1962 NCAA College Division football rankings

The 1962 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches and from the Associated Press. The 1962 NCAA College Division football season was the fifth year UPI published a Coaches Poll in what was termed the "Small College" division. It was the third year for the AP version of the poll, which only listed 10 teams.

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

The AP poll

	Week 1 Oct 3[1]	Week 2 Oct 10[2]	Week 3 Oct 17[3]	Week 4 Oct 24[4]	Week 5 Oct 31[5]	Week 6 Nov 7[6]	Week 7 Nov 14[7]	Week 8 Nov 21[8]	Week 9 Nov 28[9]
1.	Fresno State (3)	Florida A&M (2–0)	Florida A&M (3–0) (4)	Florida A&M (4–0) (4)	Florida A&M (5–0)	Florida A&M (6–0)	Florida A&M (7–0) (3)	Florida A&M (8–0) т	Florida A&M (9–0)	1.
2.	Pittsburg State (2)	Southern Miss (4–0)	Fresno State (3–1)	Northern Illinois (6–0)	Southeastern Louisiana (5–0)	Wittenberg (7–0)	Wittenberg (8–0) (1)	Wittenberg (9–0) т	Wittenberg (9–0)	2.
3.	Florida A&M (1)	Pittsburg State (3–1)	Northern Illinois (5–0) т	Fresno State (4–1)	Southern Miss (6–1)	Southern Miss (7–1)	Southern Miss (8–1) (1)	Southern Miss (9–1)	Central Oklahoma (9–0)	3.
4.	Southern Miss (1)	Southeastern Louisiana (4–0)	Southeastern Louisiana (4–0) т	Southern Miss (5–1)	Wittenberg (6–0)	Northern Illinois (7–1)	Central Oklahoma (8–0) (1)	Central Oklahoma (9–0)	Southern Miss (9–1)	4.
5.	Texas Southern	Slippery Rock	Southern Miss (4–1)	Southeastern Louisiana (5–0)	Central Oklahoma (7–0)	Central Oklahoma (8–0)	Northern Illinois (8–1)	Texas A&I (9–0–1)	Lenoir–Rhyne (10–0)	5.
6.	William Jewell	Fresno State (2–1)	Pittsburg State (KS) (4–1)	Central Oklahoma (6–0)	Lenoir–Rhyne (7–0)	Southeastern Louisiana (5–1)	Fresno State (6–2)	Northern Illinois (8–1)	Texas A&I (9–0–1)	6.
7.	Linfield	Lamar Tech (4–0)	Lamar Tech (5–0)	Wittenberg (5–0)	Northern Illinois (6–1)	Texas A&I (7–0–1)	Texas A&I (8–0–1) (1)	Lenoir–Rhyne (9–0)	Northern Illinois (9–1)	7.
8.	Slippery Rock (1)	Hillsdale (4–0)	Southern Illinois (2–2)	Pittsburg State (4–2)	Texas A&I (6–0–1)	Lenoir–Rhyne (8–0)	Lenoir–Rhyne (9–0)	Saint John's (MN)	Fresno State (7–3)	8.
9.	Hillsdale	Texas Southern т	Central Oklahoma (5–0)	Southern Illinois (3–2)	Southern Illinois (4–2)	Fresno State (5–2)	Southeastern Louisiana (6–1)	Fresno State (7–2)	Saint John's (MN) (9–0)	9.
10.	Southeastern Louisiana	Linfield т	Humboldt State (3–0)	Lamar Tech (5–1)	Fresno State (4–2)	Pittsburg State (6–2)	Southwest Texas State (7–0)	Southeastern Louisiana (6–2)	Southeastern Louisiana (6–3)	10.
	Week 1 Oct 3[10]	Week 2 Oct 10[11]	Week 3 Oct 17[12]	Week 4 Oct 24[13]	Week 5 Oct 31[14]	Week 6 Nov 7[15]	Week 7 Nov 14[16]	Week 8 Nov 21[17]	Week 9 Nov 28[18]
		Dropped: 6 William Jewell	Dropped: 5 Slippery Rock 8 Hillsdale 9 Texas Southern 10 Linfield	Dropped: 10 Humboldt State	Dropped: Pittsburg State 10 Lamar Tech	Dropped: 9 Southern Illinois	Dropped: 10 Pittsburg State	Dropped: 10 Southwest Texas State	None

