November
November 3 #1 Northwestern narrowly defeated Indiana, 26-21, at Bloomington. #2 Alabama and #3 USC shut out Mississippi State (20-0) and Washington (14-0), respectively. #4 LSU lost at home to #7 Mississippi, and #5 Texas got past SMU at home, 6-0. The poll was 1.Northwestern 2.USC 3.Alabama 4.Mississippi and 5.Texas.
November 10 #1 Northwestern was beaten at Madison by #8 Wisconsin, 37-6. #3 Alabama beat Miami 36-3 and #2 USC won at Stanford, 39-14. #4 Mississippi defeated UT-Chattanooga 52-7, and #5 Texas won at Baylor, 27-12. With the return of Wisconsin to the Top 5, and Northwestern dropping out, the poll was 1.Alabama 2.USC 3.Mississippi 4.Wisconsin and 5.Texas.
November 17 #1 Alabama travelled to Atlanta and lost to Georgia Tech, 7-6. #2 USC defeated Navy, 13-6, at home. #3 Mississippi beat Tennessee at Knoxville, 19-6 #4 Wisconsin won at Illinois, 35-6, and #5 Texas beat Texas Christian, 14-0. The last two unbeaten and untied teams, USC and Mississippi, were first and second in the next poll, followed by 3.Wisconsin 4.Texas and 5.Minnesota, which had beaten Purdue 7-6 .
On Thanksgiving Day (the 22nd), #4 Texas hosted Texas A & M and won 13-3 to clinch the Southwestern conference title and the Cotton Bowl bid, half a game ahead of Arkansas. On November 24 #1 USC beat UCLA, 14-3, extending its record to 9-0-0 and finishing a game ahead of Washington for the AAWU title and the Rose Bowl bid. #2 Mississippi was idle. USC's bowl opponent was determined in the season-ending game between #3 Wisconsin and #5 Minnesota, both 5-1-0 in Big Ten conference play. They met at Madison and the Badgers won on their home field, 14-9, to take the Big Ten title and the trip to the Rose Bowl. In the penultimate poll, USC retained the #1 spot, and Wisconsin was 2nd with an 8-1-0 record. Despite being unbeaten and untied, Mississippi placed third in the voting, followed by #4 Texas and #5 Alabama. The stage was set for a meeting of #1 and #2 at the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day.
December 1, #1 USC closed a perfect season by beating Notre Dame 25-0 in Los Angeles for a 10-0-0 finish. #3 Mississippi beat Mississippi State 13-6 at home to close with a 9-0-0 record, the SEC championship, and a trip to the Sugar Bowl, while #5 Alabama beat Auburn 38-0 in the season-ender at Birmingham to close their season at 10-1-0 and second place. The Tide accepted a bid to face Big 8 champion Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. The final AP poll, which determined the unofficial national championship, was released on December 3. USC finished first, followed by Wisconsin, Mississippi, Texas and Alabama. The NCAA Football Guide recognized the University of Southern California as the 1962 champion as number one in both the AP poll and the UPI poll.
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