1960 NCAA Division I-A football season

1960 NCAA University Division football season
Preseason AP #1	Syracuse Orangemen
Regular season	September 17 – November 26, 1960
Number of bowls	9
Bowl games	December 17, 1960 – January 2, 1961
Champion	Minnesota Golden Gophers (AP, Coaches) Ole Miss Rebels (FWAA)
Heisman	Joe Bellino, Navy HB
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1960 AAWU football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Washington $	4	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
USC	3	–	1	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
UCLA	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
California	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Stanford	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1960 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Duke $	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
NC State	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Maryland	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Virginia	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1960 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Missouri $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
Colorado	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
No. 11 Kansas	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Iowa State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Nebraska	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Includes Kansas' forfeits against Colorado and Missouri. Rankings from AP Poll

1960 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Rutgers			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Navy			–					9	–	2	–	0
Memphis State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Detroit			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Syracuse			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Oregon			–					7	–	3	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	1
Oregon State			–					6	–	3	–	1
Holy Cross			–					6	–	4	–	0
Houston			–					6	–	4	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					6	–	4	–	0
Mississippi Southern			–					6	–	4	–	0
San Jose State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	3	–	3
Xavier			–					5	–	5	–	0
Washington State			–					4	–	5	–	1
Air Force			–					4	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					3	–	5	–	2
Pacific (CA)			–					4	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	6	–	1
Florida State			–					3	–	6	–	1
Marquette			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	7	–	0
Notre Dame			–					2	–	8	–	0
Villanova			–					2	–	8	–	0
Dayton			–					1	–	9	–	0
Idaho			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

1960 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Minnesota +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Iowa +	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Michigan State	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Illinois	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Purdue	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1960 Border Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 17 New Mexico State $	4	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
Arizona	3	–	0	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Arizona State	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Texas Western	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
West Texas State	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Hardin–Simmons	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

1960 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Yale $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Princeton	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Harvard	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Columbia	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Penn	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Brown	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Cornell	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1960 MSC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Utah State +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Wyoming +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Utah	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
New Mexico	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Montana	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
BYU	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Denver	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Colorado State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1960 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wichita $	3	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Tulsa	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Cincinnati	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
North Texas State	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1960 NCAA University Division football season marked the last time that the University of Minnesota was a national champion on the gridiron. Murray Warmath's Minnesota Gophers were not in the Top 20 in preseason polling, but received the AP Trophy at the end of the regular season while Ole Miss received the FWAA trophy.

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 1960 consisted of the votes of 48 sportswriters; the year before, more than 200 voters had split first place votes between Syracuse, Mississippi, LSU, Texas, Georgia, Wisconsin and Alabama. The Associated Press relied thereafter on a "special panel representing all sections of the country". Though not all the panelists voted in every poll, each would give their opinion of the twenty best teams. Under a point system of 20 points for first place, 19 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 20.

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).

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