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1981: Week 8

69 games. Six ranked teams lost, four to unranked teams. Two 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 24, 198110Texas 9, 8SMU 7upsetBox score
Oct 24, 198115Nebraska 6, 19Missouri 0Box score

Upsets

Oct 24, 1981South Carolina 31, 3North Carolina 13upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1981Minnesota 12, 6Iowa 10upsetBox score
Oct 24, 198110Texas 9, 8SMU 7upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1981Houston 20, 12Arkansas 17upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1981Wyoming 33, 13BYU 20upsetBox 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 24, 1981Air Force 20, Oregon 10upsetBox score
Oct 24, 198111Alabama 31, Rutgers 7Box score
Oct 24, 198117Arizona State 62, Stanford 36Box score
Oct 24, 1981Baylor 34, TCU 21Box score
Oct 24, 1981Boston College 41, Army 6Box score
Oct 24, 1981Bowling Green 38, Toledo 0Box score
Oct 24, 1981Central Michigan 24, Kent State 3Box score
Oct 24, 19814Clemson 17, NC State 7Box score
Oct 24, 1981Colgate 41, Columbia 3Box score
Oct 24, 1981Dartmouth 42, Cornell 7Box score
Oct 24, 1981Drake 21, West Texas 13Box score
Oct 24, 198120Florida State 38, LSU 14Box score
Oct 24, 1981Fresno State 30, Pacific 27Box score
Oct 24, 19817Georgia 21, Kentucky 0Box score
Oct 24, 1981Hawai’i 28, San Diego State 10Box score
Oct 24, 1981Holy Cross 34, Brown 24Box score
Oct 24, 1981Houston 20, 12Arkansas 17upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1981Illinois 23, Wisconsin 21Box score
Oct 24, 1981Indiana State 34, Illinois State 14Box score
Oct 24, 198114Iowa State 17, Colorado 10Box score
Oct 24, 1981Kansas 17, Kansas State 14Box score
Oct 24, 1981Long Beach State 10, Cal State Fullerton 9Box score
Oct 24, 1981Maryland 24, Duke 21Box score
Oct 24, 1981McNeese 21, Arkansas State 7Box score
Oct 24, 1981Miami 31, East Carolina 6Box score
Oct 24, 1981Miami (OH) 40, Ohio 14Box score
Oct 24, 198118Michigan 38, Northwestern 0Box score
Oct 24, 1981Minnesota 12, 6Iowa 10upsetBox score
Oct 24, 19819Mississippi State 21, Auburn 17Box score
Oct 24, 1981Navy 27, William & Mary 0Box score
Oct 24, 198115Nebraska 6, 19Missouri 0Box score
Oct 24, 1981New Mexico 17, New Mexico State 13Box score
Oct 24, 1981Northern Illinois 30, Eastern Michigan 7Box score
Oct 24, 1981Ohio State 29, Indiana 10Box score
Oct 24, 1981Oklahoma 42, Oregon State 3Box score
Oct 24, 1981Oklahoma State 19, Louisville 11Box score
Oct 24, 19811Penn State 30, West Virginia 7Box score
Oct 24, 19812Pittsburgh 23, Syracuse 10Box score
Oct 24, 1981Harvard 17, Princeton 17Box score
Oct 24, 1981Purdue 27, Michigan State 26Box score
Oct 24, 1981San José State 27, Utah State 24Box score
Oct 24, 1981South Carolina 31, 3North Carolina 13upsetBox score
Oct 24, 19815USC 14, Notre Dame 7Box score
Oct 24, 1981Southern Illinois 41, Louisiana 0Box score
Oct 24, 1981Temple 24, Cincinnati 13Box score
Oct 24, 1981Tennessee 28, Memphis 9Box score
Oct 24, 198110Texas 9, 8SMU 7upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1981Texas A&M 51, Rice 26Box score
Oct 24, 1981Texas–Arlington 7, North Texas 6Box score
Oct 24, 1981UTEP 35, Colorado State 29Box score
Oct 24, 1981Tulane 27, Georgia Tech 10Box score
Oct 24, 1981Tulsa 52, Wichita State 21Box score
Oct 24, 1981UCLA 34, California 6Box score
Oct 24, 1981Utah 69, UNLV 28Box score
Oct 24, 1981Vanderbilt 27, Ole Miss 23upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1981VMI 20, Marshall 16Box score
Oct 24, 1981Virginia Tech 34, App State 12Box score
Oct 24, 1981Wake Forest 24, Virginia 21Box score
Oct 24, 1981Washington 14, Texas Tech 7Box score
Oct 24, 198116Washington State 34, Arizona 19Box score
Oct 24, 1981Western Carolina 24, Chattanooga 10upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1981Western Michigan 14, Ball State 3Box score
Oct 24, 1981Wyoming 33, 13BYU 20upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1981Yale 24, Pennsylvania 3Box score

Everyone else

Oct 24, 1981The Citadel 55, Newberry 14Box score
Oct 24, 1981East Tennessee State 34, Wofford 8Box score
Oct 24, 1981Furman 38, Liberty 14Box score
Oct 24, 1981Louisiana Tech 37, Northwestern State 33Box score
Oct 24, 1981SE Louisiana 50, UL Monroe 47Box score