1961 major college football rankings

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Two human polls comprised the 1961 major college football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

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Legend

 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
 National champion
(#–#)
 Win–loss record
(Italics)
 Number of first place votes
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP poll

The final AP poll was released on December 5, at the end of the regular season, weeks before the bowls. [1] Starting in the 1961 season and until the 1967 season, the AP poll ranked only 10 teams.

Preseason
Aug [2] 		Week 1
Sep 25 [3] 		Week 2
Oct 2 [4] 		Week 3
Oct 9 [5] 		Week 4
Oct 16 [6] 		Week 5
Oct 23 [7] 		Week 6
Oct 30 [8] 		Week 7
Nov 6 [9] 		Week 8
Nov 13 [10] 		Week 9
Nov 20 [11] 		Week 10
Nov 27 [12] 		Week 11 (Final)
Dec 5 [13]
1. Iowa (22)Iowa (0–0) (19)Iowa (1–0) (24)Ole Miss (3–0) (24)Michigan State (3–0) (16)Michigan State (4–0) (29)Michigan State (5–0) (31)Texas (7–0) (35)Texas (8–0) (41)Alabama (9–0) (39)Alabama (9–0) (26)Alabama (10–0) (26)1.
2. Ohio State (15)Ole Miss (1–0) (12)Ole Miss (2–0) (16)Iowa (2–0) (11)Ole Miss (4–0) (21)Ole Miss (5–0) (11)Ole Miss (6–0) (8)Alabama (7–0) (6)Alabama (8–0) (3)Ohio State (7–0–1) (6)Ohio State (8–0–1) (21)Ohio State (8–0–1) (20)2.
3. Alabama (3)Ohio State (0–0) (7) Georgia Tech (2–0) (7)Alabama (3–0) (4)Texas (4–0) (2)Texas (5–0) (3)Texas (6–0) (6)Ohio State (5–0–1) (7)Ohio State (6–0–1) (2)Minnesota (7–1) (2)LSU (9–1) (1)Texas (9–1)3.
4. Texas (1)Alabama (1–0) (6)Alabama (2–0) (1)Texas (3–0) (3)Iowa (3–0) (2)Alabama (5–0) (4)Alabama (6–0) (2)LSU (6–1)LSU (7–1) (1)LSU (8–1) (1)Texas (9–1)LSU (9–1) (1)4.
5. LSU Syracuse (1–0)Texas (2–0) (2)Michigan State (2–0) (2)Alabama (4–0) (4)Iowa (4–0) (1)Ohio State (4–0–1) Minnesota (5–1)Minnesota (6–1)Texas (8–1)Ole Miss (8–1) (1)Ole Miss (9–1) (1)5.
6. Michigan State Texas (1–0) (1)Michigan State (1–0) (1)Michigan (2–0) (2)Notre Dame (3–0) (1)Ohio State (3–0–1)LSU (5–1)Michigan State (5–1)Ole Miss (7–1)Ole Miss (8–1) (1)Colorado (8–1)Minnesota (7–2)6.
7. Penn State (1) Rice (0–0) (2)Syracuse (2–0)Ohio State (1–0–1)Ohio State (2–0–1) (1)LSU (4–1)Georgia Tech (5–1)Ole Miss (6–1) Purdue (5–2)Colorado (7–1)Minnesota (7–2)Colorado (9–1)7.
8. Kansas (1)Penn State (1–0) (2)Ohio State (0–0–1) Notre Dame (2–0) (1)Georgia Tech (3–1)Notre Dame (3–1)Colorado (5–0)Colorado (6–0)Colorado (6–1)Michigan State (6–2)Michigan State (7–2)Michigan State (7–2)8.
9. Ole Miss (2) UCLA (1–0) Michigan (1–0)Baylor (2–0) Colorado (3–0)Georgia Tech (4–1)Iowa (4–1)Georgia Tech (6–1)Michigan State (5–2)Arkansas (7–2)Arkansas (8–2)Arkansas (8–2)9.
10. Syracuse Michigan State (0–0) Baylor (1–0) Maryland (3–0) Arkansas (3–1) тColorado (4–0) Missouri (5–0–1)Missouri (5–1–1)Syracuse (6–2)Kansas (6–2–1)Missouri (7–2–1) Utah State (9–0–1)10.
Preseason
Aug [14] 		Week 1
Sep 25 [15] 		Week 2
Oct 2 [16] 		Week 3
Oct 9 [17] 		Week 4
Oct 16 [18] 		Week 5
Oct 23 [19] 		Week 6
Oct 30 [20] 		Week 7
Nov 6 [21] 		Week 8
Nov 13 [22] 		Week 9
Nov 20 [23] 		Week 10
Nov 27 [24] 		Week 11 (Final)
Dec 5 [25]
Dropped:
  • Kansas
  • LSU
Dropped:
  • UCLA
  • Penn State
  • Rice
Dropped:
  • Georgia Tech
  • Syracuse
Dropped:
  • Baylor
  • Maryland
  • Michigan
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
Dropped:
  • Notre Dame
Dropped:
  • Iowa
Dropped:
  • Georgia Tech
  • Missouri
Dropped:
  • Purdue
  • Syracuse
Dropped:
  • Kansas
Dropped:
  • Missouri

Final Coaches Poll

The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on December 5. [26]
Alabama received 18 of the 35 first-place votes; Ohio State received fifteen, Ole Miss one, and Colorado one.

RankingTeamConferenceBowl
1 Alabama SEC Won Sugar, 10–3
2 Ohio State Big Ten none
3 LSU SECWon Orange, 25–7
4 Texas Southwest Won Cotton, 12–7
5 Ole Miss SECLost Cotton, 7–12
6 Minnesota Big TenWon Rose, 21–3
7 Colorado Big Eight Lost Orange, 7–25
8 Arkansas SouthwestLost Sugar, 3–10
9 Michigan State Big Tennone
10 Utah State Skyline Lost Gotham, 9–24
11 Purdue Big Tennone
Missouri Big Eight
13 Georgia Tech SECLost Gator, 15–30
14 Duke ACC none
15 Kansas Big EightWon Bluebonnet, 33–7
16 Syracuse Independent Won Liberty, 15–14
17 Wyoming Skylinenone
18 Wisconsin Big Ten
19 Miami (FL) IndependentLost Liberty, 14–15
Penn State IndependentWon Gator, 30–15

[26]

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  3. ↑ "September 25, 1961 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ "October 2, 1961 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ "October 9, 1961 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
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