1960 Arizona State

7–⁠3 (3–⁠2 Border Conference), coached by Frank Kush.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1960, game by game: won vs. Colorado State 39–0; won at West Texas 14–3; won vs. Washington State 24–21; won at Hardin Simmons 28–0; won at BYU 31–0; lost vs. San José State 7–12; lost vs. No. 18 New Mexico State 24–27; won vs. UTEP 24–0; won vs. NC State 25–22; lost at Arizona 7–35+39−28Won 39–0 vs. Colorado State+39Colorado StateWon 14–3 at West Texas+11West TexasWon 24–21 vs. Washington State+3Washington StateWon 28–0 at Hardin Simmons+28Hardin SimmonsWon 31–0 at BYU+31BYULost 7–12 vs. San José State-5San José StateLost 24–27 vs. No. 18 New Mexico State-3No. 18 New Mexico StateWon 24–0 vs. UTEP+24UTEPWon 25–22 vs. NC State+3NC StateLost 7–35 at Arizona-28Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona 35–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Border Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 18
Record
7–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠2 3rd in Border Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
223–⁠120
Coach
Frank Kush
Elo
1579 −8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.4 No. 59 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1960 Border Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
New Mexico State4–⁠011–⁠017
Arizona3–⁠07–⁠3
Arizona State3–⁠27–⁠3
UTEP2–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
West Texas1–⁠43–⁠7
Hardin Simmons0–⁠40–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.