1972 Week 12 ← Week 11 Week 13 → 1972: Week 12 40 games. Five ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. Two games 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 Nov 23, 1972 4 Oklahoma 17,5 Nebraska 14Box score Nov 23, 1972 7 Texas 38,Texas A&M 3Box score Nov 25, 1972 18 Arizona State 38,Arizona 21Box score Nov 25, 1972 Arkansas 24,20 Texas Tech 14upset Box score Nov 25, 1972 BYU 21,New Mexico 7Box score Nov 25, 1972 Clemson 7,South Carolina 6Box score Nov 25, 1972 Columbia 28,Brown 12Box score Nov 25, 1972 Cornell 22,Princeton 15Box score Nov 25, 1972 Dartmouth 31,Pennsylvania 17Box score Nov 25, 1972 Houston 49,Cincinnati 0Box score Nov 25, 1972 Iowa 15,Illinois 14Box score Nov 25, 1972 Kansas 28,16 Missouri 17upset Box score Nov 25, 1972 Florida 3,8 LSU 3Box score Nov 25, 1972 Louisville 27,Drake 0Box score Nov 25, 1972 Miami 28,Maryland 8Box score Nov 25, 1972 Michigan State 24,Northwestern 14Box score Nov 25, 1972 Minnesota 14,Wisconsin 6Box score Nov 25, 1972 Ole Miss 51,Mississippi State 14Box score Nov 25, 1972 15 North Carolina 42,East Carolina 19Box score Nov 25, 1972 9 Ohio State 14,3 Michigan 11upset Box score Nov 25, 1972 Oklahoma State 45,17 Iowa State 14upset Box score Nov 25, 1972 6 Penn State 49,Pittsburgh 27Box score Nov 25, 1972 Purdue 42,Indiana 7Box score Nov 25, 1972 Rice 25,TCU 21Box score Nov 25, 1972 Rutgers 43,Colgate 13Box score Nov 25, 1972 San Diego State 33,Long Beach State 14Box score Nov 25, 1972 SMU 12,Baylor 7Box score Nov 25, 1972 Tampa 30,Vanderbilt 7Box score Nov 25, 1972 12 Tennessee 17,Kentucky 7Box score Nov 25, 1972 Texas–Arlington 7,Arkansas State 6Box score Nov 25, 1972 Tulsa 45,North Texas 22Box score Nov 25, 1972 Utah 62,Colorado State 36Box score Nov 25, 1972 Virginia Tech 44,Wake Forest 9Box score Nov 25, 1972 Yale 28,Harvard 17Box score
Everyone else Nov 23, 1972 Utah State 20,Weber State 16Box score Nov 25, 1972 East Tennessee State 35,Chattanooga 0Box score Nov 25, 1972 Hawai’i 28,San José State 14Box score Nov 25, 1972 Holy Cross 20,UConn 10Box score Nov 25, 1972 Idaho 22,Boise State 21Box score Nov 25, 1972 Massachusetts 28,Boston College 7Box score