1960

1961 Rankings
​Final

1962

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Alabama	(11-0-0)		0.8742	Southeastern
2	Louisiana State	(10-1-0)		0.8730	Southeastern
3	Ohio State	(8-0-1)		0.8229	Big Ten
4	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.8104	Southwest
5	Minnesota	(8-2-0)		0.7629	Big Ten
6	Michigan State	(7-2-0)		0.6792	Big Ten
7	Colorado	(9-2-0)		0.6780	Big Eight
8	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.6754	Southeastern
9	Michigan	(6-3-0)		0.6111	Big Ten
10	Duke	(7-3-0)		0.6081	Atlantic Coast
11	Penn State	(8-3-0)		0.5882	Independent
12	Kansas	(7-3-1)		0.5805	Big Eight
13	Wyoming	(6-1-2)		0.5768	Mountain States
14	Arkansas	(8-3-0)		0.5619	Southwest
15	Missouri	(7-2-1)		0.5565	Big Eight
16	Georgia Tech	(7-4-0)		0.5549	Southeastern
17	Syracuse	(8-3-0)		0.5434	Independent
18	Wisconsin	(6-3-0)		0.5370	Big Ten
19	Rice	(7-4-0)		0.5286	Southwest
20	Purdue	(6-3-0)		0.5273	Big Ten
21	Maryland	(7-3-0)		0.5261	Atlantic Coast
22	Miami (Florida)	(7-4-0)		0.5189	Independent
23	Navy	(7-3-0)		0.4968	Independent
24	Arizona	(8-1-1)		0.4938	Independent
25	Utah State	(9-1-1)		0.4679	Mountain States
26	Iowa	(5-4-0)		0.4629	Big Ten
27	Auburn	(6-4-0)		0.4556	Southeastern
28	Notre Dame	(5-5-0)		0.4425	Independent
29	Rutgers	(9-0-0)		0.4381	Independent
30	Tennessee	(6-4-0)		0.4292	Southeastern
31	Utah	(6-4-0)		0.4254	Mountain States
32	Clemson	(5-5-0)		0.4154	Atlantic Coast
33	North Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.4125	Atlantic Coast
34	Oklahoma	(5-5-0)		0.4018	Big Eight
35	UCLA	(7-4-0)		0.3784	AAWU
36	Mississippi State	(5-5-0)		0.3718	Southeastern
37	Baylor	(6-5-0)		0.3704	Southwest
38	Arizona State	(7-3-0)		0.3632	Border
39	Army	(6-4-0)		0.3534	Independent
40	Northwestern	(4-5-0)		0.3304	Big Ten
41	Memphis	(8-2-0)		0.3128	Independent
42	Kentucky	(5-5-0)		0.3057	Southeastern
43	Texas A&M	(4-5-1)		0.3021	Southwest
44	Texas Christian	(3-5-2)		0.2997	Southwest
45	Villanova	(8-2-0)		0.2817	Independent
46	North Carolina State	(4-6-0)		0.2778	Atlantic Coast
47	Houston	(5-4-1)		0.2729	Independent
48	Holy Cross	(7-3-0)		0.2710	Independent
49	Iowa State	(5-5-0)		0.2607	Big Eight
50	Wake Forest	(4-6-0)		0.2566	Atlantic Coast
51	Wichita State	(8-3-0)		0.2520	Missouri Valley
52	South Carolina	(4-6-0)		0.2352	Atlantic Coast
53	Washington	(5-4-1)		0.2308	AAWU
54	Florida	(4-5-1)		0.2229	Southeastern
55	Oregon	(4-6-0)		0.2198	Independent
56	Furman	(7-3-0)		0.2141	Southern
57	New Mexico	(7-4-0)		0.2037	Mountain States
58	Citadel	(7-3-0)		0.2030	Southern
59	Oklahoma State	(4-6-0)		0.1933	Big Eight
60	Nebraska	(3-6-1)		0.1882	Big Eight
61	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.1867	Ivy
62	Texas Tech	(4-6-0)		0.1822	Southwest
63	Columbia	(6-3-0)		0.1744	Ivy
64	Oregon State	(5-5-0)		0.1724	Independent
65	Pittsburgh	(3-7-0)		0.1647	Independent
66	Southern California	(4-5-1)		0.1637	AAWU
67	Detroit Mercy	(5-4-0)		0.1556	Independent
68	Virginia	(4-6-0)		0.1360	Atlantic Coast
69	West Texas A&M	(6-4-0)		0.1225	Border
70	Richmond	(5-5-0)		0.1212	Southern
71	San Jose State	(6-4-0)		0.1149	Independent
72	West Virginia	(4-6-0)		0.0986	Southern
73	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-0)		0.0974	Southern
74	Harvard	(6-3-0)		0.0969	Ivy
75	Xavier	(6-4-0)		0.0923	Independent
76	Georgia	(3-7-0)		0.0917	Southeastern
77	Southern Methodist	(2-7-1)		0.0776	Southwest
78	Indiana	(2-7-0)		0.0723	Big Ten
79	Boston College	(4-6-0)		0.0705	Independent
80	Princeton	(5-4-0)		0.0650	Ivy
81	Florida State	(4-5-1)		0.0521	Independent
82	Colgate	(5-4-0)		0.0461	Independent
83	Tulane	(2-8-0)		0.0285	Southeastern
84	Washington State	(3-7-0)		0.0133	Independent
85	Virginia Tech	(4-5-0)		0.0017	Southern
86	Vanderbilt	(2-8-0)		-0.0293	Southeastern
87	Boston University	(4-5-0)		-0.0322	Independent
88	Stanford	(4-6-0)		-0.0335	AAWU
89	Air Force	(3-7-0)		-0.0369	Independent
90	New Mexico State	(5-4-1)		-0.0409	Border
91	Pacific	(5-4-0)		-0.0516	Independent
92	George Washington	(3-6-0)		-0.0555	Southern
93	Davidson	(4-4-0)		-0.0644	Southern
94	California	(1-8-1)		-0.0708	AAWU
95	Montana	(2-6-0)		-0.0765	Mountain States
96	Kansas State	(2-8-0)		-0.1068	Big Eight
97	North Texas	(5-4-1)		-0.1249	Missouri Valley
98	Illinois	(0-9-0)		-0.1418	Big Ten
99	Yale	(4-5-0)		-0.1444	Ivy
100	Cornell	(3-6-0)		-0.1664	Ivy
101	Cincinnati	(3-7-0)		-0.1872	Missouri Valley
102	Tulsa	(2-8-0)		-0.1943	Missouri Valley
103	Brigham Young	(2-8-0)		-0.2098	Mountain States
104	Texas-El Paso	(3-7-0)		-0.2462	Border
105	Colorado State	(0-10-0)		-0.3027	Mountain States
106	Idaho	(2-7-0)		-0.3222	Independent
107	William & Mary	(1-9-0)		-0.3522	Southern
108	Pennsylvania	(2-7-0)		-0.5270	Ivy
109	Dayton	(2-8-0)		-0.5507	Independent
110	Brown	(0-9-0)		-0.7507	Ivy
111	Hardin-Simmons	(0-10-0)		-0.7736	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.4664
2	Southeastern	0.4045
3	Southwest	0.3916
4	Atlantic Coast	0.3585
5	Big Eight	0.3440
6	Independent	0.1897
7	Mountain States	0.1550
8	AAWU	0.1337
9	Southern	0.0293
10	Missouri Valley	-0.0636
11	Border	-0.1150
12	Ivy	-0.1332