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1972: Week 8

64 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

Ranked against ranked

Oct 28, 197212Auburn 27, 17Florida State 14Box score
Oct 28, 197211Penn State 28, 18West Virginia 19Box score

Upsets

Oct 28, 1972Missouri 20, 7Colorado 17upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1972Air Force 39, 16Arizona State 31upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1972Texas Tech 17, 18SMU 3upsetBox 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 28, 1972Air Force 39, 16Arizona State 31upsetBox score
Oct 28, 19722Alabama 48, Southern Miss 11Box score
Oct 28, 1972Arizona 45, UTEP 22Box score
Oct 28, 197218Arkansas 42, North Texas 16Box score
Oct 28, 197212Auburn 27, 17Florida State 14Box score
Oct 28, 1972Baylor 15, Texas A&M 13Box score
Oct 28, 1972Bowling Green 46, Marshall 7Box score
Oct 28, 1972BYU 44, Colorado State 8Box score
Oct 28, 1972Clemson 31, Wake Forest 0Box score
Oct 28, 1972Colgate 28, The Citadel 26Box score
Oct 28, 1972Cornell 24, Yale 13Box score
Oct 28, 1972Harvard 21, Dartmouth 21Box score
Oct 28, 1972Dayton 14, VMI 10Box score
Oct 28, 1972Drake 28, New Mexico State 10Box score
Oct 28, 1972Duke 17, Navy 16Box score
Oct 28, 1972Georgia 13, Kentucky 7Box score
Oct 28, 1972Georgia Tech 21, Tulane 7Box score
Oct 28, 1972Holy Cross 26, Villanova 9Box score
Oct 28, 197215Iowa State 34, Kansas 8Box score
Oct 28, 1972Louisville 38, Cincinnati 13Box score
Oct 28, 1972Maryland 24, Virginia 23Box score
Oct 28, 1972Memphis 49, Tulsa 21Box score
Oct 28, 1972Miami 28, Army 7Box score
Oct 28, 19725Michigan 42, Minnesota 0Box score
Oct 28, 1972Iowa 6, Michigan State 6Box score
Oct 28, 1972Ole Miss 31, Vanderbilt 7Box score
Oct 28, 1972Mississippi State 27, Houston 13upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1972Missouri 20, 7Colorado 17upsetBox score
Oct 28, 19723Nebraska 34, Oklahoma State 0Box score
Oct 28, 1972NC State 42, South Carolina 24Box score
Oct 28, 1972Northern Illinois 28, Kent State 7Box score
Oct 28, 1972Northwestern 23, Indiana 14Box score
Oct 28, 197213Notre Dame 21, TCU 0Box score
Oct 28, 19724Ohio State 28, Wisconsin 20Box score
Oct 28, 19728Oklahoma 52, Kansas State 0Box score
Oct 28, 1972Pacific 22, Idaho 7Box score
Oct 28, 197211Penn State 28, 18West Virginia 19Box score
Oct 28, 1972Pennsylvania 15, Princeton 10Box score
Oct 28, 1972Purdue 20, Illinois 14Box score
Oct 28, 1972Rutgers 6, Columbia 3upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1972San Diego State 21, Fresno State 14Box score
Oct 28, 1972San José State 35, Long Beach State 8Box score
Oct 28, 19721USC 18, Oregon 0Box score
Oct 28, 1972Stanford 17, Oregon State 11Box score
Oct 28, 1972Syracuse 10, Pittsburgh 6Box score
Oct 28, 197210Texas 45, Rice 9Box score
Oct 28, 1972Texas Tech 17, 18SMU 3upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1972Texas–Arlington 7, Louisiana 0upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1972Toledo 35, Miami (OH) 21Box score
Oct 28, 19729UCLA 35, Washington State 20Box score
Oct 28, 1972Utah 59, New Mexico 14Box score
Oct 28, 1972Utah State 35, Wyoming 23Box score
Oct 28, 1972Washington 35, California 21Box score
Oct 28, 1972West Texas 21, Wichita State 16Box score
Oct 28, 1972Western Michigan 34, Ohio 17Box score
Oct 28, 1972William & Mary 17, Virginia Tech 16Box score

Everyone else

Oct 28, 1972App State 35, East Tennessee State 34Box score
Oct 28, 1972Davidson 25, Bucknell 21Box score
Oct 28, 1972Delaware 28, Temple 9upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1972East Carolina 27, Furman 21Box score
Oct 28, 1972Illinois State 10, Southern Illinois 7upsetBox score
Oct 28, 197214Tennessee 34, Hawai’i 2Box score
Oct 28, 1972Tennessee Tech 24, Chattanooga 8Box score
Oct 28, 1972Youngstown State 47, Xavier 7upsetBox score