1959

1960 Rankings
​Final

1961

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Iowa	(8-1-0)		0.8838	Big Ten
2	Mississippi	(10-0-1)		0.8267	Southeastern
3	Missouri	(10-1-0)		0.7358	Big Eight
4	Florida	(9-2-0)		0.7153	Southeastern
5	Auburn	(8-2-0)		0.6985	Southeastern
6	Minnesota	(8-2-0)		0.6881	Big Ten
7	Washington	(10-1-0)		0.6770	AAWU
8	Alabama	(8-1-2)		0.6599	Southeastern
9	Ohio State	(7-2-0)		0.6513	Big Ten
10	Kansas	(7-2-1)		0.6398	Big Eight
11	Michigan State	(6-2-1)		0.6317	Big Ten
12	Baylor	(8-3-0)		0.6159	Southwest
13	Arkansas	(8-3-0)		0.6111	Southwest
14	New Mexico State	(11-0-0)		0.5927	Border
15	Texas	(7-3-1)		0.5737	Southwest
16	Navy	(9-2-0)		0.5709	Independent
17	Rice	(7-4-0)		0.5619	Southwest
18	Syracuse	(7-2-0)		0.5604	Independent
19	Penn State	(7-3-0)		0.5502	Independent
20	UCLA	(7-2-1)		0.5347	AAWU
21	Duke	(8-3-0)		0.5313	Atlantic Coast
22	Yale	(9-0-0)		0.5245	Ivy
23	Georgia Tech	(5-5-0)		0.5215	Southeastern
24	Michigan	(5-4-0)		0.4908	Big Ten
25	Tennessee	(6-2-2)		0.4839	Southeastern
26	Wyoming	(8-2-0)		0.4772	Mountain States
27	Utah State	(9-2-0)		0.4615	Mountain States
28	Purdue	(4-4-1)		0.4586	Big Ten
29	Georgia	(6-4-0)		0.4414	Southeastern
30	Pittsburgh	(4-3-3)		0.4311	Independent
31	Northwestern	(5-4-0)		0.4256	Big Ten
32	Louisiana State	(5-4-1)		0.4151	Southeastern
33	Illinois	(5-4-0)		0.4109	Big Ten
34	Utah	(7-3-0)		0.3929	Mountain States
35	Iowa State	(7-3-0)		0.3908	Big Eight
36	Army	(6-3-1)		0.3781	Independent
37	Colorado	(6-4-0)		0.3686	Big Eight
38	Kentucky	(5-4-1)		0.3634	Southeastern
39	Oregon State	(6-3-1)		0.3520	Independent
40	Oregon	(7-3-1)		0.3495	Independent
41	Miami (Florida)	(6-4-0)		0.3363	Independent
42	Princeton	(7-2-0)		0.3357	Ivy
43	Arizona	(7-3-0)		0.3289	Border
44	Texas Christian	(4-4-2)		0.3248	Southwest
45	Rutgers	(8-1-0)		0.3217	Independent
46	North Carolina State	(6-3-1)		0.2905	Atlantic Coast
47	Detroit Mercy	(7-2-0)		0.2774	Independent
48	Houston	(6-4-0)		0.2580	Independent
49	Arizona State	(7-3-0)		0.2556	Border
50	Memphis	(8-2-0)		0.2550	Independent
51	Wichita State	(8-2-0)		0.2540	Missouri Valley
52	Virginia Military Institute	(7-2-1)		0.2472	Southern
53	Nebraska	(4-6-0)		0.2458	Big Eight
54	Maryland	(6-4-0)		0.2281	Atlantic Coast
55	Wisconsin	(4-5-0)		0.2049	Big Ten
56	Citadel	(8-2-1)		0.1937	Southern
57	Clemson	(6-4-0)		0.1932	Atlantic Coast
58	Oklahoma	(3-6-1)		0.1820	Big Eight
59	Mississippi State	(2-6-1)		0.1741	Southeastern
60	Holy Cross	(6-4-0)		0.1623	Independent
61	Tulane	(3-6-1)		0.1561	Southeastern
