1979: Week 8

71 games. Five ranked teams lost. Five 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 20, 1979	10Arkansas 17, 2Texas 14upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	4USC 42, 9Notre Dame 23	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	1Alabama 27, 18Tennessee 17	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	17Pittsburgh 26, 12Washington 14upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	19North Carolina 35, 15NC State 21upset	Box score

Upsets

Oct 20, 1979	10Arkansas 17, 2Texas 14upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	17Pittsburgh 26, 12Washington 14upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	19North Carolina 35, 15NC State 21upset	Box 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 20, 1979	1Alabama 27, 18Tennessee 17	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Arizona State 28, Washington State 17	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	10Arkansas 17, 2Texas 14upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	14Auburn 38, Georgia Tech 14	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Baylor 55, Army 0	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	13BYU 54, Wyoming 14	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Brown 28, Cornell 7	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Central Michigan 31, Ball State 30	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	The Citadel 37, VMI 6	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Clemson 28, Duke 10	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Colgate 17, Princeton 6upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Colorado State 37, San Diego State 3	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Dartmouth 10, Harvard 7	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Eastern Michigan 14, Kent State 10	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Furman 31, App State 17	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Georgia 31, Vanderbilt 10	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	5Houston 37, SMU 10	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Indiana 30, Northwestern 0	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Kansas 24, Iowa State 7upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Lamar 21, Louisiana 17	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Long Beach State 24, Fresno State 14	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	LSU 23, Kentucky 19	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	UL Monroe 28, Cal State Fullerton 17	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Louisville 34, Indiana State 10	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	McNeese 10, Arkansas State 7	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Miami 19, Boston College 8	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Miami (OH) 21, Bowling Green 3	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	11Michigan 27, Illinois 7	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Minnesota 24, Iowa 7	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Mississippi State 48, Marshall 0	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Missouri 13, Colorado 7	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	20Navy 17, Virginia 10	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	3Nebraska 36, Oklahoma State 0	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	UNLV 43, Utah 41	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	New Mexico 20, UTEP 0	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	19North Carolina 35, 15NC State 21upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	North Texas 28, West Texas 14	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Northern Illinois 33, Illinois State 7	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	6Ohio State 59, Wisconsin 0	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	8Oklahoma 38, Kansas State 6	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Oregon 17, Air Force 9	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Penn State 35, Syracuse 7	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	17Pittsburgh 26, 12Washington 14upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	16Purdue 14, Michigan State 7	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Rutgers 24, William & Mary 0	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	San José State 24, Oregon State 14	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	South Carolina 21, Ole Miss 14	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	4USC 42, 9Notre Dame 23	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Southern Miss 22, Memphis 0	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Stanford 30, Arizona 10	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Temple 35, Cincinnati 14	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	TCU 24, Tulsa 17upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Texas Tech 30, Rice 7	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Texas–Arlington 42, New Mexico State 14	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Toledo 21, Ohio 13	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	UCLA 28, California 27	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Utah State 15, Pacific 14	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Villanova 29, Holy Cross 14	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Virginia Tech 34, Richmond 0	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Wake Forest 25, Maryland 17	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	West Virginia 27, Tulane 17	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Wichita State 24, Drake 17	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Yale 37, Columbia 7	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 19, 1979	Lafayette 9, Pennsylvania 7upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Chattanooga 59, Middle Tennessee 15	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	UConn 19, Maine 7	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	East Tennessee State 31, SE Louisiana 3	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Hawai’i 65, Prairie View A&M 0	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Northwestern State 25, Louisiana Tech 21upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Western Carolina 42, Lenoir Rhyne 6	Box score
Oct 20, 1979	Western Michigan 37, Grand Valley State 0	Box score