1960

1961 Rankings
​Final

1962

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Alabama	(11-0-0)		0.8217	Southeastern
2	Louisiana State	(10-1-0)		0.8201	Southeastern
3	Ohio State	(8-0-1)		0.7855	Big Ten
4	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.7616	Southwest
5	Minnesota	(8-2-0)		0.7267	Big Ten
6	Colorado	(9-2-0)		0.6436	Big Eight
7	Michigan State	(7-2-0)		0.6398	Big Ten
8	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.6349	Southeastern
9	Michigan	(6-3-0)		0.5775	Big Ten
10	Missouri	(7-2-1)		0.5686	Big Eight
11	Duke	(7-3-0)		0.5560	Atlantic Coast
12	Penn State	(8-3-0)		0.5508	Independent
13	Kansas	(7-3-1)		0.5410	Big Eight
14	Wyoming	(6-1-2)		0.5279	Mountain States
15	Arkansas	(8-3-0)		0.5251	Southwest
16	Georgia Tech	(7-4-0)		0.5233	Southeastern
17	Syracuse	(8-3-0)		0.5078	Independent
18	Wisconsin	(6-3-0)		0.5044	Big Ten
19	Purdue	(6-3-0)		0.4995	Big Ten
20	Rice	(7-4-0)		0.4933	Southwest
21	Arizona	(8-1-1)		0.4873	Independent
22	Miami (Florida)	(7-4-0)		0.4832	Independent
23	Maryland	(7-3-0)		0.4813	Atlantic Coast
24	Navy	(7-3-0)		0.4603	Independent
25	Iowa	(5-4-0)		0.4388	Big Ten
26	Utah State	(9-1-1)		0.4291	Mountain States
27	Auburn	(6-4-0)		0.4211	Southeastern
28	Notre Dame	(5-5-0)		0.4196	Independent
29	Rutgers	(9-0-0)		0.4176	Independent
30	Utah	(6-4-0)		0.4042	Mountain States
31	Tennessee	(6-4-0)		0.4021	Southeastern
32	Oklahoma	(5-5-0)		0.3841	Big Eight
33	Clemson	(5-5-0)		0.3797	Atlantic Coast
34	North Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.3707	Atlantic Coast
35	UCLA	(7-4-0)		0.3569	AAWU
36	Mississippi State	(5-5-0)		0.3495	Southeastern
37	Arizona State	(7-3-0)		0.3451	Border
38	Baylor	(6-5-0)		0.3394	Southwest
39	Army	(6-4-0)		0.3312	Independent
40	Northwestern	(4-5-0)		0.3082	Big Ten
41	Memphis	(8-2-0)		0.2970	Independent
42	Texas Christian	(3-5-2)		0.2968	Southwest
43	Texas A&M	(4-5-1)		0.2913	Southwest
44	Kentucky	(5-5-0)		0.2857	Southeastern
45	Villanova	(8-2-0)		0.2679	Independent
46	Houston	(5-4-1)		0.2639	Independent
47	Holy Cross	(7-3-0)		0.2555	Independent
48	Iowa State	(5-5-0)		0.2491	Big Eight
49	North Carolina State	(4-6-0)		0.2479	Atlantic Coast
50	Washington	(5-4-1)		0.2443	AAWU
51	Wichita State	(8-3-0)		0.2440	Missouri Valley
52	Florida	(4-5-1)		0.2381	Southeastern
53	Wake Forest	(4-6-0)		0.2274	Atlantic Coast
54	Oregon	(4-6-0)		0.2095	Independent
55	Furman	(7-3-0)		0.2031	Southern
56	South Carolina	(4-6-0)		0.2020	Atlantic Coast
57	Citadel	(7-3-0)		0.1991	Southern
58	New Mexico	(7-4-0)		0.1935	Mountain States
59	Oklahoma State	(4-6-0)		0.1897	Big Eight
60	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.1846	Ivy
61	Nebraska	(3-6-1)		0.1817	Big Eight
62	Columbia	(6-3-0)		0.1741	Ivy
63	Southern California	(4-5-1)		0.1701	AAWU
64	Texas Tech	(4-6-0)		0.1675	Southwest
65	Oregon State	(5-5-0)		0.1672	Independent
66	Pittsburgh	(3-7-0)		0.1569	Independent
67	Detroit Mercy	(5-4-0)		0.1459	Independent
68	West Texas A&M	(6-4-0)		0.1226	Border
69	Richmond	(5-5-0)		0.1147	Southern
70	Virginia	(4-6-0)		0.1135	Atlantic Coast
71	San Jose State	(6-4-0)		0.1114	Independent
72	Harvard	(6-3-0)		0.0983	Ivy
73	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-0)		0.0917	Southern
74	West Virginia	(4-6-0)		0.0870	Southern
75	Xavier	(6-4-0)		0.0850	Independent
76	Georgia	(3-7-0)		0.0814	Southeastern
77	Southern Methodist	(2-7-1)		0.0743	Southwest
78	Princeton	(5-4-0)		0.0721	Ivy
79	Boston College	(4-6-0)		0.0679	Independent
80	Indiana	(2-7-0)		0.0655	Big Ten
81	Florida State	(4-5-1)		0.0648	Independent
82	Colgate	(5-4-0)		0.0525	Independent
83	Tulane	(2-8-0)		0.0250	Southeastern
84	Washington State	(3-7-0)		0.0154	Independent
85	New Mexico State	(5-4-1)		0.0096	Border
86	Virginia Tech	(4-5-0)		-0.0045	Southern
87	Stanford	(4-6-0)		-0.0247	AAWU
88	Boston University	(4-5-0)		-0.0339	Independent
89	Vanderbilt	(2-8-0)		-0.0361	Southeastern
90	Air Force	(3-7-0)		-0.0381	Independent
91	Pacific	(5-4-0)		-0.0449	Independent
92	George Washington	(3-6-0)		-0.0518	Southern
93	Davidson	(4-4-0)		-0.0535	Southern
94	California	(1-8-1)		-0.0668	AAWU
95	North Texas	(5-4-1)		-0.0711	Missouri Valley
96	Montana	(2-6-0)		-0.0760	Mountain States
97	Kansas State	(2-8-0)		-0.0977	Big Eight
98	Yale	(4-5-0)		-0.1252	Ivy
99	Illinois	(0-9-0)		-0.1292	Big Ten
100	Cornell	(3-6-0)		-0.1485	Ivy
101	Cincinnati	(3-7-0)		-0.1761	Missouri Valley
102	Tulsa	(2-8-0)		-0.1767	Missouri Valley
103	Brigham Young	(2-8-0)		-0.1993	Mountain States
104	Texas-El Paso	(3-7-0)		-0.2184	Border
105	Colorado State	(0-10-0)		-0.2862	Mountain States
106	Idaho	(2-7-0)		-0.3011	Independent
107	William & Mary	(1-9-0)		-0.3331	Southern
108	Pennsylvania	(2-7-0)		-0.4819	Ivy
109	Dayton	(2-8-0)		-0.5153	Independent
110	Brown	(0-9-0)		-0.6969	Ivy
111	Hardin-Simmons	(0-10-0)		-0.7140	Border

Average Ratings by Conference (1961)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Ten		0.4417
2	Southeastern		0.3806
3	Southwest		0.3687
4	Big Eight		0.3325
5	Atlantic Coast		0.3223
6	Independent		0.1809
7	Mountain States		0.1419
8	AAWU		0.1360
9	Southern		0.0281
10	Missouri Valley		-0.0450
11	Border		-0.0910
12	Ivy		-0.1154