The UPI Coaches poll

	Week 1 Oct 4[19]	Week 2 Oct 11[20]	Week 3 Oct 18[21]	Week 4 Oct 25[22]	Week 5 Nov 1[23]	Week 6 Nov 8[24]	Week 7 Nov 15[25]	Week 8 Nov 22[26]	Week 9 Nov 29[27]
1.	Florida A&M (1–0) (5)	Florida A&M (1–0) (10)	Florida A&M (3–0) (17)	Florida A&M (4–0)	Florida A&M (5–0) (13)	Florida A&M (6–0) (14)	Southern Miss (8–1) (15)	Southern Miss (9–1) (21)	Southern Miss (9–1) (19)	1.
2.	Southern Miss (3–0) (5)	Southern Miss (4–0) (10)	Southern Miss (4–1) (6)	Southern Miss (5–1)	Southern Miss (6–1) (14)	Southern Miss (7–1) (13)	Florida A&M (7–0) (14)	Florida A&M (8–0) (6)	Florida A&M (9–0) (7)	2.
3.	Fresno State (2–0) (3)	Delaware (3–0) (6)	Fresno State (3–1) (4)	Fresno State (4–1)	Southeastern Louisiana (5–0) (1)	Central Oklahoma (8–0) (4)	Central Oklahoma (8–0) (3)	Central Oklahoma (9–0) (3)	Central Oklahoma (9–0) (3)	3.
4.	Delaware (2–0) (4) т	Fresno State (2–1) (3)	Northern Illinois (5–0) (2)	Northern Illinois (6–0)	Central Oklahoma (7–0) (3)	Lenoir–Rhyne (8–0)	Lenoir–Rhyne (9–0)	Lenoir–Rhyne (9–0)	Lenoir–Rhyne (10–0)	4.
5.	Pittsburg State (3–0) (3) т	Hillsdale (4–0)	Southeastern Louisiana (4–0)	Southeastern Louisiana (5–0)	Fresno State (4–2) (2)	Northern Illinois (7–1)	Northern Illinois (8–1)	Fresno State (7–2)	Wittenberg (9–0) (2)	5.
6.	Southern Illinois (1–2) (1)	Southeastern Louisiana (3–0)	Central Oklahoma (5–0) (1)	Central Oklahoma (6–0)	Lenoir–Rhyne (7–0)	Fresno State (5–2)	Fresno State (6–2)	Northern Illinois (8–1)	Northern Illinois (8–1)	6.
7.	Southeastern Louisiana (3–0) (1)	Northern Illinois (4–0) (2)	Delaware (3–1) (1)	Lenoir–Rhyne (6–0)	Northern Illinois (6–1)	Southeastern Louisiana (5–1)	Southeastern Louisiana (6–1)	Wittenberg (9–0) (1)	Fresno State (7–3)	7.
8.	Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) (1)	Humboldt State (3–0) (1)	Southern Illinois (2–2)	Arkansas State (5–0)	Arkansas State (5–1) (1)	Montana State (6–2)	Delaware (6–2)	Delaware (7–2) (1)	Texas A&I (9–0–1)	8.
9.	Hillsdale (3–0)	Central Oklahoma (4–0) (1)	Lenoir–Rhyne (5–0)	Southern Illinois (3–3)	Delaware (4–2)	Delaware (5–2)	Wittenberg (8–0)	Texas A&I (9–0–1)	Delaware (7–2)	9.
10.	Central Oklahoma (3–0) (2)	Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0)	Pittsburg State (4–1)	Montana State (5–1)	Montana State (5–2)	Arkansas State (5–2)	Texas A&I (8–0–1)	Southeastern Louisiana (6–2)	Montana State (7–3)	10.
11.	Louisiana Tech (3–0) (2)	Pittsburg State (3–1)	Humboldt State (1)	Delaware	Arizona State College	Texas A&I (7–0–1)	Montana State	Arkansas State	Southeastern Louisiana (6–3)	11.
12.	Omaha	Southern Illinois	Hillsdale	Arizona State College	Texas A&I (6–0–1)	Cal Poly Pomona	Arkansas State	Montana State	Arkansas State	12.
13.	Texas A&I	Memphis State	Montana State	Pittsburg State (4–2)	Southern Illinois (4–2)	Wittenberg (7–0)	Cal Poly Pomona (2)	Cal Poly Pomona (2)	Cal Poly Pomona	13.
14.	Northern Illinois	Wheaton (IL)	Arkansas State	Hillsdale т	Pittsburg State	Arizona State College	Linfield	Saint John's (MN)	College of Emporia т	14.
15.	Humboldt State	Montana State	Northeast Missouri	South Dakota State т	Wittenberg (6–0)	Linfield	San Diego State (8–1)	Linfield	Linfield т	15.
16.	Middle Tennessee State т	Arkansas State	Lamar Tech (5–0)	Lamar Tech (5–1) т	Akron	Pittsburg State (6–2)	Saint John's (MN)	Parsons (1)	Adams State	16.
17.	Wheaton (IL) (1) т	Akron т	Arizona State College	Texas A&I	South Dakota State	Akron	Arizona State College	Omaha	South Dakota State	17.
18.	Memphis State т	Arizona State College т	Tufts	Humboldt State т	Lamar Tech	Parsons т	Omaha	College of Emporia	Omaha т	18.
19.	Northern Michigan т	Lamar Tech (4–0)	Texas A&I	Wittenberg (5–0) т	Cal Poly Pomona	Southwest Texas т	Parsons (1)	San Diego State (8–2) т	Parsons т	19.
20.	Arkansas State т	Texas Southern (1)	Cal Poly Pomona	Northeast Missouri	Southwest Texas	San Diego State (7–1)	College of Emporia т	South Dakota State т	Saint John's (MN) (9–0)	20.
21.	Montana State т						Southwest Texas т			21.
	Week 1 Oct 4[28]	Week 2 Oct 11[29]	Week 3 Oct 18[30]	Week 4 Oct 25[31]	Week 5 Nov 1[32]	Week 6 Nov 8[33]	Week 7 Nov 15[34]	Week 8 Nov 22[35]	Week 9 Nov 29[36]
		Dropped: 11 Louisiana Tech 12 Omaha 13 Texas A&I 16 Middle Tennessee State 19 Northern Michigan	Dropped: 13 Memphis State 14 Wheaton (IL) 17 Akron 20 Texas Southern	Dropped: 18 Tufts 20 Cal Poly Pomona	Dropped: 14 Hillsdale 18 Humboldt State 20 Northeast Missouri	Dropped: 13 Southern Illinois 17 South Dakota State 18 Lamar Tech	Dropped: 16 Pittsburg State 17 Akron	Dropped: 17 Arizona State College 20 Southwest Texas	Dropped: 19 San Diego State

Notes

References

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