| Oct 2, 1976 | Arizona 27, Northwestern 15 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Arkansas 46, TCU 14 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Army 21, Stanford 20upset | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Auburn 10, 16Ole Miss 0upset | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Ball State 20, Dayton 13 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Baylor 18, South Carolina 17 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 15Boston College 17, Navy 13 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Bowling Green 31, Western Michigan 28 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | BYU 8, San Diego State 0upset | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Brown 13, Princeton 7 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | California 43, San José State 16 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Central Michigan 26, Illinois State 7 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Cincinnati 28, Southern Miss 21 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Colorado 45, Drake 24 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Columbia 14, Pennsylvania 10 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Dartmouth 45, Holy Cross 7 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | East Carolina 22, The Citadel 3 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 19Florida 28, 11LSU 23upset | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Florida State 20, Kansas State 10 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Fresno State 31, Cal State Fullerton 12 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 6Georgia 21, 10Alabama 0 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Georgia Tech 35, Virginia 14 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 9Kansas 34, Wisconsin 24 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Kent State 24, Air Force 19 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Kentucky 22, 20Penn State 6upset | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Long Beach State 17, Pacific 14 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Louisiana 31, Louisiana Tech 26 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Louisville 28, Wichita State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 7Maryland 20, Villanova 9 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | McNeese 34, Marshall 9 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Memphis 27, SMU 13 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 1Michigan 31, Wake Forest 0 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 12Missouri 24, 14North Carolina 3 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 5Nebraska 17, Miami 9 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | New Mexico 33, Colorado State 20 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | NC State 24, Indiana 21 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 18Notre Dame 24, Michigan State 6 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Ohio 34, Toledo 8 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 3Oklahoma 24, Iowa State 10 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Oklahoma State 16, North Texas 10 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Oregon 27, Utah State 9 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 2Pittsburgh 44, Duke 31 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Purdue 42, Miami (OH) 20 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Rutgers 21, Cornell 14 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 13USC 55, Iowa 0 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Southern Illinois 19, Lamar 7 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Syracuse 21, Oregon State 3 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Tennessee 21, Clemson 19 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Texas 42, Rice 15 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Texas A&M 14, Illinois 7 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Texas–Arlington 23, West Texas 21 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Tulane 24, Vanderbilt 13upset | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Tulsa 32, New Mexico State 7 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | 8Ohio State 10, 4UCLA 10 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Utah 38, UTEP 14 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | VMI 17, Furman 3 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Washington 38, Minnesota 7 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Washington State 45, Idaho 6 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | West Virginia 9, Richmond 6 | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | William & Mary 27, Virginia Tech 15upset | Box score |
| Oct 2, 1976 | Wyoming 13, Arizona State 10upset | Box score |