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October 23, 1961 AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	1	Michigan State (29)	Big Ten	4-0	444	W 17-7 H #6 Notre Dame
2	<	2	Mississippi (11)	SEC	5-0	404
3	<	3	Texas (3)	Southwest	5-0	372
4	<	5	Alabama (4)	SEC	5-0	331
5	<	4	Iowa (1)	Big Ten	4-0	327
6	<	7	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0-1	235
7	<	10	LSU	SEC	4-1	128
8	<	6	Notre Dame	Ind	3-1	118
9	<	8	Georgia Tech	SEC	4-1	108
10	<	9	Colorado	Big 8	4-0	97
NR	<	10	Arkansas	Southwest		0
NR	<	NR	Army	Ind		0
NR	<	NR	Auburn	SEC		0
NR	<	NR	Clemson	ACC		0
NR	<	NR	Kansas	Big 8		0
NR	<	NR	Maryland	ACC		0
NR	<	NR	Michigan	Big Ten		0
NR	<	NR	Minnesota	Big Ten		0
NR	<	NR	Missouri	Big 8		0
NR	<	NR	Navy	Ind		0
NR	<	NR	Rice	Southwest		0
NR	<	NR	Rutgers	MID3		0
NR	<	NR	USC	AAWU		0
NR	<	NR	Utah	MSAC		0
NR	<	NR	Utah State	MSAC		0

Missouri, Navy, Minnesota, Maryland, Rice, Michigan, Utah State, USC, Rutgers, Utah, Auburn, Army, Kansas, Clemson

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	4	5.5	971
Big Ten	3	4.0	1006
Southwest	1	3.0	372
Ind	1	8.0	118
Big 8	1	10.0	97

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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.