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1962 NCAA University Division football rankings

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Season
  
1962

Preseason #1
  
Ohio State

Bowl Season
  
1962–63 bowl games

End of season champions
  
USC

AP poll

The final AP Poll was released on December 4, at the end of the 1962 regular season, weeks before the bowls.
The poll ranked only the top ten teams from 1962 through 1967.
USC (10–0) received 42 of the 52 first-place votes; Wisconsin (8–1) received five, Mississippi (9–1) two, Penn State (9–1) two, and Alabama (9–1) one.

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Final Coaches' poll

The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on December 4.
USC received 31 of the 35 first-place votes; Wisconsin received two, Mississippi one, and Texas one.

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  • Prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and AAWU (later Pac-8) conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.

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    1962 NCAA University Division football rankings Wikipedia
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