1953

1954 Rankings
​Final

1955

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Ohio State	(10-0-0)		0.9181	Big Ten
2	Notre Dame	(9-1-0)		0.8526	Independent
3	Oklahoma	(10-0-0)		0.8073	Big Seven
4	Georgia Tech	(8-3-0)		0.7207	Southeastern
5	Miami (Florida)	(8-1-0)		0.7037	Independent
6	UCLA	(9-0-0)		0.6900	Pacific Coast
7	Arkansas	(8-3-0)		0.6854	Southwest
8	Navy	(8-2-0)		0.6662	Independent
9	Wisconsin	(7-2-0)		0.6635	Big Ten
10	Auburn	(8-3-0)		0.6431	Southeastern
11	Rice	(7-3-0)		0.6086	Southwest
12	Southern Methodist	(6-3-1)		0.6079	Southwest
13	Duke	(8-2-1)		0.5726	Atlantic Coast
14	Army	(7-2-0)		0.5597	Independent
15	West Virginia	(8-1-0)		0.5577	Southern
16	Purdue	(5-3-1)		0.5570	Big Ten
17	Minnesota	(7-2-0)		0.5494	Big Ten
18	Maryland	(7-2-1)		0.5443	Atlantic Coast
19	Baylor	(7-4-0)		0.5390	Southwest
20	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.5387	Southeastern
21	Iowa	(5-4-0)		0.5154	Big Ten
22	Kentucky	(7-3-0)		0.4963	Southeastern
23	Florida	(5-5-0)		0.4840	Southeastern
24	Denver	(9-1-0)		0.4816	Mountain States
25	Michigan	(6-3-0)		0.4785	Big Ten
26	Wichita State	(9-1-0)		0.4732	Missouri Valley
27	Virginia Tech	(8-0-1)		0.4697	Southern
28	Southern California	(8-4-0)		0.4685	Pacific Coast
29	Penn State	(7-2-0)		0.4529	Independent
30	Texas	(4-5-1)		0.4238	Southwest
31	Colorado	(7-2-1)		0.4138	Big Seven
32	Georgia	(6-3-1)		0.4124	Southeastern
33	Texas Tech	(7-2-1)		0.3872	Border
34	Pittsburgh	(4-5-0)		0.3832	Independent
35	South Carolina	(6-4-0)		0.3675	Atlantic Coast
36	Texas Christian	(4-6-0)		0.3655	Southwest
37	Boston College	(8-1-0)		0.3639	Independent
38	Oregon	(6-4-0)		0.3225	Pacific Coast
39	California	(5-5-0)		0.3168	Pacific Coast
40	Kansas State	(7-3-0)		0.3163	Big Seven
41	Mississippi State	(6-4-0)		0.2933	Southeastern
42	Boston University	(7-2-0)		0.2899	Independent
43	Louisiana State	(5-6-0)		0.2896	Southeastern
44	Clemson	(5-5-0)		0.2853	Atlantic Coast
45	San Jose State	(7-3-0)		0.2851	Independent
46	Nebraska	(6-5-0)		0.2830	Big Seven
47	Arizona	(7-3-0)		0.2716	Border
48	Missouri	(4-5-1)		0.2698	Big Seven
49	Wyoming	(6-4-0)		0.2662	Mountain States
50	Oklahoma State	(5-4-1)		0.2562	Missouri Valley
51	Cincinnati	(8-2-0)		0.2557	Independent
52	Yale	(5-3-1)		0.2463	Ivy
53	Michigan State	(3-6-0)		0.2364	Big Ten
54	Brown	(6-2-1)		0.2348	Ivy
55	Colgate	(5-2-2)		0.2326	Independent
56	Texas-El Paso	(8-3-0)		0.2130	Border
57	Houston	(5-5-0)		0.2050	Missouri Valley
58	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.1970	Ivy
59	Alabama	(4-5-2)		0.1876	Southeastern
60	Stanford	(4-6-0)		0.1850	Pacific Coast
61	Princeton	(5-3-1)		0.1819	Ivy
62	Indiana	(3-6-0)		0.1742	Big Ten
63	North Carolina	(4-5-1)		0.1484	Atlantic Coast
64	Harvard	(4-3-1)		0.1369	Ivy
65	Florida State	(8-4-0)		0.1080	Independent
66	Northwestern	(2-7-0)		0.1078	Big Ten
67	Tennessee	(4-6-0)		0.0856	Southeastern
68	New Mexico	(5-5-0)		0.0750	Border
69	Pacific	(4-5-0)		0.0680	Independent
70	Texas A&M	(1-9-0)		0.0652	Southwest
71	Virginia	(3-6-0)		0.0609	Atlantic Coast
72	Davidson	(6-3-0)		0.0605	Southern
73	Richmond	(5-4-0)		0.0567	Southern
74	Syracuse	(4-4-0)		0.0542	Independent
75	Washington State	(4-6-0)		0.0483	Pacific Coast
76	Wake Forest	(2-7-1)		0.0268	Atlantic Coast
77	Dartmouth	(3-6-0)		0.0055	Ivy
78	Utah State	(4-6-0)		0.0050	Mountain States
79	Utah	(4-7-0)		0.0045	Mountain States
80	Vanderbilt	(2-7-0)		0.0021	Southeastern
81	Illinois	(1-8-0)		-0.0084	Big Ten
82	Arizona State	(5-5-0)		-0.0158	Border
83	William & Mary	(4-4-2)		-0.0216	Southern
84	Holy Cross	(3-7-0)		-0.0240	Independent
85	Iowa State	(3-6-0)		-0.0366	Big Seven
86	Furman	(5-5-0)		-0.0423	Southern
87	Marquette	(3-5-1)		-0.0646	Independent
88	Idaho	(4-5-0)		-0.0663	Pacific Coast
89	Tulane	(1-6-3)		-0.0691	Southeastern
90	Virginia Military Institute	(4-6-0)		-0.0784	Southern
91	Colorado State	(3-7-0)		-0.0810	Mountain States
92	North Carolina State	(2-8-0)		-0.0897	Atlantic Coast
93	Washington	(2-8-0)		-0.0951	Pacific Coast
94	Montana	(3-6-0)		-0.1069	Pacific Coast
95	Hardin-Simmons	(4-6-0)		-0.1407	Border
96	George Washington	(1-7-1)		-0.1540	Southern
97	Rutgers	(3-6-0)		-0.1769	Independent
98	Detroit Mercy	(2-7-0)		-0.2306	Independent
99	Oregon State	(1-8-0)		-0.2533	Pacific Coast
100	Drake	(2-7-0)		-0.3006	Missouri Valley
101	Fordham	(1-7-1)		-0.3145	Independent
102	Pennsylvania	(0-9-0)		-0.3170	Ivy
103	Tulsa	(0-11-0)		-0.3189	Missouri Valley
104	Kansas	(0-10-0)		-0.3394	Big Seven
105	Brigham Young	(1-8-0)		-0.3476	Mountain States
106	West Texas A&M	(1-8-0)		-0.3899	Border
107	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.3914	Ivy
108	Citadel	(2-8-0)		-0.4111	Southern
109	Villanova	(1-9-0)		-0.5074	Independent
110	New Mexico State	(0-9-0)		-0.9316	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.4708
2	Big Ten	0.4192
3	Southeastern	0.3403
4	Big Seven	0.2449
5	Atlantic Coast	0.2395
6	Independent	0.1979
7	Pacific Coast	0.1510
8	Missouri Valley	0.0630
9	Mountain States	0.0548
10	Southern	0.0486
11	Ivy	0.0368
12	Border	-0.0664