1977: Week 7

72 games. Five 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 15, 19772Texas 13, 8Arkansas 9Box score
Oct 15, 19771Michigan 56, 14Wisconsin 0Box score
Oct 15, 197712Kentucky 33, 16LSU 13Box score

Upsets

Oct 15, 1977Iowa State 24, 9Nebraska 21upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1977SMU 37, 19Houston 23upsetBox 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 15, 19774Alabama 24, Tennessee 10Box score
Oct 15, 1977Arizona State 37, Air Force 14Box score
Oct 15, 1977Ball State 31, Northern Illinois 6Box score
Oct 15, 1977Boston College 28, West Virginia 24upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1977Bowling Green 14, Kent State 10upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1977BYU 63, Colorado State 17Box score
Oct 15, 1977Brown 21, Cornell 3Box score
Oct 15, 197720California 41, Oregon State 17Box score
Oct 15, 1977Chattanooga 31, Illinois State 28Box score
Oct 15, 1977Clemson 17, Duke 11Box score
Oct 15, 1977Colgate 31, Princeton 13Box score
Oct 15, 1977Kansas 17, 3Colorado 17Box score
Oct 15, 1977East Carolina 35, Richmond 14Box score
Oct 15, 1977Fresno State 24, Pacific 10Box score
Oct 15, 1977Furman 42, Marshall 24Box score
Oct 15, 1977Georgia 24, Vanderbilt 13Box score
Oct 15, 1977Georgia Tech 38, Auburn 21Box score
Oct 15, 1977Harvard 31, Dartmouth 25Box score
Oct 15, 1977Illinois 29, Purdue 22upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1977Iowa State 24, 9Nebraska 21upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1977Jackson State 38, Southern 0Box score
Oct 15, 197712Kentucky 33, 16LSU 13Box score
Oct 15, 1977Louisiana 24, Southern Illinois 0Box score
Oct 15, 1977Louisiana Tech 20, Arkansas State 7Box score
Oct 15, 1977Maryland 35, Wake Forest 7Box score
Oct 15, 1977McNeese 29, UL Monroe 7Box score
Oct 15, 1977Memphis 21, Mississippi State 13Box score
Oct 15, 1977Miami (OH) 28, Ohio 24Box score
Oct 15, 19771Michigan 56, 14Wisconsin 0Box score
Oct 15, 1977Indiana 13, Michigan State 13Box score
Oct 15, 1977Minnesota 13, Northwestern 7Box score
Oct 15, 1977Ole Miss 17, South Carolina 10Box score
Oct 15, 1977New Mexico 22, Wichita State 17Box score
Oct 15, 1977North Carolina 27, NC State 14Box score
Oct 15, 1977North Texas 15, Texas–Arlington 6Box score
Oct 15, 197711Notre Dame 24, Army 0Box score
Oct 15, 19775Ohio State 27, Iowa 6Box score
Oct 15, 19777Oklahoma 21, Missouri 17Box score
Oct 15, 1977Oklahoma State 21, Kansas State 14Box score
Oct 15, 197710Penn State 31, Syracuse 24Box score
Oct 15, 197717Pittsburgh 34, Navy 17Box score
Oct 15, 1977San Diego State 49, UTEP 7Box score
Oct 15, 1977San José State 33, Long Beach State 16upsetBox score
Oct 15, 19776USC 33, Oregon 15Box score
Oct 15, 1977SMU 37, 19Houston 23upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1977Southern Miss 28, Hawai’i 26Box score
Oct 15, 19772Texas 13, 8Arkansas 9Box score
Oct 15, 197713Texas A&M 38, Baylor 31Box score
Oct 15, 197715Texas Tech 42, Rice 7Box score
Oct 15, 1977Tulane 16, Cincinnati 13upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1977UCLA 27, Washington State 16Box score
Oct 15, 1977Utah 20, Utah State 0Box score
Oct 15, 1977Virginia Tech 14, Virginia 14Box score
Oct 15, 1977VMI 19, The Citadel 3Box score
Oct 15, 1977Washington 45, Stanford 21Box score
Oct 15, 1977West Texas 31, Drake 7Box score
Oct 15, 1977Western Michigan 28, Toledo 7Box score
Oct 15, 1977Yale 42, Columbia 20Box score

Everyone else

Oct 15, 1977App State 35, Lenoir Rhyne 21Box score
Oct 15, 1977Boston University 14, Holy Cross 13upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1977Central Michigan 17, Akron 14Box score
Oct 15, 1977Dayton 14, Louisville 10Box score
Oct 15, 1977Florida A&M 31, Tennessee State 28upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1977Grambling 42, Mississippi Valley State 21Box score
Oct 15, 1977Northern Arizona 24, Cal State Fullerton 9upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1977Northwestern State 43, Lamar 0Box score
Oct 15, 1977Pennsylvania 42, Lafayette 7Box score
Oct 15, 1977Rutgers 20, Lehigh 0Box score
Oct 15, 1977Texas Lutheran 19, Prairie View A&M 14Box score
Oct 15, 1977Texas Southern 44, Bishop 0Box score
Oct 15, 1977Villanova 33, Delaware 16Box score
Oct 15, 1977Western Carolina 35, East Tennessee State 0Box score