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November 27, 1961 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (26) SEC 9-0 459 DNP
2 < 2 Ohio State (21) Big Ten 8-0-1 452  
3 < 4 LSU (1) SEC 9-1 366  
4 < 5 Texas Southwest 9-1 354  
5 < 6 Mississippi (1) SEC 8-1 272  
6 < 7 Colorado Big 8 8-1 169  
7 < 3 Minnesota Big Ten 7-2 168  
8 < 8 Michigan State Big Ten 7-2 139  
9 < 9 Arkansas Southwest 8-2 131  
10 < NR Missouri Big 8 7-2-1 31  
NR < 10 Kansas Big 8 6-3-1 0  
NR < NR Arizona Ind 8-1-1 0  
NR < NR Duke ACC 6-3 0  
NR < NR Georgia Tech SEC 6-3 0  
NR < NR Iowa Big Ten 5-4 0  
NR < NR Michigan Big Ten 6-3 0  
NR < NR Penn State Ind 7-3 0  
NR < NR Purdue Big Ten 6-3 0  
NR < NR Rice Southwest 6-3 0 W 35-16 A TCU
NR < NR Rutgers MID3 9-0 0 W 32-19 H Columbia
NR < NR Syracuse Ind 7-3 0 W 28-13 A Boston College
NR < NR UCLA AAWU 7-3 0 W 10-7 N USC
NR < NR Utah State MSAC 9-0-1 0 DNP
NR < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 6-3 0 W 23-21 A #3 Minnesota
NR < NR Wyoming MSAC 6-1-2 0 DNP

Others Receiving Votes

Penn State, Rutgers, Wisconsin, UCLA, Utah State, Arizona, Purdue, Rice, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Duke, Iowa, Syracuse, Wyoming, Kansas

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 3 3.0 1097
Big Ten 3 5.7 759
Southwest 2 6.5 485
Big 8 2 8.0 200

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.