Record: 70-43-9, .611 W-L% (1st of 12) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 10.74 (2nd of 12) ▪ SOS: 6.67 (4th of 12)
Conference Champion: Mississippi
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Alabama, Auburn, Florida and Mississippi)
| Overall | Conference | Pts/G | SRS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| Mississippi | 10 | 0 | 1 | .955 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .917 | 25.5 | 6.4 | 21.64 | 6.10 | |
| Florida | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 14.3 | 7.8 | 15.33 | 7.42 | |
| Alabama | 8 | 1 | 2 | .818 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .786 | 16.6 | 5.1 | 14.10 | 4.46 | |
| Auburn | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 14.35 | 6.75 | |
| Tennessee | 6 | 2 | 2 | .700 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .571 | 20.9 | 7.9 | 11.64 | 3.94 | |
| Georgia | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 17.4 | 11.8 | 10.45 | 6.15 | |
| Georgia Tech | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 12.37 | 11.97 | |
| Louisiana State | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .417 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 11.20 | 7.30 | |
| Kentucky | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .357 | 20.6 | 8.1 | 10.99 | 4.69 | |
| Tulane | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 5.29 | 6.99 | |
| Mississippi State | 2 | 6 | 1 | .278 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .083 | 11.2 | 13.2 | 5.64 | 8.53 | |
| Vanderbilt | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 7.4 | 19.3 | -4.07 | 5.73 | |
| School | Pre | 9/19 | 9/26 | 10/3 | 10/10 | 10/17 | 10/24 | 10/31 | 11/7 | 11/14 | 11/21 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Alabama | 5 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 9 | |||||
| Auburn | 12 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| Florida | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | |||||||
| Georgia | 13 | |||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 13 | 10 | 19 | |||||||||
| Louisiana State | 18 | |||||||||||
| Tennessee | 18 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 14 |
| Date | Bowl | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-01-02 | Sugar Bowl | Mississippi | 14 | Rice | 6 | Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA) |
| 1960-12-31 | Gator Bowl | Florida | 13 | Baylor | 12 | Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL) |
| 1960-12-17 | Bluebonnet Bowl | Texas | 3 | Alabama | 3 | Bluebonnet Bowl (Houston, TX) |
| SEC Player of the Year: | Jake Gibbs (Mississippi) |
| SEC Coach of the Year: | John Vaught (Mississippi) |