1961 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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120 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Alabama FBS · SEC	★	11–0	327.82	426.35	129.35	—
2	LSU FBS · SEC	—	10–1	286.29	348.12	150.27	▲ 1
3	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	9–2	272.48	335.73	148.24	▼ 1
4	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	10–1	270.39	328.47	138.10	▲ 1
5	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	★	8–0–1	260.17	324.69	133.22	▼ 1
6	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	8–2	249.27	291.68	158.63	▲ 1
7	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	7–2	238.89	292.36	144.30	▼ 1
8	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	223.28	275.91	124.80	—
9	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	213.71	249.93	134.54	—
10	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	7–4	208.08	223.35	168.29	▲ 2
11	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	6–3	207.86	211.29	180.90	—
12	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	8–3	206.68	220.92	160.01	▲ 1
13	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	9–2	204.48	222.04	135.87	▼ 3
14	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	7–3–1	203.68	248.09	126.46	—
15	Wyoming FBS · Skyline	—	6–1–2	198.45	235.94	113.93	—
16	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	6–3	193.48	214.60	152.29	▲ 2
17	Rutgers FBS · Middle Atlantic University	—	9–0	193.29	244.02	84.17	▼ 1
18	Utah State FBS · Skyline	—	9–1–1	192.90	235.71	86.48	▼ 1
19	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	7–4	182.23	181.58	168.13	—
20	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	180.62	201.48	140.70	—
21	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	6–3	180.28	181.47	161.96	—
22	Arizona FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1–1	178.28	214.47	85.89	—
23	Duke FBS · ACC	—	7–3	176.19	196.69	130.35	—
24	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	5–4	172.47	180.53	161.60	—
25	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	7–2–1	168.29	180.63	126.02	—
26	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	6–4	163.89	167.96	153.38	—
27	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	2–0	161.48	199.05	88.53	—
28	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	6–5	161.40	179.90	137.17	—
29	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	5–5	155.54	167.81	143.89	—
30	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	6–4	152.19	155.54	144.11	▲ 1
31	Houston FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	149.27	154.41	137.70	▲ 1
32	UCLA FBS · AAWU	—	7–4	145.20	154.21	121.67	▼ 2
33	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	144.13	176.80	71.33	—
34	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	143.58	148.86	112.78	—
35	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	142.69	148.32	115.30	—
36	Arizona State FBS · Border	—	7–3	141.97	166.30	86.04	▲ 1
37	Utah FBS · Skyline	—	6–4	141.93	150.69	120.99	▼ 1
38	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	5–5	140.75	117.10	171.18	—
39	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	138.34	150.23	114.09	—
40	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	136.76	154.58	91.94	—
41	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	5–5	135.05	136.00	139.72	—
42	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	134.55	114.05	164.21	—
43	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	4–5	133.88	120.70	165.14	▲ 1
44	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	133.35	151.25	87.00	▼ 1
45	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	5–5	129.45	157.33	105.88	—
46	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	5–5	128.55	124.35	139.14	—
47	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	124.01	141.95	83.40	—
48	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–3	122.31	129.41	82.25	—
49	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	4–5–1	122.14	103.71	160.21	▲ 1
50	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	3–5–2	120.80	96.33	172.17	▼ 1
51	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	117.51	138.20	75.83	—
52	Oregon State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	114.42	118.36	113.94	—
53	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2	113.45	122.57	113.42	▲ 1
54	Washington FBS · AAWU	—	5–4–1	113.30	129.89	98.55	▼ 1
55	New Mexico FBS · Skyline	—	7–4	111.92	117.98	88.91	▲ 1
56	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	111.38	104.01	149.25	▼ 1
57	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	4–6	110.18	102.90	146.46	—
58	VMI FBS · Southern	—	6–4	108.77	135.62	65.38	—
59	NC State FBS · ACC	—	4–6	108.61	94.03	142.03	—
