Standings
| 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 |
| Arkansas | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 16.8 | 7.9 | 15.87 | 8.59 | 19 | 6 | 7 | |
| Baylor | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 16.5 | 8.3 | 16.79 | 9.06 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Texas | 7 | 3 | 1 | .682 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 15.2 | 7.1 | 14.82 | 8.00 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Rice | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 15.8 | 6.5 | 17.15 | 10.52 | 10 | |||
| Texas Christian | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .500 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 9.25 | 10.15 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Texas Tech | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .214 | 14.8 | 18.2 | 4.38 | 7.78 | ||||
| Texas A&M | 1 | 6 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .214 | 7.3 | 11.7 | 2.86 | 7.56 | ||||
| SMU | 0 | 9 | 1 | .050 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .071 | 3.1 | 22.1 | -2.90 | 13.80 | ||||
4 Bowl Games
- Number in parentheses indicates AP rank at time of bowl game
| Date | Bowl | Pts | Pts | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-01-02 | Cotton Bowl | Duke (11) | 7 | Arkansas (6) | 6 | Dallas, TX |
| 1961-01-02 | Sugar Bowl | Mississippi (3) | 14 | Rice (12) | 6 | New Orleans, LA |
| 1960-12-31 | Gator Bowl | Florida (19) | 13 | Baylor (19) | 12 | Jacksonville, FL |
| 1960-12-17 | Bluebonnet Bowl | Texas | 3 | Alabama (17) | 3 | Houston, TX |
1960 Conference Leaders