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1960 Year Summary

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National Champions: Minnesota (AP, NFF, UPI), Mississippi (FWAA)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Joe Bellino (Navy)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Murray Warmath (Minnesota)

AP Preseason #1: Syracuse ▪ AP Final #1: Minnesota

Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS
Overall Bowls SRS Polls
Rk Conference Schs G W L T Pct G W L T Pct SRS SOS Pre Final Champion
1 Big Ten Conference 10 91 53 36 2 .593 1 0 1 0 .000 16.28 12.65 5 5 Iowa
Minnesota
2 Southeastern Conference 12 122 70 43 9 .611 3 2 0 1 .833 10.74 6.67 4 4 Mississippi
3 Southwest Conference 8 84 38 38 8 .500 4 0 3 1 .125 9.78 9.43 3 2 Arkansas
4 Big Eight Conference 8 81 41 38 2 .519 1 1 0 0 1.000 8.16 7.83 1 2 Missouri
5 Athletic Association of Western Universities 5 51 23 26 2 .471 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.66 4.43 2 1 Washington
6 Independent 27 266 129 126 11 .506 3 1 2 0 .333 -2.02 -2.58 4 3
7 Skyline Conference 8 82 42 40 0 .512 1 0 1 0 .000 -3.09 -3.46 0 0 Utah State
Wyoming
8 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association 6 61 32 28 1 .533 1 1 0 0 1.000 -4.29 -5.74 0 1 New Mexico State
9 Atlantic Coast Conference 8 81 34 45 2 .432 1 1 0 0 1.000 -4.87 -2.03 1 1 Duke
10 Southern Conference 9 88 39 42 7 .483 1 1 0 0 1.000 -9.12 -7.62 0 0 Virginia Military Institute
11 Missouri Valley Conference 4 39 19 19 1 .500 0 0 0 0 -9.45 -7.73 0 0 Wichita State
12 Ivy Group 8 72 37 35 0 .514 0 0 0 0 -9.49 -9.39 0 1 Yale

AP Poll Summary

School Conf Pre 9/19 9/26 10/3 10/10 10/17 10/24 10/31 11/7 11/14 11/21 Final
Minnesota Big Ten     18 14 10 6 6 3 1 4 1 1
Mississippi SEC 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 6 4 3 3 2
Iowa Big Ten 15 19 8 3 2 1 1 1 5 2 2 3
Navy Ind     17 6 5 4 4 4 8 8 7 4
Missouri Big 8   16 19 11 6 5 5 2 2 1 5 5
Washington AAWU 3 3 3 12 13 8 9 7 6 5 4 6
Arkansas SWC 19   14 9   14 12 16 9 7 6 7
Ohio State Big Ten 16 20 9 5 3 9 8 5 3 10 9 8
Alabama SEC   5 15 17 15         18 17 9
Duke ACC             15 13 7 6 11 10
Kansas Big 8   7 5 10 9 15 19       10 11
Baylor SWC       20 7 7 7 11     19 12
Auburn SEC 12         17 14 12 10 9 8 13
Yale Ivy                 17 14 13 14
Michigan State Big Ten 8 6   13 14 13 10 17 13 12 14 15
Penn State Ind 19 11 20   20           15 16
New Mexico State BIAA             18 20 15 14 15 17
Florida SEC       18         20 19 19 18
Purdue Big Ten       7   10 15     13   19
Syracuse Ind 1 2 2 1 4 3 3 9 17 14 17 19
School Conf Pre 9/19 9/26 10/3 10/10 10/17 10/24 10/31 11/7 11/14 11/21 Final
Arizona State BIAA         18              
Army Ind       18                
Clemson ACC 9 9 7 8 8              
Colorado Big 8               18        
Georgia SEC 13                      
Georgia Tech SEC   13 10   19              
Illinois Big Ten 5 4 4 4                
Louisiana State SEC   18                    
Nebraska Big 8   12                    
Northwestern Big Ten 14 14 6                  
Notre Dame Ind 17   12                  
Oklahoma Big 8 10                      
Oregon Ind                   19    
Oregon State Ind   10     17 18 15          
Pittsburgh Ind 7 17           14 12      
Rice SWC           20 13 10 16 14 12  
Southern California AAWU 6                      
Tennessee SEC 18   11     12 11 8 14      
Texas SWC 4 15 13 15 11 16            
Texas Christian SWC 11                      
UCLA AAWU   8 16 16 15 19   15 11 11    
Utah State Skyline               18 19      
Wisconsin Big Ten         12 11