# 1960 small college football rankings

The 1960 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1960 college football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of experts, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of 47 small-college coaches from throughout the country.
Three small-college teams finished the 1960 season with perfect 10–0 records: the Ohio Bobcats, the Lenoir Rhyne Bears and the Humboldt State Lumberjacks. In their final vote, the AP board members selected Ohio as the small-college champion, based on its tougher strength of schedule. Lenoir Rhyne and Humboldt State finished second and third, respectively, in the AP rnakings.
The UPI board of coaches also selected Ohio as the small-college champion with first-place votes from 28 of the participating coaches. The UPI ranked Bowling Green second with its sole setback having been in a close loss to Ohio.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## AP poll

| | Week 1 Oct 6 | Week 2 Oct 13 | Week 3 Oct 20 | Week 4 Oct 27 | Week 5 Nov 3 | Week 6 Nov 10 | Week 7 Nov 17 | Week 8 Nov 24 | Week 9 Dec 1 | |
| 1. | Ohio | Ohio (4–0) (2) | Lenoir Rhyne (5–0) | Ohio (6–0) (4) | Ohio (7–0) (4) | Ohio (8–0) (4) | Ohio (9–0) (4) | Ohio (4) | Ohio (10–0) (4) | 1. |
| 2. | Lenoir Rhyne | Lenoir Rhyne (4–0) (2) | Ohio (5–0) | Lenoir Rhyne (6–0) (2) | Florida A&M (5–0) (2) | Lenoir Rhyne (8–0) (2) | Lenoir Rhyne (9–0) (2) | Lenoir Rhyne | Lenoir Rhyne (10–0) | 2. |
| 3. | Lehigh | Lehigh (3–0) | Tufts | Florida A&M (4–0) (1) | Lenoir Rhyne (7–0) (1) | Florida A&M (6–0) (1) | Florida A&M (1) | Iowa State Teachers (9–0) (1) | Humboldt State (10–0) (1) | 3. |
| 4. | UMass | Mississippi Southern (3–0) | Iowa State Teachers (1) | Bowling Green (5–0) | Iowa State Teachers (7–0) | Bowling Green (7–0) | Iowa State Teachers | Bowling Green (8–1) | Whitworth (9–0) | 4. |
| 5. | Whitworth | Whitworth (4–0) | Whitworth (5–0) | Tufts (5–0) (1) | Bowling Green (6–0) | Iowa State Teachers (8–0) | Whitworth | Whitworth | West Chester (9–0) (1) | 5. |
| 6. | Texas A&I | Chattanooga (3–1) | Humboldt State (5–0) | Whitworth (6–0) | Southern Illinois | Tufts (7–0) (1) | Fresno State | Southern | Bowling Green (8–1) | 6. |
| 7. | San Francisco State | Humboldt State (4–0) | Chattanooga | Southern Illinois (6–0) | Humboldt State (7–0) | Whitworth (8–0) | Humboldt State | Muskingum | Louisiana Tech (8–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Western Illinois | Southern Illinois (4–0) | Southeastern Louisiana (5–0) | Humboldt State (6–0) | Fresno State | Fresno State (7–0) | Bowling Green (7–1) | Humboldt State | Hillsdale (9–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Muskingum | Muskingum (3–0) | Southern Illinois (5–0) | Iowa State Teachers (6–0) | Tufts (6–0) (1) | Humboldt State (8–0) | West Chester | Louisiana Tech | Muskingum (9–0) | 9. |
| 10. | Florida A&M | Florida A&M (3–0) | Florida A&M (3–0) | Southeastern Louisiana (6–0) | Muskingum | Muskingum (7–0) | Muskingum | West Chester (1) | Iowa State Teachers (9–1) | 10. |
| | Week 1 Oct 6 | Week 2 Oct 13 | Week 3 Oct 20 | Week 4 Oct 27 | Week 5 Nov 3 | Week 6 Nov 10 | Week 7 Nov 17 | Week 8 Nov 24 | Week 9 Dec 1 | |
| | | Dropped: 4 UMass6 Texas A&I7 San Francisco State8 Western Illinois | Dropped: 3 Lehigh4 Mississippi Southern9 Muskingum | Dropped: 7 Chattanooga | Dropped: 6 Whitworth10 Southeastern Louisiana | Dropped: 6 Southern Illinois | Dropped: 6 Tufts | Dropped: 3 Florida A&M6 Fresno State | Dropped: 6 Southern U. | |

