1961

1962 Rankings
​Final

1963

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Southern California	(11-0-0)		0.8651	AAWU
2	Mississippi	(10-0-0)		0.7916	Southeastern
3	Louisiana State	(9-1-1)		0.7721	Southeastern
4	Alabama	(10-1-0)		0.7519	Southeastern
5	Northwestern	(7-2-0)		0.6899	Big Ten
6	Wisconsin	(8-2-0)		0.6642	Big Ten
7	Georgia Tech	(7-3-1)		0.6331	Southeastern
8	Penn State	(9-2-0)		0.6253	Independent
9	Minnesota	(6-2-1)		0.6202	Big Ten
10	Texas	(9-1-1)		0.6187	Southwest
11	Missouri	(8-1-2)		0.6135	Big Eight
12	Washington	(7-1-2)		0.6020	AAWU
13	Oregon State	(9-2-0)		0.5703	Independent
14	Duke	(8-2-0)		0.5656	Atlantic Coast
15	Florida	(7-4-0)		0.5638	Southeastern
16	Oklahoma	(8-3-0)		0.5538	Big Eight
17	Miami (Florida)	(7-4-0)		0.5376	Independent
18	Dartmouth	(9-0-0)		0.5336	Ivy
19	Arkansas	(9-2-0)		0.5114	Southwest
20	Nebraska	(9-2-0)		0.5052	Big Eight
21	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.4895	Big Ten
22	Auburn	(6-3-1)		0.4816	Southeastern
23	West Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4691	Southern
24	Bowling Green State	(7-1-1)		0.4627	Mid-American
25	Memphis	(8-1-0)		0.4544	Independent
26	Oregon	(6-3-1)		0.4543	Independent
27	West Texas A&M	(9-2-0)		0.4523	Independent
28	Ohio	(8-3-0)		0.4466	Mid-American
29	Houston	(7-4-0)		0.4411	Independent
30	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.4396	Mid-American
31	Michigan State	(5-4-0)		0.4322	Big Ten
32	Boston College	(8-2-0)		0.4266	Independent
33	Purdue	(4-4-1)		0.4213	Big Ten
34	Florida State	(4-3-3)		0.3931	Independent
35	Notre Dame	(5-5-0)		0.3876	Independent
36	Arizona State	(7-2-1)		0.3827	Western Athletic
37	Texas Christian	(6-4-0)		0.3821	Southwest
38	Navy	(5-5-0)		0.3666	Independent
39	Syracuse	(5-5-0)		0.3643	Independent
40	Kansas	(6-3-1)		0.3490	Big Eight
41	Utah State	(8-2-0)		0.3459	Independent
42	Maryland	(6-4-0)		0.3424	Atlantic Coast
43	Iowa	(4-5-0)		0.3418	Big Ten
44	Clemson	(6-4-0)		0.3290	Atlantic Coast
45	Washington State	(5-4-1)		0.3260	AAWU
46	Army	(6-4-0)		0.3026	Independent
47	Pittsburgh	(5-5-0)		0.3016	Independent
48	New Mexico	(7-2-1)		0.2921	Western Athletic
49	Villanova	(7-3-0)		0.2908	Independent
50	Holy Cross	(6-4-0)		0.2807	Independent
51	Georgia	(3-4-3)		0.2753	Southeastern
52	Xavier	(6-4-0)		0.2564	Independent
53	Mississippi State	(3-6-0)		0.2409	Southeastern
54	Stanford	(5-5-0)		0.2378	AAWU
55	Louisville	(6-4-0)		0.2366	Independent
56	Kentucky	(3-5-2)		0.2312	Southeastern
57	Harvard	(6-3-0)		0.2302	Ivy
58	Western Michigan	(5-4-0)		0.2294	Mid-American
59	Iowa State	(5-5-0)		0.2234	Big Eight
60	South Carolina	(4-5-1)		0.1976	Atlantic Coast
61	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-0)		0.1970	Southern
62	UCLA	(4-6-0)		0.1883	AAWU
63	Indiana	(3-6-0)		0.1839	Big Ten
