1976: Week 5

71 games. Five ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. 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 2, 19768Ohio State 10, 4UCLA 10Box score
Oct 2, 19766Georgia 21, 10Alabama 0Box score
Oct 2, 197612Missouri 24, 14North Carolina 3Box score
Oct 2, 197619Florida 28, 11LSU 23upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 2, 197619Florida 28, 11LSU 23upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1976Auburn 10, 16Ole Miss 0upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1976Kentucky 22, 20Penn State 6upsetBox 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 2, 1976Arizona 27, Northwestern 15Box score
Oct 2, 1976Arkansas 46, TCU 14Box score
Oct 2, 1976Army 21, Stanford 20upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1976Auburn 10, 16Ole Miss 0upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1976Ball State 20, Dayton 13Box score
Oct 2, 1976Baylor 18, South Carolina 17Box score
Oct 2, 197615Boston College 17, Navy 13Box score
Oct 2, 1976Bowling Green 31, Western Michigan 28Box score
Oct 2, 1976BYU 8, San Diego State 0upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1976Brown 13, Princeton 7Box score
Oct 2, 1976California 43, San José State 16Box score
Oct 2, 1976Central Michigan 26, Illinois State 7Box score
Oct 2, 1976Cincinnati 28, Southern Miss 21Box score
Oct 2, 1976Colorado 45, Drake 24Box score
Oct 2, 1976Columbia 14, Pennsylvania 10Box score
Oct 2, 1976Dartmouth 45, Holy Cross 7Box score
Oct 2, 1976East Carolina 22, The Citadel 3Box score
Oct 2, 197619Florida 28, 11LSU 23upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1976Florida State 20, Kansas State 10Box score
Oct 2, 1976Fresno State 31, Cal State Fullerton 12Box score
Oct 2, 19766Georgia 21, 10Alabama 0Box score
Oct 2, 1976Georgia Tech 35, Virginia 14Box score
Oct 2, 19769Kansas 34, Wisconsin 24Box score
Oct 2, 1976Kent State 24, Air Force 19Box score
Oct 2, 1976Kentucky 22, 20Penn State 6upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1976Long Beach State 17, Pacific 14Box score
Oct 2, 1976Louisiana 31, Louisiana Tech 26Box score
Oct 2, 1976Louisville 28, Wichita State 14Box score
Oct 2, 19767Maryland 20, Villanova 9Box score
Oct 2, 1976McNeese 34, Marshall 9Box score
Oct 2, 1976Memphis 27, SMU 13Box score
Oct 2, 19761Michigan 31, Wake Forest 0Box score
Oct 2, 197612Missouri 24, 14North Carolina 3Box score
Oct 2, 19765Nebraska 17, Miami 9Box score
Oct 2, 1976New Mexico 33, Colorado State 20Box score
Oct 2, 1976NC State 24, Indiana 21Box score
Oct 2, 197618Notre Dame 24, Michigan State 6Box score
Oct 2, 1976Ohio 34, Toledo 8Box score
Oct 2, 19763Oklahoma 24, Iowa State 10Box score
Oct 2, 1976Oklahoma State 16, North Texas 10Box score
Oct 2, 1976Oregon 27, Utah State 9Box score
Oct 2, 19762Pittsburgh 44, Duke 31Box score
Oct 2, 1976Purdue 42, Miami (OH) 20Box score
Oct 2, 1976Rutgers 21, Cornell 14Box score
Oct 2, 197613USC 55, Iowa 0Box score
Oct 2, 1976Southern Illinois 19, Lamar 7Box score
Oct 2, 1976Syracuse 21, Oregon State 3Box score
Oct 2, 1976Tennessee 21, Clemson 19Box score
Oct 2, 1976Texas 42, Rice 15Box score
Oct 2, 1976Texas A&M 14, Illinois 7Box score
Oct 2, 1976Texas–Arlington 23, West Texas 21Box score
Oct 2, 1976Tulane 24, Vanderbilt 13upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1976Tulsa 32, New Mexico State 7Box score
Oct 2, 19768Ohio State 10, 4UCLA 10Box score
Oct 2, 1976Utah 38, UTEP 14Box score
Oct 2, 1976VMI 17, Furman 3Box score
Oct 2, 1976Washington 38, Minnesota 7Box score
Oct 2, 1976Washington State 45, Idaho 6Box score
Oct 2, 1976West Virginia 9, Richmond 6Box score
Oct 2, 1976William & Mary 27, Virginia Tech 15upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1976Wyoming 13, Arizona State 10upsetBox score

Everyone else

Oct 2, 1976Akron 34, Indiana State 7Box score
Oct 2, 1976App State 24, Western Carolina 17Box score
Oct 2, 1976Arkansas State 44, Northwestern State 24Box score
Oct 2, 1976Delaware 18, Temple 16upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1976Grambling 34, Hawai’i 23upsetBox score
Oct 2, 1976Harvard 37, Boston University 14Box score
Oct 2, 1976Middle Tennessee 35, Chattanooga 28Box score
Oct 2, 1976Mississippi State 38, Cal Poly-Pomona 0Box score
Oct 2, 1976Northern Michigan 28, Eastern Michigan 6Box score
Oct 2, 1976Yale 21, Lehigh 6Box score