1979: Week 7

72 games. Six ranked teams lost, five to unranked teams. 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 13, 19794Texas 16, 3Oklahoma 7upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 13, 19794Texas 16, 3Oklahoma 7upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Arizona State 12, 6Washington 7upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Georgia 21, 13LSU 14upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Wake Forest 24, 14North Carolina 19upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Oklahoma State 14, 15Missouri 13upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Wisconsin 38, 19Michigan State 29upsetBox 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 13, 19792Alabama 40, Florida 0Box score
Oct 13, 1979Arizona 24, Oregon 13Box score
Oct 13, 1979Arizona State 12, 6Washington 7upsetBox score
Oct 13, 197912Arkansas 20, Texas Tech 6Box score
Oct 13, 1979Arkansas State 14, Louisiana Tech 7Box score
Oct 13, 197918Auburn 52, Vanderbilt 35Box score
Oct 13, 1979Ball State 42, Illinois State 14Box score
Oct 13, 1979Baylor 24, SMU 21Box score
Oct 13, 1979Bowling Green 28, Kent State 17Box score
Oct 13, 197916BYU 48, Utah State 24Box score
Oct 13, 1979Brown 24, Pennsylvania 18Box score
Oct 13, 1979California 45, Oregon State 0Box score
Oct 13, 1979Central Michigan 31, Northern Illinois 11Box score
Oct 13, 1979Clemson 21, Virginia Tech 0Box score
Oct 13, 1979Colgate 17, Holy Cross 16upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Colorado State 17, UTEP 3Box score
Oct 13, 1979Cornell 41, Harvard 14Box score
Oct 13, 1979Duke 34, Richmond 7Box score
Oct 13, 1979East Carolina 49, The Citadel 7Box score
Oct 13, 19799Florida State 17, Mississippi State 6Box score
Oct 13, 1979Furman 34, Marshall 24Box score
Oct 13, 1979Georgia 21, 13LSU 14upsetBox score
Oct 13, 19797Houston 17, Texas A&M 14Box score
Oct 13, 1979Iowa 58, Northwestern 6Box score
Oct 13, 1979Iowa State 7, Kansas State 3Box score
Oct 13, 1979Kentucky 14, Ole Miss 3Box score
Oct 13, 1979Long Beach State 17, Drake 14Box score
Oct 13, 1979UL Monroe 21, Memphis 20upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Louisville 24, Tulsa 7Box score
Oct 13, 1979McNeese 34, Lamar 25Box score
Oct 13, 197911Michigan 31, Minnesota 21Box score
Oct 13, 1979Navy 24, William & Mary 7Box score
Oct 13, 19795Nebraska 42, Kansas 0Box score
Oct 13, 1979UNLV 28, New Mexico 20Box score
Oct 13, 197917NC State 7, Maryland 0Box score
Oct 13, 1979North Texas 21, New Mexico State 7Box score
Oct 13, 197910Notre Dame 38, Air Force 13Box score
Oct 13, 1979Ohio 9, Miami (OH) 7upsetBox score
Oct 13, 19798Ohio State 47, Indiana 6Box score
Oct 13, 1979Oklahoma State 14, 15Missouri 13upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Pacific 10, Louisiana 7Box score
Oct 13, 1979Penn State 24, Army 3Box score
Oct 13, 1979Pittsburgh 35, Cincinnati 0Box score
Oct 13, 1979Princeton 35, Columbia 7Box score
Oct 13, 197920Purdue 28, Illinois 14Box score
Oct 13, 1979San Diego State 31, Miami 20Box score
Oct 13, 1979San José State 35, Fresno State 22Box score
Oct 13, 1979Southern Illinois 31, Wichita State 7Box score
Oct 13, 19791USC 21, Stanford 21Box score
Oct 13, 1979Temple 49, Syracuse 17Box score
Oct 13, 1979Tennessee 31, Georgia Tech 0Box score
Oct 13, 19794Texas 16, 3Oklahoma 7upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979TCU 17, Rice 7Box score
Oct 13, 1979Toledo 17, Western Michigan 0Box score
Oct 13, 1979Tulane 20, Southern Miss 19Box score
Oct 13, 1979Utah 24, Wyoming 14Box score
Oct 13, 1979VMI 27, App State 22Box score
Oct 13, 1979Wake Forest 24, 14North Carolina 19upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Washington State 17, UCLA 14upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979West Texas 33, Indiana State 17Box score
Oct 13, 1979West Virginia 20, Boston College 18Box score
Oct 13, 1979Wisconsin 38, 19Michigan State 29upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Yale 3, Dartmouth 0Box score

Everyone else

Oct 13, 1979Akron 24, Eastern Michigan 12upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Delaware 21, Villanova 20upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979East Tennessee State 35, Chattanooga 0upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Eastern Kentucky 33, Cal State Fullerton 7upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Hawai’i 52, Santa Clara 3Box score
Oct 13, 1979Rutgers 26, UConn 14Box score
Oct 13, 1979SE Louisiana 33, Northwestern State 7upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1979Virginia 69, James Madison 9Box score
Oct 13, 1979Western Carolina 56, Wofford 21Box score