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1978: Week 12

67 games. Six ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. Four games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Nov 18, 19785USC 17, 14UCLA 10Box score
Nov 18, 19787Michigan 24, 15Purdue 6Box score
Nov 18, 197812Clemson 28, 11Maryland 24upsetBox score
Nov 18, 197810Notre Dame 38, 20Georgia Tech 21Box score

Upsets

Nov 18, 1978Missouri 35, 2Nebraska 31upsetBox score
Nov 18, 197812Clemson 28, 11Maryland 24upsetBox score
Nov 18, 1978Mississippi State 16, 17LSU 14upsetBox 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

Nov 18, 1978App State 39, Western Carolina 13Box score
Nov 18, 1978Arizona 31, Washington State 24Box score
Nov 18, 1978Arizona State 44, Oregon State 22Box score
Nov 18, 197813Arkansas 26, Texas A&M 7Box score
Nov 18, 1978Arkansas State 6, Lamar 3Box score
Nov 18, 1978Ball State 31, Northern Illinois 13Box score
Nov 18, 1978Brown 24, Columbia 12Box score
Nov 18, 1978Central Michigan 35, Western Michigan 14Box score
Nov 18, 197812Clemson 28, 11Maryland 24upsetBox score
Nov 18, 1978Colorado State 50, West Virginia 14Box score
Nov 18, 1978Cornell 35, Pennsylvania 17Box score
Nov 18, 1978Dartmouth 28, Princeton 21Box score
Nov 18, 1978East Carolina 45, Marshall 0Box score
Nov 18, 1978Florida 18, Kentucky 16upsetBox score
Nov 18, 1978Florida State 38, Navy 6Box score
Nov 18, 1978Furman 17, The Citadel 13Box score
Nov 18, 1978Auburn 22, 8Georgia 22Box score
Nov 18, 1978Hawai’i 27, Wyoming 22Box score
Nov 18, 1978Illinois State 14, Eastern Michigan 13Box score
Nov 18, 1978Indiana State 42, Wichita State 18Box score
Nov 18, 1978Iowa 38, Wisconsin 24Box score
Nov 18, 1978Iowa State 20, Colorado 16Box score
Nov 18, 1978Kansas State 36, Kansas 20Box score
Nov 18, 1978Kent State 17, Toledo 13Box score
Nov 18, 1978Long Beach State 25, Drake 0Box score
Nov 18, 1978UL Monroe 18, Louisiana Tech 0upsetBox score
Nov 18, 1978Miami 16, San Diego State 14Box score
Nov 18, 1978Miami (OH) 28, Cincinnati 24Box score
Nov 18, 19787Michigan 24, 15Purdue 6Box score
Nov 18, 197816Michigan State 52, Northwestern 3Box score
Nov 18, 1978Minnesota 24, Illinois 6Box score
Nov 18, 1978Mississippi State 16, 17LSU 14upsetBox score
Nov 18, 1978Missouri 35, 2Nebraska 31upsetBox score
Nov 18, 1978UNLV 27, UTEP 0Box score
Nov 18, 1978New Mexico 44, Pacific 6Box score
Nov 18, 1978North Carolina 38, Virginia 20Box score
Nov 18, 1978NC State 24, Duke 10Box score
Nov 18, 1978North Texas 41, Memphis 24Box score
Nov 18, 197810Notre Dame 38, 20Georgia Tech 21Box score
Nov 18, 1978Ohio 19, Bowling Green 15upsetBox score
Nov 18, 197819Ohio State 21, Indiana 18Box score
Nov 18, 19784Oklahoma 62, Oklahoma State 7Box score
Nov 18, 197818Pittsburgh 35, Army 17Box score
Nov 18, 1978Rice 24, Baylor 10upsetBox score
Nov 18, 1978Richmond 17, William & Mary 3Box score
Nov 18, 1978Rutgers 31, Holy Cross 21Box score
Nov 18, 1978South Carolina 37, Wake Forest 14Box score
Nov 18, 19785USC 17, 14UCLA 10Box score
Nov 18, 1978Southern Illinois 10, Louisiana 9Box score
Nov 18, 1978Southern Miss 37, Louisville 3Box score
Nov 18, 1978Stanford 30, California 10Box score
Nov 18, 1978Syracuse 37, Boston College 23Box score
Nov 18, 1978Temple 27, Villanova 17Box score
Nov 18, 1978Tennessee 41, Ole Miss 17Box score
Nov 18, 1978Tennessee State 27, Chattanooga 23Box score
Nov 18, 19789Texas 41, TCU 0Box score
Nov 18, 1978Texas Tech 19, SMU 16Box score
Nov 18, 1978Texas–Arlington 20, McNeese 17Box score
Nov 18, 1978Utah 23, BYU 22upsetBox score
Nov 18, 1978Vanderbilt 41, Air Force 27Box score
Nov 18, 1978Virginia Tech 28, VMI 2Box score
Nov 18, 1978Yale 35, Harvard 28Box score

Everyone else

Nov 18, 1978Cal State Fullerton 30, Cal Poly-Pomona 22Box score
Nov 18, 1978Delaware 38, Colgate 29Box score
Nov 18, 1978Fresno State 41, Idaho 28Box score
Nov 18, 1978Northwestern State 13, SE Louisiana 12Box score
Nov 18, 1978San José State 35, Montana 7Box score