1997: Week 8

52 games. Six ranked teams lost, two to unranked teams. Four games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 11, 1997	2Penn State 31, 7Ohio State 27	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	14LSU 28, 1Florida 21upset	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	9Tennessee 38, 13Georgia 13	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	20Oklahoma State 33, 24Colorado 29	Box score

Upsets

Oct 11, 1997	14LSU 28, 1Florida 21upset	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Arizona 28, 16Stanford 22upset	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Rice 27, 21BYU 14upset	Box 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

Oct 9, 1997	Syracuse 50, Rutgers 3	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	19Air Force 10, Navy 7	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Arizona 28, 16Stanford 22upset	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Arizona State 35, USC 7	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	8Auburn 49, Louisiana Tech 13	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Boise State 52, New Mexico State 10	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Cincinnati 33, UAB 29	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Colorado State 55, San José State 20	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Eastern Michigan 38, Ball State 32	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	4Florida State 51, Duke 27	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	25Georgia Tech 27, NC State 17	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Hawai’i 28, Fresno State 16	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	22Kansas State 41, Missouri 11	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	14LSU 28, 1Florida 21upset	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Marshall 52, Akron 17	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Memphis 38, Arkansas State 9	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Miami (OH) 62, Kent State 26	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	6Michigan 23, Northwestern 6	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	11Michigan State 38, Indiana 6	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Mississippi State 24, UL Monroe 10	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	3Nebraska 49, Baylor 21	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	UNLV 21, TCU 19	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	New Mexico 36, San Diego State 21	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	5North Carolina 30, Wake Forest 12	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Notre Dame 45, Pittsburgh 21	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	20Oklahoma State 33, 24Colorado 29	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Oregon State 24, Utah State 16	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	2Penn State 31, 7Ohio State 27	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Purdue 59, Minnesota 43	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Rice 27, 21BYU 14upset	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	South Carolina 38, Kentucky 24	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	SMU 20, Utah 19upset	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Southern Miss 23, East Carolina 13	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	9Tennessee 38, 13Georgia 13	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Texas 27, Oklahoma 24	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	15Texas A&M 56, Iowa State 17	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Texas Tech 17, Kansas 7	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	UTEP 33, Tulsa 18	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Toledo 41, Central Michigan 10	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Tulane 64, Louisville 33	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	18UCLA 39, Oregon 31	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Vanderbilt 17, Northern Illinois 7	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Virginia 21, Clemson 7	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	23Virginia Tech 17, Boston College 7	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	10Washington 30, California 3	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	West Virginia 31, Maryland 14	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Western Michigan 34, Bowling Green 21	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Wisconsin 31, Illinois 7	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Wyoming 34, Nevada 30	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 11, 1997	UCF 52, Samford 7	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	Idaho 44, UC Davis 14	Box score
Oct 11, 1997	North Alabama 48, Louisiana 42upset	Box score