Two human polls comprised the 1960 major college football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseasonâÂÂthe AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.
The final AP poll was released on November 29, at the end of the regular season, over a month before the major bowls.
The final United Press International Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on November 29. <br>Minnesota received 21 of the 35 first-place votes; Mississippi received nine and Iowa five.
The Football Writers Association of America awarded the Grantland Rice Award to Mississippi based on the post-bowl voting of a 6-member committee.
The final Litkenhous Ratings were released in December 1960. The top 30 teams according to Litkenhous were:
1. Iowa (8-1) - 112.8<br> 2. Minnesota (8-2) - 109.0<br> 3. Ole Miss (10-0-1) - 108.6<br> 4. Ohio State (7-2) - 107.9<br> 5. Missouri (11-0) - 105.9<br> 6. Rice (7-4) - 104.8<br> 7. Kansas (5-4-1) - 103.5<br> 8. Michigan State (6-2-1) - 102.9<br> 9. Purdue (4-4-1) - 102.7<br> 10. Baylor (8-3) - 102.2<br> 11. Michigan (5-4) - 102.1<br> 12. Arkansas - 101.8<br> 13. Tennessee - 100.3<br> 14. Texas - 99.9<br> 15. Auburn - 98.9<br> 16. Georgia Tech - 98.9<br> 17. Alabama - 98.2<br> 18. Florida - 97.6<br> 19. Kentucky - 97.3<br> 20. LSU - 97.0<br> 21. Syracuse - 96.7<br> 22. Washington State - 96.7<br> 23. UCLA - 96.6<br> 24. Illinois - 96.4<br> 25. Northwestern - 96.4<br> 26. Penn State - 95.2<br> 27. Pittsburgh - 95.2<br> 28. Georgia - 94.8<br> 29. Muskingum - 94.3<br> 30. TCU (4-4-2) - 94.1<br>