1997: Week 9

49 games. Nine ranked teams lost, five 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 18, 19977Florida 24, 6Auburn 10upsetBox score
Oct 18, 19975Michigan 28, 15Iowa 24Box score
Oct 18, 19973Florida State 38, 21Georgia Tech 0Box score
Oct 18, 199720Kansas State 36, 14Texas A&M 17upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 18, 19977Florida 24, 6Auburn 10upsetBox score
Oct 18, 1997Ole Miss 36, 8LSU 21upsetBox score
Oct 18, 1997Northwestern 19, 12Michigan State 17upsetBox score
Oct 18, 199720Kansas State 36, 14Texas A&M 17upsetBox score
Oct 18, 1997Fresno State 20, 18Air Force 17upsetBox score
Oct 18, 1997Purdue 45, 24Wisconsin 20upsetBox 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 18, 1997Arizona State 31, 25Stanford 14upsetBox score
Oct 18, 1997Army 37, Rutgers 35Box score
Oct 18, 1997Ball State 37, Central Michigan 34Box score
Oct 18, 1997Boise State 17, North Texas 14upsetBox score
Oct 18, 1997BYU 17, Hawai’i 3Box score
Oct 18, 1997Colorado 42, Kansas 6Box score
Oct 18, 1997Colorado State 14, Wyoming 7Box score
Oct 18, 1997Eastern Michigan 45, Akron 0Box score
Oct 18, 19977Florida 24, 6Auburn 10upsetBox score
Oct 18, 19973Florida State 38, 21Georgia Tech 0Box score
Oct 18, 1997Fresno State 20, 18Air Force 17upsetBox score
Oct 18, 199719Georgia 34, Vanderbilt 13Box score
Oct 18, 1997Houston 41, Cincinnati 38Box score
Oct 18, 199720Kansas State 36, 14Texas A&M 17upsetBox score
Oct 18, 1997Kentucky 49, UL Monroe 14Box score
Oct 18, 1997Louisiana Tech 42, Arkansas State 14Box score
Oct 18, 1997Miami 45, Boston College 44Box score
Oct 18, 1997Miami (OH) 45, Marshall 21Box score
Oct 18, 19975Michigan 28, 15Iowa 24Box score
Oct 18, 1997Ole Miss 36, 8LSU 21upsetBox score
Oct 18, 1997Missouri 37, Texas 29Box score
Oct 18, 19972Nebraska 29, Texas Tech 0Box score
Oct 18, 1997Nevada 42, Idaho 23Box score
Oct 18, 19974North Carolina 20, NC State 7Box score
Oct 18, 1997Northwestern 19, 12Michigan State 17upsetBox score
Oct 18, 1997Ohio 24, Bowling Green 0Box score
Oct 18, 199711Ohio State 31, Indiana 0Box score
Oct 18, 1997Oklahoma 24, Baylor 23Box score
Oct 18, 1997Oregon 31, Utah 13Box score
Oct 18, 19971Penn State 16, Minnesota 15Box score
Oct 18, 1997Purdue 45, 24Wisconsin 20upsetBox score
Oct 18, 1997Rice 35, New Mexico 23Box score
Oct 18, 1997San Diego State 20, UNLV 17Box score
Oct 18, 1997San José State 10, UTEP 7Box score
Oct 18, 1997South Carolina 39, Arkansas 13Box score
Oct 18, 1997USC 20, Notre Dame 17Box score
Oct 18, 1997Syracuse 60, Temple 7Box score
Oct 18, 19979Tennessee 38, Alabama 21Box score
Oct 18, 1997Toledo 41, Northern Illinois 14Box score
Oct 18, 1997Tulane 33, East Carolina 16Box score
Oct 18, 1997Tulsa 33, TCU 22Box score
Oct 18, 199717UCLA 34, Oregon State 10Box score
Oct 18, 1997Utah State 38, New Mexico State 7Box score
Oct 18, 1997Virginia 13, Duke 10Box score
Oct 18, 1997Wake Forest 35, Maryland 17Box score
Oct 18, 199710Washington 58, Arizona 28Box score
Oct 18, 199713Washington State 63, California 37Box score
Oct 18, 1997Western Michigan 50, Kent State 27Box score

Everyone else

Oct 18, 1997Navy 42, VMI 7Box score