College Football 1961
Ranking of Teams in each division

Based on games played between 1961/9/16 and 1961/12/16
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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No Division Affiliation [NoDivi]	-	College Football 1961

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

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       Soren Sorensen  -  Updated Tue Mar  3 22:04:42 2026

College Football 1961Ranking of Teams in each division

Based on games played between 1961/9/16 and 1961/12/16Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1961
Ranking of Teams in each division

Based on games played between 1961/9/16 and 1961/12/16
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)