60	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	3–2	107.61	98.19	111.29	—
61	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	1–1	106.91	122.25	83.58	—
62	West Texas FBS · Border	—	6–4	104.70	107.58	88.26	—
63	BBoston University FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	103.81	120.04	99.23	—
64	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	103.70	98.83	107.43	—
65	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	7–3	102.67	79.03	114.59	—
66	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	0–1	101.36	97.17	122.31	—
67	Florida FBS · SEC	—	4–5–1	100.20	82.34	142.84	—
68	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	4–6	97.71	90.57	128.09	—
69	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	5–5	97.54	92.79	113.34	—
70	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	95.88	89.95	122.52	—
71	XXavier FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	94.81	98.45	84.57	▲ 1
72	USC FBS · AAWU	—	4–5–1	94.28	101.17	109.34	▼ 1
73	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	4–6	93.62	91.15	117.83	—
74	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	5–4	93.55	90.94	90.25	—
75	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	2–7	92.54	76.62	153.75	—
76	Oregon FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	91.84	70.64	133.45	—
77	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	5–5	91.35	84.03	99.35	—
78	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	1–1	89.97	93.63	83.58	—
79	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	3–6–1	88.88	69.72	138.69	—
80	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5–1	87.53	78.86	113.06	—
81	Washington State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	86.03	80.39	123.48	—
82	West Virginia FBS · Southern	—	4–6	83.46	73.51	114.13	—
83	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–3	82.92	81.87	94.52	—
84	South Carolina FBS · ACC	—	4–6	81.27	68.87	121.85	—
85	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	2–8	77.69	40.45	167.44	—
86	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	3–7	76.75	53.19	146.11	—
87	San José State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	74.05	77.78	63.57	—
88	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	7–3	72.75	58.76	69.89	—
89	Dayton FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8	72.35	80.59	103.99	—
90	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	0–3	70.30	52.42	124.22	—
91	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	4–5	69.11	75.81	74.65	—
92	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	4–6	68.83	59.95	102.19	—
93	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	67.85	38.01	105.79	—
94	North Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–4–1	66.78	71.00	60.89	—
95	Buffalo FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–3	64.91	31.90	122.38	—
96	Idaho FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7	64.28	63.00	103.98	—
97	Cincinnati FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7	62.45	69.35	87.17	—
98	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	2–7–1	59.59	34.04	140.98	—
99	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–8	55.80	46.87	111.84	—
100	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	0–9	54.09	3.77	185.71	▲ 1
101	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	4–5	53.55	45.08	78.61	▼ 1
102	Stanford FBS · AAWU	—	4–6	52.75	29.66	107.77	—
103	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	3–6	51.11	41.08	89.35	—
104	GGeorge Washington FBS · Southern	—	3–6	50.21	51.63	73.88	—
105	Marshall FBS · Mid-American	—	0–2	47.82	18.39	101.79	▲ 1
106	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	2–8	47.58	10.90	146.38	▼ 1
107	California FBS · AAWU	—	1–8–1	42.02	1.00	147.31	—
108	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	5–4–1	40.10	27.08	55.08	▲ 1
109	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	38.99	28.07	94.50	▼ 1
110	BYU FBS · Skyline	—	2–8	36.42	17.56	105.68	—
111	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	2–8	35.06	3.45	128.27	—
112	Montana FBS · Skyline	—	2–6	31.43	1.00	101.33	—
113	UTEP FBS · Border	—	3–7	28.95	1.00	91.65	—
114	PPacific FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	28.57	15.94	39.19	—
115	Drake FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–3	28.11	1.00	95.54	—
116	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	2–7	23.36	1.00	90.92	—
117	Colorado State FBS · Skyline	—	0–10	20.22	1.00	114.63	—
118	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	1–9	10.38	1.00	82.49	—
119	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	0–9	8.98	1.00	83.27	—
120	Hardin Simmons FBS · Border	—	0–10	7.67	1.00	84.75	—