College Football 1961
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1961/9/16 and 1961/12/16
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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1961 - Ranking of No Division Affiliation teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	37.31	1	32.77	39	43.20	Alabama	1	1	11	11-0-0	1	11	11-0-0	SEC
5	30.32	2	32.72	32	38.83	Ohio State	2	2	9	8-0-1	2	9	8-0-1	BIG 10
4	31.38	3	31.92	11	31.05	LSU	4	4	11	10-1-0	3	11	10-1-0	SEC
2	34.38	4	29.58	43	43.55	Texas	3	3	11	10-1-0	4	11	10-1-0	SWAC
8	25.20	5	28.89	7	28.44	Minnesota	6	6	10	8-2-0	5	10	8-2-0	BIG 10
3	33.82	6	28.48	36	41.80	Mississippi	5	5	11	9-2-0	6	11	9-2-0	SEC
13	19.98	7	26.85	47	47.30	Colorado	7	7	11	9-2-0	7	11	9-2-0	BIG 8
6	27.00	8	24.91	19	35.94	Michigan State	8	9	9	7-2-0	8	9	7-2-0	BIG 10
7	26.06	9	24.04	8	29.45	Georgia Tech		13	11	7-4-0	9	11	7-4-0	SEC
9	23.30	10	23.60	23	36.83	Arkansas	9	8	11	8-3-0	10	11	8-3-0	SWAC
11	21.81	11	22.94	4	24.78	Michigan			9	6-3-0	11	9	6-3-0	BIG 10
18	16.95	12	19.14	48	48.05	Missouri		12	10	7-2-1	12	10	7-2-1	BIG 8
12	20.72	13	18.72	29	37.67	Purdue		11	9	6-3-0	13	9	6-3-0	BIG 10
17	17.98	14	18.72	6	26.59	Rice			11	7-4-0	14	11	7-4-0	SWAC
21	14.98	15	18.58	15	34.72	Wisconsin		18	9	6-3-0	15	9	6-3-0	BIG 10
20	16.30	16	17.72	31	38.75	Duke		14	10	7-3-0	16	10	7-3-0	ACC
16	18.37	17	17.24	10	30.50	Iowa			9	5-4-0	17	9	5-4-0	BIG 10
19	16.85	18	15.64	35	40.18	Miami (FL)		19	11	7-4-0	18	11	7-4-0	SWIC
26	12.86	19	15.30	5	25.83	Mississippi State			10	5-5-0	19	10	5-5-0	SEC
15	18.69	20	15.23	21	36.30	Auburn			10	6-4-0	20	10	6-4-0	SEC
42	6.90	21	14.79	52	52.05	Maryland			10	7-3-0	21	10	7-3-0	ACC
14	19.83	22	14.71	28	37.45	Tennessee			10	6-4-0	22	10	6-4-0	SEC
29	12.00	23	14.28	55	54.20	UCLA			11	7-4-0	23	11	7-4-0	AAWU
10	22.07	24	14.23	44	43.82	Kansas		15	11	7-3-1	24	11	7-3-1	BIG 8
34	10.66	25	14.19	111	91.92	Rutgers			9	9-0-0	25	9	9-0-0	EIC
40	8.74	26	13.30	85	77.45	Arizona			10	8-1-1	26	10	8-1-1	SWIC
27	12.01	27	12.23	70	62.78	Wyoming		17	9	6-1-2	27	9	6-1-2	MSC
28	12.00	28	11.88	37	41.82	Baylor			11	6-5-0	28	11	6-5-0	SWAC
31	11.20	29	11.85	9	30.45	Notre Dame			10	5-5-0	29	10	5-5-0	EIC
22	14.66	30	11.79	18	35.90	Texas A&M			10	4-5-1	30	10	4-5-1	SWAC
39	8.99	31	11.70	62	57.95	Navy			10	7-3-0	31	10	7-3-0	EIC
32	10.91	32	11.69	13	33.44	Northwestern			9	4-5-0	32	9	4-5-0	BIG 10
37	9.43	33	11.43	17	35.80	North Carolina			10	5-5-0	33	10	5-5-0	ACC
23	13.91	34	11.03	58	56.30	Penn State		20	11	8-3-0	34	11	8-3-0	EIC
33	10.68	35	9.97	95	81.05	Utah State	10	10	11	9-1-1	35	11	9-1-1	MSC
