| Oct 26, 1996 | Air Force 34, Hawai’i 7 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Akron 34, Northern Illinois 17 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Arizona 33, Oregon State 7 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 4Arizona State 41, Stanford 9 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Army 27, Miami (OH) 7 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Ball State 24, Central Michigan 17 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Baylor 49, Iowa State 21 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 15BYU 45, TCU 21 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Cincinnati 10, Louisville 7upset | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 8Colorado 28, Texas 24 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Colorado State 27, San Diego State 18 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Eastern Michigan 51, Kent State 10 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 3Florida State 31, 14Virginia 24 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Fresno State 34, UNLV 23 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Georgia Tech 27, UCF 20 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 16Kansas State 42, Oklahoma 35 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Kentucky 24, Georgia 17 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Louisiana 13, Memphis 9 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 13LSU 28, Mississippi State 20 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Louisiana Tech 35, UAB 31 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Maryland 22, Duke 19 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 25Miami 10, 12West Virginia 7upset | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 10Michigan 44, Minnesota 10 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Michigan State 30, Wisconsin 13 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Ole Miss 38, Arkansas State 21 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Missouri 35, Oklahoma State 28 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Navy 47, Wake Forest 18 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 5Nebraska 63, Kansas 7 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Nevada 40, North Texas 13 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 9North Carolina 42, Houston 14 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 11Northwestern 27, Illinois 24 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Ohio 38, Bowling Green 0 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 2Ohio State 38, 20Iowa 26 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 17Penn State 48, Indiana 26 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Rice 48, UTEP 21 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Rutgers 28, Temple 17 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | South Carolina 27, Vanderbilt 0 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | USC 29, Washington State 24 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | SMU 52, New Mexico 31 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 24Southern Miss 31, Tulane 28 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Syracuse 45, Boston College 17 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 6Tennessee 20, 7Alabama 13 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Texas Tech 13, Texas A&M 10 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Toledo 10, Western Michigan 7 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | UCLA 38, California 29 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 21Utah 45, Tulsa 19 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Utah State 35, Idaho 28 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | Virginia Tech 34, Pittsburgh 17 | Box score |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 23Washington 33, Oregon 14 | Box score |