Season leaderboard
Top 25 College Football Games of 1960
Every completed game in the season, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 72/100
- Overtime
- 0
National ranking
The season's top 25
25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1960PostseasonNeutral site
Minnesota vs. Washington
Minnesota 7, Washington 17
No. 1 Minnesota vs. No. 4 Washington · 10-point margin
Ranking 47/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
72
Game score
- 1960Week 7
Ole Miss at Arkansas
Ole Miss 10, Arkansas 7
No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 12 Arkansas · 3-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
70
Game score
- 1960Week 4
Syracuse at Kansas
Syracuse 14, Kansas 7
No. 1 Syracuse vs. No. 10 Kansas · 7-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
69
Game score
- 1960PostseasonNeutral site
Arkansas vs. Duke
Arkansas 6, Duke 7
No. 6 Arkansas vs. No. 11 Duke · 1-point margin
Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
69
Game score
- 1960PostseasonNeutral site
Navy vs. Missouri
Navy 14, Missouri 21
No. 7 Navy vs. No. 5 Missouri · 7-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
68
Game score
- 1960Week 6
Wisconsin at Iowa
Wisconsin 21, Iowa 28
No. 11 Wisconsin vs. No. 1 Iowa · 7-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
68
Game score
- 1960Week 4
Navy at Washington
Navy 15, Washington 14
No. 6 Navy vs. No. 12 Washington · 1-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
68
Game score
- 1960Week 6
Ohio State at Purdue
Ohio State 21, Purdue 24
No. 9 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Purdue · 3-point margin
Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
65
Game score
- 1960Week 9
Iowa at Minnesota
Iowa 10, Minnesota 27
No. 5 Iowa vs. No. 1 Minnesota · 17-point margin
Ranking 46/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
64
Game score
- 1960PostseasonNeutral site
Rice vs. Ole Miss
Rice 6, Ole Miss 14
No. 12 Rice vs. No. 3 Ole Miss · 8-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
64
Game score
- 1960Week 7
Purdue at Iowa
Purdue 14, Iowa 21
No. 15 Purdue vs. No. 1 Iowa · 7-point margin
Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
64
Game score
- 1960Week 9
Navy at Duke
Navy 10, Duke 19
No. 8 Navy vs. No. 7 Duke · 9-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
63
Game score
- 1960Week 7
Washington at Oregon State
Washington 30, Oregon State 29
No. 9 Washington vs. No. 15 Oregon State · 1-point margin
Ranking 28/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
62
Game score
- 1960Week 10
Purdue at Minnesota
Purdue 23, Minnesota 14
No. 13 Purdue vs. No. 4 Minnesota · 9-point margin
Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
61
Game score
- 1960Week 2
Pittsburgh at UCLA
Pittsburgh 7, UCLA 8
No. 17 Pittsburgh vs. No. 8 UCLA · 1-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
61
Game score
- 1960Week 5
Iowa at Michigan State
Iowa 27, Michigan State 15
No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 14 Michigan State · 12-point margin
Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1960Week 9
Rice at Arkansas
Rice 0, Arkansas 3
No. 16 Rice vs. No. 9 Arkansas · 3-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1960Week 2
Nebraska at Texas
Nebraska 14, Texas 13
No. 12 Nebraska vs. No. 15 Texas · 1-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1960Week 6
UCLA at Washington
UCLA 8, Washington 10
No. 19 UCLA vs. No. 8 Washington · 2-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
- 1960Week 11
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 23, Missouri 7
No. 10 Kansas vs. No. 5 Missouri · 16-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
- 1960Week 11
Washington at Washington State
Washington 8, Washington State 7
No. 4 Washington vs. Unranked Washington State · 1-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
- 1960Week 6
Arkansas at Texas
Arkansas 24, Texas 23
No. 14 Arkansas vs. No. 16 Texas · 1-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
- 1960Week 8
Ole Miss at LSU
Ole Miss 6, LSU 6
No. 6 Ole Miss vs. Unranked LSU · 0-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1960Week 8
Ohio State at Michigan State
Ohio State 21, Michigan State 10
No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 17 Michigan State · 11-point margin
Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 1960Week 8
Pittsburgh at Syracuse
Pittsburgh 10, Syracuse 0
No. 14 Pittsburgh vs. No. 9 Syracuse · 10-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Historical seasons may have less complete period and box-score data.