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1961 Post-Season Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

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1961 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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.962Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC10–01.0001+45BYE
200.990Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B108–0–10.9443+34BYE
301.103LSUSEC9–10.9004+41BYE
401.104Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC9–10.9004+36BYE
501.284Colorado (COLORADO)IND B89–10.9004+39BYE
601.386Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC9–10.9004+35BYE
701.420Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B107–20.77813+27BYE
801.445Arizona (ARIZONA)IND FBSI8–1–10.8509+25BYE
901.464Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–30.66730+27BYE
1011.545Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI9–01.0001+18BYE
1111.595Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B107–20.77813+22BYE
12-21.605Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC7–30.70019+28BYE
1301.618Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY6–1–20.77813+20BYE
1411.644Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY9–1–10.8648+20BYE
1521.702Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B87–2–10.75017+25BYE
16-21.721Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–30.70019+23BYE
1721.725Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI8–30.72718+27Beat Miami 15–14
18-21.791Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC8–20.80010+26BYE
1911.879Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR7–30.70019+18BYE
2011.944Duke (DUKE)ACC7–30.70019+22BYE
2122.033Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI8–20.80010+6BYE
22112.033Kansas (KANSAS)IND B87–3–10.68229+19Beat Rice 33–7
23-12.086Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI7–30.70019+18BYE
2412.119Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B106–30.66730+18BYE
25-72.171Rice (RICE)IND SWC7–40.63636+23Lost to Kansas 7–33
2602.176Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC8–20.80010+14BYE
2702.313Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON7–30.70019+16BYE
2802.364Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI7–30.70019+8BYE
2922.368Purdue (PURDUE)B106–30.66730+9BYE
30-12.380Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI7–20.77813+3BYE
3112.388Utah (UTAH)IND SKY6–40.60039+15BYE
32-22.396Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC7–30.70019+16BYE
33-92.399Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI7–40.63636+16Lost to Syracuse 14–15
3402.458UCLAPAC7–30.70019+13BYE
3502.471Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY6–30.66730+17BYE
3612.570Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY6–30.66730+5BYE
37-12.592Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC6–40.60039+11BYE
3802.630Iowa (IOWA)B105–40.55647+10BYE
3902.661Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–40.60039+7BYE
4002.773Auburn (AUBURN)SEC6–40.60039+9BYE
4102.776Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY6–30.66730+13BYE
4202.841Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON7–30.70019-2BYE
4302.864New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY7–40.63636+10BYE
4422.953Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY5–40.55647+5BYE
45-12.960Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–50.50057+9BYE
46-12.964Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC5–50.50057+10BYE
4733.100Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–50.50057+7BYE
48-13.121Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI5–40.55647+2BYE
4903.125West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR6–40.60039+7BYE
5013.196Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI5–4–10.55052+6BYE
51-33.210North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC5–50.50057+6BYE
5203.296Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–50.54556+6BYE
5303.308Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC5–50.50057+3BYE
5403.325Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON6–40.60039-3BYE
5503.343Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC5–50.50057+1BYE
5603.503Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–50.444710BYE
5703.545New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR5–4–10.55052-2BYE
5813.572Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–40.55647+6BYE
5923.639Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI5–50.50057-3BYE
6003.642Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON5–50.500570BYE
61-33.674Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC4–5–10.45067-1BYE
6203.678San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI6–40.60039+3BYE
6303.767Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–4–10.55052-5BYE
6413.816Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI4–60.40075-2BYE
6513.868Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–50.50057-5BYE
6613.986TCUIND SWC3–5–20.400750BYE
67-33.986Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–5–10.45067-4BYE
6804.030Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI6–40.60039-7BYE
6914.084Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B84–60.40075-6BYE
70-14.121NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC4–60.40075-5BYE
7104.292North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC5–4–10.55052-4BYE
7214.316Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–60.40075-6BYE
73-14.320Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON4–40.50057-14BYE
7404.331Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI4–5–10.45067+3BYE
7504.389Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI5–40.55647-10BYE
7624.454Yale (YALE)IND IVY4–50.44471-12BYE
7704.467Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC4–60.40075-9BYE
78-24.536Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC4–60.40075-5BYE
7914.580Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC4–60.40075-10BYE
8014.651South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC4–60.40075-10BYE
8114.661USCPAC4–5–10.45067-15BYE
82-34.676Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–70.30089-11BYE
8314.771Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–6–10.35086-13BYE
84-14.835Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–60.33387-14BYE
8504.866Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–60.40075-13BYE
8604.882West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON4–60.40075-15BYE
8704.924Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–50.44471-9BYE
8805.067Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–50.44471-17BYE
8905.107George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON3–60.33387-15BYE
9005.163Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI3–70.30089-14BYE
9105.379Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–70.30089-15BYE
9205.449UTEPIND BOR3–70.30089-21BYE
9305.812SMUIND SWC2–7–10.25095-18BYE
9415.916Indiana (INDIANA)B102–70.22297-18BYE
95-15.983Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–80.200100-19BYE
9606.011Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI3–70.30089-27BYE
9706.154Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC3–70.30089-19BYE
9816.247BYUIND SKY2–80.200100-25BYE
99-16.249Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC2–80.200100-26BYE
10006.517Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–80.200100-25BYE
10106.542Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY2–60.25095-14BYE
10206.634Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY2–70.22297-24BYE
10306.763Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–70.22297-20BYE
10406.857California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–8–10.150106-27BYE
10506.862Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–80.200100-28BYE
10607.317William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–90.100107-33BYE
10707.435Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–90.000108-27BYE
10807.975Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–100.000108-39BYE
10908.271Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI2–80.200100-10BYE
11009.696Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–90.000108-35BYE
11109.899Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–100.000108-33BYE

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