64	Virginia Tech	(5-5-0)		0.1806	Southern
65	Illinois	(2-7-0)		0.1727	Big Ten
66	Tulsa	(5-5-0)		0.1706	Missouri Valley
67	Baylor	(4-6-0)		0.1653	Southwest
68	Arizona	(5-5-0)		0.1609	Western Athletic
69	North Texas	(6-4-0)		0.1499	Missouri Valley
70	Tennessee	(4-6-0)		0.1479	Southeastern
71	Air Force	(5-5-0)		0.1423	Independent
72	Buffalo	(6-3-0)		0.1405	Independent
73	Wyoming	(5-5-0)		0.1354	Western Athletic
74	Princeton	(5-4-0)		0.1160	Ivy
75	Texas A&M	(3-7-0)		0.1126	Southwest
76	Rice	(2-6-2)		0.1065	Southwest
77	Oklahoma State	(4-6-0)		0.1007	Big Eight
78	Richmond	(6-3-0)		0.0998	Southern
79	Utah	(4-5-1)		0.0915	Western Athletic
80	William & Mary	(4-5-1)		0.0742	Southern
81	Virginia	(5-5-0)		0.0717	Atlantic Coast
82	Michigan	(2-7-0)		0.0640	Big Ten
83	Texas-El Paso	(4-5-0)		0.0599	Independent
84	North Carolina	(3-7-0)		0.0454	Atlantic Coast
85	Southern Methodist	(2-8-0)		0.0378	Southwest
86	Brigham Young	(4-6-0)		0.0310	Western Athletic
87	North Carolina State	(3-6-1)		0.0245	Atlantic Coast
88	Cornell	(4-5-0)		0.0177	Ivy
89	Kent State	(3-6-0)		0.0003	Mid-American
90	George Washington	(3-7-0)		-0.0137	Southern
91	Columbia	(5-4-0)		-0.0168	Ivy
92	Pacific	(5-5-0)		-0.0236	Independent
93	New Mexico State	(4-6-0)		-0.0240	Independent
94	Yale	(2-5-2)		-0.0276	Ivy
95	California	(1-9-0)		-0.0346	AAWU
96	Toledo	(3-6-0)		-0.0426	Mid-American
97	Montana	(5-5-0)		-0.0833	Independent
98	Marshall	(4-6-0)		-0.0922	Mid-American
99	Citadel	(3-7-0)		-0.1000	Southern
100	Furman	(4-6-0)		-0.1009	Southern
101	Rutgers	(5-5-0)		-0.1041	Independent
102	Boston University	(2-7-0)		-0.1165	Independent
103	Idaho	(2-6-1)		-0.1270	Independent
104	Colgate	(3-5-1)		-0.1276	Independent
105	Wichita State	(3-7-0)		-0.1385	Missouri Valley
106	Cincinnati	(2-8-0)		-0.1398	Missouri Valley
107	Brown	(1-6-2)		-0.1540	Ivy
108	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		-0.1602	Ivy
109	San Jose State	(2-8-1)		-0.1651	Independent
110	Vanderbilt	(1-9-0)		-0.1693	Southeastern
111	Davidson	(3-5-1)		-0.1694	Southern
112	Colorado	(2-8-0)		-0.1846	Big Eight
113	Dayton	(2-8-0)		-0.2101	Independent
114	Tulane	(0-10-0)		-0.2130	Southeastern
115	Texas Tech	(1-9-0)		-0.2147	Southwest
116	Detroit Mercy	(1-8-0)		-0.2328	Independent
117	Kansas State	(0-10-0)		-0.2964	Big Eight
118	Hardin-Simmons	(1-9-0)		-0.3125	Western Athletic
119	Wake Forest	(0-10-0)		-0.4037	Atlantic Coast
120	Colorado State	(0-10-0)		-0.4577	Independent

Average Ratings by Conference (1962)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Ten		0.4080
2	Southeastern		0.3756
3	AAWU		0.3641
4	Big Eight		0.2331
5	Southwest		0.2150
6	Mid-American		0.2063
7	Independent		0.1866
8	Atlantic Coast		0.1466
9	Western Athletic		0.1116
10	Southern		0.0707
11	Ivy		0.0674
12	Missouri Valley		0.0105