1996: Week 12

51 games. Seven ranked teams lost, five 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

Nov 9, 199610Alabama 26, 11LSU 0Box score
Nov 9, 199618Northwestern 40, 23Iowa 13Box score

Upsets

Nov 9, 1996Memphis 21, 6Tennessee 17upsetBox score
Nov 9, 1996Purdue 9, 9Michigan 3upsetBox score
Nov 9, 1996Clemson 24, 15Virginia 16upsetBox score
Nov 7, 1996San Diego State 28, 16Wyoming 24upsetBox score
Nov 9, 1996Houston 56, 20Southern Miss 49upsetBox 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

Nov 7, 1996San Diego State 28, 16Wyoming 24upsetBox score
Nov 9, 199610Alabama 26, 11LSU 0Box score
Nov 9, 19964Arizona State 35, California 7Box score
Nov 9, 1996Arkansas 13, Ole Miss 7Box score
Nov 9, 1996Arkansas State 55, Louisiana Tech 38Box score
Nov 9, 1996Army 23, Air Force 7Box score
Nov 9, 199622Auburn 28, UL Monroe 24Box score
Nov 9, 1996Ball State 50, Kent State 6Box score
Nov 9, 199612BYU 49, Rice 0Box score
Nov 9, 1996UCF 35, UAB 13Box score
Nov 9, 1996Clemson 24, 15Virginia 16upsetBox score
Nov 9, 19967Colorado 49, Iowa State 42Box score
Nov 9, 1996Colorado State 42, Fresno State 20Box score
Nov 9, 1996Eastern Michigan 20, Akron 17Box score
Nov 9, 19961Florida 28, Vanderbilt 21Box score
Nov 9, 19963Florida State 44, Wake Forest 7Box score
Nov 9, 1996Houston 56, 20Southern Miss 49upsetBox score
Nov 9, 1996Idaho 34, New Mexico State 19Box score
Nov 9, 199613Kansas State 38, Kansas 12Box score
Nov 9, 1996Kentucky 24, Mississippi State 21Box score
Nov 9, 1996Louisiana 45, Northern Illinois 31Box score
Nov 9, 1996Memphis 21, 6Tennessee 17upsetBox score
Nov 9, 1996Miami (OH) 24, Ohio 8Box score
Nov 9, 1996Michigan State 38, Indiana 15Box score
Nov 9, 19965Nebraska 51, Missouri 7Box score
Nov 9, 1996Nevada 54, Utah State 27Box score
Nov 9, 19968North Carolina 28, Louisville 10Box score
Nov 9, 1996NC State 44, Duke 22Box score
Nov 9, 1996North Texas 30, Boise State 27Box score
Nov 9, 199618Northwestern 40, 23Iowa 13Box score
Nov 9, 199617Notre Dame 48, Boston College 21Box score
Nov 9, 19962Ohio State 48, Illinois 0Box score
Nov 9, 1996Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 17Box score
Nov 9, 1996Oregon 49, Arizona 31Box score
Nov 9, 1996Purdue 9, 9Michigan 3upsetBox score
Nov 9, 1996San José State 38, Hawai’i 17Box score
Nov 9, 1996SMU 30, UTEP 0Box score
Nov 9, 1996Stanford 24, USC 20Box score
Nov 9, 199624Syracuse 31, Tulane 7Box score
Nov 9, 1996Texas 38, Texas Tech 32Box score
Nov 9, 1996Texas A&M 24, Baylor 7Box score
Nov 9, 1996TCU 31, Tulsa 24Box score
Nov 9, 1996Toledo 23, Central Michigan 20Box score
Nov 9, 1996UCLA 38, Washington State 14Box score
Nov 9, 1996Utah 31, New Mexico 24Box score
Nov 9, 199625Virginia Tech 35, East Carolina 14Box score
Nov 9, 199619Washington 42, Oregon State 3Box score
Nov 9, 1996West Virginia 55, Rutgers 14Box score
Nov 9, 1996Western Michigan 16, Bowling Green 13upsetBox score
Nov 9, 1996Wisconsin 45, Minnesota 28Box score

Everyone else

Nov 9, 1996Navy 30, Delaware 14Box score