1960 College Football School Ratings

1959 CFB School Ratings 1961 CFB School Ratings

Champions:
Minnesota (AP, NFF, UPI)
Ole Miss (FWAA)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Joe Bellino (Navy)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Murray Warmath (Minnesota)

AP Preseason #1: Syracuse

AP Final #1: Minnesota

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

113 Schools

113 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Iowa	Big Ten	3	8	1	0	15.33	11.18	26.51	42.88	-6.35
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	8	7	2	0	12.44	10.51	22.96	38.20	-5.94
3	Missouri	Big 8	5	10	1	0	12.72	9.16	21.88	39.46	-3.71
4	Ole Miss	SEC	2	10	0	1	11.55	10.10	21.64	40.66	-6.83
5	Minnesota	Big Ten	1	8	2	0	9.41	12.09	21.49	36.88	-6.59
6	Michigan State	Big Ten	15	6	2	1	11.68	8.02	19.69	37.14	-2.70
7	Kansas	Big 8	11	7	2	1	9.45	10.04	19.49	36.67	-4.98
8	Michigan	Big Ten		5	4	0	7.23	11.21	18.44	30.97	-6.55
9	Purdue	Big Ten	19	4	4	1	14.28	3.38	17.66	39.88	0.47
10	Rice	SWC		7	4	0	5.46	11.69	17.15	33.57	-8.20
11	Baylor	SWC	12	8	3	0	8.70	8.09	16.79	34.27	-4.23
12	Arkansas	SWC	7	8	3	0	6.62	9.25	15.87	32.80	-5.53
13	Northwestern	Big Ten		5	4	0	3.70	11.76	15.46	27.60	-5.29
14	Florida	SEC	18	9	2	0	6.14	9.19	15.33	30.47	-4.81
15	Penn State	Ind	16	7	3	0	10.27	4.71	14.98	35.04	-0.34
16	Texas	SWC		7	3	1	5.39	9.43	14.82	31.18	-5.76
17	Washington	AAWU	6	10	1	0	8.59	5.78	14.37	34.71	-1.10
18	Auburn	SEC	13	8	2	0	5.53	8.82	14.35	30.99	-5.16
19	Alabama	SEC	9	8	1	2	2.08	12.02	14.10	29.44	-7.07
20	Illinois	Big Ten		5	4	0	6.23	7.59	13.82	30.14	-2.65
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	UCLA	AAWU		7	2	1	5.25	7.96	13.21	30.35	-3.40
22	Georgia Tech	SEC		5	5	0	5.76	6.60	12.37	31.21	-5.91
23	Navy	Ind	4	9	2	0	6.63	5.42	12.05	32.47	-0.13
24	Tennessee	SEC		6	2	2	3.64	8.00	11.64	34.92	-3.29
25	Syracuse	Ind	19	7	2	0	3.58	7.78	11.36	31.84	-2.98
26	New Mexico State	BIAA	17	11	0	0	9.81	1.46	11.26	39.36	4.75
27	LSU	SEC		5	4	1	-0.44	11.64	11.20	26.05	-8.85
28	Kentucky	SEC		5	4	1	4.00	6.99	10.99	35.03	-3.24
29	Georgia	SEC		6	4	0	6.03	4.42	10.45	32.49	-0.27
30	Pitt	Ind		4	3	3	0.67	9.69	10.36	27.33	-6.26
31	Texas Christian	SWC		4	4	2	0.99	8.26	9.25	26.22	-4.76
32	Duke	ACC	10	8	3	0	3.15	6.02	9.17	28.57	-0.54
33	Colorado	Big 8		6	4	0	2.64	6.48	9.12	26.99	-0.43
