| Nov 9, 1979 | 11BYU 31, Long Beach State 17 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 1Alabama 3, LSU 0 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 9Arkansas 29, 17Baylor 20 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 16Auburn 14, Mississippi State 3 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Bowling Green 31, Southern Miss 27upset | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | California 45, Washington State 13 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Central Michigan 37, Eastern Michigan 14 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Chattanooga 28, The Citadel 7 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 18Clemson 19, North Carolina 10 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Cornell 24, Columbia 7 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Dartmouth 24, Brown 10 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | East Carolina 52, Richmond 10 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 7Florida State 27, 19South Carolina 7 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Fresno State 28, Cal State Fullerton 24 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Furman 23, Western Carolina 14 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Georgia 33, Florida 10 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Georgia Tech 21, Air Force 0 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Harvard 41, Pennsylvania 26 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Indiana 45, Illinois 14 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Indiana State 38, UL Monroe 21 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Kentucky 29, Vanderbilt 10 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | McNeese 41, Louisiana Tech 7 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Memphis 10, Louisville 6 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Miami (OH) 35, Kent State 8 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Michigan State 31, Minnesota 17 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Missouri 18, Iowa State 9 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 2Nebraska 21, Kansas State 12 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | UNLV 36, Tennessee State 28 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | New Mexico 24, Colorado State 9upset | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Northern Illinois 28, Toledo 10 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Ohio 27, Cincinnati 7upset | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 3Ohio State 34, Iowa 7 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 6Oklahoma 38, Kansas 0 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Oklahoma State 21, Colorado 20 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Oregon 16, Stanford 7upset | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Penn State 9, NC State 7 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 12Pittsburgh 24, West Virginia 17 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 14Purdue 24, 10Michigan 21upset | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Rutgers 20, Army 0 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | San Diego State 42, Arizona 10 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | San José State 32, Pacific 31 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 4USC 24, 15Washington 17 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Southern Illinois 22, Drake 21 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | SMU 34, Wichita State 0 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Syracuse 30, Navy 14upset | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Tennessee 40, 13Notre Dame 18upset | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 8Texas 21, 5Houston 13upset | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Texas Tech 3, TCU 3 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Texas–Arlington 24, Louisiana 10 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Tulane 49, Ole Miss 15 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Tulsa 38, New Mexico State 16 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | UCLA 31, Arizona State 28 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Utah 35, UTEP 0 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Virginia 20, Virginia Tech 18 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | VMI 13, Marshall 3 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | 20Wake Forest 17, Duke 14 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Western Michigan 20, Ball State 10 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | William & Mary 9, App State 0upset | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Wisconsin 28, Northwestern 3 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Wyoming 17, Arkansas State 14 | Box score |
| Nov 10, 1979 | Yale 35, Princeton 10 | Box score |