College Football 1961
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1961/9/9 and 1962/1/1
Ranking of Schedule
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 7582 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 7582 2 6317 Illinois 9 0 - 9 - 0 2 6317 3 5893 Michigan 9 6 - 3 - 0 3 5893 4 5877 Tennessee Chattanooga 4 0 - 4 - 0 4 5877 5 5748 Texas Christian 10 3 - 5 - 2 5 5748 6 5547 Rice 11 7 - 4 - 0 6 5547 7 5308 Georgia Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 7 5308 8 5251 Iowa 9 5 - 4 - 0 8 5251 9 5153 Minnesota 10 8 - 2 - 0 9 5153 10 5009 Northwestern 9 4 - 5 - 0 10 5009 11 4996 Tulane 10 2 - 8 - 0 11 4996 12 4902 Notre Dame 10 5 - 5 - 0 12 4902 13 4889 Louisiana State 11 10 - 1 - 0 13 4889 14 4749 Wisconsin 9 6 - 3 - 0 14 4749 15 4702 Mississippi State 10 5 - 5 - 0 15 4702 16 4593 Texas A&M 10 4 - 5 - 1 16 4593 17 4575 Arkansas 11 8 - 3 - 0 17 4575 18 4541 Georgia 10 3 - 7 - 0 18 4541 19 4502 Indiana 9 2 - 7 - 0 19 4502 20 4478 Michigan State 9 7 - 2 - 0 20 4478 21 4463 Purdue 9 6 - 3 - 0 21 4463 22 4423 Southern Methodist 10 2 - 7 - 1 22 4423 23 4295 Texas Tech 10 4 - 6 - 0 23 4295 24 4268 Florida 10 4 - 5 - 1 24 4268 25 4268 North Carolina 10 5 - 5 - 0 25 4268 26 4260 Mississippi 11 9 - 2 - 0 26 4260 27 4248 California 10 1 - 8 - 1 27 4248 28 4202 Tennessee 10 6 - 4 - 0 28 4202 29 4200 Vanderbilt 10 2 - 8 - 0 29 4200 30 4164 Auburn 10 6 - 4 - 0 30 4164 31 4060 Oklahoma 10 5 - 5 - 0 31 4060 32 3953 Pittsburgh 10 3 - 7 - 0 32 3953 33 3884 Ohio State 9 8 - 0 - 1 33 3884 34 3882 Texas 11 10 - 1 - 0 34 3882 35 3864 North Carolina State 10 4 - 6 - 0 35 3864 36 3836 Miami FL 11 7 - 4 - 0 36 3836 37 3835 Duke 10 7 - 3 - 0 37 3835 38 3747 Kentucky 10 5 - 5 - 0 38 3747 39 3744 Baylor 11 6 - 5 - 0 39 3744 40 3549 Alabama 11 11 - 0 - 0 40 3549 41 3475 South Carolina 10 4 - 6 - 0 41 3475 42 3343 Colorado 11 9 - 2 - 0 42 3343 43 3273 Delaware 1 0 - 1 - 0 43 3273 44 3217 Kansas State 10 2 - 8 - 0 44 3217 45 3168 Kansas 11 7 - 3 - 1 45 3168 46 3162 UCLA 11 7 - 4 - 0 46 3162 47 3143 Wake Forest 10 4 - 6 - 0 47 3143 48 2941 Missouri 10 7 - 2 - 1 48 2941 49 2856 Clemson 10 5 - 5 - 0 49 2856 50 2850 Nebraska 10 3 - 6 - 1 50 2850 51 2793 Houston 10 5 - 4 - 1 51 2793 52 2762 Southern California 10 4 - 5 - 1 52 2762 53 2752 Penn State 11 8 - 3 - 0 53 2752 54 2741 West Chester 1 0 - 1 - 0 54 2741 55 2741 Quantico Marines 1 0 - 1 - 0 55 2741 56 2709 Oklahoma State 10 4 - 6 - 0 56 2709 57 2467 Oregon 10 4 - 6 - 0 57 2467 58 2458 Maryland 10 7 - 3 - 0 58 2458 59 2388 Syracuse 11 8 - 3 - 0 59 2388 60 2330 Arkansas State 2 0 - 2 - 0 60 2330 61 2296 Southern Mississippi 3 1 - 2 - 0 61 2296 62 2290 Washington State 10 3 - 7 - 0 62 2290 63 2027 Stanford 10 4 - 6 - 0 63 2027 64 1829 Western Michigan 3 0 - 3 - 0 64 1829 65 1790 Boston College 10 4 - 6 - 0 65 1790 66 1784 Navy 10 7 - 3 - 0 66 1784 67 1770 Florida State 10 4 - 5 - 1 67 1770 68 1738 Washington 10 5 - 4 - 1 68 1738 69 1696 Virginia 10 4 - 6 - 0 69 1696 70 1668 Iowa State 10 5 - 5 - 0 70 1668 71 1376 Utah 10 6 - 4 - 0 71 1376 72 1343 Oregon State 10 5 - 5 - 0 72 1343 73 1286 Bucknell 2 0 - 2 - 0 73 1286 74 1231 Air Force 10 3 - 7 - 0 74 1231 75 1213 North Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 75 1213 76 1056 Army 10 6 - 4 - 0 76 1056 77 993 West Virginia 10 4 - 6 - 0 77 993 78 946 