38	9.11	36	9.96	27	37.20	Oklahoma			10	5-5-0	36	10	5-5-0	BIG 8
52	3.21	37	9.96	3	24.15	Texas Christian			10	3-5-2	37	10	3-5-2	SWAC
25	13.04	38	9.85	56	54.64	Syracuse		16	11	8-3-0	38	11	8-3-0	EIC
41	8.21	39	9.33	22	36.50	Florida			10	4-5-1	39	10	4-5-1	SEC
30	11.34	40	7.93	41	43.30	Kentucky			10	5-5-0	40	10	5-5-0	SEC
36	10.07	41	7.77	51	51.15	Houston			10	5-4-1	41	10	5-4-1	SWIC
53	2.94	42	7.77	20	35.95	Texas Tech			10	4-6-0	42	10	4-6-0	SWAC
44	5.82	43	6.12	83	75.20	Arizona State			10	7-3-0	43	10	7-3-0	BC
43	6.47	44	5.78	34	39.80	North Carolina State			10	4-6-0	44	10	4-6-0	ACC
47	5.14	45	5.27	63	58.40	Utah			10	6-4-0	45	10	6-4-0	MSC
24	13.36	46	4.73	45	45.85	Clemson			10	5-5-0	46	10	5-5-0	ACC
56	1.40	47	4.67	76	68.75	Lehigh			4	3-1-0	47	4	3-1-0	Major-Ind
35	10.16	48	4.66	102	84.11	Memphis			10	8-2-0	48	10	8-2-0	SWIC
51	3.48	50	3.60	49	50.15	Southern California			10	4-5-1	50	10	4-5-1	AAWU
46	5.23	51	3.06	60	56.55	Iowa State			10	5-5-0	51	10	5-5-0	BIG 8
48	3.93	52	3.01	66	59.10	Washington			10	5-4-1	52	10	5-4-1	AAWU
45	5.69	53	2.94	72	66.10	Army			10	6-4-0	53	10	6-4-0	EIC
54	2.94	54	2.91	40	43.25	South Carolina			10	4-6-0	54	10	4-6-0	ACC
66	-0.08	55	2.84	12	33.30	Georgia			10	3-7-0	55	10	3-7-0	SEC
60	0.91	57	1.99	42	43.30	Wake Forest			10	4-6-0	57	10	4-6-0	ACC
55	2.59	58	1.98	46	46.30	Oklahoma State			10	4-6-0	58	10	4-6-0	BIG 8
57	1.39	59	1.55	25	37.06	Nebraska			10	3-6-1	59	10	3-6-1	BIG 8
59	1.20	60	1.29	68	60.10	Oregon State			10	5-5-0	60	10	5-5-0	SWIC
70	-2.10	61	1.20	16	34.75	Southern Methodist			10	2-7-1	61	10	2-7-1	SWAC
58	1.34	62	0.85	53	53.30	Oregon			10	4-6-0	62	10	4-6-0	SWIC
72	-2.46	64	0.09	88	78.77	New Mexico			11	7-4-0	64	11	7-4-0	MSC
69	-1.75	65	0.07	67	59.95	Florida State			10	4-5-1	65	10	4-5-1	SWIC
49	3.86	66	-0.62	26	37.17	Indiana			9	2-7-0	66	9	2-7-0	BIG 10
62	0.21	67	-0.77	30	38.10	Pittsburgh			10	3-7-0	67	10	3-7-0	EIC
76	-4.05	68	-0.82	59	56.45	Stanford			10	4-6-0	68	10	4-6-0	AAWU
73	-2.75	69	-0.84	99	83.60	Holy Cross			10	7-3-0	69	10	7-3-0	EIC
50	3.52	71	-1.77	50	50.67	Southern Mississippi			3	1-2-0	71	3	1-2-0	Major-Ind
89	-9.98	72	-2.32	107	88.83	Citadel			10	7-3-0	72	10	7-3-0	SoCon
86	-9.27	73	-2.53	106	88.00	San Jose State			10	6-4-0	73	10	6-4-0	SWIC
79	-7.34	74	-2.73	80	74.30	Miami (OH)			5	3-2-0	74	5	3-2-0	Major-Ind
77	-5.72	75	-2.80	64	58.90	Boston College			10	4-6-0	75	10	4-6-0	EIC
64	0.03	76	-2.99	14	34.50	Tulane			10	2-8-0	76	10	2-8-0	SEC
78	-6.09	77	-3.69	61	57.85	Virginia			10	4-6-0	77	10	4-6-0	ACC
61	0.59	78	-3.92	33	39.20	Vanderbilt			10	2-8-0	78	10	2-8-0	SEC
