Ghosts of Ole Miss broadcast Part 2 Both Arkansas and Ole Miss had racial problems in 1960’s while also have their best years in football then

Ole Miss Applauds 1962 Undefeated Rebels

I am doing a series on the “Ghosts of Ole Miss broadcast.” I enjoyed watching the Ghosts of Ole Miss broadcast on ESPN on 1-27-13 with my mother. She went to Ole Miss in the early 1960’s. Also living in Little Rock my wife has relatives that were also present and involved at Central High during the 1957 Little Rock Central High School Crisis. It is amazing that the neighboring states Arkansas and Mississippi both were a part of history like this.

Some people could argue that Ole Miss had their best years in the 1950’s and 1960’s. However, there is no argument concerning Arkansas. The hogs best years were in the 1960’s. Maybe the transistion hurt both programs at the first because blacks were relunctant to play for them because of their history? Take a look below at the final polls from those years.

AP Final Polls
(Began 1936)		 UPI Final Polls
(Began 1950)
Harris Final Polls
(Began 2005)		 USA Today Final Polls
(Took over from UPI in 1991)
1960
1. Minnesota
2. Mississippi
3. Iowa
4. Navy
5. Missouri
6. Washington
7. Arkansas
8. Ohio State
9. Alabama
10. Duke
11. Kansas
12. Baylor
13. Auburn
14. Yale
15. Michigan State
16. Penn State
17. New Mexico St.
18. Florida
19. Syracuse
(tie) Purdue		 1960
1. Minnesota
2. Iowa
3. Mississippi
4. Missouri
5. Wisconsin
6. Navy
7. Arkansas
8. Ohio State
9. Kansas
10. Alabama
11. Duke
(tie) Baylor
(tie) Michigan State
14. Auburn
15. Purdue
16. Florida
17. Texas
18. Yale
19. New Mexico St.
(tie) Tennessee		  
1961
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Texas
4. Louisiana State
5. Mississippi
6. Minnesota
7. Colorado
8. Michigan State
9. Arkansas
10. Utah State
11. Missouri
12. Purdue
13. Georgia Tech
14. Syracuse
15. Rutgers
16. UCLA
17. Rice
(tie) Penn State
(tie)    Arizona
20. Duke		 1961
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Louisiana State
4. Texas
5. Mississippi
6. Minnesota
7. Colorado
8. Arkansas
9. Michigan State
10. Utah State
11. Purdue
(tie) Missouri
13. Georgia Tech
14. Duke
15. Kansas
16. Syracuse
17. Wyoming
18. Wisconsin
19. Miami (Fla.)
(tie) Penn State		  
1962**
1. USC
2. Wisconsin
3. Mississippi
4. Texas
5. Alabama
6. Arkansas
7. Louisiana State
8. Oklahoma
9. Penn State
10. Minnesota
**Only 10 ranked.		 1962
1. USC
2. Wisconsin
3. Mississippi
4. Texas
5. Alabama
6. Arkansas
7. Oklahoma
8. Louisiana
9. Penn State
10. Minnesota
11. Georgia Tech
12. Missouri
13. Ohio State
14. Duke
(tie) Washington
16. Northwestern
(tie) Oregon State
18. Arizona
(tie) Illinois
(tie) Miami (Fla.)		  
1963**
1. Texas
2. Navy
3. Illinois
4. Pittsburgh
5. Auburn
6. Nebraska
7. Mississippi
8. Alabama
9. Oklahoma
10. Michigan State
**Only 10 ranked.		 1963
1. Texas
2. Navy
3. Pittsburgh
4. Illinois
5. Nebraska
6. Auburn
7. Mississippi
8. Oklahoma
9. Alabama
10. Michigan State
11. Mississippi State
12. Syracuse
13. Arizona State
14. Memphis State
15. Washington
16. Penn State
