1961

1962 Rankings
​Final

1963

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Southern California	(11-0-0)		0.9355	AAWU
2	Mississippi	(10-0-0)		0.8135	Southeastern
3	Louisiana State	(9-1-1)		0.7772	Southeastern
4	Alabama	(10-1-0)		0.7738	Southeastern
5	Northwestern	(7-2-0)		0.7526	Big Ten
6	Wisconsin	(8-2-0)		0.7320	Big Ten
7	Minnesota	(6-2-1)		0.7123	Big Ten
8	Missouri	(8-1-2)		0.6678	Big Eight
9	Washington	(7-1-2)		0.6664	AAWU
10	Penn State	(9-2-0)		0.6588	Independent
11	Georgia Tech	(7-3-1)		0.6390	Southeastern
12	Texas	(9-1-1)		0.6388	Southwest
13	Oregon State	(9-2-0)		0.6147	Independent
14	Oklahoma	(8-3-0)		0.6051	Big Eight
15	Duke	(8-2-0)		0.5811	Atlantic Coast
16	Miami (Florida)	(7-4-0)		0.5613	Independent
17	Florida	(7-4-0)		0.5586	Southeastern
18	Nebraska	(9-2-0)		0.5523	Big Eight
19	Arkansas	(9-2-0)		0.5502	Southwest
20	Dartmouth	(9-0-0)		0.5444	Ivy
21	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.5423	Big Ten
22	Bowling Green State	(7-1-1)		0.5071	Mid-American
23	Oregon	(6-3-1)		0.5036	Independent
24	Purdue	(4-4-1)		0.5011	Big Ten
25	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.4893	Mid-American
26	Ohio	(8-3-0)		0.4870	Mid-American
27	Michigan State	(5-4-0)		0.4856	Big Ten
28	West Texas A&M	(9-2-0)		0.4853	Independent
29	West Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4850	Southern
30	Memphis	(8-1-0)		0.4809	Independent
31	Houston	(7-4-0)		0.4689	Independent
32	Auburn	(6-3-1)		0.4669	Southeastern
33	Boston College	(8-2-0)		0.4506	Independent
34	Notre Dame	(5-5-0)		0.4412	Independent
35	Texas Christian	(6-4-0)		0.4078	Southwest
36	Arizona State	(7-2-1)		0.4064	Western Athletic
37	Kansas	(6-3-1)		0.4001	Big Eight
38	Iowa	(4-5-0)		0.3909	Big Ten
39	Navy	(5-5-0)		0.3841	Independent
40	Syracuse	(5-5-0)		0.3800	Independent
41	Florida State	(4-3-3)		0.3758	Independent
42	Utah State	(8-2-0)		0.3640	Independent
43	Washington State	(5-4-1)		0.3508	AAWU
44	Maryland	(6-4-0)		0.3482	Atlantic Coast
45	Clemson	(6-4-0)		0.3180	Atlantic Coast
46	Army	(6-4-0)		0.3168	Independent
47	Pittsburgh	(5-5-0)		0.3161	Independent
48	Villanova	(7-3-0)		0.3075	Independent
49	New Mexico	(7-2-1)		0.2874	Western Athletic
50	Holy Cross	(6-4-0)		0.2866	Independent
51	Xavier	(6-4-0)		0.2767	Independent
52	Stanford	(5-5-0)		0.2653	AAWU
53	Louisville	(6-4-0)		0.2576	Independent
54	Western Michigan	(5-4-0)		0.2532	Mid-American
55	Iowa State	(5-5-0)		0.2524	Big Eight
56	Mississippi State	(3-6-0)		0.2350	Southeastern
57	Indiana	(3-6-0)		0.2301	Big Ten
58	Harvard	(6-3-0)		0.2237	Ivy
59	Illinois	(2-7-0)		0.2162	Big Ten
60	UCLA	(4-6-0)		0.2075	AAWU
61	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-0)		0.1960	Southern
62	Kentucky	(3-5-2)		0.1959	Southeastern