34	Wyoming	Skyline		8	2	0	2.24	6.74	8.98	28.14	-2.15
35	Utah State	Skyline		9	2	0	3.35	5.24	8.60	29.83	-0.16
36	Wisconsin	Big Ten		4	5	0	6.94	1.58	8.51	32.08	4.20
37	Army	Ind		6	3	1	3.91	4.37	8.28	32.30	1.22
38	Utah	Skyline		7	3	0	2.15	4.80	6.95	27.52	0.97
39	Oregon State	Ind		6	3	1	5.47	1.32	6.79	29.65	3.14
40	Oregon	Ind		7	3	1	2.44	4.14	6.59	27.82	1.31
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Iowa State	Big 8		7	3	0	3.16	3.32	6.47	27.79	3.02
42	Yale	Ivy	14	9	0	0	5.61	0.59	6.20	28.38	7.28
43	Oklahoma	Big 8		3	6	1	3.92	1.98	5.90	29.46	2.68
44	Miami (FL)	Ind		6	4	0	4.96	0.78	5.74	29.80	4.38
45	Mississippi State	SEC		2	6	1	2.03	3.61	5.64	27.29	-1.30
46	Oklahoma State	Big 8		3	7	0	-0.65	6.16	5.51	22.52	-0.95
47	Tulane	SEC		3	6	1	2.53	2.76	5.29	29.16	1.16
48	Arizona	BIAA		7	3	0	6.87	-1.77	5.10	30.58	6.25
49	Nebraska	Big 8		4	6	0	1.59	3.31	4.90	24.63	1.35
50	Texas Tech	SWC		3	6	1	5.73	-1.34	4.38	31.62	5.83
51	Memphis	Ind		8	2	0	1.53	2.74	4.27	33.67	4.21
52	Houston	Ind		6	4	0	2.18	1.47	3.65	25.88	6.01
53	Texas A&M	SWC		1	6	3	-2.41	5.27	2.86	23.14	-0.69
54	USC	AAWU		4	6	0	-1.72	4.36	2.64	24.11	1.00
55	Notre Dame	Ind		2	8	0	1.22	1.29	2.51	26.63	4.02
56	Arizona State	BIAA		7	3	0	1.16	0.68	1.84	26.99	5.02
57	Rutgers	Ind		8	1	0	-1.23	1.36	0.13	23.71	5.64
58	Air Force	Ind		4	6	0	-0.09	0.18	0.10	24.84	6.36
59	North Carolina State	ACC		6	3	1	-1.30	1.15	-0.15	21.36	4.26
60	Clemson	ACC		6	4	0	0.51	-0.67	-0.16	24.57	6.00
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Maryland	ACC		6	4	0	1.44	-1.76	-0.32	24.82	8.32
62	Holy Cross	Ind		6	4	0	0.02	-1.31	-1.29	22.70	8.26
63	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		7	2	1	2.54	-3.86	-1.32	25.40	9.49
64	Washington State	Ind		4	5	1	1.61	-2.93	-1.32	26.28	6.95
65	Indiana	Big Ten		1	8	0	-1.15	-0.62	-1.76	24.04	10.72
66	New Mexico	Skyline		5	5	0	-0.06	-1.74	-1.80	29.88	9.90
67	Detroit Mercy	Ind		7	2	0	2.39	-4.26	-1.87	24.29	12.19
68	Princeton	Ivy		7	2	0	3.42	-5.45	-2.03	27.80	12.92
69	The Citadel	Southern		8	2	1	-4.18	1.44	-2.74	18.30	5.95
70	SMU	SWC		0	9	1	-4.22	1.32	-2.90	21.78	5.30
71	Wichita State	MVC		8	2	0	0.61	-3.57	-2.96	22.08	11.29
72	George Washington	Southern		5	3	1	-2.88	-0.51	-3.39	20.45	7.07
73	Vanderbilt	SEC		3	7	0	-3.67	-0.40	-4.07	21.17	5.81
74	Boston College	Ind		3	6	1	-2.47	-1.67	-4.14	21.09	6.38
75	Tulsa	MVC		5	5	0	1.18	-5.34	-4.16	24.68	14.04
