1959

1960 Rankings
​Final

1961

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Iowa	(8-1-0)		0.8897	Big Ten
2	Mississippi	(10-0-1)		0.8152	Southeastern
3	Missouri	(10-1-0)		0.7385	Big Eight
4	Florida	(9-2-0)		0.7309	Southeastern
5	Washington	(10-1-0)		0.7035	AAWU
6	Minnesota	(8-2-0)		0.7013	Big Ten
7	Auburn	(8-2-0)		0.6999	Southeastern
8	Alabama	(8-1-2)		0.6710	Southeastern
9	Ohio State	(7-2-0)		0.6635	Big Ten
10	Kansas	(7-2-1)		0.6425	Big Eight
11	Michigan State	(6-2-1)		0.6357	Big Ten
12	Baylor	(8-3-0)		0.6119	Southwest
13	Arkansas	(8-3-0)		0.5992	Southwest
14	New Mexico State	(11-0-0)		0.5934	Border
15	Duke	(8-3-0)		0.5871	Atlantic Coast
16	UCLA	(7-2-1)		0.5783	AAWU
17	Syracuse	(7-2-0)		0.5772	Independent
18	Navy	(9-2-0)		0.5763	Independent
19	Texas	(7-3-1)		0.5754	Southwest
20	Rice	(7-4-0)		0.5519	Southwest
21	Penn State	(7-3-0)		0.5489	Independent
22	Yale	(9-0-0)		0.5307	Ivy
23	Georgia Tech	(5-5-0)		0.5253	Southeastern
24	Michigan	(5-4-0)		0.5179	Big Ten
25	Wyoming	(8-2-0)		0.4971	Mountain States
26	Purdue	(4-4-1)		0.4927	Big Ten
27	Tennessee	(6-2-2)		0.4865	Southeastern
28	Utah State	(9-2-0)		0.4752	Mountain States
29	Georgia	(6-4-0)		0.4662	Southeastern
30	Northwestern	(5-4-0)		0.4460	Big Ten
31	Pittsburgh	(4-3-3)		0.4454	Independent
32	Illinois	(5-4-0)		0.4364	Big Ten
33	Utah	(7-3-0)		0.4252	Mountain States
34	Louisiana State	(5-4-1)		0.4226	Southeastern
35	Iowa State	(7-3-0)		0.4200	Big Eight
36	Colorado	(6-4-0)		0.4185	Big Eight
37	Army	(6-3-1)		0.3970	Independent
38	Oregon State	(6-3-1)		0.3815	Independent
39	Arizona	(7-3-0)		0.3798	Border
40	Kentucky	(5-4-1)		0.3750	Southeastern
41	Oregon	(7-3-1)		0.3749	Independent
42	Princeton	(7-2-0)		0.3671	Ivy
43	Miami (Florida)	(6-4-0)		0.3613	Independent
44	Rutgers	(8-1-0)		0.3520	Independent
45	Texas Christian	(4-4-2)		0.3290	Southwest
46	North Carolina State	(6-3-1)		0.3195	Atlantic Coast
47	Detroit Mercy	(7-2-0)		0.3154	Independent
48	Arizona State	(7-3-0)		0.3142	Border
49	Wichita State	(8-2-0)		0.3044	Missouri Valley
50	Houston	(6-4-0)		0.2974	Independent
51	Nebraska	(4-6-0)		0.2934	Big Eight
52	Memphis	(8-2-0)		0.2855	Independent
53	Maryland	(6-4-0)		0.2776	Atlantic Coast
54	Virginia Military Institute	(7-2-1)		0.2754	Southern
55	Wisconsin	(4-5-0)		0.2685	Big Ten
56	Clemson	(6-4-0)		0.2566	Atlantic Coast
57	Oklahoma	(3-6-1)		0.2354	Big Eight
58	Holy Cross	(6-4-0)		0.2238	Independent
59	Citadel	(8-2-1)		0.2227	Southern
60	Tulane	(3-6-1)		0.2050	Southeastern
61	Mississippi State	(2-6-1)		0.2047	Southeastern
