| Oct 16, 1976 | 20Alabama 20, Tennessee 13 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Arizona State 23, UTEP 6 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Arkansas State 41, Southern Illinois 10 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Boston College 14, West Virginia 3 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Bowling Green 17, Kent State 13 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | BYU 63, Southern Miss 19 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Brown 28, Cornell 12 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Central Michigan 16, Indiana State 13 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Cincinnati 16, Tulsa 7 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | The Citadel 20, Richmond 7 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Colgate 17, Princeton 7 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Colorado 20, Oklahoma State 10 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Colorado State 27, Air Force 3 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Clemson 18, Duke 18 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | East Carolina 17, VMI 3 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | 12Florida 33, Florida State 26 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | 11Georgia 45, Vanderbilt 0 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Georgia Tech 28, Auburn 10upset | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Harvard 17, Dartmouth 10 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | 19Houston 29, SMU 6 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Illinois 21, Purdue 17 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Indiana 14, Iowa 7 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Iowa State 21, 7Missouri 17upset | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Kentucky 21, 16LSU 7upset | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Louisiana 27, Furman 16 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Louisiana Tech 37, Lamar 7 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Louisville 36, UL Monroe 8 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Marshall 9, Dayton 0 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | 5Maryland 17, Wake Forest 15 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | 1Michigan 38, Northwestern 7 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Minnesota 14, Michigan State 10 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Mississippi State 42, Memphis 33 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | 3Nebraska 51, Kansas State 0 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | NC State 21, North Carolina 13 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | North Texas 10, West Texas 7 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Northern Illinois 7, Illinois State 3 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | 14Notre Dame 41, Oregon 0 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Ohio 28, Miami (OH) 14 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | 9Ohio State 30, Wisconsin 20 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | 6Oklahoma 28, 15Kansas 10 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Oregon State 10, California 9upset | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Penn State 27, Syracuse 3 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | 2Pittsburgh 36, Miami 19 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | San Diego State 21, Pacific 15 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | San José State 34, Long Beach State 7 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | South Carolina 10, 16Ole Miss 7upset | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Stanford 34, Washington 28 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Texas A&M 24, Baylor 0 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | 10Texas Tech 37, Rice 13 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Texas–Arlington 27, McNeese 10 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Tulane 23, Army 10 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | 4UCLA 62, Washington State 3 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Utah State 28, Utah 17 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Virginia Tech 14, Virginia 10 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Western Michigan 34, Toledo 21 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Wichita State 33, Drake 23 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | William & Mary 21, Navy 13 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Wyoming 24, New Mexico 23 | Box score |
| Oct 16, 1976 | Yale 37, Columbia 6 | Box score |