1963 NCAA University Division football rankings
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| 1963 NCAA University Division football rankings | |
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| Season | 1963 |
| Bowl season | 1963–64 bowl games |
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| End of season champions | Texas |
Two human polls comprised the 1963 NCAA University Division 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 preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.
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AP Poll
The final AP Poll was released on December 9,[1] at the end of the 1963 regular season, weeks before the bowls. (The season had been extended due to postponements after the assassination of President Kennedy.)
The poll ranked only the top ten teams from 1962 through 1967.
| Preseason Aug | Week 1 Sep 23 | Week 2 Sep 30 | Week 3 Oct 7 | Week 4 Oct 14 | Week 5 Oct 21 | Week 6 Oct 28 | Week 7 Nov 4 | Week 8 Nov 11 | Week 9 Nov 18 | Week 10 Nov 25 | Week 11 Dec 2 | Week 12 (Final) Dec 9 | ||
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| 1. | USC (34) | USC (1–0) (23) | Oklahoma (2–0) (36) | Oklahoma (2–0) (40) | Texas (4–0) (51) | Texas (5–0) (50) | Texas (6–0) (49) | Texas (7–0) (45) | Texas (8–0) (48) | Texas (9–0) (45) | Texas (9–0) (20) | Texas (10–0) (42) | Texas (10–0) (34) | 1. |
| 2. | Ole Miss (9) | Alabama (1–0) (16) | Alabama (2–0) (9) | Texas (3–0) (5) | Wisconsin (3–0) (5) | Wisconsin (4–0) (3) | Illinois (4–0–1) (1) | Illinois (5–0–1) (4) | Navy (7–1) (4) | Navy (8–1) (6) | Navy (8–1) (2) | Navy (8–1) (8) | Navy (9–1) (10) | 2. |
| 3. | Alabama (5) | Oklahoma (1–0) (2) | Texas (2–0) (2) | Alabama (3–0) (4) | Pittsburgh (3–0) | Pittsburgh (4–0) | Ole Miss (4–0–1) | Ole Miss (5–0–1) (1) | Ole Miss (6–0–1) | Ole Miss (7–0–1) | Ole Miss (7–0–1) | Illinois (7–1–1) | Illinois (7–1–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Oklahoma | Texas (1–0) | Northwestern (2–0) (1) т | Navy (3–0) (3) | Ohio State (2–0–1) | Illinois (3–0–1) | Navy (5–1) (1) | Navy (6–1) (1) | Michigan State (5–1–1) (1) | Michigan State (6–1–1) | Michigan State (6–1–1) | Pittsburgh (8–1) (1) | Pittsburgh (9–1) (5) | 4. |
| 5. | Texas | Navy (1–0) (3) | Wisconsin (2–0) (1) т | Wisconsin (2–0) (1) | Ole Miss (2–0–1) | Ole Miss (3–0–1) | Auburn (5–0) | Auburn (6–0) (2) | Oklahoma (6–1) | Pittsburgh (7–1) | Pittsburgh (7–1) | Auburn (9–1) | Auburn (9–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Northwestern | Wisconsin (1–0) | Navy (2–0) (2) | Pittsburgh (3–0) (1) | Oklahoma (2–1) | Alabama (4–1) | Oklahoma (4–1) | Oklahoma (5–1) | Pittsburgh (6–1) | Oklahoma (7–1) | Alabama (7–1) | Nebraska (9–1) | Nebraska (9–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Wisconsin | Northwestern (1–0) (5) | Georgia Tech (2–0) (2) | USC (2–1) | Illinois (2–0–1) | Oklahoma (3–1) | Alabama (5–1) | Alabama (6–1) | Alabama (6–1) | Alabama (7–1) | Nebraska (9–1) | Ole Miss (7–0–2) | Ole Miss (7–0–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Arkansas | Arkansas (1–0) | USC (1–1) | Ohio State (2–0) | Georgia Tech (3–1) | Auburn (5–0) | Wisconsin (4–1) | Pittsburgh (5–1) | Illinois (5–1–1) | Illinois (6–1–1) | Illinois (6–1–1) | Oklahoma (8–2) | Alabama (8–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Navy | Georgia Tech (1–0) | Pittsburgh (2–0) | Penn State (3–0) | Alabama (3–1) | Northwestern (4–1) | Ohio State (3–1–1) | Michigan State (4–1–1) | Auburn (6–1) | Auburn (7–1) | Auburn (8–1) | Alabama (7–2) | Michigan State (6–2–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Pittsburgh (1–0) (2) | Ole Miss (1–0–1) | Ole Miss (2–0–1) |
| Navy (4–1) | Pittsburgh (4–1) | Ohio State (4–1–1) | Nebraska (7–1) | Nebraska (8–1) | Oklahoma (7–2) | Michigan State (6–2–1) | Oklahoma (8–2) | 10. | |
| Preseason Aug | Week 1 Sep 23 | Week 2 Sep 30 | Week 3 Oct 7 | Week 4 Oct 14 | Week 5 Oct 21 | Week 6 Oct 28 | Week 7 Nov 4 | Week 8 Nov 11 | Week 9 Nov 18 | Week 10 Nov 25 | Week 11 Dec 2 | Week 12 (Final) Dec 9 | ||
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