1997: Week 2
33 games. One ranked team lost, to an unranked team. 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 28, 1997 | Central Michigan 44, Northern Illinois 10 | Box score |
| Aug 28, 1997 | Cincinnati 34, Tulsa 24 | Box score |
| Aug 28, 1997 | Kansas 24, UAB 0 | Box score |
| Aug 28, 1997 | Ohio 31, Kent State 7 | Box score |
| Aug 28, 1997 | 9Ohio State 24, Wyoming 10 | Box score |
| Aug 28, 1997 | Western Michigan 34, Temple 14 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Air Force 14, Idaho 10 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | 16Alabama 42, Houston 17 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Arizona State 41, New Mexico State 10 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Colorado State 45, Nevada 13 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | 2Florida 21, Southern Miss 6 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Georgia 38, Arkansas State 7 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Hawai’i 17, Minnesota 3 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Kentucky 38, Louisville 24 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Louisiana Tech 30, Bowling Green 23 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | 14Miami 45, Baylor 14 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Miami (OH) 27, Ball State 10 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Ole Miss 24, UCF 23 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Mississippi State 13, Memphis 10 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | 6Nebraska 59, Akron 14 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | NC State 32, 13Syracuse 31upset | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Oklahoma State 21, Iowa State 14 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Pittsburgh 45, Louisiana 13 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | 5Tennessee 52, Texas Tech 17 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Utah State 21, Utah 14upset | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Vanderbilt 29, North Texas 12 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Virginia Tech 59, Rutgers 19 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | Washington State 37, UCLA 34 | Box score |
| Aug 30, 1997 | West Virginia 42, Marshall 31 | Box score |