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October 9, 1961 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 2 Mississippi (24) SEC 3-0 384 W 33-0 H Florida State
2 < 1 Iowa (11) Big Ten 2-0 341 W 35-34 A USC
3 < 4 Alabama (4) SEC 3-0 329  
4 < 5 Texas (3) Southwest 3-0 286  
5 < 6 Michigan State (2) Big Ten 2-0 259  
6 < 9 Michigan (2) Big Ten 2-0 240  
7 < 8 Ohio State Big Ten 1-0-1 126  
8 < NR Notre Dame (1) Ind 2-0 103  
9 < 10 Baylor Southwest 2-0 98  
10 < NR Maryland ACC 3-0 77  
NR < 3 Georgia Tech SEC 0  
NR < 7 Syracuse Ind 0  
NR < NR Arkansas Southwest 0  
NR < NR Clemson ACC 0  
NR < NR Colorado Big 8 0  
NR < NR Duke ACC 0  
NR < NR LSU SEC 0  
NR < NR Navy Ind 0  
NR < NR Northwestern Big Ten 0  
NR < NR Penn State Ind 0  
NR < NR Purdue Big Ten 0  
NR < NR Rice Southwest 0  
NR < NR Stanford AAWU 0  
NR < NR TCU Southwest 0  
NR < NR Tennessee SEC 0  
NR < NR USC AAWU 0  
NR < NR Washington AAWU 0  

Others Receiving Votes

LSU, Northwestern, Washington, Duke, Colorado, Georgia Tech, Rice, Navy, Syracuse, Arkansas, TCU, Penn State, Purdue, USC, Tennessee, Clemson, Stanford

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 4 5.0 966
SEC 2 2.0 713
Southwest 2 6.5 384
Ind 1 8.0 103
ACC 1 10.0 77

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.
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