1953

1954 Rankings
​Final

1955

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Ohio State	(10-0-0)		0.9244	Big Ten
2	Notre Dame	(9-1-0)		0.8449	Independent
3	Oklahoma	(10-0-0)		0.8135	Big Seven
4	Miami (Florida)	(8-1-0)		0.7116	Independent
5	Georgia Tech	(8-3-0)		0.6985	Southeastern
6	UCLA	(9-0-0)		0.6948	Pacific Coast
7	Arkansas	(8-3-0)		0.6871	Southwest
8	Wisconsin	(7-2-0)		0.6603	Big Ten
9	Navy	(8-2-0)		0.6542	Independent
10	Auburn	(8-3-0)		0.6449	Southeastern
11	Rice	(7-3-0)		0.6050	Southwest
12	Southern Methodist	(6-3-1)		0.6030	Southwest
13	Duke	(8-2-1)		0.5702	Atlantic Coast
14	Maryland	(7-2-1)		0.5627	Atlantic Coast
15	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.5616	Southeastern
16	West Virginia	(8-1-0)		0.5596	Southern
17	Purdue	(5-3-1)		0.5492	Big Ten
18	Baylor	(7-4-0)		0.5411	Southwest
19	Army	(7-2-0)		0.5385	Independent
20	Minnesota	(7-2-0)		0.5207	Big Ten
21	Iowa	(5-4-0)		0.5030	Big Ten
22	Virginia Tech	(8-0-1)		0.4908	Southern
23	Kentucky	(7-3-0)		0.4771	Southeastern
24	Denver	(9-1-0)		0.4654	Mountain States
25	Wichita State	(9-1-0)		0.4603	Missouri Valley
26	Southern California	(8-4-0)		0.4467	Pacific Coast
27	Florida	(5-5-0)		0.4462	Southeastern
28	Michigan	(6-3-0)		0.4456	Big Ten
29	Penn State	(7-2-0)		0.4420	Independent
30	Texas	(4-5-1)		0.4094	Southwest
31	Georgia	(6-3-1)		0.4027	Southeastern
32	Colorado	(7-2-1)		0.3821	Big Seven
33	Texas Christian	(4-6-0)		0.3457	Southwest
34	Texas Tech	(7-2-1)		0.3452	Border
35	South Carolina	(6-4-0)		0.3339	Atlantic Coast
36	Boston College	(8-1-0)		0.3311	Independent
37	Pittsburgh	(4-5-0)		0.3040	Independent
38	California	(5-5-0)		0.2847	Pacific Coast
39	Mississippi State	(6-4-0)		0.2817	Southeastern
40	Boston University	(7-2-0)		0.2656	Independent
41	Oregon	(6-4-0)		0.2624	Pacific Coast
42	Clemson	(5-5-0)		0.2586	Atlantic Coast
43	Kansas State	(7-3-0)		0.2511	Big Seven
44	Louisiana State	(5-6-0)		0.2368	Southeastern
45	Nebraska	(6-5-0)		0.2330	Big Seven
46	San Jose State	(7-3-0)		0.2193	Independent
47	Missouri	(4-5-1)		0.2176	Big Seven
48	Oklahoma State	(5-4-1)		0.2056	Missouri Valley
49	Wyoming	(6-4-0)		0.1963	Mountain States
50	Arizona	(7-3-0)		0.1947	Border
51	Michigan State	(3-6-0)		0.1909	Big Ten
52	Brown	(6-2-1)		0.1869	Ivy
53	Cincinnati	(8-2-0)		0.1863	Independent
54	Yale	(5-3-1)		0.1772	Ivy
55	Texas-El Paso	(8-3-0)		0.1677	Border
56	Colgate	(5-2-2)		0.1667	Independent
57	Alabama	(4-5-2)		0.1585	Southeastern
58	Houston	(5-5-0)		0.1448	Missouri Valley
59	North Carolina	(4-5-1)		0.1173	Atlantic Coast