(tie) USC
(tie) Missouri
19. North Carolina
20. Baylor		  
1964**
1. Alabama
2. Arkansas
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan
5. Texas
6. Nebraska
7. Louisiana State
8. Oregon State
9. Ohio State
10. USC
**Only 10 ranked.		 1964
1. Alabama
2. Arkansas
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan
5. Texas
6. Nebraska
7. Louisiana State
8. Oregon State
9. Ohio State
10. USC
11. Florida State
12. Syracuse
13. Princeton
14. Penn State
(tie) Utah
16. Illinois
(tie) New Mexico
18. Tulsa
(tie) Missouri
20. Mississippi
(tie) Michigan State		  
1965**
1. Alabama
2. Michigan State
3. Arkansas
4. UCLA
5. Nebraska
6. Missouri
7. Tennessee
8. Louisiana State
9. Notre Dame
10. USC
**Only 10 ranked.		 1965
1. Michigan State
2. Arkansas
3. Nebraska
4. Alabama
5. UCLA
6. Missouri
7. Tennessee
8. Notre Dame
9. USC
10. Texas Tech
11. Ohio State
12. Florida
13. Purdue
14. Louisiana State
15. Georgia
16. Tulsa
17. Mississippi
18. Kentucky
19. Syracuse
20. Colorado		  
1966**
1. Notre Dame
2. Michigan State
3. Alabama
4. Georgia
5. UCLA
6. Nebraska
7. Purdue
8. Georgia Tech
9. Miami (Fla.)
10. SMU
**Only 10 ranked.		 1966
1. Notre Dame
2. Michigan State
3. Alabama
4. Georgia
5. UCLA
6. Purdue
7. Nebraska
8. Georgia Tech
9. SMU
10. Miami (Fla.)
11. Florida
12. Mississippi
13. Arkansas
14. Tennessee
15. Wyoming
16. Syracuse
17. Houston
18. USC
19. Oregon State
20. Virginia Tech		  
1967**
1. USC
2. Tennessee
3. Oklahoma
4. Indiana
5. Notre Dame
6. Wyoming
7. Oregon State
8. Alabama
9. Purdue
10. Penn State
**Only 10 ranked.		 1967
1. USC
2. Tennessee
3. Oklahoma
4. Notre Dame
5. Wyoming
6. Indiana
7. Alabama
8. Oregon State
9. Purdue
10. UCLA
11. Penn State
12. Syracuse
13. Colorado
14. Minnesota
15. Florida State
16. Miami (Fla.)
17. N. C. State
18. Georgia
19. Houston
20. Arizona State		  
1968
1. Ohio State
2. Penn State
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Notre Dame
6. Arkansas
7. Kansas
8. Georgia
9. Missouri
10. Purdue
11. Oklahoma
12. Michigan
13. Tennessee
14. SMU
15. Oregon State
16. Auburn
17. Alabama
18. Houston
19. Louisiana State
20. Ohio		 1968
1. Ohio State
2. USC
3. Penn State
4. Georgia
5. Texas
6. Kansas
7. Tennessee
8. Notre Dame
9. Arkansas
10. Oklahoma
11. Purdue
12. Alabama
13. Oregon State
14. Florida State
15. Michigan
16. SMU
17. Missouri
18. Ohio
(tie) Minnesota
20. Houston
(tie) Stanford		  
1969
1. Texas
2. Penn State
3. USC
4. Ohio State
5. Notre Dame
6. Missouri
7. Arkansas
8. Mississippi
9. Michigan
10. Louisiana State
11. Nebraska
12. Houston
13. UCLA
14. Florida
15. Tennessee
16. Colorado
17. West Virginia
18. Purdue
19. Stanford
20. Auburn		 1969
1. Texas
2. Penn State
3. Arkansas
4. USC
5. Ohio State
6. Missouri
7. Louisiana State
8. Michigan
9. Notre Dame
10. UCLA
11. Tennessee
12. Nebraska
13. Mississippi
14. Stanford
15. Auburn
16. Houston
17. Florida
18. Purdue
(tie) San Diego State
(tie) West Virginia
By Everette Hatcher III, on January 29, 2013 at 8:21 am, under Current Events. No Comments
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