1961 season · week 2
Polls
AP Top 25
10 ranked
- Big Ten3
- FBS Independents2
- SEC2
- Other3
- 1–IowaBig Ten—
- 2▲7Ole MissSEC—
- 3▼1Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 4▼1AlabamaSEC—
- 5▲5SyracuseFBS Independents—
- 6▼2TexasSouthwest—
- 7NewRiceSouthwest—
- 8▼1Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 9NewUCLAAAWU—
- 10▼4Michigan StateBig Ten—