62	Dartmouth	(5-4-0)		0.1196	Ivy
63	Oklahoma State	(3-7-0)		0.1090	Big Eight
64	Southern California	(4-6-0)		0.0844	AAWU
65	Tulsa	(5-5-0)		0.0834	Missouri Valley
65=	Virginia Tech	(6-4-0)		0.0834	Southern
67	Washington State	(4-5-1)		0.0612	Independent
68	Texas Tech	(3-6-1)		0.0591	Southwest
69	George Washington	(5-3-1)		0.0460	Southern
70	New Mexico	(5-5-0)		0.0409	Mountain States
71	Air Force	(4-6-0)		0.0246	Independent
72	Boston College	(3-6-1)		0.0161	Independent
73	Montana	(5-5-0)		0.0114	Mountain States
74	Notre Dame	(2-8-0)		-0.0174	Independent
75	Texas A&M	(1-6-3)		-0.0200	Southwest
76	Florida State	(3-6-1)		-0.0662	Independent
77	Harvard	(5-4-0)		-0.0794	Ivy
78	Vanderbilt	(3-7-0)		-0.0964	Southeastern
78=	Furman	(5-4-1)		-0.0964	Southern
80	South Carolina	(3-6-1)		-0.1114	Atlantic Coast
81	North Carolina	(3-7-0)		-0.1585	Atlantic Coast
82	Xavier	(5-5-0)		-0.1920	Independent
83	Indiana	(1-8-0)		-0.1997	Big Ten
84	San Jose State	(5-4-0)		-0.2112	Independent
85	California	(2-7-1)		-0.2382	AAWU
86	Southern Methodist	(0-9-1)		-0.2433	Southwest
87	Texas-El Paso	(4-5-1)		-0.2495	Border
88	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		-0.2663	Ivy
89	West Texas A&M	(3-7-0)		-0.2957	Border
90	Cincinnati	(4-6-0)		-0.3012	Missouri Valley
91	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.3219	Ivy
92	Wake Forest	(2-8-0)		-0.3357	Atlantic Coast
93	Boston University	(3-5-2)		-0.3371	Independent
94	Brigham Young	(3-8-0)		-0.3557	Mountain States
95	Kansas State	(1-9-0)		-0.3813	Big Eight
96	Davidson	(3-5-0)		-0.3942	Southern
97	Pacific	(4-6-0)		-0.4275	Independent
98	Idaho	(1-9-0)		-0.4431	Independent
99	Denver	(3-7-0)		-0.4519	Mountain States
100	Colgate	(2-7-0)		-0.4796	Independent
101	Richmond	(3-6-1)		-0.5169	Southern
102	Brown	(3-6-0)		-0.5174	Ivy
103	Colorado State	(2-8-0)		-0.5203	Mountain States
104	North Texas	(2-6-1)		-0.5679	Missouri Valley
105	Marquette	(3-6-0)		-0.5818	Independent
106	Villanova	(2-8-0)		-0.5879	Independent
107	Cornell	(2-7-0)		-0.6001	Ivy
108	West Virginia	(0-8-2)		-0.6153	Southern
109	Stanford	(0-10-0)		-0.6196	AAWU
110	William & Mary	(2-8-0)		-0.6433	Southern
111	Dayton	(1-9-0)		-0.9703	Independent
112	Virginia	(0-10-0)		-1.0264	Atlantic Coast
113	Hardin-Simmons	(0-10-0)		-1.1755	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.4646
2	Southeastern	0.4466
3	Southwest	0.3104
4	Big Eight	0.2863
5	AAWU	0.0876
6	Independent	0.0219
7	Mountain States	0.0070
8	Atlantic Coast	-0.0486
9	Border	-0.0906
10	Ivy	-0.1007
11	Missouri Valley	-0.1329
12	Southern	-0.1884