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1978: Week 9

68 games. Four ranked teams lost, two 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 28, 197811Houston 20, 9Arkansas 9upsetBox score
Oct 28, 197818Navy 21, 15Pittsburgh 11upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 28, 197811Houston 20, 9Arkansas 9upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1978Washington 41, 12Arizona State 7upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1978Colorado 28, 13Missouri 27upsetBox score
Oct 28, 197818Navy 21, 15Pittsburgh 11upsetBox 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 27, 197810UCLA 24, Arizona 14Box score
Oct 28, 1978Air Force 26, Kent State 10Box score
Oct 28, 19783Alabama 35, Virginia Tech 0Box score
Oct 28, 1978Arkansas State 27, Texas–Arlington 7Box score
Oct 28, 1978Army 28, Colgate 3Box score
Oct 28, 1978Auburn 21, Wake Forest 7Box score
Oct 28, 1978Ball State 21, Eastern Michigan 0Box score
Oct 28, 1978Baylor 28, TCU 21Box score
Oct 28, 1978Brown 31, Holy Cross 25Box score
Oct 28, 1978Cal State Fullerton 37, Fresno State 8upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1978Central Michigan 38, Bowling Green 7Box score
Oct 28, 1978Cincinnati 38, Louisiana 13Box score
Oct 28, 197820Clemson 33, NC State 10Box score
Oct 28, 1978Colorado 28, 13Missouri 27upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1978Dartmouth 14, Cornell 7Box score
Oct 28, 1978East Carolina 21, Richmond 14Box score
Oct 28, 1978Florida State 38, Southern Miss 16Box score
Oct 28, 1978Furman 42, Marshall 12Box score
Oct 28, 197816Georgia 17, Kentucky 16Box score
Oct 28, 1978Georgia Tech 17, Florida 13Box score
Oct 28, 1978Princeton 24, Harvard 24Box score
Oct 28, 197811Houston 20, 9Arkansas 9upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1978Indiana 31, Illinois 10Box score
Oct 28, 1978Iowa State 13, Kansas 7Box score
Oct 28, 1978Long Beach State 27, San Diego State 25Box score
Oct 28, 1978UL Monroe 14, Indiana State 0Box score
Oct 28, 1978Louisville 33, William & Mary 21Box score
Oct 28, 19785Maryland 27, Duke 0Box score
Oct 28, 1978McNeese 28, Chattanooga 24Box score
Oct 28, 1978Miami (OH) 28, Toledo 7Box score
Oct 28, 19788Michigan 42, Minnesota 10Box score
Oct 28, 1978Michigan State 55, Wisconsin 2Box score
Oct 28, 1978Ole Miss 35, Vanderbilt 10Box score
Oct 28, 1978Mississippi State 34, Tennessee 21Box score
Oct 28, 197818Navy 21, 15Pittsburgh 11upsetBox score
Oct 28, 19784Nebraska 22, Oklahoma State 14Box score
Oct 28, 1978New Mexico 21, UTEP 0Box score
Oct 28, 1978New Mexico State 31, Wichita State 21upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1978North Carolina 24, South Carolina 22Box score
Oct 28, 1978North Texas 16, Louisiana Tech 14Box score
Oct 28, 1978Northern Illinois 14, Southern Illinois 13upsetBox score
Oct 28, 197819Notre Dame 20, Miami 0Box score
Oct 28, 1978Ohio 10, Western Michigan 7upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1978Ohio State 63, Northwestern 20Box score
Oct 28, 19781Oklahoma 56, Kansas State 19Box score
Oct 28, 1978Oregon 31, Washington State 7upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1978Pacific 27, Hawai’i 17Box score
Oct 28, 19782Penn State 49, West Virginia 21Box score
Oct 28, 197817Purdue 34, Iowa 7Box score
Oct 28, 1978Rutgers 69, Columbia 0Box score
Oct 28, 19786USC 42, California 17Box score
Oct 28, 1978Stanford 24, Oregon State 6Box score
Oct 28, 19787Texas 22, SMU 3Box score
Oct 28, 1978Texas A&M 38, Rice 21Box score
Oct 28, 1978Tulane 41, Memphis 24Box score
Oct 28, 1978Tulsa 44, Drake 20Box score
Oct 28, 1978Utah State 31, San José State 21Box score
Oct 28, 1978Washington 41, 12Arizona State 7upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1978Western Carolina 41, VMI 12upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1978Wyoming 13, Colorado State 3Box score
Oct 28, 1978Pennsylvania 17, Yale 17Box score

Everyone else

Oct 28, 1978The Citadel 21, Delaware 14Box score
Oct 28, 1978East Tennessee State 35, App State 34upsetBox score
Oct 28, 1978UNLV 25, Montana 16Box score
Oct 28, 1978Northwestern State 28, Nicholls 18Box score
Oct 28, 1978Temple 56, Akron 21Box score
Oct 28, 1978Villanova 22, Youngstown State 17Box score
Oct 28, 1978Western Illinois 26, Illinois State 20Box score