| Nov 4, 1972 | 2Alabama 58, Mississippi State 14 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Arizona State 55, UTEP 14 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Army 17, 19Air Force 14upset | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 11Auburn 26, Florida 20 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Baylor 42, TCU 9upset | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Boston College 37, Syracuse 0 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Bowling Green 17, Ohio 0 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | BYU 33, Wyoming 14 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | California 31, Oregon 12 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Columbia 14, Cornell 0 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Dayton 31, Xavier 13 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Duke 20, Georgia Tech 14 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Houston 31, Florida State 27 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Illinois 43, Northwestern 13upset | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Kansas 13, Oklahoma State 10upset | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Kent State 16, Marshall 14 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Long Beach State 21, Fresno State 16 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 6LSU 17, Ole Miss 16 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Memphis 58, Wichita State 14 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Miami (OH) 38, Western Michigan 8 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 4Michigan 21, Indiana 7 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Michigan State 22, Purdue 12 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 16Missouri 31, Kansas State 14 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 3Nebraska 33, 15Colorado 10 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | North Carolina 26, Clemson 10 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | NC State 35, Virginia 14 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | North Texas 27, Cincinnati 25 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Northern Illinois 30, Toledo 7upset | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 12Notre Dame 42, Navy 23 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 5Ohio State 27, Minnesota 19 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 7Oklahoma 20, 14Iowa State 6 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 10Penn State 46, Maryland 16 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Pennsylvania 38, Harvard 27upset | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Princeton 31, Brown 10 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Richmond 21, The Citadel 7 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | San Diego State 37, West Texas 6 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | San José State 14, New Mexico 7 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | South Carolina 35, Wake Forest 3 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 1USC 44, Washington State 3 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 13Tennessee 14, Georgia 0 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 9Texas 17, SMU 9 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Texas A&M 10, 20Arkansas 7upset | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 18Texas Tech 10, Rice 6 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Tulane 18, Kentucky 7 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Tulsa 28, 17Louisville 26upset | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | 8UCLA 28, Stanford 23 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Utah 28, Arizona 27 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Utah State 51, Idaho 7 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Virginia Tech 27, Southern Miss 14 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Washington 23, Oregon State 16 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | West Virginia 38, Pittsburgh 20 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | William & Mary 56, Davidson 9 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Wisconsin 16, Iowa 14 | Box score |
| Nov 4, 1972 | Yale 45, Dartmouth 14 | Box score |