1962 College Football School Ratings

1961 CFB School Ratings 1963 CFB School Ratings

Champions: USC (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Terry Baker (Oregon State)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: John McKay (USC)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State

AP Final #1: USC

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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.

120 Schools

120 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	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2	8	2	0	17.11	8.39	25.50	48.02	-3.29
2	USC	AAWU	1	11	0	0	11.54	11.76	23.29	38.45	-6.62
3	Alabama	SEC	5	10	1	0	8.03	14.44	22.47	39.59	-10.30
4	Minnesota	Big Ten	10	6	2	1	5.93	15.32	21.25	31.28	-11.39
5	Northwestern	Big Ten		7	2	0	14.16	6.04	20.19	43.72	-0.08
6	LSU	SEC	7	9	1	1	3.89	15.87	19.76	31.70	-10.56
7	Ole Miss	SEC	3	10	0	0	7.79	10.90	18.68	37.90	-6.09
8	Ohio State	Big Ten		6	3	0	8.04	9.55	17.60	36.74	-5.35
9	Georgia Tech	SEC		7	3	1	8.75	8.79	17.54	36.05	-6.06
10	Washington	AAWU		7	1	2	5.99	11.00	16.98	33.71	-5.22
11	Oklahoma	Big 8	8	8	3	0	4.21	12.61	16.82	37.46	-7.94
12	Michigan State	Big Ten		5	4	0	9.07	7.71	16.78	37.00	-3.19
13	Penn State	Ind	9	9	2	0	8.16	7.83	15.99	34.78	-2.44
14	Purdue	Big Ten		4	4	1	3.98	11.54	15.51	31.95	-7.50
15	Texas	SWC	4	9	1	1	3.72	11.51	15.23	30.58	-6.61
16	Arkansas	SWC	6	9	2	0	10.14	4.88	15.01	39.56	0.26
17	Missouri	Big 8		8	1	2	0.65	13.10	13.75	29.82	-7.48
18	Florida	SEC		7	4	0	8.26	4.96	13.22	37.08	-0.33
19	Oregon	Ind		6	3	1	10.05	2.16	12.20	36.37	3.16
20	Duke	ACC		8	2	0	4.01	7.64	11.65	32.54	-2.12
				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	Oregon State	Ind		9	2	0	7.96	3.46	11.42	34.93	2.06
22	Iowa	Big Ten		4	5	0	6.50	4.82	11.32	33.41	0.51
23	Notre Dame	Ind		5	5	0	6.79	4.44	11.23	33.25	0.18
24	Nebraska	Big 8		9	2	0	9.49	1.63	11.12	36.51	4.27
25	Miami (FL)	Ind		7	4	0	9.23	1.09	10.32	34.12	3.94
26	Boston College	Ind		8	2	0	7.20	2.26	9.46	34.52	4.24
27	Kansas	Big 8		6	3	1	3.97	5.18	9.15	30.72	-0.40
28	Houston	Ind		7	4	0	5.82	3.17	8.99	31.93	2.33
29	Texas Christian	SWC		6	4	0	6.57	2.21	8.77	32.05	2.95
30	Florida State	Ind		4	3	3	-2.04	10.79	8.75	27.89	-5.49
31	Arizona State	WAC		7	2	1	8.92	-0.18	8.74	36.90	5.48
32	Navy	Ind		5	5	0	5.13	3.46	8.59	32.81	4.63
33	Syracuse	Ind		5	5	0	1.59	6.83	8.42	28.49	-2.34
34	Memphis	Ind		8	1	0	2.23	5.55	7.78	34.75	1.29
35	Indiana	Big Ten		3	6	0	2.55	4.75	7.30	28.73	-1.56
