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1962 Year Summary

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National Champion: Southern California (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Terry Baker (Oregon State)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: John McKay (Southern California)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State ▪ AP Final #1: Southern California

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 47 42 2 .527 1 0 1 0 .000 14.10 12.19 3 2 Wisconsin
2 Athletic Association of Western Universities 6 61 33 25 3 .566 1 1 0 0 1.000 8.12 6.28 1 1 Southern California
3 Southeastern Conference 12 123 63 52 8 .545 5 4 1 0 .800 8.08 6.59 3 3 Mississippi
4 Southwest Conference 8 82 36 43 3 .457 2 0 2 0 .000 4.54 5.77 1 2 Texas
5 Big Eight Conference 8 83 42 38 3 .524 3 2 1 0 .667 3.56 3.66 0 1 Oklahoma
6 Atlantic Coast Conference 8 80 35 43 2 .450 0 0 0 0 -0.65 0.77 1 0 Duke
7 Independent 34 339 173 159 7 .521 6 3 3 0 .500 -1.23 -1.62 1 1
8 Western Athletic Conference 6 60 32 25 3 .558 0 0 0 0 -1.57 -4.41 0 0 New Mexico
9 Mid-American Conference 7 68 38 28 2 .574 2 0 2 0 .000 -2.22 -4.04 0 0 Bowling Green State
10 Missouri Valley Conference 4 40 16 24 0 .400 0 0 0 0 -6.11 -4.43 0 0 Tulsa
11 Southern Conference 9 88 42 44 2 .489 0 0 0 0 -7.71 -6.33 0 0 Virginia Military Institute
12 Ivy Group 8 72 35 33 4 .514 0 0 0 0 -11.33 -11.48 0 0 Dartmouth

AP Poll Summary

School Conf Pre 9/24 10/1 10/8 10/15 10/22 10/29 11/5 11/12 11/19 11/26 Final
Southern California AAWU   9 6 4 3 4 3 2 2 1 1 1
Wisconsin Big Ten         10 5   8 4 3 2 2
Mississippi SEC 6 7 7 5 5 7 6 4 3 2 3 3
Texas SWC 2 3 3 2 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4
Alabama SEC 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 6 5 5
Arkansas SWC       8 7 9 8 6 7 7 6 6
Louisiana State SEC 5 5   6 4 6 4 9 10 8 7 7
Oklahoma Big 8                   10 8 8
Penn State Ind 9 4 4 3           9 9 9
Minnesota Big Ten               10 8 5 10 10
School Conf Pre 9/24 10/1 10/8 10/15 10/22 10/29 11/5 11/12 11/19 11/26 Final
Army Ind     10                  
Auburn SEC             10          
Duke ACC 8                      
Georgia Tech SEC   8 5                  
Miami (FL) Ind     9                  
Michigan State Big Ten 4 6       10 7          
Missouri Big 8   10           7 6      
Northwestern Big Ten         8 3 1 1 9      
Ohio State Big Ten 1 2 1 10 6              
Purdue Big Ten 7     9                
Washington AAWU 10   8 7 9 8 9