1979: Week 9

69 games. Three ranked teams lost. Three 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 27, 1979	6Houston 13, 4Arkansas 10upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	12Pittsburgh 24, 17Navy 7	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	18Wake Forest 42, 13Auburn 38upset	Box score

Upsets

Oct 27, 1979	6Houston 13, 4Arkansas 10upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	18Wake Forest 42, 13Auburn 38upset	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 27, 1979	1Alabama 31, Virginia Tech 7	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Arizona State 28, Utah State 14	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Ball State 38, Bowling Green 23	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Baylor 16, TCU 3	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Boston College 29, Army 16upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	11BYU 59, New Mexico 7	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Central Michigan 44, Kent State 21	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Cincinnati 17, Richmond 14	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Colgate 24, Columbia 14	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Colorado State 20, Air Force 6	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Cornell 21, Dartmouth 10	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	15North Carolina 24, East Carolina 24	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	8Florida State 24, LSU 19	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Fresno State 33, Pacific 10upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Georgia 20, Kentucky 6	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Hawai’i 27, UTEP 12	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Holy Cross 14, Brown 7upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	6Houston 13, 4Arkansas 10upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Minnesota 17, Illinois 17	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Indiana State 23, Illinois State 21	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Iowa 24, Wisconsin 13	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Kansas State 19, Missouri 3upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Lamar 20, Arkansas State 10upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Maryland 27, Duke 0	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	McNeese 24, Chattanooga 17	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Memphis 22, North Texas 0	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	10Michigan 27, Indiana 21	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Ole Miss 63, Vanderbilt 28	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	2Nebraska 38, Colorado 10	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	UNLV 28, Wyoming 24	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	NC State 16, Clemson 13upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	14Notre Dame 18, South Carolina 17	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	4Ohio State 42, Michigan State 0	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	7Oklahoma 38, Iowa State 9	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Oklahoma State 30, Kansas 17	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Oregon 37, Washington State 26	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Oregon State 33, Stanford 31upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Penn State 31, West Virginia 6	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	12Pittsburgh 24, 17Navy 7	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Princeton 9, Harvard 7	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	16Purdue 20, Northwestern 16	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	San Diego State 17, Utah 13	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	San José State 53, Long Beach State 42	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	3USC 24, California 14	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Southern Illinois 21, Northern Illinois 11	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Southern Miss 21, Mississippi State 7	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Syracuse 25, Miami 15	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	9Texas 30, SMU 6	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Texas A&M 41, Rice 15	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Texas–Arlington 30, Louisiana Tech 16	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Toledo 24, Miami (OH) 21upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Tulane 12, Georgia Tech 7	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Tulsa 20, Florida 10	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Villanova 24, Marshall 14	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	VMI 21, Furman 20	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	18Wake Forest 42, 13Auburn 38upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	20Washington 34, UCLA 14	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	West Texas 58, Wichita State 0	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Western Michigan 20, Ohio 6	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Yale 24, Pennsylvania 6	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 27, 1979	App State 24, East Tennessee State 10	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Cal State Fullerton 49, Cal State Northridge 3	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	The Citadel 49, Wofford 30	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	UConn 24, Massachusetts 0	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Delaware 40, William & Mary 0	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Louisiana 31, Cal Poly-Pomona 9	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Nicholls 27, Northwestern State 24upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	Northern Michigan 30, Drake 26upset	Box score
Oct 27, 1979	SE Louisiana 13, UL Monroe 0upset	Box score