91	-10.24	79	-4.36	38	42.60	Kansas State			10	2-8-0	79	10	2-8-0	BIG 8
74	-3.12	80	-5.26	54	53.65	Washington State			10	3-7-0	80	10	3-7-0	SWIC
80	-7.86	81	-6.68	94	80.81	Colgate			9	5-4-0	81	9	5-4-0	EIC
71	-2.44	82	-6.93	112	92.28	Columbia			9	6-3-0	82	9	6-3-0	Ivy
85	-8.30	83	-7.56	2	21.22	Illinois			9	0-9-0	83	9	0-9-0	BIG 10
97	-12.12	86	-8.44	69	61.55	Air Force			10	3-7-0	86	10	3-7-0	SWIC
93	-11.32	88	-9.02	98	82.00	Furman			10	7-3-0	88	10	7-3-0	SoCon
81	-8.01	89	-9.22	24	37.00	California			10	1-8-1	89	10	1-8-1	AAWU
75	-3.46	91	-9.83	74	67.45	West Virginia			10	4-6-0	91	10	4-6-0	SoCon
104	-14.85	92	-11.12	118	94.10	North Texas			10	5-4-1	92	10	5-4-1	MVC
84	-8.27	93	-11.62	119	96.61	Harvard			9	6-3-0	93	9	6-3-0	Ivy
96	-11.87	95	-12.76	117	94.00	New Mexico State			10	5-4-1	95	10	5-4-1	BC
90	-10.02	96	-13.20	100	83.67	Virginia Tech			9	4-5-0	96	9	4-5-0	SoCon
115	-24.40	97	-13.24	73	67.00	Idaho			9	2-7-0	97	9	2-7-0	SWIC
112	-20.54	98	-13.30	90	79.25	Buffalo			4	1-3-0	98	4	1-3-0	Major-Ind
95	-11.59	99	-13.62	65	59.05	Tulsa			10	2-8-0	99	10	2-8-0	MVC
103	-14.58	100	-14.14	91	79.75	Cincinnati			10	3-7-0	100	10	3-7-0	MVC
87	-9.60	101	-14.28	121	100.38	Dartmouth			9	6-3-0	101	9	6-3-0	Ivy
107	-17.83	102	-15.65	77	70.00	Brigham Young			10	2-8-0	102	10	2-8-0	MSC
110	-20.11	103	-16.07	87	78.15	Texas El Paso			10	3-7-0	103	10	3-7-0	BC
111	-20.13	107	-18.18	93	80.29	Dayton			10	2-8-0	107	10	2-8-0	EIC
99	-12.56	109	-18.40	78	71.50	Montana			8	2-6-0	109	8	2-6-0	MSC
109	-19.02	110	-19.39	57	55.67	Western Michigan			3	0-3-0	110	3	0-3-0	Major-Ind
118	-28.50	111	-20.33	116	93.00	Davidson			8	4-4-0	111	8	4-4-0	SoCon
92	-11.03	112	-20.56	103	84.38	Louisville			4	1-3-0	112	4	1-3-0	Major-Ind
113	-21.56	115	-25.32	75	67.83	Drake			3	0-3-0	115	3	0-3-0	Major-Ind
114	-23.50	116	-26.26	71	63.10	Colorado State			10	0-10-0	116	10	0-10-0	MSC
105	-16.84	117	-26.44	113	92.28	Cornell			9	3-6-0	117	9	3-6-0	Ivy
120	-30.13	118	-27.19	82	74.83	Massachusetts			3	0-3-0	118	3	0-3-0	Major-Ind
119	-29.00	120	-33.35	84	76.00	Connecticut			4	0-4-0	120	4	0-4-0	Major-Ind
121	-33.42	122	-34.52	110	91.75	Pennsylvania			9	2-7-0	122	9	2-7-0	Ivy
123	-40.14	123	-42.79	120	97.94	Brown			9	0-9-0	123	9	0-9-0	Ivy

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College Football 1961Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1961/9/16 and 1961/12/16Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (WinLoss)

College Football 1961
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1961/9/16 and 1961/12/16
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (WinLoss)