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1961 Year Summary

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National Champions: Alabama (AP, NFF, UPI), Ohio State (FWAA)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Ernie Davis (Syracuse)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Darrell Royal (Texas)

AP Preseason #1: Iowa ▪ AP Final #1: Alabama

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 52 38 1 .577 1 1 0 0 1.000 11.51 8.95 3 4 Ohio State
2 Southeastern Conference 12 124 70 53 1 .569 4 2 2 0 .500 9.78 7.29 3 4 Alabama
Louisiana State
3 Southwest Conference 8 84 44 36 4 .548 4 2 2 0 .500 8.99 7.77 1 3 Arkansas
Texas
4 Big Eight Conference 8 82 42 37 3 .530 2 1 1 0 .500 5.24 4.27 1 2 Colorado
5 Atlantic Coast Conference 8 80 40 40 0 .500 0 0 0 0 4.30 4.59 0 1 Duke
6 Athletic Association of Western Universities 5 51 21 27 3 .441 1 0 1 0 .000 0.61 3.59 0 1 UCLA
7 Independent 27 267 147 117 3 .556 4 3 1 0 .750 -0.81 -2.47 2 4
8 Skyline Conference 7 69 32 34 3 .486 2 1 1 0 .500 -4.09 -3.93 0 1 Utah State
Wyoming
9 Southern Conference 9 86 41 45 0 .477 0 0 0 0 -5.77 -4.82 0 0 Citadel
10 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association 5 50 21 28 1 .430 0 0 0 0 -10.62 -8.62 0 0 Arizona State
11 Missouri Valley Conference 4 41 18 22 1 .451 1 0 1 0 .000 -10.98 -8.04 0 0 Wichita State
12 Ivy Group 8 72 32 40 0 .444 0 0 0 0 -11.87 -10.84 0 0 Columbia
Harvard

AP Poll Summary

School Conf Pre 9/25 10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 Final
Alabama SEC 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 1
Ohio State Big Ten 2 3 8 7 7 6 5 3 3 2 2 2
Texas SWC 4 6 5 4 3 3 3 1 1 5 4 3
Louisiana State SEC 5       10 7 6 4 4 4 3 4
Mississippi SEC 9 2 2 1 2 2 2 7 6 6 5 5
Minnesota Big Ten               5 5 3 7 6
Colorado Big 8         9 10 8 8 8 7 6 7
Michigan State Big Ten 6 10 6 5 1 1 1 6 9 8 8 8
Arkansas SWC         10         9 9 9
Utah State Skyline                       10
Missouri Big 8             10 10     10 11
Purdue Big Ten                 7     12
Georgia Tech SEC     3   8 9 7 9       13
Syracuse Ind 10 5 7           10     14
Rutgers Ind                       15
UCLA AAWU   9                   16
Arizona Ind                       17
Penn State Ind 7 8                   17
Rice SWC   7                   17
Duke ACC                       20
School Conf Pre 9/25 10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 Final
Baylor SWC     10 9                
Iowa Big Ten 1 1 1 2 4 5 9          
Kansas Big 8 8                 10    
Maryland ACC       10                
Michigan Big Ten     9 6                
Notre Dame Ind       8 6 8