1977: Week 6

73 games. Four ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. Three 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 8, 19775Texas 13, 2Oklahoma 6upsetBox score
Oct 8, 19777Alabama 21, 1USC 20upsetBox score
Oct 8, 197720Florida 17, 15Pittsburgh 17Box score

Upsets

Oct 8, 19777Alabama 21, 1USC 20upsetBox score
Oct 8, 19775Texas 13, 2Oklahoma 6upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977Oregon State 24, 13BYU 19upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977Washington State 17, 14California 10upsetBox 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 8, 19777Alabama 21, 1USC 20upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977Arizona State 45, New Mexico 24Box score
Oct 8, 1977Arkansas State 10, Lamar 6Box score
Oct 8, 1977Army 34, Villanova 32Box score
Oct 8, 1977Ball State 27, Illinois State 16Box score
Oct 8, 1977Baylor 9, SMU 6Box score
Oct 8, 1977Boston College 30, Tulane 28Box score
Oct 8, 1977Bowling Green 21, Toledo 13Box score
Oct 8, 1977Cal State Fullerton 31, UL Monroe 10Box score
Oct 8, 1977Central Michigan 25, Northern Illinois 21Box score
Oct 8, 1977Chattanooga 21, Western Carolina 10Box score
Oct 8, 1977Clemson 31, Virginia 0Box score
Oct 8, 1977Colgate 31, Holy Cross 14Box score
Oct 8, 19776Colorado 29, Oklahoma State 13Box score
Oct 8, 1977Colorado State 31, UTEP 14Box score
Oct 8, 1977Dartmouth 3, Yale 0Box score
Oct 8, 1977Duke 25, South Carolina 21Box score
Oct 8, 1977East Carolina 33, Southern Illinois 0Box score
Oct 8, 1977Eastern Michigan 31, Ohio 14Box score
Oct 8, 1977Florida State 14, Cincinnati 0Box score
Oct 8, 1977Fresno State 34, San Diego State 14upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977Georgia 14, Ole Miss 13Box score
Oct 8, 1977Georgia Tech 24, Tennessee 8upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977Harvard 17, Cornell 7Box score
Oct 8, 1977Indiana 28, Northwestern 3Box score
Oct 8, 1977Indiana State 23, Drake 20Box score
Oct 8, 1977Iowa 18, Minnesota 6Box score
Oct 8, 1977Iowa State 7, Missouri 0Box score
Oct 8, 1977Kent State 20, Western Michigan 16Box score
Oct 8, 197716Kentucky 23, Mississippi State 7Box score
Oct 8, 1977Louisiana 21, Louisiana Tech 21Box score
Oct 8, 197718LSU 28, Vanderbilt 15Box score
Oct 8, 1977Louisville 33, Tulsa 0Box score
Oct 8, 1977Maryland 24, Syracuse 10Box score
Oct 8, 1977Miami 14, Kansas 7Box score
Oct 8, 1977Miami (OH) 29, Marshall 19Box score
Oct 8, 19773Michigan 24, Michigan State 14Box score
Oct 8, 1977Navy 10, Air Force 7Box score
Oct 8, 19779Nebraska 26, Kansas State 9Box score
Oct 8, 1977North Carolina 24, Wake Forest 3Box score
Oct 8, 1977NC State 17, Auburn 15Box score
Oct 8, 1977North Texas 27, Southern Miss 14Box score
Oct 8, 19774Ohio State 46, Purdue 0Box score
Oct 8, 1977Oregon State 24, 13BYU 19upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977Pacific 37, Hawai’i 7Box score
Oct 8, 197710Penn State 16, Utah State 7Box score
Oct 8, 1977Pennsylvania 14, Brown 7upsetBox score
Oct 8, 197720Florida 17, 15Pittsburgh 17Box score
Oct 8, 1977Princeton 28, Columbia 7Box score
Oct 8, 1977Stanford 32, UCLA 28Box score
Oct 8, 1977Tennessee State 26, Grambling 8Box score
Oct 8, 19775Texas 13, 2Oklahoma 6upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977TCU 35, Rice 15upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977Texas Southern 37, Alcorn State 14Box score
Oct 8, 197717Texas Tech 32, Arizona 26Box score
Oct 8, 1977Texas–Arlington 24, McNeese 7Box score
Oct 8, 1977Utah 23, Wyoming 13Box score
Oct 8, 1977VMI 25, Richmond 0Box score
Oct 8, 1977Virginia Tech 17, William & Mary 8Box score
Oct 8, 1977Washington 54, Oregon 0Box score
Oct 8, 1977Washington State 17, 14California 10upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977West Texas 17, New Mexico State 14Box score
Oct 8, 1977West Virginia 38, Temple 16Box score
Oct 8, 197719Wisconsin 26, Illinois 0Box score

Everyone else

Oct 8, 1977Delaware 23, The Citadel 7upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977East Tennessee State 38, App State 20upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977Langston 34, Mississippi Valley State 8Box score
Oct 8, 1977Nicholls 10, Northwestern State 6upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977Prairie View A&M 19, Texas State 7upsetBox score
Oct 8, 1977Rutgers 42, UConn 18Box score
Oct 8, 1977San José State 44, Santa Clara 22Box score
Oct 8, 1977Southern 28, Bishop 3Box score
Oct 8, 1977Wofford 13, Furman 7upsetBox score