1961

1962 Rankings
​Final

1963

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Southern California	(11-0-0)		0.9022	AAWU
2	Mississippi	(10-0-0)		0.8370	Southeastern
3	Louisiana State	(9-1-1)		0.7906	Southeastern
4	Alabama	(10-1-0)		0.7894	Southeastern
5	Wisconsin	(8-2-0)		0.7050	Big Ten
6	Northwestern	(7-2-0)		0.6990	Big Ten
7	Minnesota	(6-2-1)		0.6660	Big Ten
8	Georgia Tech	(7-3-1)		0.6599	Southeastern
9	Penn State	(9-2-0)		0.6568	Independent
10	Texas	(9-1-1)		0.6546	Southwest
11	Washington	(7-1-2)		0.6461	AAWU
12	Missouri	(8-1-2)		0.6401	Big Eight
13	Oregon State	(9-2-0)		0.5970	Independent
14	Duke	(8-2-0)		0.5962	Atlantic Coast
15	Oklahoma	(8-3-0)		0.5835	Big Eight
16	Arkansas	(9-2-0)		0.5612	Southwest
17	Florida	(7-4-0)		0.5592	Southeastern
18	Miami (Florida)	(7-4-0)		0.5530	Independent
19	Dartmouth	(9-0-0)		0.5511	Ivy
20	Nebraska	(9-2-0)		0.5231	Big Eight
21	Bowling Green State	(7-1-1)		0.4975	Mid-American
22	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.4968	Big Ten
23	Oregon	(6-3-1)		0.4805	Independent
24	Ohio	(8-3-0)		0.4745	Mid-American
25	West Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4710	Southern
26	Memphis	(8-1-0)		0.4709	Independent
27	Auburn	(6-3-1)		0.4704	Southeastern
28	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.4670	Mid-American
29	West Texas A&M	(9-2-0)		0.4550	Independent
30	Houston	(7-4-0)		0.4490	Independent
31	Purdue	(4-4-1)		0.4271	Big Ten
32	Michigan State	(5-4-0)		0.4269	Big Ten
33	Boston College	(8-2-0)		0.4145	Independent
34	Texas Christian	(6-4-0)		0.4019	Southwest
35	Florida State	(4-3-3)		0.3935	Independent
36	Arizona State	(7-2-1)		0.3752	Western Athletic
37	Kansas	(6-3-1)		0.3685	Big Eight
38	Notre Dame	(5-5-0)		0.3585	Independent
39	Maryland	(6-4-0)		0.3442	Atlantic Coast
40	Syracuse	(5-5-0)		0.3366	Independent
41	Utah State	(8-2-0)		0.3315	Independent
42	Navy	(5-5-0)		0.3290	Independent
43	Clemson	(6-4-0)		0.3098	Atlantic Coast
44	Washington State	(5-4-1)		0.3083	AAWU
45	Iowa	(4-5-0)		0.3067	Big Ten
46	Villanova	(7-3-0)		0.2609	Independent
47	Pittsburgh	(5-5-0)		0.2566	Independent
48	Army	(6-4-0)		0.2469	Independent
49	Holy Cross	(6-4-0)		0.2352	Independent
50	Xavier	(6-4-0)		0.2286	Independent
51	Western Michigan	(5-4-0)		0.2143	Mid-American
52	Mississippi State	(3-6-0)		0.2049	Southeastern
53	New Mexico	(7-2-1)		0.2020	Western Athletic
54	Kentucky	(3-5-2)		0.2018	Southeastern
55	Stanford	(5-5-0)		0.2002	AAWU
56	Iowa State	(5-5-0)		0.1898	Big Eight
57	Louisville	(6-4-0)		0.1858	Independent
58	Harvard	(6-3-0)		0.1771	Ivy
59	Georgia	(3-4-3)		0.1759	Southeastern
60	South Carolina	(4-5-1)		0.1503	Atlantic Coast
61	Indiana	(3-6-0)		0.1474	Big Ten
62	UCLA	(4-6-0)		0.1400	AAWU
63	Baylor	(4-6-0)		0.1307	Southwest
