| Oct 9, 1976 | Air Force 13, Navy 3 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Alabama 24, Southern Miss 8 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Arizona 63, UTEP 12 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Baylor 27, SMU 20 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Bowling Green 29, Toledo 28 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | California 27, Oregon 10 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Central Michigan 17, Ohio 15 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Cincinnati 14, Arizona State 0 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Colgate 10, Holy Cross 6 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Colorado State 10, Utah State 7 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Cornell 9, Harvard 3upset | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Duke 20, Miami 7 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | East Carolina 49, Southern Illinois 14 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Eastern Michigan 32, Arkansas State 30upset | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Florida State 28, 13Boston College 9upset | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | App State 14, Furman 14 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Houston 50, West Texas 7 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Idaho 33, New Mexico State 6 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Illinois State 10, Ball State 7upset | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Indiana 7, Northwestern 0 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Indiana State 28, Northern Illinois 10 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Iowa State 44, Utah 14 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Kent State 24, Western Michigan 12 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Long Beach State 41, Drake 10 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Louisiana 34, Lamar 9 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | 20LSU 33, Vanderbilt 20 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | 7Maryland 16, NC State 6 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | McNeese 36, UL Monroe 35 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Memphis 28, Auburn 27 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | 1Michigan 42, Michigan State 10 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Minnesota 29, Illinois 14 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Ole Miss 21, 4Georgia 17upset | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Mississippi State 14, Kentucky 7 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | 9Missouri 28, Kansas State 21 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | 6Nebraska 24, Colorado 12 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | New Mexico 36, San José State 30 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | 10Ohio State 34, Iowa 14 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Oklahoma State 21, 8Kansas 14upset | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Penn State 38, Army 16 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Pennsylvania 7, Brown 6upset | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | 2Pittsburgh 27, Louisville 6 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Princeton 9, Columbia 6 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Purdue 18, Wisconsin 16 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Rice 26, TCU 23 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Richmond 24, Villanova 7 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | South Carolina 35, Virginia 7 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | 11USC 23, Washington State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Syracuse 3, Tulane 0 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Tennessee 42, Georgia Tech 7 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | 16Texas 6, 3Oklahoma 6 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | 15Texas Tech 27, 17Texas A&M 16 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Texas–Arlington 56, Louisiana Tech 35 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | 5UCLA 38, Stanford 20 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Virginia Tech 37, VMI 7 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Wake Forest 20, Clemson 14 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Washington 24, Oregon State 12 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | West Virginia 42, Temple 0 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Wichita State 30, Fresno State 24 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Wyoming 34, BYU 29upset | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1976 | Yale 18, Dartmouth 14 | Box score |