| Sep 12, 1996 | 10Miami 33, Rutgers 0 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | 13Alabama 36, Vanderbilt 26 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | UAB 42, Arkansas State 17 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Arizona 41, Illinois 0 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | 18Arizona State 52, North Texas 7 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Army 37, Ohio 20 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | 15Auburn 45, Ole Miss 28 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Baylor 14, Louisville 13 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Bowling Green 20, Temple 16 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | California 42, San Diego State 37 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Eastern Michigan 19, Western Michigan 12 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Georgia Tech 30, Wake Forest 10 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Houston 42, Pittsburgh 35 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Indiana 21, Miami (OH) 14 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | 21Iowa 38, Iowa State 13 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | 24Kansas 52, TCU 17 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | 17Kansas State 35, Cincinnati 0 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Louisiana 29, 25Texas A&M 22upset | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Louisiana Tech 38, Central Michigan 37upset | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Memphis 19, Missouri 16 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | 11Michigan 20, 5Colorado 13upset | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Minnesota 26, Ball State 23 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | New Mexico 17, UCF 7 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Northwestern 38, Duke 13 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | 9Notre Dame 35, Purdue 0 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Oklahoma State 30, Tulsa 9 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Oregon 35, Colorado State 28 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | 6Penn State 49, Northern Illinois 0 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Rice 21, Tulane 14 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | South Carolina 23, Georgia 14 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | 16USC 46, Oregon State 17 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Southern Miss 31, Utah State 24 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Stanford 25, San José State 2 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | UTEP 14, New Mexico State 7 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Toledo 27, Akron 10 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | UCLA 44, UL Monroe 0 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Utah 21, SMU 17 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | 22Virginia 21, Maryland 3 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | 19Virginia Tech 45, Boston College 7 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Washington 29, 14BYU 17upset | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | West Virginia 10, East Carolina 9 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Wisconsin 52, UNLV 17 | Box score |
| Sep 14, 1996 | Wyoming 66, Hawai’i 0 | Box score |