1972: Week 5

63 games. Three ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Two games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 7, 1972	1USC 30, 15Stanford 21	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	17Auburn 19, 18Ole Miss 13	Box score

Upsets

Oct 7, 1972

Florida 42, 13Florida State 13upset

Box score

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

Oct 7, 1972	19Air Force 52, Colorado State 13	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	4Alabama 25, Georgia 7	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Arizona State 38, Oregon State 7	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Arkansas 27, TCU 13	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	17Auburn 19, 18Ole Miss 13	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Baylor 10, Miami 3	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Boston College 21, Villanova 20	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Bowling Green 19, Toledo 8upset	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	BYU 38, Long Beach State 27upset	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Brown 28, Pennsylvania 20	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	The Citadel 42, VMI 3	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	12Colorado 38, Kansas State 17	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Princeton 0, Columbia 0	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Cornell 36, Rutgers 22	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Dartmouth 17, Holy Cross 7	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Davidson 10, App State 10	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	East Carolina 21, Richmond 0	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Florida 42, 13Florida State 13upset	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Georgia Tech 31, Clemson 9	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Virginia Tech 27, Houston 27	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Indiana 10, Syracuse 2	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Kansas 34, Minnesota 28	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Kentucky 17, Mississippi State 13	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	8LSU 12, Rice 6	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Louisiana Tech 35, Texas–Arlington 14	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Louisville 17, Tampa 14	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Maryland 23, Wake Forest 0	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Miami (OH) 22, Marshall 7	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	5Michigan 35, Navy 7	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	New Mexico 17, Wyoming 14	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	NC State 17, Duke 0	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Northern Illinois 20, Xavier 7	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	7Notre Dame 16, Michigan State 0	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Ohio 28, Cincinnati 14	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	3Ohio State 35, California 18	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Oklahoma State 17, Missouri 16	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Pacific 17, Fresno State 0upset	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	16Penn State 35, Illinois 17	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Purdue 24, Iowa 0	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	San Diego State 23, San José State 12	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	1USC 30, 15Stanford 21	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	SMU 55, New Mexico State 6	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Southern Miss 14, West Texas 7	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	10Tennessee 38, Memphis 7	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	9Texas 27, Utah State 12	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Texas Tech 35, Tulsa 18	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Tulane 38, Pittsburgh 6	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	14UCLA 42, Arizona 31	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Utah 39, UTEP 20	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Vanderbilt 10, Virginia 7	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	11Washington 23, Oregon 17	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Washington State 35, Idaho 14	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	West Virginia 49, William & Mary 34	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Western Michigan 13, Kent State 12	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Wichita State 23, North Texas 6	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Wisconsin 21, Northwestern 14	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Yale 27, Colgate 7	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 7, 1972	Army 26, Lehigh 21	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Chattanooga 21, Arkansas State 3upset	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Southern Illinois 6, Dayton 6	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Harvard 33, Boston University 14	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	South Dakota 28, Drake 23upset	Box score
Oct 7, 1972	Western Carolina 20, Furman 15	Box score