1962 NCAA University Division football rankings


Two human polls comprised the 1962 National Collegiate Athletic Association 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

AP Poll

The final AP Poll was released on December 4, at the end of the 1962 regular season, weeks before the bowls. The poll ranked only the top ten teams from 1962 through 1967.

Final Coaches' poll

The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on
USC received 31 of the 35 first-place votes; Wisconsin received two, Ole Miss one, and Texas one.
RankingTeamConferenceRecordBowl
1USCAAWU11–0Won Rose, 42–37
2WisconsinBig Ten8–2Lost Rose, 37–42
3Ole MissSEC10–0Won Sugar, 17–13
4TexasSouthwest9–1–1Lost Cotton, 0–13
5AlabamaSEC10–1Won Orange, 17–0
6ArkansasSouthwest9–1–1Lost Sugar, 13–17
7OklahomaBig Eight8–3Lost Orange, 0–17
8LSUSEC9–1–1Won Cotton, 13–0
9Penn StateIndependent9–2Lost Gator, 7–17
10MinnesotaBig Ten6–2–1none
11Georgia TechSEC7–3–1Lost Bluebonnet, 10–14
12MissouriBig Eight8–1–2Won Bluebonnet, 14–10
13Ohio StateBig Ten6–3none
14DukeACC8–2none
14WashingtonAAWU7–1–2none
16NorthwesternBig Ten7–2none
16Oregon StateIndependent9–2Won Liberty, 6–0
18Arizona StateWAC7–2–1none
18IllinoisBig Ten2–7none
18Miami Independent8–3Lost Gotham, 34–36