Tulsa 10 2 - 8 - 0 78 946 79 834 Colorado State 10 0 - 10 - 0 79 834 80 798 Massachusetts 3 0 - 3 - 0 80 798 81 797 Wyoming 9 6 - 1 - 2 81 797 82 739 Toledo 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 739 83 650 Idaho 9 2 - 7 - 0 83 650 84 417 Lehigh 4 3 - 1 - 0 84 417 85 332 Buffalo 4 1 - 3 - 0 85 332 86 243 Miami OH 5 3 - 2 - 0 86 243 87 124 Brigham Young 10 2 - 8 - 0 87 124 88 -36 Detroit 9 5 - 4 - 0 88 -36 89 -96 Drake 3 0 - 3 - 0 89 -96 90 -112 Montana 8 2 - 6 - 0 90 -112 91 -217 Richmond 10 5 - 5 - 0 91 -217 92 -258 Connecticut 4 0 - 4 - 0 92 -258 93 -376 Dayton 10 2 - 8 - 0 93 -376 94 -404 Trinity University TX 4 1 - 3 - 0 94 -404 95 -628 Cincinnati 10 3 - 7 - 0 95 -628 96 -639 William & Mary 10 1 - 9 - 0 96 -639 97 -805 Virginia Tech 9 4 - 5 - 0 97 -805 98 -857 West Texas A&M 10 6 - 4 - 0 98 -857 99 -929 Arizona State 10 7 - 3 - 0 99 -929 100 -937 New Mexico 11 7 - 4 - 0 100 -937 101 -957 Holy Cross 10 7 - 3 - 0 101 -957 102 -971 Boston University 9 4 - 5 - 0 102 -971 103 -972 Marshall 2 0 - 2 - 0 103 -972 104 -1162 Utah State 11 9 - 1 - 1 104 -1162 105 -1228 Arizona 10 8 - 1 - 1 105 -1228 106 -1283 Hardin-Simmons 10 0 - 10 - 0 106 -1283 107 -1319 Louisville 4 1 - 3 - 0 107 -1319 108 -1324 George Washington 9 3 - 6 - 0 108 -1324 109 -1373 Texas El Paso 10 3 - 7 - 0 109 -1373 110 -1392 Villanova 10 8 - 2 - 0 110 -1392 111 -1440 San Jose State 10 6 - 4 - 0 111 -1440 112 -1514 New Hampshire 1 0 - 1 - 0 112 -1514 113 -1685 Saint Xavier 10 6 - 4 - 0 113 -1685 114 -1747 Wichita State 11 8 - 3 - 0 114 -1747 115 -1771 Memphis 10 8 - 2 - 0 115 -1771 116 -1789 Colgate 9 5 - 4 - 0 116 -1789 117 -1914 Citadel 10 7 - 3 - 0 117 -1914 118 -1943 Samford 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 -1943 119 -1943 East Carolina 1 0 - 1 - 0 119 -1943 120 -1999 Lafayette 2 0 - 2 - 0 120 -1999 121 -2079 Bowling Green 2 2 - 0 - 0 121 -2079 122 -2211 Fresno State 2 2 - 0 - 0 122 -2211 123 -2282 Virginia Military 10 6 - 4 - 0 123 -2282 124 -2450 Cornell 9 3 - 6 - 0 124 -2450 125 -2497 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 125 -2497 126 -2673 Ohio University 2 1 - 1 - 0 126 -2673 127 -2673 Kent State 2 1 - 1 - 0 127 -2673 128 -2733 Columbia 9 6 - 3 - 0 128 -2733 129 -2796 Princeton 9 5 - 4 - 0 129 -2796 130 -2823 Abilene Christian 2 1 - 1 - 0 130 -2823 131 -2913 Brown 9 0 - 9 - 0 131 -2913 132 -3023 North Texas 10 5 - 4 - 1 132 -3023 133 -3043 Montana State 1 1 - 0 - 0 133 -3043 134 -3060 Harvard 9 6 - 3 - 0 134 -3060 135 -3242 Pennsylvania 9 2 - 7 - 0 135 -3242 136 -3526 Rutgers 9 9 - 0 - 0 136 -3526 137 -3545 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 137 -3545 138 -3545 Wofford 2 0 - 2 - 0 138 -3545 139 -3757 Yale 9 4 - 5 - 0 139 -3757 140 -3808 New Mexico State 10 5 - 4 - 1 140 -3808 141 -3851 Cal State Long Beach 1 0 - 1 - 0 141 -3851 142 -3851 Cal State Los Angeles 1 0 - 1 - 0 142 -3851 143 -3851 San Diego Marines 1 0 - 1 - 0 143 -3851 144 -3851 San Diego 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 -3851 145 -3953 Dartmouth 9 6 - 3 - 0 145 -3953 146 -4155 Furman 10 7 - 3 - 0 146 -4155 147 -4751 Pacific 9 5 - 4 - 0 147 -4751 148 -4835 Davidson 8 4 - 4 - 0 148 -4835 149 -5103 McMurry 3 1 - 2 - 0 149 -5103 150 -5147 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 -5147 151 -9826 Rhode Island 1 1 - 0 - 0 151 -9826