1961 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football season

1961 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football season
SportFootball
Number of teams5
ChampionWhittier
1961 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Whittier $^ 4 0 09 1 0
Redlands 3 1 06 4 0
Occidental 2 2 06 3 0
Pomona 1 3 05 4 0
Claremont-Mudd 0 4 03 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1961 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football season was the season of college football played by the five member schools of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) as part of the 1961 college football season.

Whittier compiled a perfect 9–0 record in the regular season, won the SCIAC championship, and lost to Linfield in the semifinals of the NAIA playoffs. In the 1961 small college football rankings, Whittier was ranked No. 4 in the NAIA coaches poll, No. 5 in the Associated Press poll, and No. 8 in the United Press International poll.