1974: Week 4

68 games. Seven ranked teams lost, six to unranked teams. One game matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Sep 28, 197418USC 16, 8Pittsburgh 7upsetBox score

Upsets

Sep 28, 1974Purdue 31, 2Notre Dame 20upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Texas Tech 26, 6Texas 3upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Missouri 9, 7Arizona State 0upsetBox score
Sep 28, 197418USC 16, 8Pittsburgh 7upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Colorado 24, 11Wisconsin 21upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Baylor 31, 12Oklahoma State 14upsetBox 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

Sep 28, 19744Alabama 23, Vanderbilt 10Box score
Sep 28, 197415Arizona 15, New Mexico 10Box score
Sep 28, 1974Arkansas 60, Tulsa 0Box score
Sep 28, 1974Auburn 21, 14Tennessee 0upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Baylor 31, 12Oklahoma State 14upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Bowling Green 21, Western Michigan 13Box score
Sep 28, 1974California 27, Army 14Box score
Sep 28, 1974Cincinnati 7, Louisville 6Box score
Sep 28, 1974Clemson 21, Georgia Tech 17Box score
Sep 28, 1974Colorado 24, 11Wisconsin 21upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Cornell 40, Colgate 21Box score
Sep 28, 1974Duke 27, Virginia 7Box score
Sep 28, 1974East Carolina 17, Southern Illinois 16Box score
Sep 28, 1974Florida 29, Mississippi State 13Box score
Sep 28, 1974Furman 10, William & Mary 0Box score
Sep 28, 1974Georgia 52, South Carolina 14Box score
Sep 28, 1974Harvard 24, Holy Cross 14Box score
Sep 28, 1974Houston 49, Virginia Tech 12Box score
Sep 28, 197416Illinois 21, Washington State 19Box score
Sep 28, 1974Iowa State 34, BYU 7Box score
Sep 28, 1974Kansas 40, Florida State 9Box score
Sep 28, 1974Kansas State 38, Pacific 7Box score
Sep 28, 1974Kentucky 28, Indiana 22Box score
Sep 28, 1974Lamar 27, North Texas 7Box score
Sep 28, 1974Long Beach State 20, Drake 13Box score
Sep 28, 1974Rice 10, 17LSU 10Box score
Sep 28, 1974Louisiana Tech 20, Arkansas State 7Box score
Sep 28, 1974Maryland 24, North Carolina 12Box score
Sep 28, 1974Memphis 20, Colorado State 18Box score
Sep 28, 197420Miami 28, Tampa 26Box score
Sep 28, 1974Miami (OH) 42, Marshall 0Box score
Sep 28, 19745Michigan 52, Navy 0Box score
Sep 28, 1974Minnesota 9, TCU 7Box score
Sep 28, 1974Ole Miss 20, Southern Miss 14Box score
Sep 28, 1974Missouri 9, 7Arizona State 0upsetBox score
Sep 28, 197410Nebraska 49, Northwestern 7Box score
Sep 28, 1974New Mexico State 42, Texas–Arlington 14Box score
Sep 28, 197413NC State 28, Syracuse 22Box score
Sep 28, 19741Ohio State 28, SMU 9Box score
Sep 28, 19743Oklahoma 72, Utah State 3Box score
Sep 28, 1974Oregon 23, Utah 16Box score
Sep 28, 197419Penn State 27, Iowa 0Box score
Sep 28, 1974Purdue 31, 2Notre Dame 20upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Richmond 27, The Citadel 24Box score
Sep 28, 1974Princeton 6, Rutgers 6Box score
Sep 28, 1974San Diego State 26, UTEP 12Box score
Sep 28, 1974Stanford 21, San José State 21Box score
Sep 28, 197418USC 16, 8Pittsburgh 7upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Temple 34, Boston College 7Box score
Sep 28, 19749Texas A&M 28, Washington 15Box score
Sep 28, 1974Texas Tech 26, 6Texas 3upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Toledo 19, Ohio 16upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Tulane 17, West Virginia 14Box score
Sep 28, 1974UCLA 56, Michigan State 14Box score
Sep 28, 1974Villanova 15, Idaho 7Box score
Sep 28, 1974VMI 43, Davidson 7Box score
Sep 28, 1974West Texas 41, Wichita State 7Box score
Sep 28, 1974Wyoming 20, Air Force 16Box score

Everyone else

Sep 27, 1974Pennsylvania 28, Lehigh 18Box score
Sep 28, 1974Brown 45, Rhode Island 15Box score
Sep 28, 1974Cal Poly 17, Fresno State 13upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Central Michigan 42, Dayton 8upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Indiana State 23, Northern Illinois 14upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Kent State 13, Eastern Michigan 0Box score
Sep 28, 1974Lafayette 15, Columbia 0upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Massachusetts 14, Dartmouth 0upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Western Carolina 21, App State 17upsetBox score
Sep 28, 1974Yale 20, UConn 7Box score