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1978: Week 8

66 games. Two ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. One game matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 21, 19788Texas 28, 3Arkansas 21upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 21, 19788Texas 28, 3Arkansas 21upsetBox score
Oct 21, 1978Baylor 24, 12Texas A&M 6upsetBox 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 21, 19784Alabama 30, Tennessee 17Box score
Oct 21, 1978App State 42, The Citadel 14Box score
Oct 21, 1978Arkansas State 6, McNeese 3Box score
Oct 21, 1978Ball State 14, Illinois State 7Box score
Oct 21, 1978Baylor 24, 12Texas A&M 6upsetBox score
Oct 21, 1978BYU 44, UTEP 0Box score
Oct 21, 1978Brown 21, Cornell 13Box score
Oct 21, 1978Cal State Fullerton 34, Long Beach State 9upsetBox score
Oct 21, 1978Central Michigan 34, Northern Illinois 7Box score
Oct 21, 1978Chattanooga 13, Furman 9Box score
Oct 21, 1978Clemson 28, Duke 8Box score
Oct 21, 1978Yale 3, Columbia 3Box score
Oct 21, 1978Florida 31, Army 7Box score
Oct 21, 197818Georgia 31, Vanderbilt 10Box score
Oct 21, 1978Georgia Tech 24, Auburn 10Box score
Oct 21, 1978Harvard 24, Dartmouth 19Box score
Oct 21, 197811Houston 42, SMU 28Box score
Oct 21, 1978Kent State 20, Marshall 17Box score
Oct 21, 197816LSU 21, Kentucky 0Box score
Oct 21, 19786Maryland 39, Wake Forest 0Box score
Oct 21, 1978Miami 17, Utah State 16Box score
Oct 21, 1978Miami (OH) 18, Bowling Green 7Box score
Oct 21, 19789Michigan 42, Wisconsin 0Box score
Oct 21, 1978Michigan State 49, Indiana 14Box score
Oct 21, 1978Minnesota 38, Northwestern 14Box score
Oct 21, 197813Missouri 56, Kansas State 14Box score
Oct 21, 197817Navy 9, William & Mary 0Box score
Oct 21, 19785Nebraska 52, Colorado 14Box score
Oct 21, 1978UNLV 33, Colorado State 6upsetBox score
Oct 21, 1978New Mexico 35, New Mexico State 20Box score
Oct 21, 1978NC State 34, North Carolina 7Box score
Oct 21, 197820Notre Dame 38, Air Force 15Box score
Oct 21, 1978Ohio State 31, Iowa 7Box score
Oct 21, 19781Oklahoma 34, Iowa State 6Box score
Oct 21, 1978Oklahoma State 21, Kansas 7Box score
Oct 21, 19782Penn State 45, Syracuse 15Box score
Oct 21, 197815Pittsburgh 7, Florida State 3Box score
Oct 21, 1978Princeton 13, Colgate 12Box score
Oct 21, 197819Purdue 13, Illinois 0Box score
Oct 21, 1978Rutgers 24, Villanova 9Box score
Oct 21, 1978San Diego State 31, Pacific 28Box score
Oct 21, 1978San José State 26, Fresno State 16Box score
Oct 21, 1978South Carolina 18, Ole Miss 17Box score
Oct 21, 19787USC 38, Oregon State 7Box score
Oct 21, 1978Southern Miss 13, Memphis 10Box score
Oct 21, 1978Stanford 43, Washington State 27Box score
Oct 21, 1978Temple 28, West Virginia 27Box score
Oct 21, 19788Texas 28, 3Arkansas 21upsetBox score
Oct 21, 1978TCU 13, Tulane 7upsetBox score
Oct 21, 1978Texas Tech 42, Rice 28Box score
Oct 21, 1978Texas–Arlington 37, Lamar 17Box score
Oct 21, 1978Toledo 28, Ohio 14upsetBox score
Oct 21, 1978Tulsa 27, Cincinnati 26Box score
Oct 21, 197810UCLA 45, California 0Box score
Oct 21, 1978Virginia 17, Virginia Tech 7upsetBox score
Oct 21, 1978Washington 20, Oregon 14Box score
Oct 21, 1978West Texas 36, Indiana State 7Box score
Oct 21, 1978Western Michigan 32, Eastern Michigan 0Box score
Oct 21, 1978Wichita State 33, Southern Illinois 7Box score
Oct 21, 1978Wyoming 34, Utah 21Box score

Everyone else

Oct 21, 1978Lafayette 20, Pennsylvania 19upsetBox score
Oct 21, 1978Lehigh 14, VMI 10upsetBox score
Oct 21, 1978Louisiana Tech 45, Northwestern State 20Box score
Oct 21, 1978Louisville 35, Boston University 7Box score
Oct 21, 1978SE Louisiana 25, UL Monroe 21upsetBox score
Oct 21, 1978Western Carolina 26, Wofford 11Box score