1961 Final AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)		Conf		WLT		PTS		CP		Last Week
1	<  1		Alabama (26)		SEC		10-0		452				W 34-0 vs Auburn
2	<  2		Ohio State (20)		Big Ten		8-0-1		436
3	<  4		Texas		SWC		9-1		348
4	<  3		LSU (1)		SEC		9-1		335
5	<  5		Mississippi (1)		SEC		9-1		284
6	<  7		Minnesota		Big Ten		7-2		225
7	<  6		Colorado		Big 8		9-1		171
8	<  8		Michigan State		Big Ten		7-2		128
9	<  9		Arkansas		SWC		8-2		105
10	<  NR		Utah State		MSAC		9-0-1		33				DNP
11	<  10		Missouri		Big 8		7-2-1		18
12	<  NR		Purdue		Big Ten		6-3		15
13	<  NR		Georgia Tech		SEC		7-3		12
14	<  NR		Syracuse		Ind		7-3		11
15	<  NR		Rutgers (NJ)		MID3		9-0		9
16	<  NR		UCLA		Pac-10		7-3		7
17	<  NR		Arizona		Ind		8-1-1		5				W 22-13 at Arizona State
17	<  NR		Penn State		Ind		6-3		5
17	<  NR		Rice (TX)		SWC		7-3		5
20	<  NR		Duke		ACC		7-3		4

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NOTES
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- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
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- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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