1954

1955 Rankings
​Final

1956

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Mississippi	(10-1-0)		0.8341	Southeastern
2	Michigan State	(9-1-0)		0.8300	Big Ten
3	Oklahoma	(11-0-0)		0.7848	Big Seven
4	Georgia Tech	(9-1-1)		0.7774	Southeastern
5	UCLA	(9-2-0)		0.7656	Pacific Coast
6	Maryland	(10-1-0)		0.7530	Atlantic Coast
7	Texas Christian	(9-2-0)		0.7402	Southwest
8	Texas A&M	(7-2-1)		0.6585	Southwest
9	Notre Dame	(8-2-0)		0.6196	Independent
10	Duke	(7-2-1)		0.5973	Atlantic Coast
11	Ohio State	(7-2-0)		0.5944	Big Ten
12	Auburn	(8-2-1)		0.5774	Southeastern
13	Stanford	(6-3-1)		0.5700	Pacific Coast
14	Pittsburgh	(7-4-0)		0.5584	Independent
15	Vanderbilt	(8-3-0)		0.5365	Southeastern
16	Navy	(6-2-1)		0.5302	Independent
17	Syracuse	(5-3-0)		0.5291	Independent
18	Michigan	(7-2-0)		0.5207	Big Ten
19	Kentucky	(6-3-1)		0.4980	Southeastern
20	Miami (Florida)	(6-3-0)		0.4918	Independent
21	West Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4806	Southern
22	Southern California	(6-4-0)		0.4800	Pacific Coast
23	Arkansas	(5-4-1)		0.4487	Southwest
24	Tennessee	(6-3-1)		0.4418	Southeastern
25	Texas	(5-5-0)		0.4416	Southwest
26	Army	(6-3-0)		0.4389	Independent
27	Texas Tech	(7-3-1)		0.4290	Border
28	Colorado State	(8-2-0)		0.4280	Mountain States
29	Oregon State	(6-3-0)		0.4211	Pacific Coast
30	Colgate	(6-3-0)		0.4202	Independent
31	Wyoming	(8-3-0)		0.4180	Mountain States
32	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.4145	Ivy
33	Mississippi State	(6-4-0)		0.4068	Southeastern
34	Princeton	(7-2-0)		0.3868	Ivy
35	Washington	(5-4-1)		0.3819	Pacific Coast
36	Denver	(8-2-0)		0.3675	Mountain States
37	Louisiana State	(3-5-2)		0.3655	Southeastern
38	Oregon	(6-4-0)		0.3631	Pacific Coast
39	Utah	(6-3-0)		0.3579	Mountain States
40	Baylor	(5-5-0)		0.3470	Southwest
41	Florida	(4-6-0)		0.3454	Southeastern
42	Clemson	(7-3-0)		0.3429	Atlantic Coast
43	Purdue	(5-3-1)		0.3392	Big Ten
44	Tulane	(5-4-1)		0.3369	Southeastern
45	Houston	(6-4-0)		0.3252	Missouri Valley
46	Pacific	(5-4-0)		0.3210	Independent
47	Arizona State	(8-2-1)		0.3206	Border
48	Southern Methodist	(4-6-0)		0.3056	Southwest
49	Colorado	(6-4-0)		0.3034	Big Seven
50	Illinois	(5-3-1)		0.3031	Big Ten
51	Texas-El Paso	(6-2-2)		0.2674	Border
52	Wichita State	(7-2-1)		0.2665	Missouri Valley
53	Penn State	(5-4-0)		0.2506	Independent
54	Wake Forest	(5-4-1)		0.2480	Atlantic Coast
55	Georgia	(4-6-0)		0.2265	Southeastern
56	Virginia Tech	(6-3-1)		0.2205	Southern
57	Nebraska	(5-5-0)		0.2202	Big Seven
58	Wisconsin	(4-5-0)		0.2126	Big Ten
59	Iowa	(3-5-1)		0.2087	Big Ten
60	Boston College	(5-2-1)		0.2083	Independent
61	George Washington	(5-4-0)		0.2082	Southern
62	San Jose State	(5-3-1)		0.1539	Independent
63	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.1472	Ivy
64	Arizona	(5-4-1)		0.1434	Border
65	Holy Cross	(6-4-0)		0.1267	Independent
66	Minnesota	(3-6-0)		0.1222	Big Ten
67	Rice	(2-7-1)		0.1093	Southwest
68	Indiana	(3-6-0)		0.1008	Big Ten
69	Richmond	(4-3-2)		0.0832	Southern
70	West Texas A&M	(4-4-1)		0.0801	Border
71	Detroit Mercy	(5-3-1)		0.0736	Independent
72	North Carolina State	(4-5-1)		0.0635	Atlantic Coast
73	North Carolina	(3-7-0)		0.0550	Atlantic Coast
74	Florida State	(5-5-0)		0.0300	Independent
75	Utah State	(4-6-0)		0.0146	Mountain States
76	California	(2-7-1)		0.0050	Pacific Coast
77	Hardin-Simmons	(5-5-0)		0.0049	Border
78	Dartmouth	(3-6-0)		-0.0032	Ivy
79	Oklahoma State	(2-8-0)		-0.0295	Missouri Valley
80	South Carolina	(3-6-0)		-0.0684	Atlantic Coast
81	Harvard	(3-4-1)		-0.0722	Ivy
82	Kansas State	(4-6-0)		-0.0790	Big Seven
83	Davidson	(5-4-0)		-0.0925	Southern
84	Citadel	(5-4-0)		-0.0944	Southern
85	Kansas	(3-6-1)		-0.0946	Big Seven
86	William & Mary	(1-7-1)		-0.1159	Southern
87	Missouri	(1-9-0)		-0.1234	Big Seven
88	Drake	(4-4-0)		-0.1310	Missouri Valley
89	Washington State	(1-7-2)		-0.1623	Pacific Coast
90	Idaho	(2-7-0)		-0.1641	Pacific Coast
91	Marquette	(2-6-1)		-0.1710	Independent
92	Tulsa	(2-7-1)		-0.1736	Missouri Valley
93	Brown	(2-7-0)		-0.1776	Ivy
94	Iowa State	(1-7-1)		-0.2016	Big Seven
95	Virginia	(1-9-0)		-0.2218	Atlantic Coast
96	Alabama	(0-10-0)		-0.2231	Southeastern
97	Montana	(3-7-0)		-0.2443	Pacific Coast
98	Villanova	(1-9-0)		-0.2712	Independent
99	Boston University	(2-6-0)		-0.2730	Independent
100	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.2845	Ivy
101	Rutgers	(3-5-0)		-0.3052	Independent
102	New Mexico	(2-8-0)		-0.3083	Border
103	Northwestern	(0-8-1)		-0.3277	Big Ten
104	New Mexico State	(3-7-0)		-0.3778	Border
105	Brigham Young	(1-9-0)		-0.4261	Mountain States
106	Pennsylvania	(0-9-0)		-0.4728	Ivy
107	Virginia Military Institute	(1-9-0)		-0.4753	Southern
108	Cincinnati	(1-6-2)		-0.5088	Independent
109	Furman	(1-9-0)		-0.5095	Southern

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.4359
2	Southeastern	0.4269
3	Big Ten	0.2904
4	Pacific Coast	0.2416
5	Atlantic Coast	0.2212
6	Mountain States	0.1933
7	Independent	0.1696
8	Big Seven	0.1157
9	Border	0.0699
10	Missouri Valley	0.0515
11	Ivy	-0.0077
12	Southern	-0.0328