1985: Week 3
57 games. One ranked team lost, to an unranked team. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
The week in review
Upsets
| Sep 14, 1985 | Michigan 20, 13Notre Dame 12upset | 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
Everyone else
| Sep 14, 1985 | Akron 24, Kent State 0 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | Cincinnati 29, Youngstown State 27 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | Delaware 16, Navy 13 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | East Carolina 27, Texas State 16 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | Eastern Illinois 39, Indiana State 7 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | 19Illinois 28, Southern Illinois 25 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | Missouri State 17, Illinois State 17 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | 5Iowa 58, Drake 0 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | Louisiana Tech 24, Louisiana 23 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | Marshall 31, Ohio 7 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | Memphis 10, Murray State 10 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | Nevada 30, Cal State Fullerton 3upset | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | Northern Iowa 10, Kansas State 6upset | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | 8Oklahoma State 10, North Texas 9 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | Virginia 40, VMI 15 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | Wake Forest 30, Boston University 0 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1985 | West Texas 12, Angelo State 10 | Box score |