1961 season · week 9
Polls
AP Top 25
10 ranked
- Big Ten4
- SEC3
- Big 81
- Other2
- 1–TexasSouthwest—
- 2–AlabamaSEC—
- 3–Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 4–LSUSEC—
- 5–MinnesotaBig Ten—
- 6▲1Ole MissSEC—
- 7NewPurdueBig Ten—
- 8–ColoradoBig 8—
- 9▼3Michigan StateBig Ten—
- 10NewSyracuseFBS Independents—