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November 27, 1961 AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	1	Alabama (26)	SEC	9-0	459	DNP
2	<	2	Ohio State (21)	Big Ten	8-0-1	452
3	<	4	LSU (1)	SEC	9-1	366
4	<	5	Texas	Southwest	9-1	354
5	<	6	Mississippi (1)	SEC	8-1	272
6	<	7	Colorado	Big 8	8-1	169
7	<	3	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-2	168
8	<	8	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-2	139
9	<	9	Arkansas	Southwest	8-2	131
10	<	NR	Missouri	Big 8	7-2-1	31
NR	<	10	Kansas	Big 8	6-3-1	0
NR	<	NR	Arizona	Ind	8-1-1	0
NR	<	NR	Duke	ACC	6-3	0
NR	<	NR	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-3	0
NR	<	NR	Iowa	Big Ten	5-4	0
NR	<	NR	Michigan	Big Ten	6-3	0
NR	<	NR	Penn State	Ind	7-3	0
NR	<	NR	Purdue	Big Ten	6-3	0
NR	<	NR	Rice	Southwest	6-3	0	W 35-16 A TCU
NR	<	NR	Rutgers	MID3	9-0	0	W 32-19 H Columbia
NR	<	NR	Syracuse	Ind	7-3	0	W 28-13 A Boston College
NR	<	NR	UCLA	AAWU	7-3	0	W 10-7 N USC
NR	<	NR	Utah State	MSAC	9-0-1	0	DNP
NR	<	NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-3	0	W 23-21 A #3 Minnesota
NR	<	NR	Wyoming	MSAC	6-1-2	0	DNP

Penn State, Rutgers, Wisconsin, UCLA, Utah State, Arizona, Purdue, Rice, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Duke, Iowa, Syracuse, Wyoming, Kansas

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	3	3.0	1097
Big Ten	3	5.7	759
Southwest	2	6.5	485
Big 8	2	8.0	200

* = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.