1981: Week 6

66 games. Six ranked teams lost, five 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 10, 1981

3Texas 34, 10Oklahoma 14

Box score

Upsets

Oct 10, 1981	Arizona 13, 1USC 10upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	UNLV 45, 8BYU 41upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	San Diego State 52, 12Iowa State 31upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Stanford 26, 17UCLA 23upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Wisconsin 24, 18Ohio State 21upset	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 10, 1981	Arizona 13, 1USC 10upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Arizona State 24, Oregon 0	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Arkansas 26, Texas Tech 14	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Arkansas State 14, Louisiana 3	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Auburn 19, LSU 7	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Brown 26, Pennsylvania 24	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Cal State Fullerton 13, Fresno State 10	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Central Michigan 15, Western Michigan 13	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Chattanooga 20, Marshall 0	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Cincinnati 19, Ohio 9upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	9Clemson 27, Virginia 0	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Drake 24, Wichita State 23	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Duke 14, Virginia Tech 7	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	East Carolina 17, Richmond 13	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Florida 15, Maryland 10	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	20Florida State 19, Notre Dame 13	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Furman 22, App State 18	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	11Georgia 37, Ole Miss 7	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Harvard 27, Cornell 10	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Hawai’i 14, Wyoming 9	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Indiana State 31, Ball State 7	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	15Iowa 42, Indiana 28	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Kent State 31, Northern Illinois 10	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Lamar 17, UL Monroe 13upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Louisville 14, Memphis 7	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Bowling Green 7, Miami (OH) 7	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	6Michigan 38, Michigan State 20	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Minnesota 35, Northwestern 23	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	19Mississippi State 37, Colorado State 27	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	13Missouri 58, Kansas State 13	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Navy 30, Air Force 13	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Nebraska 59, Colorado 0	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	UNLV 45, 8BYU 41upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	New Mexico 26, UTEP 3	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	5North Carolina 48, Wake Forest 10	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	North Texas 38, New Mexico State 16	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Oklahoma State 20, Kansas 7	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	2Penn State 38, Boston College 7	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	4Pittsburgh 17, West Virginia 0	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Princeton 21, Columbia 14	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Purdue 44, Illinois 20	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Rice 41, TCU 28	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Rutgers 17, Army 0	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	San Diego State 52, 12Iowa State 31upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	South Carolina 28, Kentucky 14	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Southern Illinois 29, West Texas 22upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	14SMU 37, Baylor 20	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Southern Miss 13, 7Alabama 13	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Stanford 26, 17UCLA 23upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Temple 31, Colgate 0	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Tennessee 10, Georgia Tech 7	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	3Texas 34, 10Oklahoma 14	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Texas A&M 7, Houston 6	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Texas–Arlington 31, Louisiana Tech 14	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Toledo 42, Eastern Michigan 7	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Tulane 14, Vanderbilt 10	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Utah State 17, Pacific 14	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	VMI 14, The Citadel 0	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Washington 27, California 26	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Washington State 23, Oregon State 0	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	William & Mary 12, Dartmouth 7upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Wisconsin 24, 18Ohio State 21upset	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Yale 29, Holy Cross 28	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 10, 1981	Illinois State 25, Eastern Illinois 3	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	McNeese 42, Northwestern State 21	Box score
Oct 10, 1981	Western Carolina 37, Wofford 30	Box score