1972: Week 6

63 games. Five ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Four 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 14, 19722Oklahoma 27, 10Texas 0Box score
Oct 14, 19728LSU 35, 9Auburn 7Box score
Oct 14, 197217Stanford 24, 12Washington 0upsetBox score
Oct 14, 197213Colorado 34, 18Iowa State 22Box score

Upsets

Oct 14, 197217Stanford 24, 12Washington 0upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1972Virginia Tech 34, 19Oklahoma State 32upsetBox 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 14, 197216Air Force 13, Boston College 9Box score
Oct 14, 19723Alabama 24, Florida 7Box score
Oct 14, 1972Arizona 27, New Mexico 15upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1972Arizona State 59, Utah 48Box score
Oct 14, 197220Arkansas 31, Baylor 20Box score
Oct 14, 1972BYU 21, UTEP 14Box score
Oct 14, 197213Colorado 34, 18Iowa State 22Box score
Oct 14, 1972Cornell 24, Pennsylvania 20Box score
Oct 14, 1972Dartmouth 35, Princeton 14Box score
Oct 14, 1972Duke 7, Clemson 0Box score
Oct 14, 1972East Carolina 27, The Citadel 21Box score
Oct 14, 1972Florida State 25, Mississippi State 21Box score
Oct 14, 1972Georgia 14, Ole Miss 13Box score
Oct 14, 1972Harvard 20, Columbia 18Box score
Oct 14, 1972Colgate 21, Holy Cross 21Box score
Oct 14, 1972Houston 49, San Diego State 14Box score
Oct 14, 1972Idaho 31, Northern Illinois 13Box score
Oct 14, 1972Indiana 33, Wisconsin 7Box score
Oct 14, 1972Iowa 23, Northwestern 12upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1972Kansas State 20, Kansas 19Box score
Oct 14, 1972Kent State 14, Bowling Green 10upsetBox score
Oct 14, 19728LSU 35, 9Auburn 7Box score
Oct 14, 1972Louisville 56, North Texas 6Box score
Oct 14, 1972Maryland 37, Villanova 7Box score
Oct 14, 1972Memphis 38, Utah State 29Box score
Oct 14, 1972Miami 24, Tulane 21Box score
Oct 14, 1972Miami (OH) 31, Ohio 7Box score
Oct 14, 19725Michigan 10, Michigan State 0Box score
Oct 14, 19726Nebraska 62, Missouri 0Box score
Oct 14, 1972North Carolina 31, Kentucky 20Box score
Oct 14, 1972NC State 42, Wake Forest 13Box score
Oct 14, 19727Notre Dame 42, Pittsburgh 16Box score
Oct 14, 19724Ohio State 26, Illinois 7Box score
Oct 14, 19722Oklahoma 27, 10Texas 0Box score
Oct 14, 1972Pacific 14, Long Beach State 10Box score
Oct 14, 197215Penn State 45, Army 0Box score
Oct 14, 1972Purdue 28, Minnesota 3Box score
Oct 14, 1972South Carolina 41, App State 7Box score
Oct 14, 19721USC 42, California 14Box score
Oct 14, 1972Southern Miss 34, Richmond 9Box score
Oct 14, 197217Stanford 24, 12Washington 0upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1972Syracuse 30, Navy 14Box score
Oct 14, 1972Temple 39, West Virginia 36upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1972TCU 35, Tulsa 9Box score
Oct 14, 1972Texas Tech 17, Texas A&M 14Box score
Oct 14, 1972Toledo 20, Western Michigan 13Box score
Oct 14, 197214UCLA 37, Oregon State 7Box score
Oct 14, 1972Vanderbilt 21, William & Mary 17Box score
Oct 14, 1972Virginia 45, VMI 14Box score
Oct 14, 1972Virginia Tech 34, 19Oklahoma State 32upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1972Washington State 31, Oregon 14Box score
Oct 14, 1972West Texas 63, New Mexico State 14Box score
Oct 14, 1972Wichita State 20, Cincinnati 17Box score
Oct 14, 1972Wyoming 28, Colorado State 9Box score
Oct 14, 1972Xavier 14, Marshall 0Box score
Oct 14, 1972Yale 53, Brown 19Box score

Everyone else

Oct 14, 1972Ball State 28, Dayton 7upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1972Fresno State 24, Cal Poly 24Box score
Oct 14, 1972Davidson 51, Furman 35Box score
Oct 14, 1972Drake 21, Northern Iowa 14Box score
Oct 14, 1972Louisiana 22, Chattanooga 21Box score
Oct 14, 1972Rutgers 21, Lafayette 7Box score
Oct 14, 1972Tampa 44, Southern Illinois 0Box score