1961 NCAA Football Rankings

  # Team                        W      L     Rating 
--- -------------------------  ----   ----   -------
  1 Alabama                    11   -  0     2.9213 
  2 Louisiana State            10   -  1     2.1378 
  3 Texas                      10   -  1     1.9021 
  4 Ohio State                  8.5 -  0.5   1.8449 
  5 Rutgers                     6   -  0     1.6123 
  6 Mississippi                 9   -  2     1.5045 
  7 Colorado                    9   -  2     1.2570 
  8 Minnesota                   8   -  2     1.2086 
  9 Michigan State              7   -  2     1.0583 
 10 Arkansas                    7   -  3     1.0401 

 11 Arizona                     8.5 -  1.5   0.9843 
 12 Utah State                  8.5 -  1.5   0.9801 
 13 Wyoming                     7   -  2     0.9773 
 14 Lehigh                      3   -  1     0.9600 
 15 Missouri                    7.5 -  2.5   0.8958 
 16 Penn State                  8   -  3     0.8943 
 17 Syracuse                    8   -  3     0.8820 
 18 Rice                        7   -  4     0.8271 
 19 Michigan                    6   -  3     0.8201 
 20 Georgia Tech                7   -  4     0.8197 

 21 Duke                        7   -  3     0.7999 
 22 Navy                        7   -  3     0.7797 
 23 Wisconsin                   6   -  3     0.7759 
 24 Kansas                      7.5 -  3.5   0.7539 
 25 Villanova                   5   -  2     0.7378 
 26 Purdue                      6   -  3     0.7265 
 27 Maryland                    7   -  3     0.6697 
 28 Miami (Florida)             7   -  4     0.6207 
 29 Holy Cross                  6   -  3     0.6152 
 30 Arizona State               7   -  3     0.5942 

 31 Columbia                    6   -  3     0.5835 
 32 Tennessee                   6   -  4     0.5690 
 33 Utah                        6   -  4     0.5687 
 34 Auburn                      6   -  4     0.5629 
 35 Iowa                        5   -  4     0.5586 
 36 UCLA                        7   -  4     0.5502 
 37 Mississippi State           4   -  5     0.5233 
 38 Memphis                     6   -  2     0.5180 
 39 Wichita State               6   -  3     0.5114 
 40 Baylor                      6   -  5     0.5041 

 41 Citadel                     6   -  3     0.4928 
 42 Notre Dame                  5   -  5     0.4916 
 43 West Texas A&M              6   -  3     0.4768 
 44 Dartmouth                   5   -  3     0.4737 
 45 Harvard                     6   -  3     0.4654 
 46 North Carolina              5   -  5     0.4596 
 47 Oklahoma                    5   -  5     0.4582 
 48 Houston                     5.5 -  4.5   0.4560 
 49 Miami (Ohio)                3   -  2     0.4529 
 50 Colgate                     4   -  4     0.4524 

 51 Army                        6   -  4     0.4487 
 52 Texas A&M                   4.5 -  5.5   0.4355 
 53 San Jose State              6   -  3     0.4282 
 54 Texas Christian             4   -  6     0.4105 
 55 New Mexico                  6   -  4     0.4088 
 56 Kentucky                    5   -  5     0.3958 
 57 Northwestern                4   -  5     0.3831 
 58 Clemson                     5   -  5     0.3789 
 59 Florida State               4.5 -  4.5   0.3765 
 60 Virginia Military Institute 5   -  4     0.3697 

 61 Florida                     4.5 -  5.5   0.3685 
 62 Detroit Mercy               4   -  4     0.3648 
 63 Princeton                   5   -  4     0.3606 
 64 Oregon State                5   -  5     0.3562 
 65 Richmond                    5   -  5     0.3227 
 66 Oregon                      4   -  6     0.3188 
 67 Texas Tech                  4   -  6     0.3172 
 68 Iowa State                  4   -  5     0.3121 
 69 Washington                  5.5 -  4.5   0.3111 
 70 Furman                      3   -  3     0.3069 

 71 Wake Forest                 4   -  6     0.3031 
 72 North Carolina State        3   -  6     0.3021 
 73 Boston College              4   -  6     0.2926 
 74 South Carolina              4   -  6     0.2916 
 75 Oklahoma State              4   -  6     0.2821 
 76 Xavier                      3   -  4     0.2759 
 77 Virginia                    4   -  6     0.2597 
 78 Southern California         4.5 -  5.5   0.2563 
 79 West Virginia               4   -  6     0.2387 
 80 Virginia Tech               4   -  5     0.2366 

 81 Nebraska                    2.5 -  6.5   0.2366 
 82 Pittsburgh                  3   -  7     0.2309 
 83 New Mexico State            3.5 -  4.5   0.2286 
 84 Stanford                    4   -  6     0.2274 
 85 Buffalo                     1   -  3     0.2252 
 86 Georgia                     3   -  7     0.2244 
 87 Washington State            3   -  7     0.2207 
 88 Yale                        4   -  5     0.2172 
 89 North Texas                 4.5 -  4.5   0.2132 
 90 Southern Methodist          2.5 -  7.5   0.2037 

 91 Boston University           3   -  5     0.2032 
 92 Pacific                     1   -  3     0.2003 
 93 Cornell                     3   -  6     0.1851 
 94 Indiana                     2   -  7     0.1851 
 95 Louisville                  1   -  3     0.1793 
 96 George Washington           3   -  6     0.1785 
 97 Dayton                      2   -  5     0.1780 
 98 Idaho                       2   -  7     0.1651 
 99 Air Force                   3   -  7     0.1624 
100 Tulane                      2   -  8     0.1606 

101 Davidson                    1   -  4     0.1592 
102 Tennessee-Chattanooga       0   -  4     0.1574 
103 Montana                     2   -  5     0.1574 
104 Trinity (Texas)             1   -  3     0.1557 
105 Vanderbilt                  2   -  8     0.1486 
106 Kansas State                2   -  8     0.1445 
107 Cincinnati                  3   -  7     0.1419 
108 Texas-El Paso               2   -  7     0.1351 
109 Brigham Young               2   -  8     0.1310 
110 California                  1.5 -  8.5   0.1302 

111 Connecticut                 0   -  4     0.1244 
112 Tulsa                       2   -  8     0.1153 
113 Pennsylvania                1   -  7     0.0872 
114 William & Mary              1   -  9     0.0826 
115 Illinois                    0   -  9     0.0813 
116 Colorado State              0   - 10     0.0609 
117 Brown                       0   -  8     0.0599 
118 Hardin-Simmons              0   -  8     0.0585 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.3420