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 OppoRank 1 9 Northwestern State LA 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 9 2 20 Illinois 9 0 - 9 - 0 2 20 3 23 Tennessee Chattanooga 4 0 - 4 - 0 3 23 4 24 Michigan 9 6 - 3 - 0 4 24 5 24 Texas Christian 10 3 - 5 - 2 5 24 6 27 Minnesota 10 8 - 2 - 0 6 27 7 27 Rice 11 7 - 4 - 0 7 27 8 28 Notre Dame 10 5 - 5 - 0 8 28 9 30 Iowa 9 5 - 4 - 0 9 30 10 30 Louisiana State 11 10 - 1 - 0 10 30 11 30 Georgia Tech 11 7 - 4 - 0 11 30 12 33 Northwestern 9 4 - 5 - 0 12 33 13 35 Michigan State 9 7 - 2 - 0 13 35 14 35 Wisconsin 9 6 - 3 - 0 14 35 15 35 Georgia 10 3 - 7 - 0 15 35 16 35 Southern Methodist 10 2 - 7 - 1 16 35 17 36 Purdue 9 6 - 3 - 0 17 36 18 36 North Carolina 10 5 - 5 - 0 18 36 19 36 Texas A&M 10 4 - 5 - 1 19 36 20 36 Pittsburgh 10 3 - 7 - 0 20 36 21 36 Tulane 10 2 - 8 - 0 21 36 22 37 Mississippi State 10 5 - 5 - 0 22 37 23 37 Texas Tech 10 4 - 6 - 0 23 37 24 37 California 10 1 - 8 - 1 24 37 25 38 Ohio State 9 8 - 0 - 1 25 38 26 38 Indiana 9 2 - 7 - 0 26 38 27 38 Oklahoma 10 5 - 5 - 0 27 38 28 38 Florida 10 4 - 5 - 1 28 38 29 38 Arkansas 11 8 - 3 - 0 29 38 30 38 Miami FL 11 7 - 4 - 0 30 38 31 39 Duke 10 7 - 3 - 0 31 39 32 39 Auburn 10 6 - 4 - 0 32 39 33 40 Tennessee 10 6 - 4 - 0 33 40 34 40 North Carolina State 10 4 - 6 - 0 34 40 35 40 Vanderbilt 10 2 - 8 - 0 35 40 36 40 Texas 11 10 - 1 - 0 36 40 37 40 Mississippi 11 9 - 2 - 0 37 40 38 41 Baylor 11 6 - 5 - 0 38 41 39 43 Delaware 1 0 - 1 - 0 39 43 40 43 Alabama 11 11 - 0 - 0 40 43 41 44 South Carolina 10 4 - 6 - 0 41 44 42 44 Kansas State 10 2 - 8 - 0 42 44 43 45 Wake Forest 10 4 - 6 - 0 43 45 44 45 Kansas 11 7 - 3 - 1 44 45 45 46 West Chester 1 0 - 1 - 0 45 46 46 46 Quantico Marines 1 0 - 1 - 0 46 46 47 46 Kentucky 10 5 - 5 - 0 47 46 48 46 Colorado 11 9 - 2 - 0 48 46 49 47 Nebraska 10 3 - 6 - 1 49 47 50 48 Clemson 10 5 - 5 - 0 50 48 51 50 Southern California 10 4 - 5 - 1 51 50 52 50 Missouri 10 7 - 2 - 1 52 50 53 50 Oklahoma State 10 4 - 6 - 0 53 50 54 50 Penn State 11 8 - 3 - 0 54 50 55 50 UCLA 11 7 - 4 - 0 55 50 56 51 Maryland 10 7 - 3 - 0 56 51 57 53 Southern Mississippi 3 1 - 2 - 0 57 53 58 53 Syracuse 11 8 - 3 - 0 58 53 59 54 Houston 10 5 - 4 - 1 59 54 60 55 Arkansas State 2 0 - 2 - 0 60 55 61 56 Oregon 10 4 - 6 - 0 61 56 62 56 Washington State 10 3 - 7 - 0 62 56 63 58 Stanford 10 4 - 6 - 0 63 58 64 58 Boston College 10 4 - 6 - 0 64 58 65 59 Navy 10 7 - 3 - 0 65 59 66 59 Virginia 10 4 - 6 - 0 66 59 67 60 Western Michigan 3 0 - 3 - 0 67 60 68 60 Washington 10 5 - 4 - 1 68 60 69 60 Iowa State 10 5 - 5 - 0 69 60 70 62 Florida State 10 4 - 5 - 1 70 62 71 63 Utah 10 6 - 4 - 0 71 63 72 63 Oregon State 10 5 - 5 - 0 72 63 73 65 Bucknell 2 0 - 2 - 0 73 65 74 65 Air Force 10 3 - 7 - 0 74 65 75 66 North Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 75 66 76 66 Tulsa 10 2 - 8 - 0 76 66 77 67 West Virginia 10 4 - 6 - 0 77 67 78 68 Wyoming 9 6 - 1 - 2 78 