63	Tulsa	(5-5-0)		0.1911	Missouri Valley
64	Arizona	(5-5-0)		0.1785	Western Athletic
65	Baylor	(4-6-0)		0.1783	Southwest
66	Virginia Tech	(5-5-0)		0.1753	Southern
67	South Carolina	(4-5-1)		0.1739	Atlantic Coast
68	Georgia	(3-4-3)		0.1704	Southeastern
69	North Texas	(6-4-0)		0.1683	Missouri Valley
70	Air Force	(5-5-0)		0.1652	Independent
71	Wyoming	(5-5-0)		0.1534	Western Athletic
72	Buffalo	(6-3-0)		0.1473	Independent
73	Tennessee	(4-6-0)		0.1428	Southeastern
74	Rice	(2-6-2)		0.1361	Southwest
75	Oklahoma State	(4-6-0)		0.1292	Big Eight
76	Texas A&M	(3-7-0)		0.1222	Southwest
77	Michigan	(2-7-0)		0.1086	Big Ten
78	Princeton	(5-4-0)		0.1025	Ivy
79	Richmond	(6-3-0)		0.0972	Southern
80	Utah	(4-5-1)		0.0912	Western Athletic
81	Texas-El Paso	(4-5-0)		0.0718	Independent
82	Virginia	(5-5-0)		0.0536	Atlantic Coast
83	North Carolina	(3-7-0)		0.0447	Atlantic Coast
84	Southern Methodist	(2-8-0)		0.0440	Southwest
85	Brigham Young	(4-6-0)		0.0387	Western Athletic
86	Kent State	(3-6-0)		0.0140	Mid-American
87	William & Mary	(4-5-1)		0.0122	Southern
88	Cornell	(4-5-0)		-0.0117	Ivy
89	North Carolina State	(3-6-1)		-0.0148	Atlantic Coast
90	New Mexico State	(4-6-0)		-0.0170	Independent
91	Pacific	(5-5-0)		-0.0197	Independent
92	George Washington	(3-7-0)		-0.0225	Southern
93	California	(1-9-0)		-0.0287	AAWU
94	Toledo	(3-6-0)		-0.0330	Mid-American
95	Columbia	(5-4-0)		-0.0354	Ivy
96	Montana	(5-5-0)		-0.0859	Independent
97	Marshall	(4-6-0)		-0.0870	Mid-American
98	Rutgers	(5-5-0)		-0.1163	Independent
99	Furman	(4-6-0)		-0.1256	Southern
100	Boston University	(2-7-0)		-0.1291	Independent
101	Cincinnati	(2-8-0)		-0.1303	Missouri Valley
102	Citadel	(3-7-0)		-0.1314	Southern
103	Wichita State	(3-7-0)		-0.1349	Missouri Valley
104	Yale	(2-5-2)		-0.1663	Ivy
105	Colorado	(2-8-0)		-0.1726	Big Eight
106	Idaho	(2-6-1)		-0.1901	Independent
107	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		-0.1929	Ivy
108	Colgate	(3-5-1)		-0.2043	Independent
109	Dayton	(2-8-0)		-0.2082	Independent
110	Vanderbilt	(1-9-0)		-0.2109	Southeastern
111	San Jose State	(2-8-1)		-0.2183	Independent
112	Texas Tech	(1-9-0)		-0.2240	Southwest
113	Davidson	(3-5-1)		-0.2243	Southern
114	Tulane	(0-10-0)		-0.2397	Southeastern
115	Detroit Mercy	(1-8-0)		-0.2682	Independent
116	Kansas State	(0-10-0)		-0.2776	Big Eight
117	Brown	(1-6-2)		-0.3037	Ivy
118	Hardin-Simmons	(1-9-0)		-0.3225	Western Athletic
119	Wake Forest	(0-10-0)		-0.4592	Atlantic Coast
120	Colorado State	(0-10-0)		-0.4764	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.4672
2	AAWU	0.3995
3	Southeastern	0.3602
4	Big Eight	0.2696
5	Mid-American	0.2329
6	Southwest	0.2317
7	Independent	0.1934
8	Atlantic Coast	0.1307
9	Western Athletic	0.1190
10	Southern	0.0513
11	Missouri Valley	0.0235
12	Ivy	0.0201