1961 NCAA University Division football season
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During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the major college football teams in the University Division, later known as Division I-A. The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls. The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual 'NCAA Football Guide of the "unofficial" national champions. The AP poll in 1961 consisted of the votes of 45 sportswriters, each of whom would give their opinion of the ten best teams. Under a point system of 10 points for first place, 9 for second, etc., the "overall" ranking was determined. Although the rankings were based on the collective opinion of the representative sportswriters, the teams that remained "unbeaten and untied" were generally ranked higher than those that had not. A defeat, even against a strong opponent, tended to cause a team to drop in the rankings, and a team with two or more defeats was unlikely to remain in the Top 10. The top teams played on New Year's Day in the four major postseason bowl games: the Rose (near Los Angeles at Pasadena), Sugar (New Orleans), Orange (Miami) and Cotton (Dallas).
1961 NCAA University Division football season | ||||
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Preseason AP No. 1 | Iowa[1] | |||
Regular season | September 23 – December 2, 1961 | |||
Number of bowls | 11 | |||
Bowl games | December 9, 1961 – January 1, 1962 | |||
Champion(s) | Alabama (AP, Coaches, NFF) Ohio State (FWAA) | |||
Heisman | Ernie Davis (halfback, Syracuse) | |||
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