The following poll makes up the 1961 NCAA University Division baseball rankings. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957. The 1961 season was the first to rank the top 30 teams.
Currently, only the final poll from the 1961 season is available.[1] [2]
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| 1 | Southern California | |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | |
| 3 | Boston College | |
| 4 | Syracuse | |
| 5 | Western Michigan | |
| 6 | Duke | |
| 7 | Colorado State College | |
| 8 | Texas | |
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