1981: Week 7

68 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

Oct 17, 1981	3Pittsburgh 42, 11Florida State 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	12Iowa 9, 5Michigan 7upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	16Mississippi State 14, 13Miami 10upset	Box score

Upsets

Oct 17, 1981	Arkansas 42, 1Texas 11upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	12Iowa 9, 5Michigan 7upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Iowa State 34, 8Missouri 13upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	16Mississippi State 14, 13Miami 10upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Michigan State 33, 14Wisconsin 14upset	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 17, 1981	15Alabama 38, Tennessee 19	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Arizona 18, Oregon 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	20Arizona State 45, California 17	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Arkansas 42, 1Texas 11upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Army 34, Princeton 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Auburn 31, Georgia Tech 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Baylor 19, Texas A&M 17	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Bowling Green 17, Northern Illinois 10	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	17BYU 27, San Diego State 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Chattanooga 3, Arkansas State 2	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Cincinnati 27, Richmond 18	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	6Clemson 38, Duke 10	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Colorado 11, Oklahoma State 10	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Cornell 14, Brown 9upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Dartmouth 24, Harvard 10	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	East Carolina 35, Louisiana 31	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Florida 49, Ole Miss 3	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	9Georgia 53, Vanderbilt 21	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Hawai’i 23, New Mexico 13	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Indiana 17, Minnesota 16	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	12Iowa 9, 5Michigan 7upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Iowa State 34, 8Missouri 13upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Kent State 17, Ball State 7upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	LSU 24, Kentucky 10	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Louisiana Tech 16, Lamar 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Maryland 45, Wake Forest 33	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	McNeese 41, UL Monroe 25	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Miami (OH) 20, Western Michigan 19	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Michigan State 33, 14Wisconsin 14upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	16Mississippi State 14, 13Miami 10upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Navy 25, Boston College 10	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	19Nebraska 49, Kansas State 3	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	New Mexico State 20, Illinois State 10	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	4North Carolina 21, NC State 10	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Ohio 29, Eastern Michigan 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Ohio State 34, Illinois 27	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Oklahoma 45, Kansas 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Pacific 17, Long Beach State 10upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	2Penn State 41, Syracuse 16	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	3Pittsburgh 42, 11Florida State 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Purdue 35, Northwestern 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Rice 30, Texas Tech 23	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	San José State 45, Cal State Fullerton 23	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	South Carolina 21, Virginia 3	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	7USC 25, Stanford 17	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Southern Illinois 24, Fresno State 18	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	10SMU 38, Houston 22	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Southern Miss 10, Memphis 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Temple 24, Rutgers 12upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Toledo 17, Central Michigan 3	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Tulane 31, Air Force 13	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Tulsa 20, Indiana State 19	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	18Washington State 17, UCLA 17	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Utah 24, Colorado State 13	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	TCU 13, Utah State 13	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	App State 14, VMI 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Washington 56, Oregon State 17	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	West Texas 23, Wichita State 17	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	West Virginia 27, Virginia Tech 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	William & Mary 38, Marshall 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Wyoming 63, UTEP 12	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Yale 48, Columbia 17	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 17, 1981	The Citadel 23, Davidson 3	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Colgate 30, Lafayette 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	UConn 44, Holy Cross 24upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	East Tennessee State 34, Western Carolina 23	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Furman 30, James Madison 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1981	Tennessee State 42, Louisville 30	Box score