1960 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 20, 1960By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1960 Season Tags: • No Comments

1960 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	101	0.338	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific 55–6
2	52	0.405	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Houston 42–0
3	1	0.434	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 39–0
4	25	0.540	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 28–0
5	63	0.550	Oregon (OREGON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 33–6
6	82	0.579	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Texas A&M 38–14
7	21	0.589	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat George Washington 30–7
8	40	0.589	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia 31–8
9	47	0.618	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SMU 20–0
10	61	0.618	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston University 20–0
11	98	0.656	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Montana 14–0
12	-10	0.666	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia 21–6
13	44	0.666	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston College 22–7
14	47	0.666	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Tech 29–14
15	28	0.675	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 21–7
16	53	0.675	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat USC 14–0
17	77	0.685	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UTEP 20–7
18	81	0.695	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 33–21
19	14	0.714	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kentucky 23–13
20	27	0.714	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Villanova 23–13
21	-16	0.724	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 9–0
22	3	0.724	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 28–19
23	23	0.724	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas A&M 9–0
24	65	0.772	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 7–3
25	-11	0.801	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hardin Simmons 15–14
26	32	0.801	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas 14–13
27	64	0.801	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 8–7
28	75	0.801	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 15–14
29	83	1.211	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 38–18
30	-29	1.228	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
31	-28	1.228	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
32	-25	1.228	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
33	-25	1.228	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
34	-23	1.228	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
35	-19	1.228	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
36	-19	1.228	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
37	-19	1.228	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
38	-18	1.228	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
39	-18	1.228	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
40	-18	1.228	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
41	-15	1.228	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
42	-15	1.228	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
43	-8	1.228	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
44	-8	1.228	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
45	-6	1.228	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
46	-6	1.228	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
47	-6	1.228	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
48	2	1.228	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
49	2	1.228	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
50	2	1.228	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
51	2	1.228	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
52	3	1.228	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
53	7	1.228	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
54	8	1.228	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
55	8	1.228	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
56	8	1.228	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
57	8	1.228	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
58	8	1.228	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
59	13	1.228	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
60	14	1.228	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
61	14	1.228	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
62	14	1.228	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
63	15	1.228	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
64	15	1.228	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
65	16	1.228	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
66	17	1.228	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
67	18	1.228	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
68	28	1.228	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
69	29	1.228	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
70	31	1.228	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
71	37	1.228	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
72	39	1.228	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	71	0	BYE
73	-39	1.435	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Cincinnati 14–15
74	-1	1.435	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to UCLA 7–8
75	7	1.435	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Washington State 14–15
76	10	1.435	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Nebraska 13–14
77	-18	1.515	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat University OF Mexico 77–6
78	-65	1.561	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Tulane 3–7
79	-37	1.756	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Drake 46–0
80	-13	1.772	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Arkansas 0–9
81	6	1.772	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to LSU 0–9
82	24	1.772	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Denver 19–28
83	-38	1.814	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 13–23
84	13	1.814	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Marquette 13–23
85	-79	1.843	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Buffalo 37–0
86	-37	1.862	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Arlington 35–0
87	20	1.898	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 21–33
88	5	1.939	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hawai'i 33–6
89	6	1.940	UTEP	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Utah State 7–20
90	-6	1.982	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Kansas 7–21
91	1	1.982	USC	PAC	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Oregon State 0–14
92	-80	2.007	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 34–14
93	-78	2.017	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Newberry 19–0
94	-85	2.025	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Navy 7–22
95	-63	2.025	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Alabama 6–21
96	4	2.025	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to NC State 14–29
97	-53	2.065	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota State 20–6
98	12	2.094	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 17–6
99	-76	2.113	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Catawba 16–7
100	-70	2.123	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 20–12
101	-91	2.235	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Penn State 0–20
102	-22	2.235	SMU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Missouri 0–20
103	-13	2.235	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to New Mexico State 18–38
104	-73	2.361	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Florida 7–30
105	0	2.361	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Maryland 8–31
106	-2	2.404	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Texas Tech 14–38
107	-69	2.530	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Oregon 6–33
108	-31	2.572	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Florida State 0–28
109	-90	3.035	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Arizona State 0–39
110	-73	3.161	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Ole Miss 0–42
111	2	3.277	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	41	0	Lost to Wyoming 0–14
112	-42	3.456	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Washington 6–55
113	-89	12.088	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	42	0	Lost to Ohio 0–28