1961 College Football School Ratings

1960 CFB School Ratings 1962 CFB School Ratings

Champions:
Alabama (AP, NFF, UPI)
Ohio State (FWAA)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Ernie Davis (Syracuse)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Darrell Royal (Texas)

AP Preseason #1: Iowa

AP Final #1: Alabama

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

111 Schools

111 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Texas	SWC	3	10	1	0	12.87	12.46	25.33	40.03	-7.22
2	Alabama	SEC	1	11	0	0	8.81	15.21	24.03	39.29	-8.44
3	Ole Miss	SEC	5	9	2	0	9.90	12.08	21.98	43.76	-6.76
4	LSU	SEC	4	10	1	0	8.63	13.21	21.85	38.90	-7.56
5	Michigan State	Big Ten	8	7	2	0	7.09	12.95	20.05	33.18	-6.65
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	2	8	0	1	8.81	10.39	19.20	35.37	-3.62
7	Georgia Tech	SEC		7	4	0	5.37	12.61	17.98	30.50	-7.37
8	Minnesota	Big Ten	6	8	2	0	5.74	11.69	17.43	29.75	-5.49
9	Michigan	Big Ten		6	3	0	13.78	3.05	16.83	38.49	4.26
10	Kansas	Big 8		7	3	1	8.04	7.18	15.22	36.40	-1.82
11	Iowa	Big Ten		5	4	0	11.95	2.91	14.86	36.61	4.04
12	Penn State	Ind		8	3	0	10.25	3.95	14.19	35.07	2.70
13	Arkansas	SWC	9	8	3	0	4.05	9.74	13.78	30.22	-4.66
14	Duke	ACC		7	3	0	5.06	8.43	13.49	30.04	-1.07
15	Colorado	Big 8	7	9	2	0	6.26	6.68	12.94	30.20	-0.39
16	Syracuse	Ind		8	3	0	9.26	3.56	12.82	34.66	2.92
17	Rice	SWC		7	4	0	6.58	5.83	12.41	33.10	-0.20
18	Purdue	Big Ten		6	3	0	4.62	7.73	12.35	27.61	-2.16
19	Miami (FL)	Ind		7	4	0	1.39	9.69	11.08	25.61	-3.93
20	Wisconsin	Big Ten		6	3	0	8.63	2.12	10.75	33.65	5.26
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Missouri	Big 8		7	2	1	-0.34	11.03	10.69	23.17	-5.07
22	Tennessee	SEC		6	4	0	8.49	1.91	10.41	36.11	3.39
23	Texas A&M	SWC		4	5	1	3.20	6.52	9.72	32.18	-1.14
24	Northwestern	Big Ten		4	5	0	2.58	6.95	9.53	27.87	-0.62
25	Auburn	SEC		6	4	0	6.33	3.14	9.47	31.07	2.44
26	Clemson	ACC		5	5	0	6.36	2.95	9.31	31.08	3.87
27	Notre Dame	Ind		5	5	0	7.55	1.32	8.87	31.78	4.64
28	Baylor	SWC		6	5	0	6.88	1.80	8.68	32.19	3.46
29	Utah State	Skyline	10	9	1	1	5.05	3.49	8.54	38.34	4.35
30	Wyoming	Skyline		6	1	2	1.41	6.96	8.37	25.64	-1.04
31	UCLA	AAWU		7	4	0	3.69	4.21	7.90	27.53	2.83
32	Navy	Ind		7	3	0	3.96	3.90	7.86	28.38	3.34
33	Army	Ind		6	4	0	2.73	4.68	7.42	27.46	3.15
34	Maryland	ACC		7	3	0	3.55	2.98	6.52	25.58	4.46
35	Kentucky	SEC		5	5	0	2.87	3.41	6.28	26.85	1.38
36	North Carolina	ACC		5	5	0	1.65	4.51	6.16	25.03	2.21
37	Oklahoma	Big 8		5	5	0	1.54	4.32	5.87	25.85	1.86
38	Mississippi State	SEC		5	5	0	-0.48	6.02	5.54	24.67	-1.80
39	Arizona	Ind		8	1	1	5.95	-1.24	4.72	30.89	8.08
40	Houston	Ind		5	4	1	2.84	1.77	4.61	26.91	4.15
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Memphis	Ind		8	2	0	3.69	0.85	4.54	35.04	7.14
42	Texas Christian	SWC		3	5	2	3.20	1.10	4.30	27.14	4.21
43	Villanova	Ind		8	2	0	1.38	2.44	3.82	26.61	5.81
44	Utah	Skyline		6	4	0	0.92	2.21	3.13	24.93	3.97
45	Iowa State	Big 8		5	5	0	1.66	1.40	3.06	25.28	5.68
46	Florida	SEC		4	5	1	-0.23	3.18	2.95	23.87	2.96
47	Rutgers	Ind		9	0	0	5.25	-2.46	2.80	28.46	10.08
48	Washington	AAWU		5	4	1	-2.64	5.21	2.56	20.10	1.09
49	Oregon	Ind		4	6	0	-1.15	3.70	2.55	23.77	3.02
50	North Carolina State	ACC		4	6	0	1.46	0.93	2.39	24.63	4.95
51	Nebraska	Big 8		3	6	1	-1.71	3.88	2.18	22.99	2.74
52	Arizona State	BIAA		7	3	0	5.41	-3.52	1.89	30.72	10.74
53	Pitt	Ind		3	7	0	3.73	-2.25	1.47	27.52	8.79
54	USC	AAWU		4	5	1	1.59	-0.18	1.41	24.77	6.32
