1962 NCAA College Division football season

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The 1962 NCAA College Division football season was the seventh season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the College Division level.

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In the final Associated Press (AP) small-college poll, Florida A&M was the top-rated team. The Rattlers subsequently lost to Jackson State in the Orange Blossom Classic. United Press International (UPI) named Southern Miss as the top-ranked team in their final small-college poll.

Undefeated teams

Five College Division teams compiled perfect seasons in 1962, including any postseason bowl games:

Conference standings

1962 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
San Diego State $ 6 0 08 2 0
Fresno State 4 1 07 3 0
Long Beach State 3 3 05 5 0
Cal Poly 3 3 04 5 0
Valley State 2 3 03 6 0
UC Santa Barbara 2 4 02 8 0
Los Angeles State 0 6 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Morgan State $ 8 1 08 2 0
North Carolina A&T 6 1 07 3 0
Johnson C. Smith 6 1 07 2 0
Virginia Union 7 2 07 2 0
Maryland State 2 2 14 2 1
North Carolina College 4 3 06 3 0
Fayetteville State 4 2 14 2 1
Elizabeth City State 2 3 32 3 3
Norfolk State 3 3 05 3 0
Virginia State 3 5 04 5 0
St. Augustine's 3 4 14 4 1
Delaware State 3 4 04 5 0
Winston-Salem State 2 5 03 6 0
Hampton 3 4 03 6 0
Livingstone 1 3 02 8 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 2 6 02 6 0
Shaw 1 7 11 7 1
Howard 0 6 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Omaha $ 4 0 18 1 1
Fort Hays State 3 1 16 2 1
Pittsburg State 3 2 06 3 0
Washburn 2 3 04 5 0
Emporia State 2 3 03 5 1
St. Benedict's 0 5 00 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
1962 College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington and Lee $ 3 0 08 1 0
Sewanee 2 1 04 3 1
Southwestern (TN) 1 2 04 4 0
Centre 0 3 01 6 1
Washington University 0 0 05 3 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 College Conference of Illinois football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Carthage $ 7 0 08 0 0
Carroll (WI) 5 2 06 2 0
Augustana (IL) 4 3 05 4 0
Millikin 4 3 04 4 0
Illinois Wesleyan 4 3 04 5 0
North Central (IL) 3 4 04 5 0
North Park 1 6 02 6 0
Lake Forest 0 7 00 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Far Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
San Francisco State $ 3 1 16 2 1
Humboldt State 3 2 07 2 0
Nevada 2 2 15 3 1
UC Davis 2 3 05 4 0
Chico State 2 3 04 4 1
Sacramento State 2 3 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Gulf States Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Northwestern State $ 4 1 07 2 1
McNeese State 3 2 06 2 1
Southeastern Louisiana 3 2 06 3 0
Louisiana Tech 2 3 04 4 0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 3 04 5 1
Northeast Louisiana State 1 4 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Hoosier Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Taylor $ 5 0 06 3 0
Anderson (IN) 3 1 15 2 1
Franklin (IN) 2 1 23 4 2
Manchester (IN) 2 3 02 6 0
Indiana Central 1 3 11 6 2
Hanover 0 5 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Butler $ 4 1 15 2 2
Valparaiso 4 2 06 3 0
Indiana State 4 2 05 3 0
DePauw 3 3 05 4 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) 3 3 04 4 1
Ball State 2 3 14 3 1
Evansville 0 6 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Central Michigan $ 4 0 06 4 0
No. 9 Northern Illinois 3 1 08 2 0
Western Illinois 2 2 05 3 0
Illinois State Normal 1 3 05 4 0
Eastern Illinois 0 4 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1962 Iowa Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Parsons $ 9 0 09 0 0
Central (IA) 7 2 07 2 0
Luther 6 2 16 2 1
Upper Iowa 6 3 06 3 0
William Penn 5 3 15 3 1
Wartburg 5 4 05 4 0
Buena Vista 3 6 03 6 0
Dubuque 2 7 02 7 0
Iowa Wesleyan 1 8 01 8 0
Simpson 0 9 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1962 Lone Star Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Texas A&I $ 6 0 19 0 1
Southwest Texas State 6 1 08 2 0
Sam Houston State 4 2 15 3 1
