1981: Week 10

66 games. Five ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. 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

Nov 7, 19812Clemson 10, 8North Carolina 8Box score
Nov 7, 198113Miami 27, 14Florida State 19Box score
Nov 7, 198120Southern Miss 7, 15Mississippi State 6upsetBox score

Upsets

Nov 7, 198120Southern Miss 7, 15Mississippi State 6upsetBox score
Nov 7, 1981UCLA 31, 16Washington 0upsetBox score
Nov 7, 1981Minnesota 35, 18Ohio State 31upsetBox 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

Nov 7, 198119Arkansas 41, Baylor 39Box score
Nov 7, 1981Arkansas State 16, Lamar 9Box score
Nov 7, 1981Auburn 20, North Texas 0Box score
Nov 7, 1981Bowling Green 14, Ball State 10Box score
Nov 7, 1981BYU 63, Colorado State 14Box score
Nov 7, 1981Cincinnati 38, Memphis 7Box score
Nov 7, 1981Chattanooga 28, The Citadel 28Box score
Nov 7, 19812Clemson 10, 8North Carolina 8Box score
Nov 7, 1981Dartmouth 21, Columbia 7Box score
Nov 7, 1981Drake 22, Southern Illinois 17Box score
Nov 7, 1981Duke 31, Wake Forest 10Box score
Nov 7, 1981Fresno State 42, UNLV 26Box score
Nov 7, 19814Georgia 26, Florida 21Box score
Nov 7, 1981Harvard 23, William & Mary 14Box score
Nov 7, 1981Hawai’i 35, UTEP 7Box score
Nov 7, 1981Holy Cross 28, Army 13Box score
Nov 7, 1981Iowa 33, Purdue 7Box score
Nov 7, 1981Kansas 24, Iowa State 11Box score
Nov 7, 1981Kent State 13, Eastern Michigan 7Box score
Nov 7, 1981Kentucky 17, Vanderbilt 10Box score
Nov 7, 1981UL Monroe 40, Louisville 7Box score
Nov 7, 1981Marshall 17, App State 10upsetBox score
Nov 7, 1981McNeese 27, Louisiana Tech 20Box score
Nov 7, 198113Miami 27, 14Florida State 19Box score
Nov 7, 1981Miami (OH) 7, Central Michigan 3Box score
Nov 7, 198112Michigan 70, Illinois 21Box score
Nov 7, 1981Michigan State 61, Northwestern 14Box score
Nov 7, 1981Minnesota 35, 18Ohio State 31upsetBox score
Nov 7, 1981Missouri 30, Colorado 14Box score
Nov 7, 1981Navy 35, Syracuse 23Box score
Nov 7, 198111Nebraska 54, Oklahoma State 7Box score
Nov 7, 1981Northern Illinois 38, Ohio 14Box score
Nov 7, 1981Notre Dame 35, Georgia Tech 3Box score
Nov 7, 198117Oklahoma 28, Kansas State 21Box score
Nov 7, 1981Pacific 23, South Carolina 21upsetBox score
Nov 7, 19816Penn State 22, NC State 15Box score
Nov 7, 19811Pittsburgh 47, Rutgers 3Box score
Nov 7, 1981Richmond 45, VMI 14upsetBox score
Nov 7, 19813USC 21, California 3Box score
Nov 7, 198110SMU 33, Rice 12Box score
Nov 7, 198120Southern Miss 7, 15Mississippi State 6upsetBox score
Nov 7, 1981Stanford 63, Oregon State 9Box score
Nov 7, 1981Tennessee 24, Wichita State 21Box score
Nov 7, 1981Houston 14, 5Texas 14Box score
Nov 7, 1981Texas Tech 39, TCU 39Box score
Nov 7, 1981Texas–Arlington 23, Louisiana 7Box score
Nov 7, 1981Toledo 28, Western Michigan 14Box score
Nov 7, 1981Tulane 14, Maryland 7Box score
Nov 7, 1981Tulsa 31, New Mexico State 0Box score
Nov 7, 1981UCLA 31, 16Washington 0upsetBox score
Nov 7, 1981New Mexico 7, Utah 7Box score
Nov 7, 1981Utah State 28, Long Beach State 2Box score
Nov 7, 1981Washington State 39, Oregon 7Box score
Nov 7, 1981West Texas 17, Indiana State 14Box score
Nov 7, 1981West Virginia 24, Temple 19Box score
Nov 7, 1981Wisconsin 28, Indiana 7Box score
Nov 7, 1981Wyoming 24, San Diego State 13Box score
Nov 7, 1981Yale 23, Cornell 17Box score

Everyone else

Nov 7, 1981Boston College 52, Massachusetts 22Box score
Nov 7, 1981Brown 10, Rhode Island 8Box score
Nov 7, 1981Cal State Fullerton 20, Boise State 17Box score
Nov 7, 1981Colgate 24, Bucknell 6Box score
Nov 7, 1981Delaware 40, Pennsylvania 6Box score
Nov 7, 1981East Carolina 66, East Tennessee State 23Box score
Nov 7, 1981Furman 30, Davidson 12Box score
Nov 7, 1981Maine 55, Princeton 44upsetBox score