1962 NCAA College Division football season

The 1962 NCAA College Division football season was the seventh season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level.

1962 NCAA College Division football season
Champion(s)	Florida A&M (AP, black) Southern Miss (UPI) Jackson State (black)
College Division football seasons

Conference standings

1962 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T San Diego State $ 6 – 0 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 Fresno State 4 – 1 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Long Beach State 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Cal Poly 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Valley State 2 – 3 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 UC Santa Barbara 2 – 4 – 0     2 – 8 – 0 Los Angeles State 0 – 6 – 0     2 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1962 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Omaha $ 4 – 0 – 1     8 – 1 – 1 Fort Hays State 3 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 Pittsburg State 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Washburn 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Emporia State 2 – 3 – 0     3 – 5 – 1 St. Benedict's 0 – 5 – 0     0 – 7 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1962 Far Western Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T San Francisco State $ 3 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 Humboldt State 3 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 Nevada 2 – 2 – 1     5 – 3 – 1 UC Davis 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Chico State 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 1 Sacramento State 2 – 3 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from College Division poll
1962 Gulf States Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Northwestern State $ 4 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 1 McNeese State 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 1 Southeastern Louisiana 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Louisiana Tech 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 Southwestern Louisiana 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 1 Northeast Louisiana State 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1962 Hoosier Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Taylor $ 5 – 0 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Anderson (IN) 3 – 1 – 1     5 – 2 – 1 Franklin (IN) 2 – 1 – 2     3 – 4 – 2 Manchester (IN) 2 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 Indiana Central 1 – 3 – 1     1 – 6 – 2 Hanover 0 – 5 – 0     0 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1962 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Butler $ 4 – 1 – 1     5 – 2 – 2 Valparaiso 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Indiana State 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 DePauw 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Saint Joseph's (IN) 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 1 Ball State 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 3 – 1 Evansville 0 – 6 – 0     0 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1962 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Central Michigan $ 4 – 0 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Northern Illinois 3 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 Western Illinois 2 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Illinois State 1 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Eastern Illinois 0 – 4 – 0     1 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1962 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Parsons $ 9 – 0 – 0     9 – 0 – 0 Central (IA) 7 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 Luther 6 – 2 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 Upper Iowa 6 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 William Penn 5 – 3 – 1     5 – 3 – 1 Wartburg 5 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Buena Vista 3 – 6 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Dubuque 2 – 7 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 Iowa Wesleyan 1 – 8 – 0     1 – 8 – 0 Simpson 0 – 9 – 0     0 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1962 Lone Star Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Texas A&I $ 6 – 0 – 1     9 – 0 – 1 Southwest Texas State 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 Sam Houston State 4 – 2 – 1     5 – 3 – 1 Lamar Tech 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 East Texas State 3 – 3 – 1     5 – 4 – 1 Sul Ross 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 Stephen F. Austin 1 – 6 – 0     1 – 9 – 0 Howard Payne 0 – 6 – 1     1 – 8 – 1 $ – Conference champion
1962 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Western Maryland $ 4 – 0 – 0     8 – 1 – 0 Hampden–Sydney 3 – 1 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Bridgewater 2 – 2 – 0     3 – 3 – 0 Gallaudet 0 – 1 – 0     1 – 6 – 0 Johns Hopkins 0 – 2 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 Randolph–Macon 0 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1962 Mid-American Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Bowling Green $ 5 – 0 – 1     7 – 1 – 1 Ohio 5 – 1 – 0     8 – 3 – 0 Miami 3 – 1 – 1     8 – 2 – 1 Western Michigan 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Kent State 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Toledo 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Marshall 0 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1962 Mid-Ohio Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Bluffton + 2 – 1 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Defiance + 2 – 1 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Ashland + 2 – 1 – 0     4 – 4 – 1 Wilmington (OH) 0 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 + – Conference co-champions
1962 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T University Delaware x 5 – 0 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 Bucknell 5 – 1 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Lehigh 2 – 2 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Temple 2 – 3 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Lafayette 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 5 – 0 Gettysburg 2 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 Muhlenberg 0 – 4 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 College–Northern Susquehanna x 5 – 0 – 0     9 – 0 – 0 Moravian 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Wagner 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 1 Wilkes 3 – 4 – 0     3 – 4 – 0 Albright 2 – 3 – 0     3 – 5 – 0 Upsala 2 – 3 – 0     ? – ? – ? Lycoming 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 Hofstra* 1 – 0 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 Juniata* 2 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 College–Southern Western Maryland x 5 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0 Drexel x 5 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 Swarthmore 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 2 – 0 Lebanon Valley 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Pennsylvania Military 5 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Dickinson 3 – 5 – 0     3 – 5 – 0 Johns Hopkins 2 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 Ursinus 2 – 5 – 0     2 – 5 – 0 Haverford 1 – 5 – 0     1 – 6 – 0 Franklin & Marshall 0 – 5 – 0     0 – 8 – 0 West Chester* 0 – 0 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible due to insufficient conference games Rankings from AP Poll	1962 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T SE Missouri State $ 5 – 0 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 NE Missouri State 4 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 SW Missouri State 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 1 Central Missouri State 2 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 1 Missouri–Rolla 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 NW Missouri State 0 – 5 – 0     0 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1962 North Central Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T State College of Iowa + 5 – 0 – 1     7 – 1 – 1 South Dakota State + 5 – 0 – 1     7 – 2 – 1 Augustana (SD) 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 North Dakota 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Morningside 2 – 4 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 South Dakota 1 – 5 – 0     1 – 9 – 0 North Dakota State 0 – 6 – 0     0 – 10 – 0 + – Conference co-champions
1962 Ohio Valley Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T East Tennessee State + 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Eastern Kentucky + 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Morehead State + 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Middle Tennessee State + 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Western Kentucky 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Murray State 1 – 5 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Tennessee Tech 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 8 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1962 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T John Carroll $ 7 – 0 – 0     7 – 0 – 0 Bethany (WV) 6 – 1 – 0     6 – 1 – 0 Western Reserve 3 – 2 – 1     3 – 3 – 1 Washington & Jefferson 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 0 Allegheny 2 – 3 – 0     2 – 5 – 0 Thiel 2 – 5 – 0     2 – 5 – 0 Case Tech 1 – 6 – 0     1 – 6 – 0 Wayne State (MI) 0 – 4 – 1     0 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1962 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Adams State $ 4 – 0 – 0     9 – 1 – 0 Western State 2 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Colorado State–Greeley 2 – 2 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Colorado Mines 1 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Colorado College 0 – 4 – 0     1 – 7 – 1 $ – Conference champion
1962 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Florida A&M + 6 – 0 – 0     9 – 1 – 0 Alabama A&M + 6 – 0 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 Morehouse 5 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 Clark (GA) 5 – 1 – 0     6 – 1 – 0 Bethune–Cookman 6 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 Fisk 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 South Carolina State 4 – 3 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Benedict 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Tuskegee 4 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 Morris Brown 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Lane 2 – 6 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 Allen 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Fort Valley State 0 – 5 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 Alabama State 0 – 6 – 0     0 – 8 – 0 Knoxville 0 – 6 – 0     0 – 8 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1962 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Jackson State $ 6 – 1 – 0     10 – 1 – 0 Texas Southern 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Grambling 3 – 2 – 2     6 – 2 – 2 Prairie View A&M 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Southern 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Arkansas AM&N 2 – 4 – 1     3 – 5 – 1 Alcorn State 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Wiley 1 – 5 – 1     3 – 5 – 1 $ – Conference champion Rankings from College Division poll	1962 Yankee Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T New Hampshire $ 4 – 0 – 1     7 – 0 – 1 UMass 4 – 1 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Connecticut 2 – 2 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Rhode Island 1 – 3 – 1     2 – 5 – 2 Vermont 1 – 3 – 0     3 – 5 – 0 Maine 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1962 NCAA College Division independents football records Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Cal Poly Pomona   –       9 – 1 – 0 Southern Miss   –       9 – 1 – 0 Drake   –       8 – 2 – 0 Hawaii   –       6 – 2 – 0 La Verne   –       6 – 2 – 0 Northern Michigan   –       6 – 3 – 0 Northeastern   –       5 – 3 – 0 Wabash   –       5 – 3 – 1 Abilene Christian   –       6 – 4 – 0 East Carolina   –       5 – 4 – 0 Weber State   –       5 – 4 – 0 Chattanooga   –       5 – 5 – 0 Southern Illinois   –       4 – 6 – 0 Findlay   –       4 – 5 – 0 Tampa   –       3 – 4 – 2 UC Riverside   –       3 – 5 – 0 Eastern Michigan   –       2 – 5 – 0 Santa Clara   –       2 – 6 – 0 Carnegie Tech   –       1 – 7 – 0 Rose Poly   –       1 – 7 – 0