Lamar Tech 4 3 07 3 0
East Texas State 3 3 15 4 1
Sul Ross 2 5 04 6 0
Stephen F. Austin 1 6 01 9 0
Howard Payne 0 6 11 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1962 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Western Maryland $ 4 0 08 1 0
Hampden–Sydney 3 1 06 4 0
Bridgewater 2 2 03 3 0
Gallaudet 0 1 01 6 0
Johns Hopkins 0 2 02 6 0
Randolph–Macon 0 3 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Kalamazoo $ 5 0 08 0 0
Albion 3 2 06 2 0
Olivet 3 2 06 3 0
Adrian 3 2 03 4 0
Hope 1 4 03 6 0
Alma 0 5 00 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Mid-Ohio Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bluffton + 2 1 05 3 0
Defiance + 2 1 05 3 0
Ashland + 2 1 04 4 1
Wilmington (OH) 0 3 02 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1962 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University
Delaware x 5 0 07 2 0
Bucknell 5 1 06 3 0
Lehigh 2 2 03 6 0
Temple 2 3 03 6 0
Lafayette 2 4 03 5 0
Gettysburg 2 4 02 6 0
Muhlenberg 0 4 02 7 0
College–Northern
Susquehanna x 5 0 09 0 0
Moravian 4 2 05 3 0
Wagner 3 3 04 4 1
Wilkes 3 4 03 4 0
Upsala 2 3 04 4 0
Albright 2 3 03 5 0
Lycoming 1 4 04 4 0
Hofstra * 1 0 08 2 0
Juniata * 2 1 06 2 0
College–Southern
Western Maryland x 5 1 08 1 0
Drexel x 5 1 06 2 0
Swarthmore 4 2 05 2 0
Lebanon Valley 4 2 05 3 0
Pennsylvania Military 5 4 05 5 0
Dickinson 3 5 03 5 0
Johns Hopkins 2 4 02 6 0
Ursinus 2 5 02 5 0
Haverford 1 5 01 6 0
Franklin & Marshall 0 5 00 8 0
West Chester * 0 0 07 2 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
1962 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Lincoln (MO) $ 2 0 15 3 1
Central State (OH) 2 1 03 3 1
Tennessee A&I 1 1 11 7 1
Kentucky State 0 3 04 4 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier [1]
1962 Midwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Grinnell $ 7 0 17 0 1
Ripon 6 1 16 1 1
Lawrence 6 2 06 2 0
Coe 5 2 15 2 1
St. Olaf 5 2 15 2 1
Carleton 4 4 04 4 0
Cornell (IA) 2 6 02 6 0
Monmouth (IL) 2 6 02 6 0
Beloit 1 7 01 7 0
Knox 0 8 00 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Saint John's (MN) $ 7 0 09 0 0
Minnesota–Duluth 5 1 16 2 1
St. Thomas (MN) 5 2 06 3 0
Concordia (MN) 3 3 15 3 1
Macalester 3 4 03 5 0
Augsburg 2 5 03 5 0
Gustavus Adolphus 2 5 02 6 0
Hamline 0 7 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1962 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
SE Missouri State $ 5 0 07 3 0
NE Missouri State 4 1 07 2 0
SW Missouri State 3 2 05 3 1
Central Missouri State 2 3 02 6 1
Missouri–Rolla 1 4 02 7 0
NW Missouri State 0 5 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 North Central Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
State College of Iowa + 5 0 17 1 1
South Dakota State + 5 0 17 2 1
Augustana (SD) 4 2 06 3 0
North Dakota 3 3 05 4 0
Morningside 2 4 02 7 0
South Dakota 1 5 01 9 0
North Dakota State 0 6 00 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1962 Northern State College Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Winona State $ 5 0 06 1 1
Mankato State 3 2 04 4 0
St. Cloud State 2 2 15 3 1
Moorhead State 2 3 05 4 0
Bemidji State 2 3 03 6 0
Michigan Tech 0 4 10 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Wittenberg $ 6 0 09 0 0
Akron 7 1 07 2 0
Denison 5 1 07 1 1
Muskingum 6 2 07 2 0
Baldwin–Wallace 3 1 06 2 0
Hiram 4 2 05 3 0
Otterbein 4 3 05 3 0
Capital 4 4 04 4 0
Wooster 3 4 04 4 1
Mount Union 2 5 03 6 0
Heidelberg 2 5 02 7 0
Oberlin 1 5 01 6 0
Marietta 1 5 01 8 0
Ohio Wesleyan 1 6 03 6 0
Kenyon 1 6 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP small college poll
1962 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
East Tennessee State + 4 2 07 3 0
Eastern Kentucky + 4 2 06 3 0
Morehead State + 4 2 05 3 0
Middle Tennessee + 4 2 06 4 0
Western Kentucky 3 3 05 3 0
Murray State 1 5 05 5 0
Tennessee Tech 1 5 02 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1962 Pennsylvania State College Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
East Division
East Stroudsburg xy 6 0 08 1 0
West Chester 5 1 07 2 0
Kutztown 3 3 05 3 0
Bloomsburg 3 3 04 4 1
