1963 NCAA College Division football rankings

The 1963 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches and from the Associated Press. The 1963 NCAA College Division football season was the sixth year UPI published a Coaches Poll in what was termed the "Small College" division. It was the fourth 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 17[1]	Week 2 Oct 24[2]	Week 3 Oct 31[3]	Week 4 Nov 7[4]	Week 5 Nov 14[5]	Week 6 Nov 21[6]	Week 7 Nov 28[7]
1.	Northern Illinois	Northern Illinois (6–0)	Northern Illinois (7–0) (3)	Northern Illinois (8–0) (3)	Delaware (7–0) (3)	Delaware (8–0) (5)	Northern Illinois (9–0) (3)	1.
2.	Florida A&M	Florida A&M (3–0)	Delaware (5–0) (3)	Delaware (6–0) (4)	Northern Illinois (9–0) (4)	Northern Illinois (9–0) (2)	Delaware (8–0) (3)	2.
3.	Texas A&I	Delaware (4–0)	Florida A&M (3–1)	Florida A&M (4–1)	Wittenberg (7–0–1)	Wittenberg (8–0–1)	Wittenberg (8–0–1)	3.
4.	Delaware	Wittenberg (4–0–1)	Wittenberg (5–0–1)	Wittenberg (6–0–1)	UMass (6–0–1) т	UMass (7–0–1)	UMass (7–0–1)	4.
5.	San Diego State	Texas A&I (4–0)	South Dakota State (6–1)	South Dakota State (7–1)	Saint John's (MN) (8–0) т	Florida A&M (6–1)	Saint John's (MN) (8–0)	5.
6.	Saint John's (MN)	Saint John's (MN)	Saint John's (MN) (7–0)	Saint John's (MN) (8–0)	South Dakota State (6–1) т	Saint John's (MN) (8–0)	South Dakota State (7–1)	6.
7.	Kearney State	South Dakota State (5–1)	Texas A&I (4–1)	UMass (5–0–1)	Florida A&M (5–1)	South Dakota State (7–1)	Florida A&M (7–1)	7.
8.	Clarion State	Kearney State	UMass (5–0–1)	San Diego State (5–1)	San Diego State (6–1)	McNeese State (7–0)	Abilene Christian (7–1)	8.
9.	College of Emporia	McNeese State	Kearney State (7–0)	McNeese State (5–0)	McNeese State (6–0)	San Diego State (7–1)	Southwest Texas (10–0)	9.
10.	McNeese State	San Diego State (3–0)	San Diego State (4–1)	Kearney State (8–0) т	Slippery Rock (6–1)	Abilene Christian (8–0)	McNeese State (8–0)	10.
11.				Slippery Rock (6–0) т				11.
	Week 1 Oct 17[8]	Week 2 Oct 24[9]	Week 3 Oct 31[10]	Week 4 Nov 7[11]	Week 5 Nov 14[12]	Week 6 Nov 21[13]	Week 7 Nov 28[14]
		Dropped: 8 Clarion State 9 College of Emporia	Dropped: 9 McNeese State	Dropped: 7 Texas A&I	Dropped: 10 Kearney State	Dropped: 10 Slippery Rock	Dropped: 9 San Diego State

