1982: Week 1
35 games. Two ranked teams lost. Two games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
The week in review
Upsets
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
| Sep 2, 1982 | BYU 27, UNLV 0 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | 19Arizona State 34, Oregon 3 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Boston College 38, Texas A&M 16 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Bowling Green 40, Ohio 0 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Duke 25, Tennessee 24 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | 16Florida 17, 15Miami 14upset | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Illinois 49, Northwestern 13 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Ole Miss 27, Memphis 10 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Mississippi State 30, Tulane 21 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Missouri 28, Colorado State 14 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | New Mexico 41, Wyoming 20upset | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | 8Penn State 31, Temple 14 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | South Carolina 41, Pacific 6 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Syracuse 31, Rutgers 8 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | UTEP 20, New Mexico State 17upset | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Toledo 9, Northern Illinois 3 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Tulsa 35, Air Force 17 | Box score |
| Sep 6, 1982 | 7Georgia 13, 11Clemson 7 | Box score |
Everyone else
| Sep 4, 1982 | Abilene Christian 33, West Texas 29upset | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Baylor 21, North Texas 17 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Cal State Fullerton 19, Northern Arizona 15 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Central Michigan 35, Indiana State 10 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Drake 40, Northern Iowa 13 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Eastern Illinois 27, Illinois State 14 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Florida State 38, Cincinnati 31 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Louisville 20, Western Kentucky 10 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Marshall 30, Kent State 21 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | NC State 26, Furman 0 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Southern Illinois 38, Western Illinois 7 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Southern Miss 45, UL Monroe 27 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Utah 30, Montana State 12 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Virginia Tech 20, Richmond 9 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Wake Forest 31, Western Carolina 10 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Western Michigan 28, Grand Valley State 3 | Box score |
| Sep 4, 1982 | Wichita State 51, Missouri–Rolla 14 | Box score |