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1981: Week 12

60 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 21, 19816SMU 32, 16Arkansas 18Box score
Nov 21, 198110USC 22, 15UCLA 21Box score
Nov 21, 198117Washington 23, 14Washington State 10upsetBox score

Upsets

Nov 21, 1981Ohio State 14, 7Michigan 9upsetBox score
Nov 21, 1981Louisville 13, 9Southern Miss 10upsetBox score
Nov 21, 198117Washington 23, 14Washington State 10upsetBox 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 21, 198120Arizona State 52, Colorado State 7Box score
Nov 21, 1981Arkansas State 31, Tulsa 7upsetBox score
Nov 21, 1981Ball State 14, Illinois State 10Box score
Nov 21, 1981Boston College 27, Rutgers 21Box score
Nov 21, 198118BYU 56, Utah 28Box score
Nov 21, 1981Brown 23, Columbia 20Box score
Nov 21, 1981Central Michigan 6, Bowling Green 3Box score
Nov 21, 1981The Citadel 35, Furman 18Box score
Nov 21, 19812Clemson 29, South Carolina 13Box score
Nov 21, 1981Colorado 24, Kansas State 21Box score
Nov 21, 1981Dartmouth 33, Pennsylvania 13Box score
Nov 21, 1981Fresno State 23, Arizona 17upsetBox score
Nov 21, 1981Houston 15, Texas Tech 7Box score
Nov 21, 1981Illinois 49, Northwestern 12Box score
Nov 21, 1981Indiana 20, Purdue 17upsetBox score
Nov 21, 1981Indiana State 42, Marshall 0Box score
Nov 21, 198119Iowa 36, Michigan State 7Box score
Nov 21, 1981Kansas 19, Missouri 11Box score
Nov 21, 1981Kentucky 21, Tennessee 10upsetBox score
Nov 21, 1981Louisville 13, 9Southern Miss 10upsetBox score
Nov 21, 1981Maryland 48, Virginia 7Box score
Nov 21, 1981McNeese 14, Louisiana 7Box score
Nov 21, 198111Miami 14, NC State 6Box score
Nov 21, 1981Miami (OH) 7, Cincinnati 3Box score
Nov 21, 1981Ole Miss 21, Mississippi State 17upsetBox score
Nov 21, 19815Nebraska 37, Oklahoma 14Box score
Nov 21, 1981UNLV 24, Air Force 21Box score
Nov 21, 198112North Carolina 31, Duke 10Box score
Nov 21, 1981Ohio 20, Kent State 7Box score
Nov 21, 1981Ohio State 14, 7Michigan 9upsetBox score
Nov 21, 1981Oklahoma State 27, Iowa State 7Box score
Nov 21, 1981Oregon 47, Oregon State 17Box score
Nov 21, 1981Pacific 23, Hawai’i 17upsetBox score
Nov 21, 198113Penn State 24, Notre Dame 21Box score
Nov 21, 19811Pittsburgh 35, Temple 0Box score
Nov 21, 1981Princeton 37, Cornell 14Box score
Nov 21, 1981San Diego State 59, UTEP 14Box score
Nov 21, 1981San José State 24, Long Beach State 22Box score
Nov 21, 198110USC 22, 15UCLA 21Box score
Nov 21, 19816SMU 32, 16Arkansas 18Box score
Nov 21, 1981Stanford 42, California 21Box score
Nov 21, 1981Syracuse 27, West Virginia 24Box score
Nov 21, 19818Texas 34, Baylor 12Box score
Nov 21, 1981Texas A&M 37, TCU 7Box score
Nov 21, 1981Texas–Arlington 31, Lamar 7Box score
Nov 21, 1981Toledo 31, Northern Illinois 0Box score
Nov 21, 1981Vanderbilt 28, Chattanooga 14upsetBox score
Nov 21, 1981VMI 6, Virginia Tech 0upsetBox score
Nov 21, 198117Washington 23, 14Washington State 10upsetBox score
Nov 21, 1981West Texas 45, New Mexico State 9Box score
Nov 21, 1981Western Carolina 21, App State 10Box score
Nov 21, 1981Western Michigan 38, Eastern Michigan 7Box score
Nov 21, 1981William & Mary 35, Richmond 21Box score
Nov 21, 1981Wisconsin 26, Minnesota 21Box score
Nov 21, 1981Wyoming 13, New Mexico 12Box score
Nov 21, 1981Yale 28, Harvard 0Box score

Everyone else

Nov 21, 1981Drake 53, Nebraska–Omaha 0Box score
Nov 21, 1981James Madison 17, East Tennessee State 14upsetBox score
Nov 21, 1981Nevada 36, Cal State Fullerton 34upsetBox score
Nov 21, 1981Northwestern State 41, UL Monroe 9upsetBox score