Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1960 to 1969 Final Top 25

Where did all the top teams rank in the final 1960 to 1969 top 25 Coaches college football poll? Which programs made the cut and which ones just missed out, but received votes?

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Which college football programs are the greatest of all-time according to the UPI and USA TODAY Coaches final polls?

According to the final Coaches Poll rankings, how do the programs rank all-time, by decade, and by era? Which ones were the best over the 1960s?

Take all the Coaches Poll final rankings and use our CFN scoring system – the UPI Coaches Poll national champion gets 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom.

It was an interesting decade for the Coaches Poll with seven different national champions. Alabama won two of them and was in the mix year after year, and Arkansas didn’t win any, but was good enough to finish as the decade’s second-best team according to the rankings.

1960s Coaches Poll National Champions
1960 Minnesota; 1961 Alabama; 1962 USC; 1963 Texas; 1964 Alabama; 1965 Michigan State; 1966 Notre Dame; 1967 USC; 1968 Ohio State; 1969 Texas

Coaches Poll: 1960 to 1969 Final All-Time College Football Rankings1 Alabama 1822 Arkansas 1583 USC 1474 Texas 1365 Ohio State 1336 Ole Miss 1287 Notre Dame 123T8 Missouri 118T8 Penn State 10810 Michigan State 10311 Purdue 9912 Nebraska 9713 Tennessee 9614 LSU 9115 Minnesota 8116 Oklahoma 7617 UCLA 7418 Syracuse 6919 Oregon State 6620 Wisconsin 5321 Michigan 51T22 Florida 48T22 Kansas 4824 Georgia Tech 4625 Navy 44

Others Receiving Votes: Auburn 43; Georgia 41; Miami 41; Wyoming 41; Illinois 40; Duke 39; Colorado 38; Florida State 38; Houston 32; SMU 27; Iowa 24; Pittsburgh 23; Washington 23; Baylor 21; Indiana 20; Arizona State 19; Stanford 18; Tulsa 18; Texas Tech 16; Utah State 16; Mississippi State 15; Princeton 13; Memphis State 12; Utah 12; New Mexico 10; Northwestern 10; NC State 9; Texas 9; Arizona 8; Kentucky 8; Ohio 8; San Diego State 8; West Virginia 8; Yale 8; New Mexico State 7; North Carolina 7; Virginia Tech 6; Virginia Tech 6

NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1969 Final Top 20Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1969 Final Top 201 Texas2 Penn State3 Arkansas4 USC5 Ohio State6 Missouri7 LSU8 Michigan9 Notre Dame10 UCLA11 Tennessee12 Nebraska13 Ole Miss14 Stanford15 Auburn16 Houston17 Florida18 Purdue18 San Diego State18 West Virginia

NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1968 Final Top 20Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1968 Final Top 201 Ohio State2 USC3 Penn State4 Georgia5 Texas6 Kansas7 Tennessee8 Notre Dame9 Arkansas10 Oklahoma11 Purdue12 Alabama13 Oregon State14 Florida State15 Michigan16 SMU17 Missouri18 Ohio18 Minnesota19 Houston19 Stanford

NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1967 Final Top 20Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1967 Final Top 201 USC2 Tennessee3 Oklahoma4 Notre Dame5 Wyoming6 Indiana7 Alabama8 Oregon State9 Purdue10 UCLA11 Penn State12 Syracuse13 Colorado14 Minnesota15 Florida State16 Miami17 NC State18 Georgia19 Houston20 Arizona State

NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1966 Final Top 20Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1966 Final Top 201 Notre Dame2 Michigan State3 Alabama4 Georgia5 UCLA6 Purdue7 Nebraska8 Georgia Tech9 SMU10 Miami11 Florida12 Ole Miss13 Arkansas14 Tennessee15 Wyoming16 Syracuse17 Houston18 USC19 Oregon State20 Virginia Tech

NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1965 Final Top 20Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1965 Final Top 201 Michigan State2 Arkansas3 Nebraska4 Alabama5 UCLA6 Missouri7 Tennessee8 Notre Dame9 USC10 Texas Tech11 Ohio State12 Florida13 Purdue14 LSU15 Georgia16 Tulsa17 Ole Miss18 Kentucky19 Syracuse20 Colorado

NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1964 Final Top 20Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1964 Final Top 201 Alabama2 Arkansas3 Notre Dame4 Michigan5 Texas6 Nebraska7 LSU8 Oregon State9 Ohio State10 USC11 Florida State12 Syracuse13 Princeton14 Penn State14 Utah16 Illinois16 New Mexico18 Tulsa18 Missouri20 Ole Miss20 Michigan State

NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1963 Final Top 20Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1963 Final Top 201 Texas2 Navy3 Pitt4 Illinois5 Nebraska6 Auburn7 Ole Miss8 Oklahoma9 Alabama10 Michigan State11 Mississippi State12 Syracuse13 Arizona State14 Memphis15 Washington16 Penn State16 USC16 Missouri19 North Carolina20 Baylor

NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1962 Final Top 20Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1962 Final Top 201 USC2 Wisconsin3 Ole Miss4 Texas5 Alabama6 Arkansas7 Oklahoma8 LSU9 Penn State10 Minnesota11 Georgia Tech12 Missouri13 Ohio State14 Duke14 Washington16 Northwestern16 Oregon State18 Arizona18 Illinois18 Miami

NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1961 Final Top 20Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1961 Final Top 201 Alabama2 Ohio State3 LSU4 Texas5 Ole Miss6 Minnesota7 Colorado8 Arkansas9 Michigan State10 Utah State11 Purdue11 Missouri13 Georgia Tech14 Duke15 Kansas16 Syracuse17 Wyoming18 Wisconsin19 Miami19 Penn State

NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1960 Final Top 20Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1960 Final Top 201 Minnesota2 Iowa3 Ole Miss4 Missouri5 Wisconsin6 Navy7 Arkansas8 Ohio State9 Kansas10 Alabama11 Duke11 Baylor11 Michigan State14 Auburn15 Purdue16 Florida17 Texas18 Yale19 New Mexico State19 Tennessee

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Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1960 to 1969 Final Top 25

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