 After suffering a 1-point setback to Navy in the third week of the season, the team reeled off eight straight wins capped by a triumph over #1 Minnesota in the Rose Bowl.Because the final Associated Press and United Press International polls were conducted after the final game of the regular season, Minnesota was named the AP and UPI national champion for 1960.In its poll conducted following bowl games, the Football Writers Association of America recognized Ole Miss as its national champion.