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1981: Week 5

66 games. Four ranked teams lost, all to unranked teams. One game matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 3, 19815Oklahoma 7, 20Iowa State 7Box score

Upsets

Oct 3, 1981Florida State 36, 7Ohio State 27upsetBox score
Oct 3, 1981Missouri 14, 9Mississippi State 3upsetBox score
Oct 3, 1981Arizona State 26, 12Washington 7upsetBox score
Oct 3, 1981TCU 28, 19Arkansas 24upsetBox 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 2, 198110BYU 32, Utah State 26Box score
Oct 2, 1981Utah 38, UTEP 10Box score
Oct 3, 1981Air Force 28, Colorado State 14Box score
Oct 3, 198111Alabama 38, Ole Miss 7Box score
Oct 3, 1981Arizona 17, Stanford 13Box score
Oct 3, 1981Arizona State 26, 12Washington 7upsetBox score
Oct 3, 1981Army 27, Harvard 13upsetBox score
Oct 3, 1981Ball State 23, Northern Illinois 0Box score
Oct 3, 1981Central Michigan 63, Eastern Michigan 14Box score
Oct 3, 1981Chattanooga 31, Furman 28Box score
Oct 3, 198114Clemson 21, Kentucky 3Box score
Oct 3, 1981Columbia 20, Pennsylvania 9Box score
Oct 3, 1981Drake 18, Long Beach State 7Box score
Oct 3, 1981Duke 24, East Carolina 14Box score
Oct 3, 1981Florida 24, LSU 10Box score
Oct 3, 1981Florida State 36, 7Ohio State 27upsetBox score
Oct 3, 1981Holy Cross 28, Dartmouth 0Box score
Oct 3, 1981Houston 24, Baylor 3Box score
Oct 3, 1981Illinois 38, Minnesota 29Box score
Oct 3, 198118Iowa 64, Northwestern 0Box score
Oct 3, 19815Oklahoma 7, 20Iowa State 7Box score
Oct 3, 1981Kansas 17, Arkansas State 16Box score
Oct 3, 1981UL Monroe 35, Louisiana Tech 0Box score
Oct 3, 1981Louisville 36, Marshall 0Box score
Oct 3, 198117Miami 48, Vanderbilt 16Box score
Oct 3, 1981Miami (OH) 20, Kent State 13Box score
Oct 3, 19818Michigan 38, Indiana 17Box score
Oct 3, 1981Missouri 14, 9Mississippi State 3upsetBox score
Oct 3, 1981Nebraska 17, Auburn 3Box score
Oct 3, 19816North Carolina 28, Georgia Tech 7Box score
Oct 3, 1981NC State 30, Virginia 24Box score
Oct 3, 1981Notre Dame 20, Michigan State 7Box score
Oct 3, 1981Oklahoma State 9, North Texas 0Box score
Oct 3, 19812Penn State 30, Temple 0Box score
Oct 3, 19814Pittsburgh 42, South Carolina 28Box score
Oct 3, 1981Princeton 20, Brown 17upsetBox score
Oct 3, 1981Rice 20, Tulane 16Box score
Oct 3, 1981Rutgers 31, Cornell 17Box score
Oct 3, 1981San Diego State 17, New Mexico 15Box score
Oct 3, 1981San José State 65, Fresno State 33Box score
Oct 3, 19811USC 56, Oregon State 22Box score
Oct 3, 1981Southern Illinois 14, Illinois State 3Box score
Oct 3, 1981Southern Miss 52, Texas–Arlington 9Box score
Oct 3, 1981Maryland 17, Syracuse 17Box score
Oct 3, 1981Texas A&M 24, Texas Tech 23Box score
Oct 3, 1981TCU 28, 19Arkansas 24upsetBox score
Oct 3, 1981Toledo 21, Ohio 14Box score
Oct 3, 1981Tulsa 35, Kansas State 21Box score
Oct 3, 198116UCLA 27, Colorado 7Box score
Oct 3, 1981VMI 31, William & Mary 14Box score
Oct 3, 1981Virginia Tech 17, Memphis 13Box score
Oct 3, 1981Wake Forest 15, App State 14Box score
Oct 3, 1981Washington State 31, Pacific 0Box score
Oct 3, 1981West Texas 31, McNeese 24upsetBox score
Oct 3, 1981West Virginia 38, Boston College 10Box score
Oct 3, 1981Western Michigan 21, Bowling Green 7Box score
Oct 3, 1981Wichita State 24, New Mexico State 20Box score
Oct 3, 1981Wisconsin 20, Purdue 14Box score
Oct 3, 1981Wyoming 45, UNLV 21Box score
Oct 3, 1981Yale 23, Navy 19Box score

Everyone else

Oct 3, 1981Cal State Fullerton 34, Cal Poly 10Box score
Oct 3, 1981Colgate 21, Boston University 14Box score
Oct 3, 1981East Tennessee State 17, The Citadel 13upsetBox score
Oct 3, 1981Middle Tennessee 23, Western Carolina 10upsetBox score
Oct 3, 1981Richmond 24, James Madison 7Box score
Oct 3, 1981Stephen F. Austin 13, Lamar 10upsetBox score