| Oct 19, 1996 | Air Force 20, 8Notre Dame 17upset | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Akron 10, Miami (OH) 7upset | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 7Alabama 37, Ole Miss 0 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | UAB 39, Louisiana 29 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 4Arizona State 48, USC 35 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Army 34, Tulane 10 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Ball State 16, Bowling Green 11 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Boston College 37, Rutgers 13 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 18BYU 55, Tulsa 30 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Central Michigan 41, Eastern Michigan 36 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Cincinnati 31, Houston 20 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Clemson 28, 22Georgia Tech 25upset | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 9Colorado 20, Kansas 7 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Colorado State 36, San José State 13 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | East Carolina 31, 12Miami 6upset | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 1Florida 51, 16Auburn 10 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Georgia 13, Vanderbilt 2 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Hawai’i 38, UNLV 28 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Idaho 24, Nevada 15upset | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Iowa 21, 10Penn State 20upset | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 21Kansas State 23, Texas A&M 20 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 17LSU 41, Kentucky 14 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Louisiana Tech 61, Toledo 20upset | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | UL Monroe 39, UCF 38 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Louisville 27, Northern Illinois 3 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Maryland 52, Wake Forest 0 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 13Michigan 27, Indiana 20 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Michigan State 27, Minnesota 9 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 5Nebraska 24, Texas Tech 10 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | North Texas 13, New Mexico State 0 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 14Northwestern 34, Wisconsin 30 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Ohio 24, Kent State 15 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 2Ohio State 42, Purdue 14 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Oklahoma 28, Baylor 24upset | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Oklahoma State 28, Iowa State 27 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Oregon State 26, Stanford 12upset | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Rice 35, SMU 17 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | San Diego State 48, New Mexico 42 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | South Carolina 23, Arkansas 17 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Southern Miss 16, Memphis 0 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 24Utah 21, TCU 7 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Utah State 39, Boise State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 20Virginia 62, NC State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 25Washington 41, UCLA 21 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | Washington State 21, 19California 18upset | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 15West Virginia 30, Temple 10 | Box score |
| Oct 19, 1996 | 23Wyoming 42, Fresno State 21 | Box score |