## UPI coaches poll

| | Week 1 Sept 29 | Week 2 Oct 6 | Week 3 Oct 13 | Week 4 Oct 20 | Week 5 Oct 27 | Week 6 Nov 3 | Week 7 Nov 10 | Week 8 Nov 17 | Week 9 Nov 24 | |
| 1. | Bowling Green (4) | Bowling Green (12) | Ohio (20) (20) | Ohio (20) | Ohio (21) | Ohio (22) | Ohio (21) | Ohio (29) | Ohio (28) | 1. |
| 2. | Louisiana Tech (4) | Ohio (3) | Bowling Green (5) | Bowling Green (3) | Bowling Green (5) | Bowling Green (6) | Bowling Green (10) | Bowling Green | Bowling Green | 2. |
| 3. | Ohio (2) | Lehigh (4) | Lenoir Rhyne (2) | Lenoir Rhyne (2) | Lenoir Rhyne (2) | Lenoir Rhyne (2) | Lenoir Rhyne (1) | Lenoir Rhyne (2) | Lenoir Rhyne (3) | 3. |
| 4. | Lenoir Rhyne (3) | Louisiana Tech (1) | Lehigh (2) | Chattanooga (5) | Chattanooga (1) | Tufts | Tufts | Florida A&M (1) | Muskingum (1) | 4. |
| 5. | Chattanooga (1) | Chattanooga (2) | Chattanooga (2) | Southern Illinois (1) | Southern Illinois (1) | Southern Illinois (1) | Florida A&M (1) | Louisiana Tech (1) | Florida A&M | 5. |
| 6. | Miami (OH) (1) | Lenoir Rhyne (1) | Idaho State (1) | Tufts (1) | Tufts | Chattanooga | Louisiana Tech | Fresno State (1) | Louisiana Tech (1) | 6. |
| 7. | Lehigh (2) | Southern Illinois (1) | Southern Illinois (1) | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech | Southeastern Louisiana (1) | Southeastern Louisiana | Muskingum (1) | Iowa State Teachers | 7. |
| 8. | Butler (1) | Idaho State (1) | Louisiana Tech | Miami (OH) | Southeastern Louisiana (1) | Louisiana Tech | Fresno State (1) | Southeastern Louisiana | Humboldt State (1) | 8. |
| 9. | Idaho State (1) | Miami (OH) | Tufts | Lehigh | Idaho State | Florida A&M (2) | Muskingum | Iowa State Teachers | Fresno State | 9. |
| 10. | Northern Illinois (1) | Fresno State | Fresno State т | Southeastern Louisiana (1) | Lehigh | Muskingum | Southern Illinois т | Southern Illinois | Southeastern Louisiana (1) | 10. |
| 11. | Fresno State | Texas A&I | Southeastern Louisiana т | Fresno State | Iowa State Teachers | Fresno State | Chattanooga т | Humboldt State | Miami (OH) | 11. |
| 12. | East Texas State | Tufts | Hillsdale т | Hillsdale | Montana State | Hillsdale | Humboldt State | Miami (OH) | West Chester | 12. |
| 13. | Kent State | Western Illinois т | Iowa State Teachers т | Western Michigan | Florida A&M т | Iowa State Teachers т | Iowa State Teachers | Tufts т | Hillsdale | 13. |
| 14. | Southern Illinois | Tennessee Tech т | Whitworth | Florida A&M т | Connecticut т | Humboldt State т | Arkansas State | Whitworth т | Willamette | 14. |
| 15. | Delaware | Pittsburgh (KS) | Kent State т | Muskingum т | Fresno State | Montana State | Miami (OH) | West Chester т | Whitworth т | 15. |