The UPI Coaches poll

	Week 1 Oct 2[15]	Week 2 Oct 9[16]	Week 3 Oct 16[17]	Week 4 Oct 23[18]	Week 5 Oct 30[19]	Week 6 Nov 6[20]	Week 7 Nov 13[21]	Week 8 Nov 20[22]	Week 9 Nov 27[23]	Week 10 Dec 4[24]
1.	Florida A&M (1–0) (7)	Florida A&M (2–0) (5)	Northern Illinois (5–0) (5)	Northern Illinois (6–0) (12)	Northern Illinois (7–0) (14)	Delaware (6–0) (16)	Delaware (7–0) (15)	Delaware (8–0) (18)	Delaware (8–0) (18)	Delaware (8–0) (18)	1.
2.	Delaware (1–0) (2)	Northern Illinois (4–0) (6)	Florida A&M (2–0) (8)	Delaware (4–0) (12)	Delaware (5–0) (15)	Northern Illinois (8–0) (12)	Northern Illinois (9–0) (14)	Northern Illinois (9–0) (9)	Northern Illinois (9–0) (9)	Northern Illinois (10–0) (8)	2.
3.	Northern Illinois (3–0) (3)	Delaware (2–0) (9)	Delaware (3–0) (9)	Florida A&M (3–0) (4)	Florida A&M (4–1) (3)	Florida A&M (5–1) (2)	UMass (7–0–1) (1)	Florida A&M (7–1) (1)	Florida A&M (8–1) (1)	UMass (8–0–1) (1)	3.
4.	Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) (2)	Texas A&I (3–0) (5)	Texas A&I (4–0) (4)	Texas A&I (4–0) (2)	Wittenberg (5–0–1) (1)	Wittenberg (6–0–1)	Florida A&M (6–1) (1)	Wittenberg (8–0–1)	Wittenberg (8–0–1)	Saint John's (MN) (9–0) (1)	4.
5.	Central Oklahoma (1–1) (1)	Montana State (2–2) (2)	San Diego State (3–0) (3)	San Diego State (3–0)	Texas A&I (4–1)	UMass (6–0–1)	Wittenberg (7–0–1)	UMass (8–0–1) (1)	UMass (8–0–1) (1)	Wittenberg (8–0–1)	5.
6.	Montana State (1–2) (1)	San Diego State (2–0) (4)	Montana State (3–0) (3)	Wittenberg (4–0–1) (1)	UMass (5–0–1) (1)	San Diego State (5–1) (1)	San Diego State (6–1) (1)	San Diego State (7–1) (1)	San Diego State (7–1) (1)	Florida A&M (8–2) (1)	6.
7.	San Diego State (1–0) (2)	Wittenberg (2–0–1) (1)	Wittenberg (3–0) (1)	Montana State (4–2) (2)	San Diego State (4–1)	Western Kentucky (6–0–1) (1) т	Saint John's (MN) (8–0)	Saint John's (MN) (8–0)	Saint John's (MN) (8–0) (1)	San Diego State (7–2) (1)	7.
8.	Texas A&I (2–0) (1) т	Lenoir–Rhyne (2–1)	Central Oklahoma (2–2)	UMass (4–0–1)	Western Kentucky (5–0–1)	Texas A&I (4–2) (1) т	Western Kentucky (7–0–1) (1)	Southwest Missouri State (9–0) (1)	Western Kentucky (8–0–1) (1)	Western Kentucky (8–0–1) (2)	8.
9.	Wittenberg (1–0–1) т	Central Oklahoma (2–1)	UMass (3–0–1)	Western Kentucky (4–0–1)	South Dakota State (6–1)	Saint John's (MN) (8–0)	Texas A&I (4–3)	Western Kentucky (7–0–1) (1)	Southwest Missouri State (9–0) (1)	Northeast Oklahoma State (10–0)	9.
10.	East Carolina (2–0) (1)	East Carolina (3–1)	Western Kentucky (3–0–1)	South Dakota State (5–1)	Saint John's (MN) (7–0)	South Dakota State (6–1)	Southwest Missouri State (8–0)	Texas A&I (5–3)	Northeast Oklahoma State (10–0) (1)	Southwest Missouri State (9–1)	10.
11.	Pittsburg State	Tennessee Tech	East Carolina	McNeese State (1)	Washington (MO)	Washington (MO) т	McNeese State (6–0) (1) т	Abilene Christian (7–1) (1)	Abilene Christian (7–1)	Abilene Christian (1)	11.
12.	Omaha	East Central Oklahoma	McNeese State (1) т	Western State (CO)	Lewis and Clark	Southwest Missouri State т	South Dakota State (6–1) т	Northeast Oklahoma State	South Dakota State (7–1)	McNeese State	12.
13.	Tennessee Tech (1)	South Dakota State	Fresno State т	Lewis and Clark	Western State (CO)	East Carolina	Lewis and Clark (1)	East Carolina	East Carolina	South Dakota State	13.
14.	South Dakota State	UMass	South Dakota State т	Fresno State	Fresno State	Western State (CO)	Abilene Christian	McNeese State (7–0) (1) т	McNeese State (8–0) (1)	Southwest Texas State (1)	14.
15.	UMass (2)	San Francisco State	Saint John's (MN) т	Saint John's (MN)	Montana State	Lewis and Clark (1)	Montana State	Southwest Texas State т	Southwest Texas State	Luther	15.
16.	Central Michigan (1)	Saint John's (MN) т	Lenoir–Rhyne	East Tennessee State	East Carolina	Northeast Oklahoma State т	East Carolina	Luther	Luther	Lewis and Clark (1)	16.
17.	Middle Tennessee State (1) т	Western Kentucky т	Lewis and Clark	Northeast Oklahoma State	McNeese State т	McNeese State (5–0) (1) т	Luther	Lewis and Clark (1)	Lewis and Clark (1)	Central Washington	17.
18.	East Texas State (1) т	Central Michigan	Wheaton (IL) т	East Carolina	Northeast Oklahoma State т	Southwest Texas State т	Northeast Oklahoma State	Kearney State т	Kearney State	East Carolina	18.
19.	Humboldt State (1)	Linfield т	Louisiana Tech т	Los Angeles State (1)	Idaho State т	Montana State	Southwest Texas State	Prairie View т	Prairie View (1)	Texas A&I	19.
20.	Butler	McNeese State т	Western State (CO)	College of Emporia	Louisiana Tech т	Luther	Washington (MO)	Montana State	Montana State	Montana State	20.
21.		Fresno State т			Southwest Texas State т						21.
	Week 1 Oct 2[25]	Week 2 Oct 9[26]	Week 3 Oct 16[27]	Week 4 Oct 23[28]	Week 5 Oct 30[29]	Week 6 Nov 6[30]	Week 7 Nov 13[31]	Week 8 Nov 20[32]	Week 9 Nov 27[33]	Week 10 Dec 4[34]
		Dropped: 11 Pittsburg State 12 Omaha 17 Middle Tennessee State 18 East Texas State 19 Humboldt State 20 Butler	Dropped: 11 Tennessee Tech 12 East Central Oklahoma 15 San Francisco State 18 Central Michigan 19 Linfield	Dropped: 8 Central Oklahoma 16 Lenoir–Rhyne 18 Wheaton (IL) 19 Louisiana Tech	Dropped: 16 East Tennessee State 19 Los Angeles State 20 College of Emporia	Dropped: 14 Fresno State 19 Idaho State 20 Louisiana Tech	Dropped: 14 Western State (CO)	Dropped: 12 South Dakota State 20 Washington (MO)	Dropped: 10 Texas A&I	Dropped: 18 Kearney State 19 Prairie View

References

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