1961 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 26, 1961By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1961 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	54	0.491	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat New Mexico State 41–7
2	62	0.560	Oregon (OREGON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 51–0
3	-2	0.570	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tulsa 48–12
4	16	0.599	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Cincinnati 23–0
5	84	0.599	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat BYU 55–8
6	11	0.648	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Richmond 24–6
7	8	0.688	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wichita State 21–7
8	0	0.746	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
9	-4	0.751	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana 54–6
10	9	0.756	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wake Forest 31–0
11	79	0.756	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Utah 7–0
12	-2	0.796	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
13	0	0.805	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia 32–6
14	64	0.815	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 28–3
15	-1	0.845	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 28–6
16	36	0.845	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 28–6
17	-6	0.859	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Pacific 16–0
18	16	0.864	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat USC 27–7
19	31	0.904	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas 16–0
20	65	0.913	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 21–6
21	-18	0.913	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NC State 15–14
22	-16	0.923	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
23	47	0.933	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 16–3
24	58	0.933	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Air Force 19–6
25	50	0.953	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 19–8
26	40	0.963	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Navy 20–10
27	57	0.963	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia 16–6
28	18	0.982	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SMU 14–6
29	40	0.992	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 13–6
30	13	1.002	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 14–8
31	20	1.002	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Tech 6–0
32	0	1.021	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clemson 21–17
33	25	1.041	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hardin Simmons 9–7
34	40	1.041	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulane 9–7
35	-4	1.051	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Carolina 7–6
36	40	1.051	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 17–16
37	63	1.242	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 22–0
38	66	1.282	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Davidson 45–19
39	66	1.493	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 14–7
40	-22	1.518	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
41	-19	1.518	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
42	-17	1.518	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
43	-17	1.518	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
44	-17	1.518	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
45	-17	1.518	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
46	-17	1.518	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
47	-12	1.518	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
48	-12	1.518	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
49	-12	1.518	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	42	0	Tied Texas A&M 7–7
50	-11	1.518	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
51	-10	1.518	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
52	-5	1.518	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
53	-5	1.518	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
54	-5	1.518	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
55	1	1.518	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
56	3	1.518	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
57	3	1.518	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
58	3	1.518	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
59	3	1.518	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
60	7	1.518	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
61	7	1.518	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
62	9	1.518	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
63	14	1.518	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
64	15	1.518	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0–1	0.500	42	0	Tied Houston 7–7
65	26	1.518	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	88	0	BYE
66	-64	1.578	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Wisconsin 0–7
67	-25	1.846	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to TCU 16–17
68	-11	1.846	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Wyoming 14–15
69	4	1.846	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Duke 6–7
70	-16	1.876	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Dakota 33–0
71	10	1.889	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Stanford 7–9
72	21	1.894	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	42	0	Beat Kentucky 14–7
73	-49	1.975	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Florida 17–21
74	21	1.988	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	42	0	Beat Citadel 17–13
75	-68	2.053	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Army 6–24
76	-36	2.061	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Kansas State 8–14
77	3	2.061	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Mississippi State 0–6
78	-74	2.071	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Memphis 12–48
79	-16	2.104	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Iowa State 7–14
80	7	2.104	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Purdue 6–13
81	-51	2.131	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Michigan 21–14
82	-10	2.146	SMU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Maryland 6–14
83	-74	2.168	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Boston College 0–23
84	-31	2.232	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Penn State 10–20
85	-20	2.275	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Syracuse 8–19
86	-74	2.361	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to UCLA 6–19
87	-42	2.361	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Rice 3–16
88	9	2.425	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	56	0	Lost to Virginia 6–21
89	9	2.446	UTEP	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	56	0	BYE
90	-74	2.489	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Ole Miss 0–16
91	-8	2.661	USC	PAC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–27
92	-4	2.746	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Missouri 6–28
93	-1	2.832	BYU	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	56	0	Lost to West Texas A&M 8–55
94	-71	2.875	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Texas 3–28
95	-62	2.918	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Alabama 6–32
96	3	3.074	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to New Mexico 7–41
97	-11	3.132	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Baylor 0–31
98	4	3.184	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Villanova 0–22
99	10	3.330	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Arizona State 7–21
100	8	3.355	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to San José State 0–16
101	2	3.454	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	56	0	Lost to Utah State 6–54
102	5	3.464	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Furman 19–45
103	-7	3.968	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	56	-1	Lost to Vanderbilt 6–16
104	-66	3.989	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Oregon 0–51
105	-4	4.182	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	56	-1	Lost to North Texas 7–9
106	4	4.504	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	56	-1	Lost to George Washington 13–17
107	4	4.889	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	56	-1	Lost to Arizona 6–28
108	-64	5.618	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	56	-1	Lost to Miami 7–14
109	-3	5.841	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	42	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 0–3
110	-16	8.918	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	56	-1	Lost to Kent State 14–38
111	-90	11.832	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Buffalo 12–24