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October 9, 1961 AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

WLT

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  2

 

Mississippi (24)

 

SEC

 

3-0

 

384

 

 

W 33-0 vs Florida State

2

  <  1

 

Iowa (11)

 

Big Ten

 

2-0

 

341

 

 

W 35-34 at USC

3

  <  4

 

Alabama (4)

 

SEC

 

3-0

 

329

 

 

 

4

  <  5

 

Texas (3)

 

SWC

 

3-0

 

286

 

 

 

5

  <  6

 

Michigan State (2)

 

Big Ten

 

2-0

 

259

 

 

 

6

  <  9

 

Michigan (2)

 

Big Ten

 

2-0

 

240

 

 

 

7

  <  8

 

Ohio State

 

Big Ten

 

1-0-1

 

126

 

 

 

8

  <  NR

 

Notre Dame (1)

 

Ind

 

2-0

 

103

 

 

 

9

  <  10

 

Baylor

 

SWC

 

2-0

 

98

 

 

 

10

  <  NR

 

Maryland

 

ACC

 

3-0

 

77

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

Arkansas

 

SWC

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

Clemson

 

ACC

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

Colorado

 

Big 8

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

Duke

 

ACC

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  3

 

Georgia Tech

 

SEC

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

LSU

 

SEC

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

Navy (MD)

 

Ind

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

Northwestern

 

Big Ten

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

Penn State

 

Ind

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

Purdue

 

Big Ten

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

Rice (TX)

 

SWC

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

Stanford

 

Pac-10

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  7

 

Syracuse

 

Ind

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

TCU

 

SWC

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

Tennessee

 

SEC

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

USC

 

Pac-10

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  NR

 

Washington

 

Pac-10

 

 

 

 

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
LSU, Northwestern, Washington, Duke, Colorado, Georgia Tech, Rice, Navy, Syracuse, Arkansas, TCU, Penn State, Purdue, USC, Tennessee, Clemson, Stanford

NOTES
- Hold the mouse cursor over the non-AP rankings to see the first place votes, total points, and previous rank in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips), where available
- * = 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)
- Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
- 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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