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1961 Post-Season Week 1 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
100.960Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC10–01.0001+45BYE
200.992Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B108–0–10.9443+34BYE
301.054LSUSEC9–10.9004+42BYE
401.104Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC9–10.9004+36BYE
501.269Colorado (COLORADO)IND B89–10.9004+38BYE
611.343Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC9–10.9004+35BYE
711.430Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B107–20.77813+27BYE
811.448Arizona (ARIZONA)IND FBSI8–1–10.8509+25BYE
911.474Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–30.66731+27BYE
1011.528Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC7–30.70018+28BYE
1111.547Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI9–01.0001+18BYE
1211.605Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B107–20.77813+22BYE
1311.625Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY6–1–20.77813+20BYE
1411.632Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–30.70018+23BYE
15-91.649Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY9–1–10.8648+20Lost to Baylor 9–24
1611.740Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC8–20.80010+26BYE
17-11.741Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B87–2–10.75017+24BYE
1801.768Rice (RICE)IND SWC7–30.70018+26BYE
1901.827Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI7–30.70018+20BYE
2001.865Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR7–30.70018+18BYE
2101.927Duke (DUKE)ACC7–30.70018+22BYE
2202.006Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI7–30.70018+18BYE
2302.027Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI8–20.80010+6BYE
2402.042Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI7–30.70018+19BYE
2502.134Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B106–30.66731+18BYE
2602.173Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC8–20.80010+14BYE
2702.297Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON7–30.70018+16BYE
2802.351Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI7–30.70018+8BYE
2922.377Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI7–20.77813+3BYE
30-12.380Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC7–30.70018+15BYE
3112.386Purdue (PURDUE)B106–30.66731+9BYE
32-22.397Utah (UTAH)IND SKY6–40.60039+15BYE
3302.425Kansas (KANSAS)IND B86–3–10.65037+12BYE
3402.449UCLAPAC7–30.70018+13BYE
3502.492Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY6–30.66731+17BYE
3602.588Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC6–40.60039+11BYE
3702.589Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY6–30.66731+5BYE
3812.645Iowa (IOWA)B105–40.55647+10BYE
39-12.658Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–40.60039+7BYE
4002.768Auburn (AUBURN)SEC6–40.60039+9BYE
4102.798Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY6–30.66731+13BYE
4202.824Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON7–30.70018-2BYE
4302.893New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY7–40.63638+10Beat Western Michigan 28–12
4402.955Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–50.50057+8BYE
4502.964Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC5–50.50057+10BYE
4602.968Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY5–40.55647+5BYE
4713.111Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI5–40.55647+2BYE
48-13.114North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC5–50.50057+7BYE
4903.121West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR6–40.60039+7BYE
5003.158Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–50.50057+7BYE
5103.196Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI5–4–10.55052+6BYE
52103.222Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–50.54556+7Beat Utah State 24–9
53-13.222Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC5–50.50057+4BYE
54-13.321Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON6–40.60039-3BYE
55-13.329Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC5–50.50057+1BYE
56-13.405Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–50.44471+1BYE
57-13.555New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR5–4–10.55052-2BYE
5803.571Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC4–5–10.450670BYE
59-23.576Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–40.55647+6BYE
60-13.637Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON5–50.500570BYE
61-13.639Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI5–50.50057-3BYE
62-13.674San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI6–40.60039+3BYE
6303.767Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–4–10.55052-5BYE
6403.773Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–5–10.45067-2BYE
6503.816Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI4–60.40075-2BYE
6603.926Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–50.50057-5BYE
6703.929TCUIND SWC3–5–20.400750BYE
6804.026Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI6–40.60039-7BYE
6904.110NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC4–60.40075-5BYE
7004.149Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B84–60.40075-6BYE
7114.292North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC5–4–10.55052-4BYE
72-14.308Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON4–40.50057-14BYE
7304.310Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–60.40075-6BYE
7404.326Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI4–5–10.45067+3BYE
7504.389Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI5–40.55647-10BYE
7604.437Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC4–60.40075-4BYE
7704.456Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC4–60.40075-9BYE
7804.471Yale (YALE)IND IVY4–50.44471-12BYE
7904.556Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–70.30089-11BYE
8004.564Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC4–60.40075-10BYE
8104.640South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC4–60.40075-10BYE
8204.649USCPAC4–5–10.45067-15BYE
8314.848Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–60.33387-14BYE
84-14.850Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–6–10.35086-13BYE
8504.861Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–60.40075-13BYE
8604.876West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON4–60.40075-15BYE
8704.912Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–50.44471-9BYE
8805.067Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–50.44471-17BYE
8905.095George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON3–60.33387-15BYE
9005.163Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI3–70.30089-14BYE
9105.261Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–70.30089-14BYE
9205.455UTEPIND BOR3–70.30089-21BYE
9305.669SMUIND SWC2–7–10.25095-17BYE
9405.851Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–80.200100-18BYE
9505.931Indiana (INDIANA)B102–70.22297-18BYE
9606.011Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI3–70.30089-27BYE
9706.154Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC3–70.30089-19BYE
9816.249Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC2–80.200100-26BYE
99-16.260BYUIND SKY2–80.200100-25BYE
10006.510Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–80.200100-25BYE
10106.557Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY2–60.25095-14BYE
10206.657Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY2–70.22297-24BYE
10306.763Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–70.22297-20BYE
10416.942California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–8–10.150106-27BYE
105-16.946Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–80.200100-28BYE
10607.295William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–90.100107-33BYE
10707.463Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–90.000108-27BYE
10807.984Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–100.000108-39BYE
10908.264Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI2–80.200100-10BYE
11009.725Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–90.000108-35BYE
11109.891Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–100.000108-33BYE

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