1962 Final AP Football Poll
| Rank |
Team (FPV) |
Conf |
W-L-T |
Points |
Last Week |
| 1 |
< 1 |
USC (42) |
Pac-10 |
10-0 |
509 |
W 25-0 H Notre Dame |
| 2 |
< 2 |
Wisconsin (5) |
Big Ten |
8-1 |
428 |
|
| 3 |
< 3 |
Mississippi (2) |
SEC |
9-0 |
393 |
|
| 4 |
< 4 |
Texas |
Southwest |
9-0-1 |
343 |
|
| 5 |
< 5 |
Alabama (1) |
SEC |
9-1 |
322 |
|
| 6 |
< 6 |
Arkansas |
Southwest |
9-1 |
228 |
|
| 7 |
< 7 |
LSU |
SEC |
8-1-1 |
184 |
|
| 8 |
< 8 |
Oklahoma |
Big 8 |
8-2 |
173 |
W 37-6 A Oklahoma State |
| 9 |
< 9 |
Penn State (2) |
Ind |
9-1 |
135 |
|
| 10 |
< 10 |
Minnesota |
Big Ten |
6-2-1 |
91 |
|
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OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Dartmouth, Duke, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon State, Washington
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
| Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
| SEC |
3 |
5.0 |
899 |
| Southwest |
2 |
5.0 |
571 |
| Big Ten |
2 |
6.0 |
519 |
| Pac-10 |
1 |
1.0 |
509 |
| Big 8 |
1 |
8.0 |
173 |
| Ind |
1 |
9.0 |
135 |
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Notes
- * = 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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- Regular season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.
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