1959

1960 Rankings
​Final

1961

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Iowa	(8-1-0)		0.8362	Big Ten
2	Mississippi	(10-0-1)		0.7778	Southeastern
3	Florida	(9-2-0)		0.6945	Southeastern
4	Missouri	(10-1-0)		0.6932	Big Eight
5	Auburn	(8-2-0)		0.6634	Southeastern
6	Washington	(10-1-0)		0.6619	AAWU
7	Minnesota	(8-2-0)		0.6490	Big Ten
8	Alabama	(8-1-2)		0.6362	Southeastern
9	Ohio State	(7-2-0)		0.6213	Big Ten
10	Kansas	(7-2-1)		0.6163	Big Eight
11	Michigan State	(6-2-1)		0.5963	Big Ten
12	Baylor	(8-3-0)		0.5912	Southwest
13	Arkansas	(8-3-0)		0.5780	Southwest
14	New Mexico State	(11-0-0)		0.5561	Border
15	Syracuse	(7-2-0)		0.5510	Independent
16	Duke	(8-3-0)		0.5489	Atlantic Coast
17	Navy	(9-2-0)		0.5418	Independent
18	Texas	(7-3-1)		0.5384	Southwest
19	Rice	(7-4-0)		0.5364	Southwest
20	UCLA	(7-2-1)		0.5329	AAWU
21	Penn State	(7-3-0)		0.5251	Independent
22	Georgia Tech	(5-5-0)		0.4995	Southeastern
23	Yale	(9-0-0)		0.4937	Ivy
24	Tennessee	(6-2-2)		0.4858	Southeastern
25	Michigan	(5-4-0)		0.4852	Big Ten
26	Wyoming	(8-2-0)		0.4607	Mountain States
27	Purdue	(4-4-1)		0.4508	Big Ten
28	Utah State	(9-2-0)		0.4457	Mountain States
29	Georgia	(6-4-0)		0.4336	Southeastern
30	Pittsburgh	(4-3-3)		0.4255	Independent
31	Northwestern	(5-4-0)		0.4124	Big Ten
32	Illinois	(5-4-0)		0.4087	Big Ten
33	Utah	(7-3-0)		0.3932	Mountain States
34	Louisiana State	(5-4-1)		0.3894	Southeastern
35	Iowa State	(7-3-0)		0.3857	Big Eight
36	Colorado	(6-4-0)		0.3823	Big Eight
37	Army	(6-3-1)		0.3718	Independent
38	Oregon State	(6-3-1)		0.3649	Independent
39	Oregon	(7-3-1)		0.3589	Independent
40	Arizona	(7-3-0)		0.3549	Border
41	Texas Christian	(4-4-2)		0.3548	Southwest
42	Kentucky	(5-4-1)		0.3526	Southeastern
43	Princeton	(7-2-0)		0.3401	Ivy
44	Miami (Florida)	(6-4-0)		0.3386	Independent
45	Rutgers	(8-1-0)		0.3278	Independent
46	North Carolina State	(6-3-1)		0.3267	Atlantic Coast
47	Virginia Military Institute	(7-2-1)		0.3013	Southern
48	Detroit Mercy	(7-2-0)		0.2938	Independent
49	Arizona State	(7-3-0)		0.2929	Border
50	Houston	(6-4-0)		0.2854	Independent
51	Wichita State	(8-2-0)		0.2827	Missouri Valley
52	Memphis	(8-2-0)		0.2789	Independent
53	Nebraska	(4-6-0)		0.2715	Big Eight
54	Maryland	(6-4-0)		0.2596	Atlantic Coast
55	Citadel	(8-2-1)		0.2542	Southern
56	Wisconsin	(4-5-0)		0.2470	Big Ten
57	Clemson	(6-4-0)		0.2400	Atlantic Coast
58	Holy Cross	(6-4-0)		0.2125	Independent
59	Oklahoma	(3-6-1)		0.2057	Big Eight
60	Mississippi State	(2-6-1)		0.1963	Southeastern
61	George Washington	(5-3-1)		0.1909	Southern
62	Tulane	(3-6-1)		0.1828	Southeastern