55	Indiana	Big Ten		2	7	0	-0.95	2.27	1.32	23.44	5.01
56	Oklahoma State	Big 8		4	6	0	0.56	0.26	0.83	26.86	7.81
57	South Carolina	ACC		4	6	0	1.05	-0.47	0.58	24.67	8.31
58	Oregon State	Ind		5	5	0	-1.89	2.32	0.43	22.46	4.88
59	West Virginia	Southern		4	6	0	-1.25	1.64	0.38	21.94	5.83
60	Wake Forest	ACC		4	6	0	-1.94	1.78	-0.16	21.37	5.79
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Tulane	SEC		2	8	0	-1.90	1.67	-0.23	22.15	9.39
62	Holy Cross	Ind		7	3	0	0.84	-1.34	-0.50	25.53	9.31
63	Texas Tech	SWC		4	6	0	-1.67	0.86	-0.82	22.74	6.73
64	Georgia	SEC		3	7	0	0.06	-1.19	-1.13	23.58	7.00
65	SMU	SWC		2	7	1	-1.23	-0.21	-1.44	22.95	6.77
66	Vanderbilt	SEC		2	8	0	-1.62	-0.17	-1.79	22.86	9.11
67	Columbia	Ivy		6	3	0	1.89	-3.95	-2.06	29.08	11.53
68	Richmond	Southern		5	5	0	-0.33	-2.39	-2.72	21.73	13.86
69	Furman	Southern		7	3	0	-2.29	-0.74	-3.04	19.43	8.48
70	Dartmouth	Ivy		6	3	0	0.04	-3.23	-3.19	24.19	9.89
71	Washington State	Ind		3	7	0	2.65	-6.06	-3.41	26.46	12.98
72	Stanford	AAWU		4	6	0	-4.15	0.71	-3.44	20.18	7.91
73	Florida State	Ind		4	5	1	-6.22	2.77	-3.45	18.29	5.09
74	Detroit Mercy	Ind		5	4	0	2.07	-5.63	-3.56	26.03	14.56
75	Boston College	Ind		4	6	0	-2.47	-1.21	-3.68	20.70	10.33
76	New Mexico	Skyline		7	4	0	-0.39	-3.29	-3.68	23.55	10.95
77	Virginia	ACC		4	6	0	-1.74	-2.15	-3.88	21.64	12.05
78	Wichita State	MVC		8	3	0	0.52	-4.89	-4.37	22.95	11.57
79	The Citadel	Southern		7	3	0	-3.11	-1.46	-4.57	17.60	11.85
80	West Texas State	BIAA		6	4	0	5.18	-9.97	-4.79	31.17	16.50
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	George Washington	Southern		3	6	0	-1.74	-3.32	-5.07	21.56	10.95
82	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		6	4	0	-6.79	1.67	-5.13	15.74	7.01
83	Virginia Tech	Southern		4	5	0	-5.61	0.33	-5.28	15.95	8.16
84	California	AAWU		1	8	1	0.91	-6.31	-5.40	25.66	14.90
85	Harvard	Ivy		6	3	0	-3.43	-2.71	-6.14	19.68	9.64
86	New Mexico State	BIAA		5	4	1	1.52	-7.82	-6.30	32.92	16.68
87	Illinois	Big Ten		0	9	0	-2.74	-4.48	-7.21	22.02	18.12
88	San Jose State	Ind		6	4	0	-1.04	-6.20	-7.24	18.70	13.97
89	Boston University	Ind		4	5	0	-6.17	-1.36	-7.53	17.05	9.57
90	Kansas State	Big 8		2	8	0	-5.20	-3.64	-8.83	19.03	13.56
91	Colgate	Ind		5	4	0	-6.93	-2.05	-8.98	16.26	12.58
92	Princeton	Ivy		5	4	0	-3.40	-5.61	-9.01	22.07	11.93
93	Pacific	Ind		5	4	0	-1.05	-8.42	-9.47	21.04	18.55
94	Air Force	Ind		3	7	0	-6.14	-3.57	-9.71	16.16	10.04
95	Xavier	Ind		6	4	0	-11.45	0.70	-10.75	10.36	7.01
96	Tulsa	MVC		2	8	0	-7.80	-3.28	-11.08	15.77	12.65
97	Cornell	Ivy		3	6	0	-5.21	-5.99	-11.20	19.54	12.69
98	Davidson	Southern		4	4	0	-1.89	-9.39	-11.28	19.21	18.72
99	Yale	Ivy		4	5	0	-9.79	-2.45	-12.24	12.92	9.78
100	Montana	Skyline		2	6	0	-5.31	-7.03	-12.34	16.77	15.10
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Cincinnati	MVC		3	7	0	-9.69	-4.53	-14.22	13.10	11.88
102	North Texas	MVC		5	4	1	-5.63	-8.62	-14.25	15.88	17.01
103	William & Mary	Southern		1	9	0	-3.67	-11.60	-15.27	18.73	23.05
104	UTEP	BIAA		3	7	0	-3.34	-12.37	-15.71	19.03	20.13
105	BYU	Skyline		2	8	0	-4.32	-11.82	-16.14	18.76	21.83
106	Colorado State	Skyline		0	10	0	-10.28	-6.27	-16.55	13.56	16.51
107	Idaho	Ind		2	7	0	-9.14	-8.73	-17.87	13.87	29.93
108	Dayton	Ind		2	8	0	-10.35	-12.55	-22.89	12.38	22.68
109	Pennsylvania	Ivy		2	7	0	-15.59	-7.67	-23.26	7.77	17.72
110	Brown	Ivy		0	9	0	-17.22	-10.62	-27.84	6.23	24.59
111	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		0	10	0	-17.14	-11.07	-28.20	6.21	29.35