Seasons 1989 Week 1 Week 2 → 1989: Week 1 33 games. Three ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. One game 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 Aug 31, 1989 2 Notre Dame 36, Virginia 13Box score Sep 2, 1989 Air Force 52, San Diego State 36Box score Sep 2, 1989 18 Arizona 19, Stanford 3Box score Sep 2, 1989 19 BYU 24, New Mexico 3Box score Sep 2, 1989 Eastern Michigan 30, Kent State 7Box score Sep 2, 1989 Fresno State 52, Utah 22Box score Sep 2, 1989 Hawai’i 31, Tulane 26Box score Sep 2, 1989 21 Houston 69, UNLV 0Box score Sep 2, 1989 Louisiana Tech 40, Louisiana 14upset Box score Sep 2, 1989 Louisville 28, Wyoming 21upset Box score Sep 2, 1989 Ole Miss 20, Memphis 13Box score Sep 2, 1989 Mississippi State 42, Vanderbilt 7Box score Sep 2, 1989 24 NC State 10, Maryland 6Box score Sep 2, 1989 Northern Illinois 26, Cal State Fullerton 17Box score Sep 2, 1989 15 Oklahoma 73, New Mexico State 3Box score Sep 2, 1989 20 Pittsburgh 38, Pacific 3Box score Sep 2, 1989 Rice 35, SMU 6upset Box score Sep 2, 1989 Cincinnati 17, Rutgers 17Box score Sep 2, 1989 South Carolina 27, Duke 21Box score Sep 2, 1989 Southern Miss 30, 6 Florida State 26upset Box score Sep 2, 1989 Tennessee 17, Colorado State 14Box score Sep 2, 1989 Texas A&M 28, 7 LSU 16upset Box score Sep 2, 1989 Toledo 27, Ohio 18Box score Sep 2, 1989 Tulsa 23, UTEP 14upset Box score Sep 2, 1989 Virginia Tech 29, Akron 3Box score Sep 2, 1989 17 West Virginia 35, Ball State 10Box score Sep 2, 1989 Western Michigan 31, Temple 24Box score Sep 4, 1989 14 Colorado 27, Texas 6Box score Sep 4, 1989 22 Illinois 14, 5 USC 13upset Box score