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November 20, 1961 AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	2	Alabama (39)	SEC	9-0	469	W 10-0 H Georgia Tech
2	<	3	Ohio State (6)	Big Ten	7-0-1	408
3	<	5	Minnesota (2)	Big Ten	7-1	354
4	<	4	LSU (1)	SEC	8-1	353
5	<	1	Texas	Southwest	8-1	321	L 6-0 H TCU
6	<	6	Mississippi (1)	SEC	8-1	266
7	<	8	Colorado	Big 8	7-1	114
8	<	9	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-2	113
9	<	NR	Arkansas	Southwest	7-2	71
10	<	NR	Kansas	Big 8	6-2-1	46	W 53-7 A California
NR	<	7	Purdue	Big Ten		0
NR	<	10	Syracuse	Ind		0
NR	<	NR	Arizona	Ind		0
NR	<	NR	Duke	ACC		0
NR	<	NR	Georgia Tech	SEC		0
NR	<	NR	Maryland	ACC		0
NR	<	NR	Michigan	Big Ten		0
NR	<	NR	Missouri	Big 8		0
NR	<	NR	Notre Dame	Ind		0
NR	<	NR	Rutgers	MID3		0
NR	<	NR	Utah	MSAC		0
NR	<	NR	Utah State	MSAC		0
NR	<	NR	Wyoming	MSAC		0

Purdue, Michigan, Utah State, Maryland, Missouri, Duke, Syracuse, Rutgers, Notre Dame, Arizona, Georgia Tech, Wyoming, Utah

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	3	3.7	1088
Big Ten	3	4.3	875
Southwest	2	7.0	392
Big 8	2	8.5	160

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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.