64	Tennessee	(4-6-0)		0.1244	Southeastern
65	Virginia Tech	(5-5-0)		0.1132	Southern
66	Tulsa	(5-5-0)		0.1095	Missouri Valley
67	Illinois	(2-7-0)		0.1073	Big Ten
68	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-0)		0.0963	Southern
69	Buffalo	(6-3-0)		0.0743	Independent
70	Rice	(2-6-2)		0.0630	Southwest
71	Texas A&M	(3-7-0)		0.0610	Southwest
72	Air Force	(5-5-0)		0.0461	Independent
73	Arizona	(5-5-0)		0.0399	Western Athletic
74	Wyoming	(5-5-0)		0.0344	Western Athletic
75	North Texas	(6-4-0)		0.0207	Missouri Valley
76	Princeton	(5-4-0)		0.0185	Ivy
77	Oklahoma State	(4-6-0)		0.0098	Big Eight
78	Utah	(4-5-1)		-0.0137	Western Athletic
79	Southern Methodist	(2-8-0)		-0.0213	Southwest
80	Michigan	(2-7-0)		-0.0371	Big Ten
81	Richmond	(6-3-0)		-0.0490	Southern
82	North Carolina	(3-7-0)		-0.0637	Atlantic Coast
83	Virginia	(5-5-0)		-0.0695	Atlantic Coast
84	Texas-El Paso	(4-5-0)		-0.0817	Independent
85	William & Mary	(4-5-1)		-0.0931	Southern
86	Kent State	(3-6-0)		-0.0961	Mid-American
87	Brigham Young	(4-6-0)		-0.1099	Western Athletic
88	California	(1-9-0)		-0.1304	AAWU
89	North Carolina State	(3-6-1)		-0.1341	Atlantic Coast
90	Cornell	(4-5-0)		-0.1573	Ivy
91	George Washington	(3-7-0)		-0.1609	Southern
92	Toledo	(3-6-0)		-0.1701	Mid-American
93	Pacific	(5-5-0)		-0.1961	Independent
94	New Mexico State	(4-6-0)		-0.1971	Independent
95	Columbia	(5-4-0)		-0.2220	Ivy
96	Yale	(2-5-2)		-0.2485	Ivy
97	Marshall	(4-6-0)		-0.2731	Mid-American
98	Boston University	(2-7-0)		-0.2737	Independent
99	Montana	(5-5-0)		-0.2861	Independent
100	Furman	(4-6-0)		-0.2940	Southern
101	Cincinnati	(2-8-0)		-0.2960	Missouri Valley
102	Citadel	(3-7-0)		-0.2963	Southern
103	Wichita State	(3-7-0)		-0.3149	Missouri Valley
104	Rutgers	(5-5-0)		-0.3290	Independent
105	Vanderbilt	(1-9-0)		-0.3717	Southeastern
106	Idaho	(2-6-1)		-0.3810	Independent
107	Colgate	(3-5-1)		-0.3859	Independent
108	Texas Tech	(1-9-0)		-0.3933	Southwest
109	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		-0.3943	Ivy
110	Colorado	(2-8-0)		-0.4003	Big Eight
111	Tulane	(0-10-0)		-0.4021	Southeastern
112	San Jose State	(2-8-1)		-0.4052	Independent
113	Dayton	(2-8-0)		-0.4092	Independent
114	Brown	(1-6-2)		-0.4325	Ivy
115	Davidson	(3-5-1)		-0.4386	Southern
116	Detroit Mercy	(1-8-0)		-0.4430	Independent
117	Kansas State	(0-10-0)		-0.5352	Big Eight
118	Hardin-Simmons	(1-9-0)		-0.5794	Western Athletic
119	Wake Forest	(0-10-0)		-0.7283	Atlantic Coast
120	Colorado State	(0-10-0)		-0.8319	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.3945
2	AAWU	0.3444
3	Southeastern	0.3366
4	Southwest	0.1822
5	Big Eight	0.1724
6	Mid-American	0.1592
7	Independent	0.0952
8	Atlantic Coast	0.0506
9	Western Athletic	-0.0073
10	Southern	-0.0724
11	Ivy	-0.0885
12	Missouri Valley	-0.1202