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1978: Week 7

70 games. 10 ranked teams lost, eight to unranked teams. Two 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 14, 197817Houston 33, 6Texas A&M 0upsetBox score
Oct 14, 197819Missouri 26, 20Iowa State 13Box score

Upsets

Oct 14, 1978Arizona State 20, 2USC 7upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Michigan State 24, 5Michigan 15upsetBox score
Oct 14, 197817Houston 33, 6Texas A&M 0upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Notre Dame 26, 9Pittsburgh 17upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Georgia 24, 11LSU 17upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Oklahoma State 24, 13Colorado 20upsetBox 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 14, 19787Alabama 23, Florida 12Box score
Oct 14, 1978Arizona State 20, 2USC 7upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Arkansas State 26, Southern Illinois 24Box score
Oct 14, 1978Auburn 49, Vanderbilt 7Box score
Oct 14, 1978Bowling Green 28, Kent State 20Box score
Oct 14, 1978BYU 17, Oregon 16Box score
Oct 14, 1978Brown 14, Pennsylvania 0Box score
Oct 14, 1978California 33, Arizona 20Box score
Oct 14, 1978Central Michigan 45, Illinois State 7Box score
Oct 14, 1978Clemson 30, Virginia 14Box score
Oct 14, 1978Colgate 20, Villanova 14upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Colorado State 31, Air Force 13Box score
Oct 14, 1978Columbia 14, Princeton 10Box score
Oct 14, 1978Cornell 25, Harvard 20upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Dartmouth 10, Yale 3Box score
Oct 14, 1978Georgia 24, 11LSU 17upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Georgia Tech 24, Miami 19Box score
Oct 14, 1978Holy Cross 31, Army 0Box score
Oct 14, 197817Houston 33, 6Texas A&M 0upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Indiana 38, Northwestern 10Box score
Oct 14, 1978Indiana State 13, Drake 0Box score
Oct 14, 1978Kentucky 24, Ole Miss 17Box score
Oct 14, 1978Long Beach State 33, Utah State 17upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Louisiana Tech 17, Ball State 7Box score
Oct 14, 197810Maryland 24, Syracuse 9Box score
Oct 14, 1978McNeese 31, UL Monroe 10Box score
Oct 14, 1978Memphis 26, Wichita State 13Box score
Oct 14, 1978Miami (OH) 29, Marshall 3Box score
Oct 14, 1978Michigan State 24, 5Michigan 15upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Minnesota 22, Iowa 20Box score
Oct 14, 1978Mississippi State 55, 15Florida State 27upsetBox score
Oct 14, 197819Missouri 26, 20Iowa State 13Box score
Oct 14, 1978Navy 31, Duke 8Box score
Oct 14, 19788Nebraska 48, Kansas State 14Box score
Oct 14, 1978UNLV 30, Hawai’i 20upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978New Mexico State 23, Tulsa 20Box score
Oct 14, 1978North Carolina 34, Wake Forest 29Box score
Oct 14, 1978Notre Dame 26, 9Pittsburgh 17upsetBox score
Oct 14, 19781Oklahoma 17, Kansas 16Box score
Oct 14, 1978Oklahoma State 24, 13Colorado 20upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Pacific 27, Fresno State 7Box score
Oct 14, 1978Purdue 27, 16Ohio State 16upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978Rice 21, TCU 14Box score
Oct 14, 1978South Carolina 24, Ohio 7Box score
Oct 14, 1978SMU 28, Baylor 21Box score
Oct 14, 1978Southern Miss 17, East Carolina 16Box score
Oct 14, 1978Temple 16, Cincinnati 13Box score
Oct 14, 197812Texas 26, North Texas 16Box score
Oct 14, 1978Texas Tech 36, New Mexico 23Box score
Oct 14, 1978Texas–Arlington 24, Louisiana 3Box score
Oct 14, 1978Tulane 9, Boston College 3Box score
Oct 14, 197814UCLA 45, Washington State 31Box score
Oct 14, 1978VMI 23, Richmond 6Box score
Oct 14, 1978Virginia Tech 16, West Virginia 3Box score
Oct 14, 1978Washington 34, 18Stanford 31upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1978West Texas 55, Lamar 16Box score
Oct 14, 1978Western Carolina 38, The Citadel 24Box score
Oct 14, 1978Western Michigan 17, Toledo 7Box score
Oct 14, 1978Illinois 20, Wisconsin 20Box score
Oct 14, 1978Wyoming 31, San Diego State 22upsetBox score

Everyone else

Oct 14, 1978App State 49, Lenoir Rhyne 28Box score
Oct 14, 1978Boise State 30, San José State 15Box score
Oct 14, 1978Chattanooga 28, Jacksonville State 21Box score
Oct 14, 1978Furman 35, East Tennessee State 14Box score
Oct 14, 1978Louisville 51, Northwestern State 7Box score
Oct 14, 1978Nevada 37, Cal State Fullerton 14Box score
Oct 14, 1978Northern Illinois 24, Western Illinois 20Box score
Oct 14, 1978Rutgers 10, UConn 0Box score
Oct 14, 1978Utah 30, Weber State 7Box score
Oct 14, 1978William & Mary 32, James Madison 7Box score