76	Florida State	Ind		3	6	1	-4.71	0.49	-4.22	20.07	5.09
77	Virginia Tech	Southern		6	4	0	-4.03	-0.28	-4.31	19.91	6.60
78	California	AAWU		2	7	1	-3.60	-1.82	-5.42	21.90	6.63
79	South Carolina	ACC		3	6	1	-4.05	-1.64	-5.69	21.03	9.50
80	Dartmouth	Ivy		5	4	0	-8.41	2.54	-5.88	12.70	4.62
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	North Carolina	ACC		3	7	0	-3.92	-2.63	-6.55	19.76	6.56
82	Montana	Skyline		5	5	0	-4.51	-2.46	-6.97	18.26	7.04
83	UTEP	BIAA		4	5	1	-3.45	-4.44	-7.89	21.20	9.80
84	Kansas State	Big 8		1	9	0	-2.81	-5.16	-7.97	21.96	18.05
85	San Jose State	Ind		5	4	0	-1.76	-6.95	-8.71	23.10	14.20
86	Boston University	Ind		3	5	2	-5.01	-4.49	-9.50	18.75	11.81
87	West Texas State	BIAA		3	7	0	-5.68	-4.61	-10.29	18.23	10.39
88	Furman	Southern		5	4	1	1.67	-12.13	-10.46	23.94	21.86
89	Harvard	Ivy		5	4	0	-8.31	-2.36	-10.68	12.47	10.48
90	Stanford	AAWU		0	10	0	-2.43	-9.09	-11.52	22.54	13.40
91	Xavier	Ind		5	5	0	-8.06	-3.87	-11.92	14.70	13.77
92	Wake Forest	ACC		2	8	0	-2.77	-9.44	-12.21	20.98	14.62
93	BYU	Skyline		3	8	0	-7.75	-4.65	-12.39	15.32	11.20
94	Pennsylvania	Ivy		3	6	0	-7.37	-5.07	-12.44	15.23	13.04
95	Columbia	Ivy		3	6	0	-6.95	-6.36	-13.31	18.45	18.18
96	Denver	Skyline		3	7	0	-1.73	-11.90	-13.63	21.99	21.51
97	Pacific	Ind		4	6	0	-4.38	-9.30	-13.68	19.05	21.35
98	Richmond	Southern		3	6	1	-7.87	-6.03	-13.90	15.59	13.59
99	Cincinnati	MVC		4	6	0	-9.36	-4.60	-13.95	11.69	12.56
100	West Virginia	Southern		0	8	2	-8.81	-5.52	-14.33	15.73	16.20
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Colorado State	Skyline		2	8	0	-6.50	-7.99	-14.49	17.08	15.63
102	Idaho	Ind		1	9	0	-5.98	-8.80	-14.78	18.35	15.58
103	Davidson	Southern		3	5	0	-8.85	-5.98	-14.83	12.72	13.22
104	Marquette	Ind		3	6	0	-6.03	-9.14	-15.16	15.65	16.95
105	Villanova	Ind		2	8	0	-9.59	-6.60	-16.19	12.52	17.09
106	Colgate	Ind		2	7	0	-1.48	-15.06	-16.53	21.22	24.98
107	North Texas	MVC		2	6	1	-7.45	-9.29	-16.74	15.36	18.05
108	William & Mary	Southern		2	8	0	-6.35	-10.47	-16.82	17.15	17.49
109	Brown	Ivy		3	6	0	-8.29	-10.31	-18.60	12.90	21.01
110	Cornell	Ivy		2	7	0	-11.72	-7.49	-19.20	9.87	15.67
111	Dayton	Ind		1	9	0	-13.08	-8.96	-22.04	9.14	18.65
112	Virginia	ACC		0	10	0	-7.01	-16.04	-23.05	17.40	25.93
113	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		0	10	0	-12.02	-13.76	-25.78	11.27	24.00