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1961 Week 6 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
1550.599Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–01.0001+1Beat Boston College 45–0
2500.815Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–01.0001+1Beat UCLA 29–6
3150.825Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Rice 24–0
4310.830Duke (DUKE)ACC2–01.0001+2Beat Virginia 42–0
5480.845Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–01.0001+1Beat Wisconsin 20–0
6230.972Purdue (PURDUE)B101–01.0001+1BYE
7-40.976Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Hardin Simmons 56–0
8361.021Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Brown 50–0
9-21.100Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR2–01.0001+2Beat Colorado State 14–6
1001.110Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Pittsburgh 16–13
1181.129Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Kentucky 20–6
12-71.139West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR2–01.00010Beat UTEP 56–27
13321.179Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Colgate 34–0
14-51.188Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–01.0001+1Beat Washington State 34–14
15-91.228Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Boston University 31–7
16-21.252Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–01.00010Beat Texas Tech 42–14
17261.277Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–01.00010Beat Oklahoma State 24–0
18-101.277Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–0–10.75041+1Tied Florida 3–3
1921.287Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–0–10.83340+1Tied Kansas 6–6
20-51.296Arizona (ARIZONA)IND FBSI1–0–10.750410Tied Nebraska 14–14
21301.306Iowa (IOWA)B101–01.00010Beat California 28–7
22151.313Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Holy Cross 20–6
23111.336Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–01.00010Beat Oregon State 34–0
24-111.341Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–01.00010Beat Tulane 9–0
2521.360Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–01.00010Beat Georgia 21–0
26-101.375Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–01.00010Beat Minnesota 6–0
27-51.375Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–01.00010BYE
28291.385Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Oklahoma 19–6
29-41.385Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat West Virginia 29–14
3031.449North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC2–01.00010Beat BYU 41–30
31-31.458Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–01.00010Beat Clemson 24–21
32231.463North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–01.00010Beat NC State 27–22
33-21.468Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–01.00010Beat Houston 10–7
3441.470Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–01.0001+2Beat George Washington 13–9
35-31.473Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–0–10.750410Tied Florida State 3–3
36-61.473Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–01.00010Beat Air Force 14–12
3731.483Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–01.00010Beat Tennessee 24–21
38241.483Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Princeton 16–13
39-31.503TCUIND SWC1–0–10.750410Tied Ohio State 7–7
40411.616Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Xavier 34–8
41-21.719Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–01.00010BYE
42281.876Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–0–10.750410Tied Arizona 14–14
43-311.953Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–10.50053+2Lost to Baylor 13–16
4421.954Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat NEW Hampshire 28–3
45131.964Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–0–10.500530Tied TCU 7–7
46192.023Yale (YALE)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat UConn 18–0
47-362.114Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–10.50053+2Lost to Michigan State 0–20
48122.131Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 14–7
49-262.250Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–10.50053+1Lost to Georgia Tech 0–24
50302.576Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–10.500530Beat Illinois 20–7
51152.584Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–10.667460Beat Oregon 14–6
52382.585Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–10.50053+1Beat Tulsa 6–0
53142.586Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–1–10.250780Tied Wyoming 6–6
54152.614South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–10.500530Beat Wake Forest 10–7
55-62.671Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI0–1–10.250780Lost to Mississippi State 7–10
56122.671NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC0–20.000810Lost to North Carolina 22–27
5742.671Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–10.000810Lost to Rutgers 13–16
5852.671Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–10.000810Lost to Auburn 21–24
59142.693Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–20.000810Lost to Maryland 21–24
60-432.696San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–10.66746+1Lost to Idaho 18–27
61112.699Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–10.667460Beat Penn State 25–8
62-602.722Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI1–10.500530Lost to Utah 6–14
63352.724Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–10.66746+1Beat Richmond 8–6
64-602.747Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–10.50053+1Lost to Northwestern 0–45
65342.766Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC2–10.66746+1Beat Cincinnati 21–13
66-422.769UCLAPAC1–10.500530Lost to Michigan 6–29
6742.779Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–20.000810Lost to Alabama 0–9
6882.800Indiana (INDIANA)B100–10.000810BYE
69-152.800Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–10.000810Lost to Missouri 0–6
70212.821USCPAC1–10.500530Beat SMU 21–16
7132.846George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–20.33370+1Lost to Furman 9–13
72292.945Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–20.33370+1Beat New Mexico 40–8
73-532.976Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC1–10.500530Lost to Duke 0–42
74-153.100Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–10.000810Lost to Notre Dame 6–19
75-273.143Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–10.000810Lost to Villanova 6–20
7633.207Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–20.000810Lost to Colorado 0–24
7703.271Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC0–20.000810Lost to Texas 14–42
78-523.284Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500530Lost to Miami 8–25
79133.443Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI0–20.000810Lost to Utah State 14–34
8093.486UTEPIND BOR0–20.000810Lost to West Texas A&M 27–56
8143.507Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI0–20.000810Lost to Stanford 0–34
82123.529California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–20.000810Lost to Iowa 7–28
83123.550Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–20.000810Lost to Vanderbilt 0–21
8403.589Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–10.50053-1Beat William & Mary 44–6
85-843.599New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY1–10.500530Lost to Montana 8–40
86103.675New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–10.66746-1Beat Mcmurry 35–7
87133.705Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI2–10.66746-1Beat SAN Diego 40–7
88163.719Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–10.50053+1Beat San José State 27–18
89-143.918Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–20.33370-1Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–8
90-33.946LSUSEC1–10.50053-1Beat Texas A&M 16–7
91-494.000Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–10.000810Lost to Cornell 0–34
92-144.111Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–20.33370-1Lost to Arkansas 0–6
93134.476Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–20.33370-1Beat Davidson 20–12
94-14.671BYUIND SKY0–30.00081-1Lost to North Texas 30–41
95-544.686Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–10.000810Lost to Columbia 0–50
96114.829Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–30.00081-1Lost to Arizona State 6–14
97114.921Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–20.00081-1Lost to Ole Miss 6–20
9854.971West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–30.00081-2Lost to Syracuse 14–29
99-175.050SMUIND SWC0–20.00081-1Lost to USC 16–21
100-145.093Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI0–20.00081-1Lost to Kansas State 12–14
101-185.104Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC1–20.33370-2Lost to Wichita State 13–21
10205.177Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–20.33370-2Lost to Citadel 12–20
103-65.500Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–20.00081-1Lost to South Carolina 7–10
10415.700Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–30.00081-2Lost to Memphis 0–56
10545.962Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI1–20.333700Lost to Detroit Mercy 8–34
106-186.471William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–30.00081-2Lost to Navy 6–44
107-437.386Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–1–10.25078-1Lost to LSU 7–16
108-587.557Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–10.00081-1Lost to Washington 7–20
10928.071Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–20.000810Lost to Army 7–31
110011.471Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI0–30.00081-2Lost to Bowling Green State 11–28
111-6412.271Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY0–10.000810Lost to Lehigh 17–22

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