Two human polls comprised the 1960 major college football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.
Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week National champion Win–loss record Number of first place votes Tied with team above or below also with this symbol
AP poll
The final AP poll was released on November 29, at the end of the regular season, over a month before the major bowls.
A.Only 19 teams received votes in week 6.
UPI Coaches Poll The final United Press International (UPI) Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on November 29. Minnesota received 21 of the 35 first-place votes; Mississippi received nine and Iowa five. Ranking Team Conference Bowl 1 Minnesota Big Ten Lost Rose, 7–17 2 Iowa Big Ten none 3 Ole Miss SEC Won Sugar, 14–6 4 Missouri Big Eight Won Orange, 21–14 5 Washington AAWU Won Rose, 17–7 6 Navy Independent Lost Orange, 14–21 7 Arkansas Southwest Lost Cotton, 6–7 8 Ohio State Big Tennone9 Kansas Big Eight Alabama SEC Tied Bluebonnet, 3–3 11 Baylor Southwest Lost Gator, 12–13 12 Duke ACC Won Cotton, 7–6 13 Michigan State Big Tennone 14 Auburn SEC 15 Purdue Big Ten 16 Florida SEC Won Gator, 13–12 17 Texas Southwest Tied Bluebonnet, 3–318 Yale Ivy none New Mexico State Border Won Sun, 20–13 Tennessee SEC none
Prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and AAWU (later Pac-8) conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl. The Ivy League has prohibited its members from participating in postseason football since the league was officially formed in 1954.
FWAA poll
The Football Writers Association of America awarded the Grantland Rice Award to Mississippi based on the post-bowl voting of a 6-member committee.
Litkenhous Ratings
The final Litkenhous Ratings were released in December 1960. The top 30 teams according to Litkenhous were:
1. Iowa (8-1) - 112.8 2. Minnesota (8-2) - 109.0 3. Ole Miss (10-0-1) - 108.6 4. Ohio State (7-2) - 107.9 5. Missouri (11-0) - 105.9 6. Rice (7-4) - 104.8 7. Kansas (5-4-1) - 103.5 8. Michigan State (6-2-1) - 102.9 9. Purdue (4-4-1) - 102.7 10. Baylor (8-3) - 102.2 11. Michigan (5-4) - 102.1 12. Arkansas - 101.8 13. Tennessee - 100.3 14. Texas - 99.9 15. Auburn - 98.9 16. Georgia Tech - 98.9 17. Alabama - 98.2 18. Florida - 97.6 19. Kentucky - 97.3 20. LSU - 97.0 21. Syracuse - 96.7 22. Washington State - 96.7 23. UCLA - 96.6 24. Illinois - 96.4 25. Northwestern - 96.4 26. Penn State - 95.2 27. Pittsburgh - 95.2 28. Georgia - 94.8 29. Muskingum - 94.3 30. TCU (4-4-2) - 94.1
See also
1960 College Football All-America Team
References