1962 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

December 11, 1962By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1962 Season Tags: • No Comments

1962 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	0	1.056	USC	PAC	10–0	1.000	1	+43	BYE
2	0	1.082	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	9–0–1	0.950	4	+39	BYE
3	2	1.123	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	5	+39	BYE
4	-1	1.137	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	9–0	1.000	1	+33	BYE
5	-1	1.155	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	9–0	1.000	1	+32	BYE
6	0	1.201	LSU	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	10	+35	BYE
7	0	1.221	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–1	0.900	5	+33	BYE
8	1	1.250	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	13	+32	BYE
9	-1	1.284	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	8–1	0.889	8	+30	BYE
10	0	1.320	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	26	+32	BYE
11	0	1.430	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	8–2	0.800	13	+31	BYE
12	0	1.461	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–1–2	0.800	13	+25	BYE
13	0	1.483	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	13	+30	BYE
14	0	1.509	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–1–2	0.800	13	+23	BYE
15	0	1.544	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	9–1	0.900	5	+28	BYE
16	0	1.569	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	7–2	0.778	24	+28	BYE
17	0	1.571	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	7–1–1	0.833	12	+23	BYE
18	0	1.623	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	8–1–1	0.850	10	+23	BYE
19	0	1.639	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+31	BYE
20	0	1.663	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+19	BYE
21	0	1.672	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	8–2	0.800	13	+27	BYE
22	0	1.801	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	13	+25	BYE
23	0	1.819	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	13	+20	BYE
24	0	1.873	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	13	+15	BYE
25	0	1.881	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	29	+19	BYE
26	0	1.890	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	7–2–1	0.750	26	+18	BYE
27	0	1.897	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	13	+19	BYE
28	0	1.960	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	13	+18	BYE
29	0	2.023	Oregon (OREGON)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	35	+18	BYE
30	0	2.086	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	24	+22	BYE
31	0	2.128	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	7–2–1	0.750	26	+18	BYE
32	1	2.286	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	38	+15	BYE
33	-1	2.323	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–4	0.600	38	+12	BYE
34	0	2.421	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–3	0.667	31	+11	BYE
35	0	2.429	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	35	+14	BYE
36	0	2.467	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	38	+15	BYE
37	9	2.502	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	55	+12	Beat UCLA 12–7
38	0	2.541	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–3–1	0.650	35	+6	BYE
39	2	2.542	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	55	+14	BYE
40	-3	2.548	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	31	+7	BYE
41	-2	2.550	TCU	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	38	+13	BYE
42	-2	2.594	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	38	+11	BYE
43	-1	2.675	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–3–3	0.550	53	+4	BYE
44	-1	2.697	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	6–4	0.600	38	+7	BYE
45	-1	2.702	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	38	+9	BYE
46	-1	2.767	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	55	+14	BYE
47	0	2.777	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–4	0.600	38	+9	BYE
48	0	2.878	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	5–4–1	0.550	53	+6	BYE
49	0	2.902	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–4	0.556	49	+6	BYE
50	0	2.948	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	38	+6	BYE
51	0	3.072	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	55	+4	BYE
52	0	3.103	Buffalo (BUFFALO)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	31	-3	BYE
53	0	3.107	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	38	+2	BYE
54	0	3.111	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	38	+1	BYE
55	0	3.171	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	55	+4	BYE
56	0	3.204	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	5–4	0.556	49	+2	BYE
57	0	3.234	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	5–4	0.556	49	+3	BYE
58	0	3.284	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–5	0.444	75	+7	BYE
59	0	3.311	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–5	0.500	55	+4	BYE
60	0	3.339	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–5	0.500	55	-1	BYE
61	1	3.357	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	31	+5	BYE
62	1	3.365	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	55	0	BYE
63	-2	3.379	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–5	0.500	55	+2	BYE
64	0	3.395	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	55	0	BYE
65	0	3.521	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	55	-4	BYE
66	0	3.560	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–4–3	0.450	71	+3	BYE
67	0	3.636	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	5–4	0.556	49	-2	BYE
68	0	3.681	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	55	-5	BYE
69	0	3.766	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	78	-1	BYE
70	0	3.802	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–6	0.333	90	0	BYE
71	1	3.887	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	5–5	0.500	55	-9	BYE
72	1	3.894	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–5–1	0.450	71	-4	BYE
73	1	4.025	UTEP	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-6	BYE
74	1	4.072	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–5–1	0.450	71	-10	BYE
75	1	4.196	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–5–2	0.400	78	-5	BYE
76	-5	4.205	UCLA	PAC	4–6	0.400	78	-10	Lost to Syracuse 7–12
77	0	4.263	BYU	IND WAC	4–6	0.400	78	-11	BYE
78	2	4.323	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	78	-7	BYE
79	0	4.333	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	75	-4	BYE
80	-2	4.347	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–5–1	0.450	71	-10	BYE
81	0	4.373	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	78	-11	BYE
82	0	4.468	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	55	0	BYE
83	0	4.520	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–6	0.333	90	-7	BYE
84	0	4.675	Montana (MONTANA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	55	-13	BYE
85	0	4.698	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–6	0.400	78	-16	BYE
86	0	4.804	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–6	0.333	90	-13	BYE
87	0	4.879	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	55	-7	BYE
88	0	5.010	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–7	0.222	104	-7	BYE
89	0	5.032	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	4–6	0.400	78	-17	BYE
90	0	5.102	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	96	-13	BYE
91	0	5.132	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–6	0.333	90	-5	BYE
92	0	5.184	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–6–1	0.350	89	-9	BYE
93	1	5.227	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	96	-18	BYE
94	-1	5.318	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–7	0.300	96	-19	BYE
95	0	5.435	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–5–2	0.333	90	-13	BYE
96	0	5.459	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	90	-18	BYE
97	0	5.522	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	87	-9	BYE
98	0	5.545	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–7	0.222	104	-13	BYE
99	0	5.856	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	3–5–1	0.389	87	-25	BYE
100	0	5.870	SMU	IND SWC	2–8	0.200	108	-24	BYE
101	1	5.874	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–6–2	0.300	96	-19	BYE
102	1	5.886	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	104	-24	BYE
103	-2	5.936	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–9	0.100	113	-22	BYE
104	0	6.037	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	78	-13	BYE
105	0	6.175	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	96	-17	BYE
106	0	6.256	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	108	-26	BYE
107	0	6.306	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	102	-13	BYE
108	0	6.438	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	96	-26	BYE
109	0	6.482	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	2–8	0.200	108	-30	BYE
110	0	6.707	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	2–8–1	0.227	103	-22	BYE
111	0	6.718	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	108	-28	BYE
112	0	6.751	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–6–2	0.222	104	-19	BYE
113	0	7.230	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–9	0.100	113	-31	BYE
114	0	7.450	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	112	-31	BYE
115	0	7.519	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–9	0.100	113	-34	BYE
116	0	7.729	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–10	0.000	117	-35	BYE
117	0	7.999	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND FBSI	0–10	0.000	117	-40	BYE
118	0	8.145	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–10	0.000	117	-39	BYE
119	1	8.844	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–10	0.000	117	-48	BYE
120	-1	8.846	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	113	-24	BYE