Other Champions
Prior to the splitting of the NCAA football programs into Divisions I-A and I-AA, the UPI and AP ranked smaller programs in a separate "small college football poll". In 1961, the wire services differed as to the choice for the best team.
UPI's Board of 35 coaches awarded the championship trophy to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles (9-1-0, with their sole loss being to Memphis State), followed by unbeaten Florida A & M (9-0), Central Oklahoma (9-0), Lenoir-Rhyne (10-0) and Wittenberg (9-0).
The Associated Press poll of 8 sportswriters awarded the championship to the Florida A & M Rattlers, followed by Wittenberg, Central Oklahoma, Southern Miss, and Lenoir Rhyne. Florida A & M went on to play Jackson College (now Jackson State) in the Orange Blossom Classic, but lost 22-6.
In the NAIA championship game, Oklahoma's Central State College Bronchos beat North Carolina's Lenoir-Rhyne College Bears, 28-13 in the Camellia Bowl.
Read more about this topic: 1962 College Football Season
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