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1978: Week 6

69 games. Five ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. 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

Oct 7, 19781Oklahoma 31, 6Texas 10Box score
Oct 7, 197810Nebraska 23, 15Iowa State 0Box score
Oct 7, 197812Maryland 31, 20NC State 7Box score
Oct 7, 197816UCLA 27, 17Stanford 26Box score

Upsets

Oct 7, 1978Miami 17, 19Auburn 15upsetBox 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 7, 19788Alabama 20, Washington 17Box score
Oct 7, 1978Arizona State 56, Northwestern 14Box score
Oct 7, 19784Arkansas 42, TCU 3Box score
Oct 7, 1978Ball State 7, Indiana State 0Box score
Oct 7, 1978Bowling Green 45, Toledo 27Box score
Oct 7, 1978Brown 44, Princeton 16Box score
Oct 7, 1978California 21, Oregon 18Box score
Oct 7, 1978Central Michigan 17, Ohio 3Box score
Oct 7, 1978Chattanooga 72, App State 14Box score
Oct 7, 1978The Citadel 41, Marshall 0Box score
Oct 7, 1978Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 7Box score
Oct 7, 197813Colorado 17, Kansas 7Box score
Oct 7, 1978Colorado State 39, UTEP 29Box score
Oct 7, 1978Drake 48, Wichita State 22Box score
Oct 7, 1978Duke 20, Virginia 13Box score
Oct 7, 1978East Carolina 19, VMI 6Box score
Oct 7, 197818Florida State 26, Cincinnati 21Box score
Oct 7, 1978Georgia 42, Ole Miss 3Box score
Oct 7, 1978Georgia Tech 6, South Carolina 3Box score
Oct 7, 1978Harvard 24, Colgate 21Box score
Oct 7, 1978Hawai’i 25, San José State 11Box score
Oct 7, 1978Houston 20, Baylor 18Box score
Oct 7, 1978Kansas State 18, Oklahoma State 7Box score
Oct 7, 1978Long Beach State 24, Northern Illinois 19Box score
Oct 7, 1978Louisiana 24, Louisiana Tech 6Box score
Oct 7, 197811LSU 34, Florida 21Box score
Oct 7, 1978Lamar 17, UL Monroe 17Box score
Oct 7, 197812Maryland 31, 20NC State 7Box score
Oct 7, 1978Miami 17, 19Auburn 15upsetBox score
Oct 7, 1978Miami (OH) 7, North Carolina 3upsetBox score
Oct 7, 19783Michigan 21, Arizona 17Box score
Oct 7, 1978Missouri 45, Illinois 3Box score
Oct 7, 1978Navy 37, Air Force 8Box score
Oct 7, 197810Nebraska 23, 15Iowa State 0Box score
Oct 7, 1978New Mexico 19, Wyoming 15Box score
Oct 7, 1978North Texas 35, West Texas 0Box score
Oct 7, 1978Notre Dame 29, Michigan State 25Box score
Oct 7, 19781Oklahoma 31, 6Texas 10Box score
Oct 7, 1978Oregon State 17, Minnesota 14upsetBox score
Oct 7, 1978Pacific 35, Cal State Fullerton 17Box score
Oct 7, 19785Penn State 30, Kentucky 0Box score
Oct 7, 1978Pennsylvania 31, Columbia 19Box score
Oct 7, 19789Pittsburgh 32, Boston College 15Box score
Oct 7, 1978Purdue 14, Wake Forest 7Box score
Oct 7, 1978Rutgers 28, Yale 27upsetBox score
Oct 7, 1978San Diego State 31, Fresno State 14Box score
Oct 7, 1978Southern Illinois 26, Illinois State 0Box score
Oct 7, 197814Ohio State 35, SMU 35Box score
Oct 7, 1978Southern Miss 22, Mississippi State 17Box score
Oct 7, 1978Syracuse 31, West Virginia 15Box score
Oct 7, 1978William & Mary 22, Temple 22Box score
Oct 7, 1978Tennessee 31, Army 13Box score
Oct 7, 19787Texas A&M 38, Texas Tech 9Box score
Oct 7, 1978Texas–Arlington 28, New Mexico State 17Box score
Oct 7, 1978Tulane 38, Vanderbilt 3Box score
Oct 7, 1978Tulsa 24, Louisville 7Box score
Oct 7, 197816UCLA 27, 17Stanford 26Box score
Oct 7, 1978Utah 13, Iowa 9Box score
Oct 7, 1978Utah State 24, BYU 7upsetBox score
Oct 7, 1978Villanova 17, Richmond 14Box score
Oct 7, 1978Western Michigan 14, Kent State 0Box score
Oct 7, 1978Wisconsin 34, Indiana 7Box score

Everyone else

Oct 7, 1978Arkansas State 23, Northwestern State 14Box score
Oct 7, 1978Boston University 20, Dartmouth 17upsetBox score
Oct 7, 1978Cornell 24, Bucknell 0Box score
Oct 7, 1978Eastern Michigan 25, Akron 14Box score
Oct 7, 1978Furman 36, Wofford 12Box score
Oct 7, 1978McNeese 35, Nicholls 10Box score
Oct 7, 1978UNLV 53, Idaho 14upsetBox score