| Sep 9, 1976 | 17UCLA 28, 3Arizona State 10upset | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Air Force 36, Pacific 3 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Arizona 31, Auburn 19 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | 13Arkansas 33, Utah State 16 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Ball State 41, Louisiana Tech 28 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Boston College 14, 7Texas 13upset | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Bowling Green 22, Syracuse 7 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Cincinnati 21, Tulane 14 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Clemson 10, The Citadel 7 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Duke 21, Tennessee 18upset | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | East Carolina 48, Southern Miss 0 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | 16Georgia 36, 15California 24upset | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Houston 23, Baylor 5 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Illinois 24, Iowa 6 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Iowa State 58, Drake 14 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | 19Kansas 35, Washington State 16 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Kansas State 13, BYU 3 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Kent State 20, Central Michigan 10 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Kentucky 38, Oregon State 13 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Louisiana 41, Fresno State 14 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Marshall 21, 20Miami (OH) 16upset | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | 12Maryland 31, Richmond 7 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | McNeese 38, Southern Illinois 10 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Memphis 21, Florida State 12 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | 2Michigan 40, Wisconsin 27 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Minnesota 32, Indiana 13 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Ole Miss 10, 6Alabama 7upset | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Missouri 46, 8USC 25upset | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | LSU 6, 1Nebraska 6 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | New Mexico State 13, UTEP 10 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | North Carolina 24, 18Florida 21upset | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | North Texas 24, Texas–Arlington 7 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | 4Ohio State 49, Michigan State 21 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | 5Oklahoma 24, Vanderbilt 3 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Oklahoma State 33, Tulsa 21 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Oregon 17, Colorado State 3 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | 10Penn State 15, Stanford 12 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | 9Pittsburgh 31, 11Notre Dame 10 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Purdue 31, Northwestern 19 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Rutgers 13, Navy 3 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | San José State 48, Hawai’i 7 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | South Carolina 27, Georgia Tech 17 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | SMU 34, TCU 14 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | 14Texas A&M 19, Virginia Tech 0 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Texas Tech 24, Colorado 7 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Wake Forest 20, NC State 18 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Washington 38, Virginia 17 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | West Virginia 28, Villanova 7 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Western Michigan 31, Eastern Michigan 13 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | Wichita State 21, Northern Illinois 0 | Box score |
| Sep 11, 1976 | William & Mary 34, VMI 20 | Box score |
| Sep 12, 1976 | San Diego State 24, Arkansas State 14 | Box score |