36	Auburn	SEC		6	3	1	5.49	1.80	7.29	33.65	4.16
37	Ohio	MAC		8	3	0	3.51	3.35	6.86	30.47	1.66
38	West Texas State	Ind		9	2	0	3.09	2.51	5.60	34.49	3.99
39	Maryland	ACC		6	4	0	2.82	2.49	5.31	28.52	2.07
40	West Virginia	Southern		8	2	0	3.34	1.79	5.13	30.91	6.06
				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	Bowling Green	MAC		7	1	1	1.25	3.60	4.85	28.94	2.57
42	Illinois	Big Ten		2	7	0	2.73	2.04	4.77	28.65	6.12
43	Mississippi State	SEC		3	6	0	-1.63	6.25	4.62	24.84	-2.67
44	Washington State	AAWU		5	4	1	4.69	-0.17	4.53	31.93	5.56
45	Miami (OH)	MAC		8	2	1	5.75	-1.58	4.17	31.31	8.33
46	Pitt	Ind		5	5	0	2.68	1.36	4.04	27.41	4.48
47	Dartmouth	Ivy		9	0	0	-1.12	4.86	3.73	26.39	3.78
48	Tennessee	SEC		4	6	0	2.86	0.81	3.67	30.73	2.31
49	Army	Ind		6	4	0	-0.44	3.94	3.50	25.22	1.69
50	Kentucky	SEC		3	5	2	-3.14	6.64	3.50	22.92	-1.63
51	Clemson	ACC		6	4	0	0.72	2.77	3.49	27.68	2.29
52	Utah State	Ind		8	2	0	4.99	-1.75	3.24	31.22	8.32
53	Baylor	SWC		4	6	0	3.32	-0.25	3.07	29.39	5.21
54	UCLA	AAWU		4	6	0	-0.89	3.94	3.05	24.80	1.83
55	Villanova	Ind		7	3	0	0.97	1.99	2.95	26.42	4.31
56	Stanford	AAWU		5	5	0	-0.52	3.31	2.79	24.74	2.56
57	Rice	SWC		2	6	2	0.98	1.77	2.75	27.61	3.78
58	Iowa State	Big 8		5	5	0	7.69	-5.21	2.48	34.44	11.73
59	Georgia	SEC		3	4	3	0.43	1.77	2.19	27.42	4.55
60	South Carolina	ACC		4	5	1	1.91	0.11	2.01	28.88	4.21
				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	SMU	SWC		2	8	0	-3.63	4.93	1.30	22.90	-0.10
62	Michigan	Big Ten		2	7	0	-0.45	1.26	0.82	26.03	5.90
63	Tulsa	MVC		5	5	0	3.20	-2.44	0.76	31.62	8.61
64	Air Force	Ind		5	5	0	0.80	-0.35	0.45	26.92	7.00
65	Holy Cross	Ind		6	4	0	5.81	-5.38	0.43	30.69	13.51
66	Texas A&M	SWC		3	7	0	-4.36	4.39	0.02	21.47	1.57
67	Western Michigan	MAC		5	4	0	-1.71	1.71	0.01	23.59	4.48
68	Louisville	Ind		6	4	0	1.03	-2.14	-1.11	25.22	9.68
69	Oklahoma State	Big 8		4	6	0	0.33	-1.54	-1.21	25.24	7.25
70	New Mexico	WAC		7	2	1	1.69	-3.39	-1.70	25.65	10.39
71	California	AAWU		1	9	0	4.58	-6.52	-1.94	30.70	11.57
72	North Carolina State	ACC		3	6	1	-5.18	2.51	-2.68	20.10	3.47
73	Wyoming	WAC		5	5	0	-2.39	-0.42	-2.81	22.58	7.16
74	Xavier	Ind		6	4	0	-3.63	0.62	-3.00	19.56	6.10
75	North Carolina	ACC		3	7	0	-1.74	-2.04	-3.79	24.28	7.93
76	Harvard	Ivy		6	3	0	-1.54	-2.43	-3.97	23.33	10.22
77	North Texas	MVC		6	4	0	-0.44	-3.59	-4.03	23.92	10.88
78	Arizona	WAC		5	5	0	-1.27	-3.01	-4.27	22.08	8.35
79	Virginia	ACC		5	5	0	0.63	-4.92	-4.29	27.56	12.48