68 79 68 Army 10 6 - 4 - 0 79 68 80 68 Colorado State 10 0 - 10 - 0 80 68 81 69 Massachusetts 3 0 - 3 - 0 81 69 82 70 Idaho 9 2 - 7 - 0 82 70 83 72 Toledo 1 0 - 1 - 0 83 72 84 75 Lehigh 4 3 - 1 - 0 84 75 85 75 Buffalo 4 1 - 3 - 0 85 75 86 75 Brigham Young 10 2 - 8 - 0 86 75 87 76 Miami OH 5 3 - 2 - 0 87 76 88 77 Montana 8 2 - 6 - 0 88 77 89 78 Drake 3 0 - 3 - 0 89 78 90 78 Detroit 9 5 - 4 - 0 90 78 91 80 Connecticut 4 0 - 4 - 0 91 80 92 82 Trinity University TX 4 1 - 3 - 0 92 82 93 82 West Texas A&M 10 6 - 4 - 0 93 82 94 82 Dayton 10 2 - 8 - 0 94 82 95 83 Richmond 10 5 - 5 - 0 95 83 96 84 Arizona State 10 7 - 3 - 0 96 84 97 85 Boston University 9 4 - 5 - 0 97 85 98 85 Holy Cross 10 7 - 3 - 0 98 85 99 85 Cincinnati 10 3 - 7 - 0 99 85 100 85 William & Mary 10 1 - 9 - 0 100 85 101 86 New Mexico 11 7 - 4 - 0 101 86 102 87 Virginia Tech 9 4 - 5 - 0 102 87 103 87 Arizona 10 8 - 1 - 1 103 87 104 88 Texas El Paso 10 3 - 7 - 0 104 88 105 88 Utah State 11 9 - 1 - 1 105 88 106 89 Hardin-Simmons 10 0 - 10 - 0 106 89 107 90 Lafayette 2 0 - 2 - 0 107 90 108 91 Marshall 2 0 - 2 - 0 108 91 109 91 Louisville 4 1 - 3 - 0 109 91 110 91 Colgate 9 5 - 4 - 0 110 91 111 91 San Jose State 10 6 - 4 - 0 111 91 112 92 Villanova 10 8 - 2 - 0 112 92 113 93 Abilene Christian 2 1 - 1 - 0 113 93 114 93 George Washington 9 3 - 6 - 0 114 93 115 93 Memphis 10 8 - 2 - 0 115 93 116 94 Saint Xavier 10 6 - 4 - 0 116 94 117 94 Wichita State 11 8 - 3 - 0 117 94 118 95 New Hampshire 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 95 119 97 Citadel 10 7 - 3 - 0 119 97 120 99 Cornell 9 3 - 6 - 0 120 99 121 99 Virginia Military 10 6 - 4 - 0 121 99 122 100 East Carolina 1 0 - 1 - 0 122 100 123 100 Samford 1 0 - 1 - 0 123 100 124 100 Bowling Green 2 2 - 0 - 0 124 100 125 100 Columbia 9 6 - 3 - 0 125 100 126 101 Fresno State 2 2 - 0 - 0 126 101 127 102 Princeton 9 5 - 4 - 0 127 102 128 103 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 103 129 104 Harvard 9 6 - 3 - 0 129 104 130 104 Pennsylvania 9 2 - 7 - 0 130 104 131 105 North Texas 10 5 - 4 - 1 131 105 132 106 Kent State 2 1 - 1 - 0 132 106 133 106 Ohio University 2 1 - 1 - 0 133 106 134 106 Brown 9 0 - 9 - 0 134 106 135 107 Rutgers 9 9 - 0 - 0 135 107 136 109 Furman 10 7 - 3 - 0 136 109 137 110 Montana State 1 1 - 0 - 0 137 110 138 110 New Mexico State 10 5 - 4 - 1 138 110 139 111 Dartmouth 9 6 - 3 - 0 139 111 140 111 Yale 9 4 - 5 - 0 140 111 141 113 Wofford 2 0 - 2 - 0 141 113 142 113 Presbyterian 2 0 - 2 - 0 142 113 143 113 Pacific 9 5 - 4 - 0 143 113 144 116 Cal State Los Angeles 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 116 145 116 San Diego 1 0 - 1 - 0 145 116 146 116 San Diego Marines 1 0 - 1 - 0 146 116 147 116 Cal State Long Beach 1 0 - 1 - 0 147 116 148 117 Davidson 8 4 - 4 - 0 148 117 149 121 McMurry 3 1 - 2 - 0 149 121 150 126 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 126 151 147 Rhode Island 1 1 - 0 - 0 151 147