60	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.1094	Ivy
61	Stanford	(4-6-0)		0.1020	Pacific Coast
62	Princeton	(5-3-1)		0.0913	Ivy
63	Indiana	(3-6-0)		0.0872	Big Ten
64	Northwestern	(2-7-0)		0.0485	Big Ten
65	Harvard	(4-3-1)		0.0283	Ivy
66	Florida State	(8-4-0)		0.0135	Independent
67	Texas A&M	(1-9-0)		-0.0163	Southwest
68	Tennessee	(4-6-0)		-0.0176	Southeastern
69	Virginia	(3-6-0)		-0.0185	Atlantic Coast
70	Richmond	(5-4-0)		-0.0358	Southern
71	New Mexico	(5-5-0)		-0.0359	Border
72	Wake Forest	(2-7-1)		-0.0503	Atlantic Coast
73	Davidson	(6-3-0)		-0.0534	Southern
74	Vanderbilt	(2-7-0)		-0.0675	Southeastern
75	Syracuse	(4-4-0)		-0.0741	Independent
76	Pacific	(4-5-0)		-0.1021	Independent
77	Washington State	(4-6-0)		-0.1068	Pacific Coast
78	Illinois	(1-8-0)		-0.1080	Big Ten
79	Tulane	(1-6-3)		-0.1106	Southeastern
80	Utah State	(4-6-0)		-0.1420	Mountain States
81	Arizona State	(5-5-0)		-0.1538	Border
82	William & Mary	(4-4-2)		-0.1549	Southern
83	Holy Cross	(3-7-0)		-0.1609	Independent
84	Utah	(4-7-0)		-0.1612	Mountain States
84=	Dartmouth	(3-6-0)		-0.1612	Ivy
86	Iowa State	(3-6-0)		-0.1684	Big Seven
87	North Texas	(4-6-0)		-0.1904	Border
88	Marquette	(3-5-1)		-0.1949	Independent
89	Furman	(5-5-0)		-0.2022	Southern
90	North Carolina State	(2-8-0)		-0.2208	Atlantic Coast
91	Virginia Military Institute	(4-6-0)		-0.2462	Southern
92	George Washington	(1-7-1)		-0.2527	Southern
93	Washington	(2-8-0)		-0.2640	Pacific Coast
94	Colorado State	(3-7-0)		-0.2775	Mountain States
95	Idaho	(4-5-0)		-0.2879	Pacific Coast
96	Montana	(3-6-0)		-0.2931	Pacific Coast
97	Hardin-Simmons	(4-6-0)		-0.3087	Border
98	Rutgers	(3-6-0)		-0.3683	Independent
99	Detroit Mercy	(2-7-0)		-0.4303	Independent
100	Oregon State	(1-8-0)		-0.5143	Pacific Coast
101	Pennsylvania	(0-9-0)		-0.5510	Ivy
102	Tulsa	(0-11-0)		-0.5600	Missouri Valley
103	Fordham	(1-7-1)		-0.5610	Independent
104	Drake	(2-7-0)		-0.5796	Missouri Valley
105	Kansas	(0-10-0)		-0.5925	Big Seven
106	Brigham Young	(1-8-0)		-0.6229	Mountain States
107	West Texas A&M	(1-8-0)		-0.6633	Border
108	Citadel	(2-8-0)		-0.7075	Southern
109	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.7630	Ivy
110	Villanova	(1-9-0)		-0.8697	Independent
111	New Mexico State	(0-9-0)		-1.5498	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.4536
2	Big Ten	0.3822
3	Southeastern	0.3094
4	Atlantic Coast	0.1941
5	Big Seven	0.1624
6	Independent	0.0958
7	Pacific Coast	0.0324
8	Missouri Valley	-0.0658
9	Southern	-0.0669
10	Mountain States	-0.0903
11	Ivy	-0.1103
12	Border	-0.2438