80	Virginia Tech	Southern		5	5	0	-2.77	-1.52	-4.29	21.29	7.15
				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	Utah	WAC		4	5	1	-1.31	-3.28	-4.59	22.91	10.15
82	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		6	4	0	-6.78	2.11	-4.66	17.40	5.13
83	BYU	WAC		4	6	0	-0.38	-4.42	-4.80	25.43	11.15
84	Vanderbilt	SEC		1	9	0	-6.86	0.20	-6.66	18.81	6.95
85	UTEP	Ind		4	5	0	-8.58	1.91	-6.67	15.26	7.69
86	New Mexico State	Ind		4	6	0	0.41	-7.10	-6.70	26.97	16.44
87	Buffalo	Ind		6	3	0	-3.84	-3.30	-7.14	22.20	12.58
88	William & Mary	Southern		4	5	1	-7.20	-0.35	-7.56	15.90	6.88
89	Pacific	Ind		5	5	0	-2.73	-5.99	-8.72	21.22	13.12
90	Toledo	MAC		3	6	0	-4.00	-5.08	-9.08	21.15	11.62
91	Tulane	SEC		0	10	0	-1.12	-8.20	-9.32	26.18	16.09
92	Princeton	Ivy		5	4	0	-1.43	-8.23	-9.66	22.57	15.17
93	Kent State	MAC		3	6	0	-4.86	-4.91	-9.77	19.77	12.68
94	George Washington	Southern		3	7	0	-5.67	-4.15	-9.82	18.95	10.48
95	Texas Tech	SWC		1	9	0	-4.93	-4.94	-9.87	20.73	11.83
96	Wichita State	MVC		3	7	0	-8.35	-1.82	-10.17	16.65	7.25
97	Boston University	Ind		2	7	0	-7.37	-3.23	-10.60	17.51	9.69
98	The Citadel	Southern		3	7	0	-2.35	-8.26	-10.61	22.28	21.54
99	Richmond	Southern		6	3	0	-2.66	-8.02	-10.68	20.85	15.74
100	Colorado	Big 8		2	8	0	-2.14	-8.73	-10.87	23.36	22.84
				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	Cincinnati	MVC		2	8	0	-3.88	-7.10	-10.98	22.17	12.40
102	San Jose State	Ind		2	8	1	-6.54	-4.59	-11.13	18.50	13.84
103	Marshall	MAC		4	6	0	-4.92	-7.65	-12.57	20.21	18.29
104	Furman	Southern		4	6	0	-4.58	-8.12	-12.70	20.93	18.18
105	Kansas State	Big 8		0	10	0	-8.90	-3.88	-12.78	16.97	14.51
106	Detroit Mercy	Ind		1	8	0	-5.51	-7.49	-13.00	19.58	12.50
107	Rutgers	Ind		5	5	0	-7.42	-5.63	-13.05	18.12	15.20
108	Idaho	Ind		2	6	1	-6.71	-6.81	-13.51	17.41	15.89
109	Yale	Ivy		2	5	2	-10.80	-2.80	-13.61	12.42	10.04
110	Cornell	Ivy		4	5	0	0.58	-14.28	-13.70	22.56	23.67
111	Montana	Ind		5	5	0	-4.85	-8.96	-13.81	18.94	17.02
112	Dayton	Ind		2	8	0	-7.46	-6.61	-14.07	17.60	12.94
113	Davidson	Southern		3	5	1	-10.57	-3.65	-14.22	12.76	11.57
114	Colgate	Ind		3	5	1	-11.80	-4.16	-15.96	11.32	11.62
115	Columbia	Ivy		5	4	0	-6.89	-9.53	-16.41	15.64	20.52
116	Wake Forest	ACC		0	10	0	-8.00	-8.94	-16.94	18.70	17.53
117	Pennsylvania	Ivy		3	6	0	-10.67	-7.44	-18.11	11.41	16.50
118	Hardin-Simmons	Ind		1	9	0	-11.85	-6.50	-18.35	13.10	14.27
119	Colorado State	Ind		0	10	0	-10.71	-7.77	-18.48	14.81	16.26
120	Brown	Ivy		1	6	2	-8.39	-10.51	-18.91	14.99	19.22