1976: Week 9

68 games. Five ranked teams lost. Five 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 30, 19766Texas Tech 31, 15Texas 28Box score
Oct 30, 197616Oklahoma State 20, 10Missouri 19upsetBox score
Oct 30, 19767Georgia 31, 20Cincinnati 17Box score
Oct 30, 197619Colorado 42, 13Oklahoma 31upsetBox score
Oct 30, 197617Alabama 34, 18Mississippi State 17Box score

Upsets

Oct 30, 197616Oklahoma State 20, 10Missouri 19upsetBox score
Oct 30, 197619Colorado 42, 13Oklahoma 31upsetBox 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 30, 197617Alabama 34, 18Mississippi State 17Box score
Oct 30, 1976App State 31, The Citadel 13Box score
Oct 30, 1976Arizona 38, Utah 35Box score
Oct 30, 197614Arkansas 41, Rice 16Box score
Oct 30, 1976Arkansas State 31, Lamar 0Box score
Oct 30, 1976Army 24, Air Force 7Box score
Oct 30, 1976Ball State 33, Northern Illinois 7Box score
Oct 30, 1976BYU 43, Arizona State 21Box score
Oct 30, 1976Brown 16, Harvard 14Box score
Oct 30, 1976Central Michigan 38, Bowling Green 28upsetBox score
Oct 30, 1976Clemson 15, Florida State 12upsetBox score
Oct 30, 197619Colorado 42, 13Oklahoma 31upsetBox score
Oct 30, 1976Colorado State 19, Wyoming 16Box score
Oct 30, 1976Dartmouth 34, Columbia 14Box score
Oct 30, 1976Duke 31, Georgia Tech 7Box score
Oct 30, 197612Florida 24, Auburn 19Box score
Oct 30, 1976Fresno State 35, Pacific 7Box score
Oct 30, 1976Furman 23, William & Mary 7Box score
Oct 30, 19767Georgia 31, 20Cincinnati 17Box score
Oct 30, 1976Hawai’i 27, Cal State Fullerton 7Box score
Oct 30, 1976Houston 49, TCU 21Box score
Oct 30, 1976Illinois 31, Wisconsin 25Box score
Oct 30, 1976Iowa 13, Northwestern 10Box score
Oct 30, 1976Iowa State 45, Kansas State 14Box score
Oct 30, 1976Kent State 38, Eastern Michigan 13Box score
Oct 30, 1976Long Beach State 24, Wichita State 14Box score
Oct 30, 1976Louisiana 31, Texas–Arlington 24Box score
Oct 30, 1976LSU 45, Ole Miss 0Box score
Oct 30, 19765Maryland 24, Kentucky 14Box score
Oct 30, 1976Memphis 14, Tulane 7Box score
Oct 30, 19761Michigan 45, Minnesota 0Box score
Oct 30, 1976Michigan State 45, Purdue 13Box score
Oct 30, 19769Nebraska 31, Kansas 3Box score
Oct 30, 1976New Mexico State 16, New Mexico 7upsetBox score
Oct 30, 1976North Carolina 34, Wake Forest 14Box score
Oct 30, 1976North Texas 14, Louisiana Tech 8Box score
Oct 30, 197611Notre Dame 27, Navy 21Box score
Oct 30, 19768Ohio State 47, Indiana 7Box score
Oct 30, 197616Oklahoma State 20, 10Missouri 19upsetBox score
Oct 30, 1976Penn State 31, Temple 30Box score
Oct 30, 1976Pennsylvania 10, Princeton 9Box score
Oct 30, 19762Pittsburgh 23, Syracuse 13Box score
Oct 30, 1976San Diego State 27, UTEP 16Box score
Oct 30, 1976South Carolina 27, NC State 7Box score
Oct 30, 19764USC 20, California 6Box score
Oct 30, 1976Southern Illinois 21, Indiana State 2Box score
Oct 30, 1976Stanford 24, Oregon State 3Box score
Oct 30, 1976Texas A&M 36, SMU 0Box score
Oct 30, 19766Texas Tech 31, 15Texas 28Box score
Oct 30, 1976Toledo 24, Miami (OH) 9upsetBox score
Oct 30, 1976Tulsa 20, Louisville 10Box score
Oct 30, 19763UCLA 30, Washington 21Box score
Oct 30, 1976Villanova 22, Boston College 3upsetBox score
Oct 30, 1976VMI 13, Virginia 7Box score
Oct 30, 1976Virginia Tech 24, West Virginia 7Box score
Oct 30, 1976Washington State 23, Oregon 22Box score
Oct 30, 1976West Texas 30, McNeese 25Box score
Oct 30, 1976Western Michigan 21, Ohio 10Box score
Oct 30, 1976Yale 14, Cornell 6Box score

Everyone else

Oct 30, 1976Chattanooga 28, Richmond 19upsetBox score
Oct 30, 1976Colgate 21, Boston University 14Box score
Oct 30, 1976East Carolina 24, Western Carolina 17Box score
Oct 30, 1976Holy Cross 33, Rhode Island 14Box score
Oct 30, 1976Marshall 13, Akron 0Box score
Oct 30, 1976Northwestern State 21, UL Monroe 9upsetBox score
Oct 30, 1976Rutgers 24, Massachusetts 7Box score
Oct 30, 1976San José State 50, Santa Clara 15Box score
Oct 30, 1976Western Illinois 24, Illinois State 14Box score