Mansfield 2 4 02 5 0
Millersville 2 4 02 6 0
Cheyney 0 6 01 6 0
West Division
Slippery Rock xy$ 5 1 09 1 0
California (PA) 4 1 15 1 1
Indiana (PA) 4 1 15 2 1
Shippensburg 3 3 04 4 0
Clarion 3 3 04 4 0
Edinboro 1 5 03 5 0
Lock Haven 0 6 02 6 0
Championship: Slippery Rock 13, East Stroudsburg 6
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
1962 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
John Carroll $ 7 0 07 0 0
Bethany (WV) 6 1 06 1 0
Western Reserve 3 2 13 3 1
Washington & Jefferson 3 3 04 3 0
Allegheny 2 3 02 5 0
Thiel 2 5 02 5 0
Case Tech 1 6 01 6 0
Wayne State (MI) 0 4 10 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Adams State $ 4 0 09 1 0
Western State (CO) 2 2 05 4 0
Colorado State–Greeley 2 2 03 6 0
Colorado Mines 1 3 04 5 0
Colorado College 0 4 01 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Whittier $ 3 0 08 1 0
Redlands 3 1 05 5 0
Claremont-Mudd 2 2 04 5 0
Occidental 2 3 06 3 0
Pomona 2 3 04 5 0
Caltech 0 3 01 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Florida A&M + 6 0 09 1 0
Alabama A&M + 6 0 08 2 0
Morehouse 5 1 06 2 0
Clark (GA) 5 1 06 1 0
Bethune–Cookman 6 2 07 2 0
Fisk 4 2 06 2 0
South Carolina State 4 3 05 3 0
Benedict 3 3 05 5 0
Tuskegee 4 4 04 4 0
Morris Brown 2 4 04 5 0
Lane 2 6 02 7 0
Allen 1 4 03 6 0
Fort Valley State 0 5 02 7 0
Alabama State 0 6 00 8 0
Knoxville 0 6 00 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA poll
1962 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Jackson State $ 6 1 010 1 0
Texas Southern 5 2 07 3 0
Grambling 3 2 26 2 2
Prairie View A&M 4 3 06 3 0
Southern 3 4 05 5 0
Arkansas AM&N 2 4 14 5 1
Alcorn A&M 2 5 04 5 0
Wiley 1 5 13 5 1
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Virginia Little Eight Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Emory and Henry * 1 0 08 0 1
Hampden–Sydney $ 2 1 06 4 0
Bridgewater 1 1 03 3 0
Randolph–Macon 0 2 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – Emory and Henry did not play enough conference games to be eligible for the championship.
1962 West Penn Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Westminster (PA) $ 5 0 06 2 0
Waynesburg 3 1 05 3 0
Grove City 2 1 06 3 0
Geneva 1 3 01 5 1
Saint Vincent 1 3 01 6 0
Carnegie Tech 0 4 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Wisconsin State College Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Whitewater State $ 6 1 06 3 0
Superior State 4 1 17 1 1
Stevens Point State 5 2 06 2 0
Eau Claire State 5 2 05 3 0
La Crosse State 4 3 04 5 0
River Falls State 3 4 03 5 1
Milwaukee 2 4 02 6 0
Platteville State 2 4 02 6 0
Stout State 1 4 12 5 1
Oshkosh State 0 7 00 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
New Hampshire $ 4 0 17 0 1
UMass 4 1 06 3 0
Connecticut 2 2 03 6 0
Rhode Island 1 3 12 5 2
Vermont 1 3 03 5 0
Maine 1 4 04 4 0
  • $ Conference champion
1962 NCAA College Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Cal Poly Pomona   9 1 0
Southern Miss   9 1 0
Drake   8 2 0
Howard (AL)   7 2 0
Southern Connecticut State   7 2 0
St. Norbert   7 2 0
Hawaii   6 2 0
Montana State   7 3 0
Arkansas State   6 3 0
Northern Michigan   6 3 0
Northeastern   5 3 0
Wabash   5 3 1
Abilene Christian   6 4 0
East Carolina   5 4 0
Weber State   5 4 0
Chattanooga   5 5 0
Arlington State   4 6 0
Southern Illinois   4 6 0
Findlay   4 5 0
Tampa   3 4 2
UC Riverside   3 5 0
Eastern Michigan   2 5 0
Mississippi Vocational   2 5 0
Santa Clara   2 6 0
Carnegie Tech   1 7 0
Rose Poly   1 7 0
Union (NY)   1 7 0
Trinity (TX)   1 8 0

Rankings

Small college poll

In 1962, both United Press International (UPI) and the Associated Press (AP) conducted "small college" polls, and selected different number one teams. [2] [3] UPI's panel of coaches selected Southern Miss, who had a record of 9–1 with their sole defeat coming in an 8–6 loss to Memphis State. [4] The AP's panel of sportswriters selected Florida A&M, who had a 9–0 record including four shutouts. [5] The Rattlers went on to play Jackson State in the Orange Blossom Classic, but lost 22–6.

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