1977: Week 8

75 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 22, 1977	11Notre Dame 49, 5USC 19upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	6Oklahoma 35, 16Iowa State 16	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	18Nebraska 33, 7Colorado 15upset	Box score

Upsets

Oct 22, 1977	Minnesota 16, 1Michigan 0upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	11Notre Dame 49, 5USC 19upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	18Nebraska 33, 7Colorado 15upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	UCLA 21, 15California 19upset	Box 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 22, 1977	3Alabama 55, Louisville 6	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Alcorn State 23, Southern 0upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Arizona 45, Utah 17	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Arizona State 66, UTEP 3	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	9Arkansas 34, Houston 0	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Baylor 38, Air Force 7	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Boston College 17, Villanova 0	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	17BYU 10, Wyoming 7	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Brown 44, Holy Cross 13	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Cincinnati 28, Tulsa 0	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	20Clemson 7, NC State 3	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Colgate 48, Columbia 36	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Colorado State 14, New Mexico 9	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Dartmouth 17, Cornell 13	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	East Carolina 34, The Citadel 16	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	19Florida 27, Tennessee 17	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Florida State 24, Auburn 3	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Fresno State 45, San José State 24	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Furman 28, App State 20	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Georgia Tech 38, Tulane 14	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Grambling 34, Jackson State 7upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Illinois 21, Indiana 7	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Indiana State 20, Illinois State 10	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Kent State 29, Eastern Michigan 13	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	8Kentucky 33, Georgia 0	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	LSU 56, Oregon 17	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Maryland 31, Duke 13	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	McNeese 17, Arkansas State 14	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Miami (OH) 33, Bowling Green 13	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Michigan State 9, Wisconsin 7upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Minnesota 16, 1Michigan 0upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Ole Miss 26, Vanderbilt 14	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Missouri 28, Kansas State 13	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Navy 42, William & Mary 17	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	18Nebraska 33, 7Colorado 15upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	New Mexico State 7, Texas–Arlington 6upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	North Carolina 17, South Carolina 0	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	North Texas 20, Memphis 19	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Northern Illinois 28, Southern Illinois 0upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	11Notre Dame 49, 5USC 19upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	4Ohio State 35, Northwestern 15	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	6Oklahoma 35, 16Iowa State 16	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Oklahoma State 21, Kansas 0	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Pacific 22, Long Beach State 7upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	10Penn State 49, West Virginia 28	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	14Pittsburgh 28, Syracuse 21	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Princeton 20, Harvard 7upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Purdue 34, Iowa 21	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Richmond 17, Virginia Tech 14	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Southern Miss 14, Mississippi State 7upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Stanford 31, Washington State 29	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Temple 27, Louisiana 20	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	2Texas 30, SMU 14	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	12Texas A&M 28, Rice 14	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	TCU 21, Miami 17upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Toledo 31, Ohio 29	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	UCLA 21, 15California 19upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Virginia 12, Wake Forest 10	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Washington 14, Oregon State 6	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	West Texas 27, Lamar 9	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Western Michigan 53, Marshall 29	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Wichita State 47, Drake 17	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Yale 27, Pennsylvania 21	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 22, 1977	Army 42, Lafayette 6	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Ball State 66, Cal Poly-Pomona 10	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Cal State Fullerton 45, Cal Poly 18	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Chattanooga 18, Jacksonville State 14	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Hawai’i 21, Portland State 12	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Lehigh 30, VMI 20upset	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Louisiana Tech 30, Northwestern State 8	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	UL Monroe 24, SE Louisiana 19	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Prairie View A&M 39, Bishop 7	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	San Diego State 31, UNLV 7	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Texas Southern 35, Mississippi Valley State 33	Box score
Oct 22, 1977	Western Carolina 41, Maine 20	Box score