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1981: Week 9

67 games. Five ranked teams lost, three 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 31, 19818Alabama 13, 7Mississippi State 10upsetBox score
Oct 31, 19814USC 41, 14Washington State 17Box score

Upsets

Oct 31, 1981Miami 17, 1Penn State 14upsetBox score
Oct 31, 19818Alabama 13, 7Mississippi State 10upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1981Kansas State 10, 11Iowa State 7upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1981Illinois 24, 16Iowa 7upsetBox 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 31, 1981Air Force 7, Army 3Box score
Oct 31, 19818Alabama 13, 7Mississippi State 10upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1981Arizona 48, UTEP 15Box score
Oct 31, 198110Arizona State 31, San José State 24Box score
Oct 31, 198120Arkansas 41, Rice 7Box score
Oct 31, 1981Arkansas State 10, Texas–Arlington 7Box score
Oct 31, 1981Auburn 14, Florida 12Box score
Oct 31, 1981Ball State 35, Eastern Michigan 13Box score
Oct 31, 1981Bowling Green 13, Kent State 7Box score
Oct 31, 1981BYU 31, New Mexico 7Box score
Oct 31, 1981California 45, Oregon State 3Box score
Oct 31, 1981Central Michigan 38, Ohio 21Box score
Oct 31, 1981Cincinnati 17, Tulane 13Box score
Oct 31, 19813Clemson 82, Wake Forest 24Box score
Oct 31, 1981Duke 38, Georgia Tech 24Box score
Oct 31, 198117Florida State 56, Western Carolina 31Box score
Oct 31, 1981Furman 35, Marshall 3Box score
Oct 31, 19815Georgia 49, Temple 3Box score
Oct 31, 1981Harvard 41, Brown 7Box score
Oct 31, 1981Hawai’i 57, UNLV 21Box score
Oct 31, 1981Holy Cross 14, Columbia 7Box score
Oct 31, 1981Houston 20, TCU 16Box score
Oct 31, 1981Illinois 24, 16Iowa 7upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1981Kansas State 10, 11Iowa State 7upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1981LSU 27, Ole Miss 27Box score
Oct 31, 1981Louisiana Tech 17, Louisiana 17Box score
Oct 31, 1981McNeese 20, Lamar 20Box score
Oct 31, 1981Miami 17, 1Penn State 14upsetBox score
Oct 31, 198115Michigan 34, Minnesota 13Box score
Oct 31, 1981Michigan State 26, Indiana 3Box score
Oct 31, 198112Nebraska 31, Kansas 15Box score
Oct 31, 19819North Carolina 17, Maryland 10Box score
Oct 31, 1981Notre Dame 38, Navy 0Box score
Oct 31, 1981Ohio State 45, Purdue 33Box score
Oct 31, 198119Oklahoma 49, Colorado 0Box score
Oct 31, 1981Oklahoma State 16, Missouri 12upsetBox score
Oct 31, 1981Pacific 17, Cal State Fullerton 16Box score
Oct 31, 19812Pittsburgh 29, Boston College 24Box score
Oct 31, 1981Princeton 38, Pennsylvania 30Box score
Oct 31, 1981South Carolina 20, NC State 12Box score
Oct 31, 19814USC 41, 14Washington State 17Box score
Oct 31, 1981Southern Illinois 17, Indiana State 3Box score
Oct 31, 198113SMU 27, Texas A&M 7Box score
Oct 31, 1981Southern Miss 22, North Texas 0Box score
Oct 31, 1981Syracuse 47, Colgate 24Box score
Oct 31, 19816Texas 26, Texas Tech 9Box score
Oct 31, 1981Toledo 17, Miami (OH) 10Box score
Oct 31, 1981Tulsa 59, Drake 6Box score
Oct 31, 1981UCLA 28, Oregon 11Box score
Oct 31, 1981Utah 17, San Diego State 14Box score
Oct 31, 1981Utah State 20, Fresno State 0Box score
Oct 31, 1981Vanderbilt 26, Memphis 0Box score
Oct 31, 1981Virginia 13, VMI 10Box score
Oct 31, 1981Virginia Tech 29, Kentucky 3Box score
Oct 31, 198118Washington 42, Stanford 31Box score
Oct 31, 1981West Virginia 20, East Carolina 3Box score
Oct 31, 1981Western Michigan 23, Northern Illinois 12Box score
Oct 31, 1981Wichita State 38, Illinois State 7Box score
Oct 31, 1981Wisconsin 52, Northwestern 0Box score
Oct 31, 1981Wyoming 55, Colorado State 21Box score
Oct 31, 1981Yale 24, Dartmouth 3Box score

Everyone else

Oct 31, 1981Chattanooga 17, East Tennessee State 0Box score
Oct 31, 1981The Citadel 21, Presbyterian 3Box score
Oct 31, 1981Cornell 22, Bucknell 15Box score
Oct 31, 1981UL Monroe 55, Nicholls 18Box score
Oct 31, 1981New Mexico State 31, Western Illinois 24Box score
Oct 31, 1981William & Mary 31, James Madison 19Box score