1961 NCAA College Division football rankings
The 1961 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches and from the Associated Press. The 1961 NCAA College Division football season was the fourth year UPI published a Coaches Poll in what was termed the "Small College" division. It was the second year for the AP version of the poll, which only listed 10 teams.
Legend
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The AP poll
Week 1 Oct 5[1] | Week 2 Oct 12[2] | Week 3 Oct 19[3] | Week 4 Oct 26[4] | Week 5 Nov 2[5] | Week 6 Nov 9[6] | Week 7 Nov 16[7] | Week 8 Nov 23[8] | ||
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1. | Texas A&I | Texas A&I (3–0) (5) | Pittsburg State (5–0) (3) | Pittsburg State (6–0) (4) | Pittsburg State (7–0) (6) | Pittsburg State (8–0) (3) | Pittsburg (KS) (9–0) (5) | Pittsburg State (9–0) (5) | 1. |
2. | Hillsdale (1) | Humboldt State (3–0) (2) | Baldwin–Wallace (4–0) | Northern Michigan (5–1) | Baldwin–Wallace (5–0) | Baldwin–Wallace (6–0) (1) | Baldwin–Wallace (8–0) | Baldwin–Wallace (9–0) | 2. |
3. | Southeastern Louisiana (1) | Southeastern Louisiana (4–0) (1) | Southeastern Louisiana (4–0) | Baldwin–Wallace (4–0) (2) | Southeastern Louisiana (7–0) | Southeastern Louisiana (6–0) (2) | Fresno State (8–0) | Fresno State (9–0) | 3. |
4. | Southern Illinois | Pittsburg State (4–0) | Northern Michigan (4–1) (1) | Southeastern Louisiana (6–0) | Northern Michigan (5–1) | Northern Michigan (6–1) | Whittier (8–0) | Florida A&M (8–0) | 4. |
5. | Humboldt State | Southern Illinois | Whittier (5–0) | Whittier | Whittier | Fresno State (7–0) | Florida A&M (7–0) | Whittier (9–0) | 5. |
6. | Mississippi Southern | Northern Michigan (3–1) | Hofstra (3–0) | Fresno State (5–0) | Fresno State (6–0) | Florida A&M (6–0) | Lehigh (6–2) | Lehigh (7–2) | 6. |
7. | Pittsburg State | Baldwin–Wallace (3–0) | Texas A&I (3–1) (1) | Hofstra (4–0) т | Florida A&M (5–0) | Whittier (7–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–1–1) (1) | Linfield (9–0) (1) | 7. |
8. | Northern Michigan | Delaware (3–0) | Lamar Tech (4–0) | Northwestern State (6–0) (1) т [note 1] | Mississippi Southern (5–1) | Lehigh | Linfield (8–0) (1) | Southeastern Louisiana (9–1) | 8. |
9. | Lehigh (1) | Whittier (4–0) (1) | West Chester (4–0) (1) | West Chester | Lenoir–Rhyne | Linfield (7–0) (1) | Southeastern Louisiana (6–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–1–1) (1) | 9. |
10. | Newberry (1) т | West Chester (3–0) (1) | Fresno State (5–0) | Mississippi Southern (5–1) | Lamar Tech (1) т | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–1–1) (1) | Amherst (9–0) (1) | Butler (9–0) т | 10. |
11. | Southern U. (1) т | Linfield т | Mississippi Southern (7–2) т | 11. | |||||
Week 1 Oct 5[9] | Week 2 Oct 12[10] | Week 3 Oct 19[11] | Week 4 Oct 26[12] | Week 5 Nov 2[13] | Week 6 Nov 9[14] | Week 7 Nov 16[15] | Week 8 Nov 23[16] | ||
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The UPI Coaches poll
Week 1 Oct 4[17] | Week 2 Oct 11[18] | Week 3 Oct 18[19] | Week 4 Oct 25[20] | Week 5 Nov 1[21] | Week 6 Nov 8[22] | Week 7 Nov 15[23] | Week 8 Nov 22[24] | ||
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1. | Mississippi Southern (7) | Mississippi Southern (3–0) | Northern Michigan (4–1) (5) | Northern Michigan (5–1) (14) | Mississippi Southern (5–1) (14) | Pittsburg (KS) (8–0) (9) | Pittsburg (KS) (9–0) (13) | Pittsburg (KS) (9–0) (14) | 1. |
2. | Hillsdale (7) т | Northern Michigan (3–1) | Mississippi Southern (3–1) (9) | Mississippi Southern (4–1) (10) | Pittsburg (KS) (7–0) (3) | Northern Michigan (6–1) (4) | Baldwin–Wallace (8–0) (3) | Baldwin–Wallace (9–0) (1) | 2. |
3. | Kent State (2) т | Louisiana Tech (3–0) | Louisiana Tech (3–1) (2) | Pittsburg (KS) (6–0) (3) | Northern Michigan (5–1) (3) | Southeastern Louisiana (6–0) (8) | Mississippi Southern (6–2) (5) | Mississippi Southern (7–2) (4) | 3. |
4. | Humboldt State (4) т | Texas A&I (3–0) | Texas A&I (3–1) (1) | Southeastern Louisiana (6–0) (1) | Southeastern Louisiana (7–0) (5) | Mississippi Southern (5–2) (6) | Southeastern Louisiana (6–1) (4) | Southeastern Louisiana (9–1) | 4. |
