1961 Southeastern Conference Year Summary

Record: 70-53-1, .569 W-L% (2nd of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 9.78 (2nd of 12), SOS: 7.29 (3rd of 12)

Conference Champion: Alabama and LSU

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Alabama, LSU and Ole Miss)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Alabama, LSU and Ole Miss)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Alabama	11	0	0	1.000	7	0	0	1.000	27.0	2.3	24.03	5.30	3	1	1
LSU	10	1	0	.909	6	0	0	1.000	23.5	5.2	21.85	8.75	5	3	4
Ole Miss	9	2	0	.818	5	1	0	.833	30.3	4.7	21.98	6.17	9	1	5
Georgia Tech	7	4	0	.636	4	3	0	.571	16.1	7.3	17.98	9.89		3
Tennessee	6	4	0	.600	4	3	0	.571	22.1	14.9	10.41	6.41
Florida	4	5	1	.450	3	3	0	.500	9.7	14.6	2.95	7.55
Auburn	6	4	0	.600	3	4	0	.429	17.4	13.7	9.47	6.07
Kentucky	5	5	0	.500	2	4	0	.333	13.8	12.3	6.28	4.88
Georgia	3	7	0	.300	2	5	0	.286	8.4	17.7	-1.13	7.27
Mississippi State	5	5	0	.500	1	5	0	.167	11.1	13.5	5.54	8.04
Tulane	2	8	0	.200	1	5	0	.167	6.0	22.5	-0.23	9.87
Vanderbilt	2	8	0	.200	1	6	0	.143	9.5	22.0	-1.79	7.31

4 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
1962-01-01	Cotton Bowl	Texas (3)	12	Mississippi (5)	7	Dallas, TX
1962-01-01	Orange Bowl	Louisiana State (4)	25	Colorado (7)	7	Miami, FL
1962-01-01	Sugar Bowl	Alabama (1)	10	Arkansas (9)	3	New Orleans, LA
1961-12-30	Gator Bowl	Penn State	30	Georgia Tech	15	Jacksonville, FL