63	Southern California	(4-6-0)		0.1731	AAWU
64	Dartmouth	(5-4-0)		0.1703	Ivy
65	Virginia Tech	(6-4-0)		0.1695	Southern
66	Tulsa	(5-5-0)		0.1661	Missouri Valley
67	Oklahoma State	(3-7-0)		0.1515	Big Eight
68	Washington State	(4-5-1)		0.1462	Independent
69	Texas Tech	(3-6-1)		0.1382	Southwest
70	New Mexico	(5-5-0)		0.1250	Mountain States
71	Air Force	(4-6-0)		0.1217	Independent
72	Boston College	(3-6-1)		0.1002	Independent
73	Texas A&M	(1-6-3)		0.0897	Southwest
74	Montana	(5-5-0)		0.0892	Mountain States
75	Harvard	(5-4-0)		0.0656	Ivy
76	Notre Dame	(2-8-0)		0.0632	Independent
77	Furman	(5-4-1)		0.0562	Southern
78	Florida State	(3-6-1)		0.0403	Independent
79	South Carolina	(3-6-1)		0.0248	Atlantic Coast
80	Vanderbilt	(3-7-0)		0.0160	Southeastern
81	North Carolina	(3-7-0)		-0.0079	Atlantic Coast
82	San Jose State	(5-4-0)		-0.0214	Independent
83	Texas-El Paso	(4-5-1)		-0.0403	Border
84	Xavier	(5-5-0)		-0.0473	Independent
85	California	(2-7-1)		-0.0593	AAWU
86	Indiana	(1-8-0)		-0.0717	Big Ten
87	Boston University	(3-5-2)		-0.0720	Independent
88	Southern Methodist	(0-9-1)		-0.0905	Southwest
89	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		-0.1011	Ivy
90	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.1182	Ivy
91	West Texas A&M	(3-7-0)		-0.1229	Border
92	Cincinnati	(4-6-0)		-0.1230	Missouri Valley
93	Wake Forest	(2-8-0)		-0.1456	Atlantic Coast
94	Brigham Young	(3-8-0)		-0.1474	Mountain States
95	Davidson	(3-5-0)		-0.1565	Southern
96	Pacific	(4-6-0)		-0.1695	Independent
97	Denver	(3-7-0)		-0.1761	Mountain States
98	Kansas State	(1-9-0)		-0.1935	Big Eight
99	Richmond	(3-6-1)		-0.1982	Southern
100	Idaho	(1-9-0)		-0.2239	Independent
101	Brown	(3-6-0)		-0.2329	Ivy
102	Colgate	(2-7-0)		-0.2374	Independent
103	Colorado State	(2-8-0)		-0.2564	Mountain States
104	North Texas	(2-6-1)		-0.2654	Missouri Valley
105	West Virginia	(0-8-2)		-0.2672	Southern
106	Marquette	(3-6-0)		-0.2841	Independent
107	Villanova	(2-8-0)		-0.2956	Independent
108	Cornell	(2-7-0)		-0.3056	Ivy
109	William & Mary	(2-8-0)		-0.3169	Southern
110	Stanford	(0-10-0)		-0.3502	AAWU
111	Dayton	(1-9-0)		-0.5357	Independent
112	Virginia	(0-10-0)		-0.5739	Atlantic Coast
113	Hardin-Simmons	(0-10-0)		-0.6505	Border

Average Ratings by Conference (1960)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Ten		0.4635
2	Southeastern		0.4440
3	Southwest		0.3420
4	Big Eight		0.3141
5	AAWU		0.1917
6	Independent		0.1282
7	Mountain States		0.1167
8	Atlantic Coast		0.0841
9	Border		0.0650
10	Ivy		0.0390
11	Missouri Valley		0.0151
12	Southern		0.0037