| 16. | Montana State | Amherst | Miami (OH) т | Idaho State т | Hillsdale | Miami (OH) | Willamette т | Hillsdale т | Southern U. т | 16. |
| 17. | Western Illinois | Northern Michigan | East Texas State | Iowa State Teachers т | Louisville | Willamette | West Chester т | Chattanooga | Northeast Missouri т | 17. |
| 18. | Hillsdale т | Southeastern Louisiana | Florida A&M | Tennessee Tech | Miami (OH) | Idaho State т | Northern Michigan | Northeast Missouri т | Adams State т | 18. |
| 19. | Northern Michigan т | Hillsdale т | Muskingum т | Whitworth | Northern Michigan | Lehigh т | Hillsdale т | Tennessee Tech т | Southern Illinois | 19. |
| 20. | Lamar Tech т | Abilene Christian т | Northern Michigan т | Arkansas State | Tennessee Tech т | Northern Michigan | Northeast Missouri т | Arkansas State | Tufts т | 20. |
| 21. | Texas A&I т | Tennessee A&I т | | | Buffalo т | | | | Bucknell т | 21. |
| 22. | West Chester т | | | | | | | | | 22. |
| | Week 1 Sept 29 | Week 2 Oct 6 | Week 3 Oct 13 | Week 4 Oct 20 | Week 5 Oct 27 | Week 6 Nov 3 | Week 7 Nov 10 | Week 8 Nov 17 | Week 9 Nov 24 | |
| | | Dropped: 8 Butler10 Northern Illinois12 East Texas State13 Kent State15 Delaware16 Montana State20 Lamar Tech20 West Chester Teachers | Dropped: 11 Texas A&I13 Western Illinois14 Tennessee Tech15 Pittsburgh (KS)16 Amherst20 Abilene Christian20 Tennessee A&I | Dropped: 15 Kent State17 East Texas State20 Northern Michigan | Dropped: 13 Western Michigan15 Muskingum19 Whitworth20 Arkansas State | Dropped: 14 Connecticut17 Louisville20 Tennessee Tech20 Buffalo | Dropped: 15 Montana State18 Idaho State19 Lehigh | Dropped: 16 Willamette18 Northern Michigan | Dropped: 17 Chattanooga19 Tennessee Tech20 Arkansas State | |

## Associated Negro Press rankings

The Associated Negro Press ranked the top 1960 teams from historically black colleges and universities in an era when college football was often racially segregated.
The rankings were published on December 30:
* 1. Southern (9–1)
* 2. Florida A&M (9–1)
* 3. Grambling (9–1)
* 4. Prairie View A&M (10–1)
* 5. Tennessee A&I (7–3)
* 6. Maryland State (5–1–1)
* 7. North Carolina College (7–2)
* 8. North Carolina A&T (5–3–1)
* 9. Jackson State (6–4)
* 10. Arkansas AM&N (6–5)
* 11. Alabama A&M (7–2)
* 12. Albany State (7–0–2)
* 13. Allen (6–4)
* 14. Benedict (7–3)
* 15. Miles (5–4)
* 16. Winston-Salem State (6–3)
* 17. Virginia State (6–3)
* 18. Morehouse (5–3)
* 19. Alabama State (5–3)
* 20. Dillard (6–1–1)
* 21. Morgan State (6–3–1)
* 22. Johnson C. Smith (6–3)
* 23. Texas Southern (4–6)
* 24. Hampton (5–4)
* 25. Howard (4–4)
* 26. Virginia Union (4–5–1)
* 27. Livingstone (6–1–2)