5. | Louisiana Tech (2) т | Delaware (3–0) | Fresno State (4–0) (3) | Fresno State (5–0) (1) | Fresno State (6–0) (2) | Baldwin–Wallace (6–0) (1) | Fresno State (8–0) (5) | Fresno State (9–0) (8) | 5. |
6. | Northern Michigan | Humboldt State (3–0) | Southeastern Louisiana (5–0) (2) | Baldwin–Wallace (4–0) (3) | Baldwin–Wallace (5–0) (2) | Fresno State (7–0) (4) | Florida A&M (7–0) (1) | Florida A&M (8–0) | 6. |
7. | Texas A&I (3) | Fresno State (3–0) | Pittsburg (KS) (5–0) (3) | Hofstra (4–0) (1) | Idaho State (5–0) (2) | Wheaton (IL) (8–0) | Northern Michigan (6–2) (1) | Wheaton (IL) (8–0) | 7. |
8. | Delaware (1) | Pittsburg State (4–0) | Hofstra (3–0) (2) | Louisiana Tech (3–2) | Wheaton (IL) (7–0) | Florida A&M (6–0) (1) | Wheaton (IL) (8–0) | Whittier (9–0) | 8. |
9. | Arkansas State (3) | Southeastern Louisiana (4–0) | Humboldt State (3–1) | Wheaton (IL) (6–0) (1) | Florida A&M (5–0) (1) | Idaho State (5–1) | Butler (8–0) | Butler (9–0) | 9. |
10. | Chattanooga (1) т | Kent State (2–2) | Baldwin–Wallace (3–0) (1) | Idaho State (4–0) | West Chester (5–1) | Butler (7–0) | Whittier (8–0) | Northern Michigan (6–2) | 10. |
11. | Pittsburg State (1) т | Baldwin–Wallace | Idaho State (1) | Texas A&I | Butler | Lehigh (1) | Idaho State | Lehigh (7–2) т | 11. |
12. | Fresno State (1) | Arkansas State | Wheaton (IL) (1) | West Chester | Louisiana Tech | Delaware т | Central Oklahoma | Linfield (9–0) т | 12. |
13. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Hillsdale т | Kent State | Butler | Texas A&I | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–1–1) т | Linfield (8–0) | Idaho State | 13. |
14. | Louisville (1) | Southern Illinois т | Butler | Humboldt State | Whittier | Northwestern State | Amherst (7–0) т | Central Oklahoma | 14. |
15. | Southeastern Louisiana (1) | Idaho State | Florida A&M | Northwestern State (6–0) (1) | Humboldt State | Amherst | Lehigh (6–2) т | Northern State | 15. |
16. | Lamar Tech | Lenoir–Rhyne | Hillsdale (1) | Florida A&M | Northwestern State | Humboldt State | Tampa | Humboldt State т | 16. |
17. | Baldwin–Wallace т | Louisville | Lamar Tech (4–0) (2) | Lamar Tech | Lenoir–Rhyne | Whittier (7–0) | Humboldt State т | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–1–1) т | 17. |
18. | Butler т | Wheaton (IL) | Lenoir–Rhyne | Montana State | Lamar Tech | Texas A&I | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–1–1) т | Tampa | 18. |
19. | East Texas State т | Butler т | Lehigh | Albright (4–0) т | Southern Illinois | Northern State (7–0) | Louisiana Tech | Chattanooga | 19. |
20. | Florida A&M т | Lehigh т | Montana State | Lenoir–Rhyne т | Hofstra | Central Oklahoma т | Southern Illinois | Ottawa | 20. |
21. | Idaho State т | Chattanooga т | 21. | ||||||
Week 1 Oct 4[25] | Week 2 Oct 11[26] | Week 3 Oct 18[27] | Week 4 Oct 25[28] | Week 5 Nov 1[29] | Week 6 Nov 8[30] | Week 7 Nov 15[31] | Week 8 Nov 22[32] | ||
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Notes
- In the actual printed polls, Northwestern State was listed as Northwestern Louisiana
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References
- "Newberry 10th In Grid Poll". The Index-Journal. Greenwood, South Carolina. October 5, 1961. p. 8. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Texas A&I Leads Poll". Ironwood Daily Globe. Ironwood, Michigan. October 13, 1961. p. 8. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Kansas Pitt Tops Poll". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. October 20, 1961. p. 2-D. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Gorillas Lead Small College Football Poll". Alton Evening Telegraph. Alton, Illinois. October 26, 1961. p. 15. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Pittsburg State Has Wide Lead In AP Poll". The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. November 2, 1961. p. 17. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Pittsburg Tops Small Colleges". Journal Gazette. Mattoon, Illinois. November 9, 1961. p. 6. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Major Shakeup In Small College Top 10". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. November 16, 1961. p. 4-C. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Kansas School Nabs Small College Honor". The Lawton Constitution. Lawton, Oklahoma. November 23, 1961. p. 26. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Newberry 10th In Grid Poll". The Index-Journal. Greenwood, South Carolina. October 5, 1961. p. 8. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Texas A&I Leads Poll". Ironwood Daily Globe. Ironwood, Michigan. October 13, 1961. p. 8. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Kansas Pitt Tops Poll". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. October 20, 1961. p. 2-D. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Gorillas Lead Small College Football Poll". Alton Evening Telegraph. Alton, Illinois. October 26, 1961. p. 15. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Pittsburg State Has Wide Lead In AP Poll". The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. November 2, 1961. p. 17. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Pittsburg Tops Small Colleges". Journal Gazette. Mattoon, Illinois. November 9, 1961. p. 6. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Major Shakeup In Small College Top 10". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. November 16, 1961. p. 4-C. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Kansas School Nabs Small College Honor". The Lawton Constitution. Lawton, Oklahoma. November 23, 1961. p. 26. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Mississippians Small College Poll Leaders". Medford Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. October 4, 1961. p. B 3. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Mississippi Southern Top Small College In UPI Poll". Palladium-Item. Richmond, Indiana. October 12, 1961. p. 18. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Louisiana Tech 3rd On UPI List". The Monroe News-Star. Monroe, Louisiana. October 18, 1961. p. 4B. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "No. Michigan Leads UPI Poll, But May Forfeit". The Yuma Daily Sun. Yuma, Arizona. October 26, 1961. p. 8. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Mississippi Southern Takes Lead In Small College Poll". The Times Recorder. Zanesville, Ohio. November 2, 1961. p. 2-D. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Idaho State ninth in poll". The Bend Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. November 9, 1961. p. 3. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Butler rated 9th in class". The Alexandria Times-Tribune. Alexandria, Indiana. November 15, 1961. p. 4. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "HSC 16th In Final UPI Small College Grid Poll". Eureka Humboldt Standard. Eureka, California. November 22, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved February 15, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Mississippians Small College Poll Leaders". Medford Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. October 4, 1961. p. B 3. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Mississippi Southern Top Small College In UPI Poll". Palladium-Item. Richmond, Indiana. October 12, 1961. p. 18. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Louisiana Tech 3rd On UPI List". The Monroe News-Star. Monroe, Louisiana. October 18, 1961. p. 4B. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "No. Michigan Leads UPI Poll, But May Forfeit". The Yuma Daily Sun. Yuma, Arizona. October 26, 1961. p. 8. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Mississippi Southern Takes Lead In Small College Poll". The Times Recorder. Zanesville, Ohio. November 2, 1961. p. 2-D. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Idaho State ninth in poll". The Bend Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. November 9, 1961. p. 3. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Butler rated 9th in class". The Alexandria Times-Tribune. Alexandria, Indiana. November 15, 1961. p. 4. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "HSC 16th In Final UPI Small College Grid Poll". Eureka Humboldt Standard. Eureka, California. November 22, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved February 15, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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