62	Southern California	(4-6-0)		0.1864	AAWU
63	Dartmouth	(5-4-0)		0.1863	Ivy
64	Tulsa	(5-5-0)		0.1788	Missouri Valley
65	Oklahoma State	(3-7-0)		0.1718	Big Eight
66	Virginia Tech	(6-4-0)		0.1611	Southern
67	New Mexico	(5-5-0)		0.1367	Mountain States
68	George Washington	(5-3-1)		0.1303	Southern
69	Air Force	(4-6-0)		0.1288	Independent
70	Washington State	(4-5-1)		0.1226	Independent
71	Montana	(5-5-0)		0.0997	Mountain States
72	Texas Tech	(3-6-1)		0.0963	Southwest
73	Boston College	(3-6-1)		0.0844	Independent
74	Harvard	(5-4-0)		0.0746	Ivy
75	Notre Dame	(2-8-0)		0.0731	Independent
76	South Carolina	(3-6-1)		0.0196	Atlantic Coast
76=	Florida State	(3-6-1)		0.0196	Independent
78	Vanderbilt	(3-7-0)		0.0193	Southeastern
79	Texas A&M	(1-6-3)		-0.0006	Southwest
80	North Carolina	(3-7-0)		-0.0026	Atlantic Coast
81	Furman	(5-4-1)		-0.0073	Southern
82	San Jose State	(5-4-0)		-0.0225	Independent
83	Xavier	(5-5-0)		-0.0454	Independent
84	Indiana	(1-8-0)		-0.0712	Big Ten
85	California	(2-7-1)		-0.0840	AAWU
86	Texas-El Paso	(4-5-1)		-0.0955	Border
87	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		-0.1032	Ivy
88	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.1183	Ivy
89	Cincinnati	(4-6-0)		-0.1255	Missouri Valley
90	West Texas A&M	(3-7-0)		-0.1342	Border
91	Southern Methodist	(0-9-1)		-0.1459	Southwest
92	Brigham Young	(3-8-0)		-0.1494	Mountain States
93	Wake Forest	(2-8-0)		-0.1496	Atlantic Coast
94	Boston University	(3-5-2)		-0.1669	Independent
95	Pacific	(4-6-0)		-0.1744	Independent
96	Denver	(3-7-0)		-0.1764	Mountain States
97	Davidson	(3-5-0)		-0.1826	Southern
98	Kansas State	(1-9-0)		-0.1902	Big Eight
99	Idaho	(1-9-0)		-0.2344	Independent
100	Brown	(3-6-0)		-0.2375	Ivy
101	Colgate	(2-7-0)		-0.2475	Independent
102	Colorado State	(2-8-0)		-0.2604	Mountain States
103	Marquette	(3-6-0)		-0.2864	Independent
104	Richmond	(3-6-1)		-0.2922	Southern
105	Villanova	(2-8-0)		-0.3114	Independent
106	Cornell	(2-7-0)		-0.3156	Ivy
107	North Texas	(2-6-1)		-0.3202	Missouri Valley
108	William & Mary	(2-8-0)		-0.3548	Southern
109	Stanford	(0-10-0)		-0.3553	AAWU
110	West Virginia	(0-8-2)		-0.3975	Southern
111	Dayton	(1-9-0)		-0.5638	Independent
112	Virginia	(0-10-0)		-0.6107	Atlantic Coast
113	Hardin-Simmons	(0-10-0)		-0.6901	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.4981
2	Southeastern	0.4685
3	Big Eight	0.3412
4	Southwest	0.3271
5	AAWU	0.2058
6	Mountain States	0.1310
7	Independent	0.1301
8	Atlantic Coast	0.0872
9	Border	0.0613
10	Ivy	0.0480
11	Missouri Valley	0.0094
12	Southern	-0.0494