| Oct 23, 1976 | 18Alabama 24, Louisville 3 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Arizona State 31, New Mexico 15 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 15Arkansas 14, 14Houston 7upset | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Auburn 31, Florida State 19 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Ball State 20, App State 7 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Boston College 27, Army 10 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | BYU 45, Utah State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Brown 28, Holy Cross 18 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | The Citadel 26, Air Force 7 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Colorado 33, 16Iowa State 14upset | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Colorado State 28, UTEP 7 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Dartmouth 35, Cornell 0 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Dayton 17, Toledo 14 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Drake 34, West Texas 14 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 11Florida 20, Tennessee 18 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 10Georgia 31, Kentucky 7 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Georgia Tech 28, Tulane 16 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Harvard 20, Princeton 14 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Illinois State 24, Indiana State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Iowa 22, Minnesota 12upset | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Kansas 24, Kansas State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Long Beach State 21, Lamar 10 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Louisiana 38, Pacific 10 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 6Maryland 30, Duke 3 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | McNeese 24, Arkansas State 21upset | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Memphis 31, Wichita State 0 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Miami 49, TCU 0 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Miami (OH) 9, Bowling Green 7 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 1Michigan 35, Indiana 0 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Michigan State 31, Illinois 23 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Ole Miss 20, Vanderbilt 3 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 20Mississippi State 14, Southern Miss 6 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 17Missouri 34, 3Nebraska 24upset | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | North Carolina 12, 20East Carolina 10upset | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | NC State 38, Clemson 21 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | North Texas 25, New Mexico State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 12Notre Dame 13, 19South Carolina 6 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 9Ohio State 24, Purdue 3 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Oklahoma State 31, 5Oklahoma 24upset | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Penn State 33, West Virginia 0 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 2Pittsburgh 45, Navy 0 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Richmond 13, Furman 9 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Rutgers 47, Columbia 0 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | San Diego State 27, Cal State Fullerton 14 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | San José State 21, Fresno State 7 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 7USC 56, Oregon State 0 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Southern Illinois 54, Northern Illinois 0 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Stanford 22, Washington State 16 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Syracuse 24, Temple 16 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 13Texas 13, SMU 12 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Texas A&M 57, Rice 34 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 8Texas Tech 52, Arizona 27 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | 4UCLA 35, California 19 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Virginia 18, Wake Forest 17upset | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Virginia Tech 42, Kent State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Washington 14, Oregon 7 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Western Michigan 31, Marshall 21 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | William & Mary 20, Ohio 0upset | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Wisconsin 28, Northwestern 25 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Wyoming 45, Utah 22 | Box score |
| Oct 23, 1976 | Yale 21, Pennsylvania 7 | Box score |