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Top 25 College Football Games of 1962

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
79/100
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.

  1. 1962PostseasonNeutral site

    Wisconsin vs. USC

    Wisconsin 37, USC 42

    No. 2 Wisconsin vs. No. 1 USC · 5-point margin

    Ranking 49/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    79

    Game score

  2. 1962PostseasonNeutral site

    Arkansas vs. Ole Miss

    Arkansas 13, Ole Miss 17

    No. 6 Arkansas vs. No. 3 Ole Miss · 4-point margin

    Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    74

    Game score

  3. 1962Week 6

    Arkansas at Texas

    Arkansas 3, Texas 7

    No. 9 Arkansas vs. No. 1 Texas · 4-point margin

    Ranking 42/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    73

    Game score

  4. 1962PostseasonNeutral site

    Georgia Tech vs. Missouri

    Georgia Tech 10, Missouri 14

    No. 5 Georgia Tech vs. No. 6 Missouri · 4-point margin

    Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    72

    Game score

  5. 1962Week 11

    Minnesota at Wisconsin

    Minnesota 9, Wisconsin 14

    No. 10 Minnesota vs. No. 2 Wisconsin · 5-point margin

    Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    70

    Game score

  6. 1962Week 8

    Ole Miss at LSU

    Ole Miss 15, LSU 7

    No. 4 Ole Miss vs. No. 9 LSU · 8-point margin

    Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    66

    Game score

  7. 1962PostseasonNeutral site

    Texas vs. LSU

    Texas 0, LSU 13

    No. 4 Texas vs. No. 7 LSU · 13-point margin

    Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15

    63

    Game score

  8. 1962PostseasonNeutral site

    Oklahoma vs. Alabama

    Oklahoma 0, Alabama 17

    No. 8 Oklahoma vs. No. 5 Alabama · 17-point margin

    Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15

    57

    Game score

  9. 1962Week 5

    Oklahoma at Texas

    Oklahoma 6, Texas 9

    Unranked Oklahoma vs. No. 1 Texas · 3-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    57

    Game score

  10. 1962Week 7

    Rice at Texas

    Rice 14, Texas 14

    Unranked Rice vs. No. 5 Texas · 0-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    56

    Game score

  11. 1962Week 8

    Northwestern at Indiana

    Northwestern 26, Indiana 21

    No. 1 Northwestern vs. Unranked Indiana · 5-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  12. 1962Week 10

    Purdue at Minnesota

    Purdue 6, Minnesota 7

    Unranked Purdue vs. No. 5 Minnesota · 1-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  13. 1962Week 6

    Northwestern at Ohio State

    Northwestern 18, Ohio State 14

    No. 3 Northwestern vs. Unranked Ohio State · 4-point margin

    Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  14. 1962Week 10

    Alabama at Georgia Tech

    Alabama 6, Georgia Tech 7

    No. 6 Alabama vs. Unranked Georgia Tech · 1-point margin

    Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  15. 1962Week 10

    Navy at USC

    Navy 6, USC 13

    Unranked Navy vs. No. 1 USC · 7-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  16. 1962Week 4

    LSU at Georgia Tech

    LSU 10, Georgia Tech 7

    No. 6 LSU vs. Unranked Georgia Tech · 3-point margin

    Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  17. 1962Week 10

    SMU at Arkansas

    SMU 7, Arkansas 9

    Unranked SMU vs. No. 7 Arkansas · 2-point margin

    Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  18. 1962Week 7

    Washington at Oregon

    Washington 21, Oregon 21

    No. 9 Washington vs. Unranked Oregon · 0-point margin

    Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  19. 1962Week 5

    Washington at Oregon State

    Washington 14, Oregon State 13

    No. 9 Washington vs. Unranked Oregon State · 1-point margin

    Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  20. 1962Week 3

    TCU at Miami

    TCU 20, Miami 21

    Unranked TCU vs. No. 9 Miami · 1-point margin

    Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  21. 1962Week 4

    Vanderbilt at Alabama

    Vanderbilt 7, Alabama 17

    Unranked Vanderbilt vs. No. 1 Alabama · 10-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  22. 1962Week 4

    USC at Iowa

    USC 7, Iowa 0

    No. 4 USC vs. Unranked Iowa · 7-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  23. 1962Week 8

    SMU at Texas

    SMU 0, Texas 6

    Unranked SMU vs. No. 5 Texas · 6-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  24. 1962PostseasonNeutral site

    Miami vs. Nebraska

    Miami 34, Nebraska 36

    No. 9 Miami vs. Unranked Nebraska · 2-point margin

    Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  25. 1962Week 11

    USC at UCLA

    USC 14, UCLA 3

    No. 1 USC vs. Unranked UCLA · 11-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    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.