1953

1954 Rankings
​Final

1955

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Ohio State	(10-0-0)		0.8513	Big Ten
2	Notre Dame	(9-1-0)		0.7943	Independent
3	Oklahoma	(10-0-0)		0.7494	Big Seven
4	Georgia Tech	(8-3-0)		0.6899	Southeastern
5	Miami (Florida)	(8-1-0)		0.6776	Independent
6	UCLA	(9-0-0)		0.6483	Pacific Coast
7	Arkansas	(8-3-0)		0.6452	Southwest
8	Navy	(8-2-0)		0.6337	Independent
9	Wisconsin	(7-2-0)		0.6212	Big Ten
10	Auburn	(8-3-0)		0.6192	Southeastern
11	Rice	(7-3-0)		0.5700	Southwest
12	Southern Methodist	(6-3-1)		0.5686	Southwest
13	Maryland	(7-2-1)		0.5504	Atlantic Coast
14	West Virginia	(8-1-0)		0.5443	Southern
15	Army	(7-2-0)		0.5340	Independent
16	Duke	(8-2-1)		0.5285	Atlantic Coast
17	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.5194	Southeastern
18	Minnesota	(7-2-0)		0.5084	Big Ten
19	Purdue	(5-3-1)		0.5064	Big Ten
20	Baylor	(7-4-0)		0.5033	Southwest
21	Virginia Tech	(8-0-1)		0.4969	Southern
22	Kentucky	(7-3-0)		0.4783	Southeastern
23	Iowa	(5-4-0)		0.4745	Big Ten
24	Florida	(5-5-0)		0.4614	Southeastern
25	Michigan	(6-3-0)		0.4418	Big Ten
26	Penn State	(7-2-0)		0.4372	Independent
27	Wichita State	(9-1-0)		0.4358	Missouri Valley
28	Denver	(9-1-0)		0.4354	Mountain States
29	Southern California	(8-4-0)		0.4322	Pacific Coast
30	Georgia	(6-3-1)		0.4258	Southeastern
31	Texas	(4-5-1)		0.3835	Southwest
32	Colorado	(7-2-1)		0.3789	Big Seven
33	Texas Tech	(7-2-1)		0.3605	Border
34	Pittsburgh	(4-5-0)		0.3592	Independent
35	Boston College	(8-1-0)		0.3538	Independent
36	South Carolina	(6-4-0)		0.3526	Atlantic Coast
37	Texas Christian	(4-6-0)		0.3419	Southwest
38	Mississippi State	(6-4-0)		0.2964	Southeastern
39	Louisiana State	(5-6-0)		0.2933	Southeastern
40	California	(5-5-0)		0.2848	Pacific Coast
41	Oregon	(6-4-0)		0.2833	Pacific Coast
42	Kansas State	(7-3-0)		0.2820	Big Seven
43	Boston University	(7-2-0)		0.2796	Independent
44	Colgate	(5-2-2)		0.2777	Independent
45	Clemson	(5-5-0)		0.2760	Atlantic Coast
46	Yale	(5-3-1)		0.2695	Ivy
47	Brown	(6-2-1)		0.2642	Ivy
48	Nebraska	(6-5-0)		0.2578	Big Seven
49	Missouri	(4-5-1)		0.2475	Big Seven
50	San Jose State	(7-3-0)		0.2470	Independent
51	Cincinnati	(8-2-0)		0.2369	Independent
52	Oklahoma State	(5-4-1)		0.2355	Missouri Valley
53	Arizona	(7-3-0)		0.2336	Border
54	Alabama	(4-5-2)		0.2303	Southeastern
55	Wyoming	(6-4-0)		0.2270	Mountain States
56	Princeton	(5-3-1)		0.2118	Ivy
57	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.2113	Ivy
58	Michigan State	(3-6-0)		0.2111	Big Ten
59	North Carolina	(4-5-1)		0.1986	Atlantic Coast
60	Texas-El Paso	(8-3-0)		0.1955	Border
61	Houston	(5-5-0)		0.1940	Missouri Valley
62	Harvard	(4-3-1)		0.1689	Ivy
63	Stanford	(4-6-0)		0.1568	Pacific Coast
64	Indiana	(3-6-0)		0.1494	Big Ten
65	Florida State	(8-4-0)		0.0991	Independent
66	Northwestern	(2-7-0)		0.0947	Big Ten
67	Tennessee	(4-6-0)		0.0933	Southeastern
68	Syracuse	(4-4-0)		0.0753	Independent
69	Virginia	(3-6-0)		0.0725	Atlantic Coast
70	Richmond	(5-4-0)		0.0685	Southern
71	Texas A&M	(1-9-0)		0.0578	Southwest
72	Davidson	(6-3-0)		0.0559	Southern
73	New Mexico	(5-5-0)		0.0486	Border
74	Tulane	(1-6-3)		0.0478	Southeastern
75	Pacific	(4-5-0)		0.0450	Independent
76	William & Mary	(4-4-2)		0.0407	Southern
77	Wake Forest	(2-7-1)		0.0391	Atlantic Coast
78	Dartmouth	(3-6-0)		0.0261	Ivy
79	Vanderbilt	(2-7-0)		0.0245	Southeastern
80	Washington State	(4-6-0)		0.0222	Pacific Coast
81	Holy Cross	(3-7-0)		0.0039	Independent
82	Illinois	(1-8-0)		-0.0110	Big Ten
83	Marquette	(3-5-1)		-0.0113	Independent
84	Utah State	(4-6-0)		-0.0193	Mountain States
85	Utah	(4-7-0)		-0.0235	Mountain States
86	Arizona State	(5-5-0)		-0.0267	Border
87	Furman	(5-5-0)		-0.0404	Southern
88	Virginia Military Institute	(4-6-0)		-0.0436	Southern
89	Iowa State	(3-6-0)		-0.0446	Big Seven
90	North Carolina State	(2-8-0)		-0.0684	Atlantic Coast
91	George Washington	(1-7-1)		-0.0838	Southern
92	Idaho	(4-5-0)		-0.0998	Pacific Coast
93	Colorado State	(3-7-0)		-0.1086	Mountain States
94	Washington	(2-8-0)		-0.1127	Pacific Coast
95	Montana	(3-6-0)		-0.1257	Pacific Coast
96	Hardin-Simmons	(4-6-0)		-0.1394	Border
97	Rutgers	(3-6-0)		-0.1446	Independent
98	Detroit Mercy	(2-7-0)		-0.2172	Independent
99	Fordham	(1-7-1)		-0.2373	Independent
100	Oregon State	(1-8-0)		-0.2645	Pacific Coast
101	Pennsylvania	(0-9-0)		-0.2838	Ivy
102	Drake	(2-7-0)		-0.2953	Missouri Valley
103	Tulsa	(0-11-0)		-0.3062	Missouri Valley
104	Kansas	(0-10-0)		-0.3368	Big Seven
105	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.3490	Ivy
106	Brigham Young	(1-8-0)		-0.3695	Mountain States
107	West Texas A&M	(1-8-0)		-0.3815	Border
108	Citadel	(2-8-0)		-0.3851	Southern
109	Villanova	(1-9-0)		-0.4719	Independent
110	New Mexico State	(0-9-0)		-0.8936	Border

Average Ratings by Conference (1954)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southwest		0.4386
2	Big Ten		0.3848
3	Southeastern		0.3483
4	Atlantic Coast		0.2437
5	Big Seven		0.2192
6	Independent		0.1986
7	Pacific Coast		0.1225
8	Southern		0.0726
9	Ivy		0.0649
10	Missouri Valley		0.0527
11	Mountain States		0.0236
12	Border		-0.0754