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1981: Week 4

65 games. Six ranked teams lost, three 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

Sep 26, 19811USC 28, 2Oklahoma 24Box score
Sep 26, 19813Penn State 30, 15Nebraska 24Box score
Sep 26, 19814Texas 14, 14Miami 7Box score

Upsets

Sep 26, 1981Iowa 20, 6UCLA 7upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981Purdue 15, 13Notre Dame 14upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981Washington State 24, 18Arizona State 21upsetBox 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

Sep 26, 198110Alabama 28, Vanderbilt 7Box score
Sep 26, 1981Arizona 37, Cal State Fullerton 16Box score
Sep 26, 1981Arkansas 27, Ole Miss 13Box score
Sep 26, 1981Arkansas State 26, Central Michigan 23upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981Army 23, Brown 17Box score
Sep 26, 1981Baylor 28, Texas Tech 15Box score
Sep 26, 198111BYU 41, Colorado 20Box score
Sep 26, 1981Cincinnati 10, Rutgers 0upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981The Citadel 34, App State 20Box score
Sep 26, 1981Colgate 34, Cornell 10Box score
Sep 26, 1981Drake 18, Kansas State 17Box score
Sep 26, 1981Duke 29, Virginia 24Box score
Sep 26, 1981East Carolina 28, Toledo 24Box score
Sep 26, 1981Furman 31, Western Carolina 27Box score
Sep 26, 198117Georgia 24, South Carolina 0Box score
Sep 26, 1981Holy Cross 33, Harvard 19upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981Houston 35, Utah State 7Box score
Sep 26, 1981Iowa 20, 6UCLA 7upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981Iowa State 28, Kent State 19Box score
Sep 26, 1981Kansas 21, Kentucky 16Box score
Sep 26, 1981Louisiana 34, North Texas 11Box score
Sep 26, 1981LSU 28, Rice 14Box score
Sep 26, 1981Maryland 34, NC State 9upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981Memphis 28, Georgia Tech 15upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981Miami (OH) 18, Eastern Michigan 12Box score
Sep 26, 19817Michigan 21, Navy 16Box score
Sep 26, 1981Michigan State 10, Bowling Green 7Box score
Sep 26, 1981Minnesota 42, Oregon State 12Box score
Sep 26, 198112Mississippi State 28, Florida 7Box score
Sep 26, 1981Missouri 34, Louisville 3Box score
Sep 26, 1981UNLV 32, Long Beach State 31Box score
Sep 26, 1981New Mexico 27, Air Force 10Box score
Sep 26, 19819North Carolina 56, Boston College 14Box score
Sep 26, 1981Northern Illinois 40, Illinois State 7Box score
Sep 26, 1981Ohio 30, Ball State 27Box score
Sep 26, 19818Ohio State 24, Stanford 19Box score
Sep 26, 19813Penn State 30, 15Nebraska 24Box score
Sep 26, 1981Purdue 15, 13Notre Dame 14upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981San Diego State 23, Oklahoma State 16Box score
Sep 26, 1981San José State 27, California 24Box score
Sep 26, 19811USC 28, 2Oklahoma 24Box score
Sep 26, 1981Southern Illinois 36, Tulsa 34upsetBox score
Sep 26, 198120SMU 20, TCU 9Box score
Sep 26, 1981Southern Miss 17, Richmond 10Box score
Sep 26, 1981Syracuse 21, Indiana 7Box score
Sep 26, 1981Tennessee 10, Auburn 7Box score
Sep 26, 19814Texas 14, 14Miami 7Box score
Sep 26, 1981Texas A&M 43, Louisiana Tech 7Box score
Sep 26, 1981Utah 42, Northwestern 0Box score
Sep 26, 1981Virginia Tech 30, Wake Forest 14Box score
Sep 26, 198116Washington 17, Oregon 3Box score
Sep 26, 1981Washington State 24, 18Arizona State 21upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981West Texas 35, Texas–Arlington 31Box score
Sep 26, 1981West Virginia 49, Colorado State 3Box score
Sep 26, 1981Indiana State 14, Wichita State 14Box score
Sep 26, 1981Wisconsin 21, Western Michigan 10Box score

Everyone else

Sep 26, 1981Chattanooga 10, Jacksonville State 3Box score
Sep 26, 1981Delaware 61, Princeton 8upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981East Tennessee State 14, Marshall 0upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981Hawai’i 21, Idaho 6Box score
Sep 26, 1981Lafayette 28, Columbia 13Box score
Sep 26, 1981Lehigh 58, Pennsylvania 0Box score
Sep 26, 1981Massachusetts 10, Dartmouth 8Box score
Sep 26, 1981Texas State 24, Lamar 7upsetBox score
Sep 26, 1981Yale 27, UConn 18Box score