Rankings

Main article: 1962 NCAA College Division football rankings

Small college poll

In 1962, both United Press International (UPI) and the Associated Press (AP) conducted "small college" polls, and selected different number one teams.[1][2] UPI's panel of coaches selected Southern Miss, who had a record of 9–1 with their sole defeat coming in an 8–6 loss to Memphis State.[3] The AP's panel of sportswriters selected Florida A&M, who had a 9–0 record including four shutouts.[4] The Rattlers went on to play Jackson State in the Orange Blossom Classic, but lost 22–6.

United Press International (coaches) final poll Published on November 29[5] Rank School Record No. 1 votes Total points 1 Southern Miss 9–1 19 286 2 Florida A&M 9–0 7 273 3 Central Oklahoma 9–0 3 233 4 Lenoir–Rhyne 10–0 204 5 Wittenberg 9–0 2 126 6 Northern Illinois 8–2 105 7 Fresno State 7–3 104 8 Texas A&I 9–0–1 102 9 Delaware 7–2 94 10 Montana State 7–3 54

Associated Press (writers) final poll Published on November 30[6] Rank School Record No. 1 votes Total points 1 Florida A&M 9–0 2 67 2 Wittenberg 9–0 1 66 3 Central Oklahoma 9–0 2 54 4 Southern Miss 9–1 1 44 5 Lenoir–Rhyne 10–0 34 6 Texas A&I 9–0–1 1 33 7 Northern Illinois 9–1 27 8 Fresno State 7–3 19 9 Saint John's (MN) 9–0 15 10 Southeastern Louisiana 6–3 13 Northern Illinois actually 8–2 when the poll was taken.[7]

References

1. "Small School Crown Won By S. Miss.", Amarillo Globe-Times, Nov. 29, 1962, p13
2. "Rattlers 1st, Javelinas 6th in Final Poll", Corpus Christi Times, Nov. 30, 1962, p36
3. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/s/southern_mississippi/1960-1964_yearly_results.php
4. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/f/florida_a&m/1960-1964_yearly_results.php
5. UPI (November 29, 1962). "Small College Football Poll". Chicago Daily Tribune. Retrieved February 27, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
6. AP (November 30, 1962). "Florida A&M Named No. One Small College". The Morning Herald. Hagerstown, Maryland. Retrieved February 27, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
7. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/northern_illinois/1960-1964_yearly_results.php