1954

1955 Rankings
​Final

1956

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Mississippi	(10-1-0)		0.8582	Southeastern
2	Georgia Tech	(9-1-1)		0.7962	Southeastern
3	Michigan State	(9-1-0)		0.7808	Big Ten
4	Maryland	(10-1-0)		0.7643	Atlantic Coast
5	Texas Christian	(9-2-0)		0.7576	Southwest
6	Oklahoma	(11-0-0)		0.7565	Big Seven
7	UCLA	(9-2-0)		0.7327	Pacific Coast
8	Texas A&M	(7-2-1)		0.6571	Southwest
9	Notre Dame	(8-2-0)		0.6026	Independent
10	Duke	(7-2-1)		0.5985	Atlantic Coast
11	Auburn	(8-2-1)		0.5927	Southeastern
12	Ohio State	(7-2-0)		0.5761	Big Ten
13	Pittsburgh	(7-4-0)		0.5413	Independent
14	Vanderbilt	(8-3-0)		0.5326	Southeastern
15	Navy	(6-2-1)		0.5262	Independent
16	Syracuse	(5-3-0)		0.5092	Independent
17	Stanford	(6-3-1)		0.5051	Pacific Coast
18	Miami (Florida)	(6-3-0)		0.4991	Independent
19	Kentucky	(6-3-1)		0.4923	Southeastern
20	West Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4812	Southern
21	Michigan	(7-2-0)		0.4730	Big Ten
22	Arkansas	(5-4-1)		0.4389	Southwest
23	Tennessee	(6-3-1)		0.4333	Southeastern
24	Texas Tech	(7-3-1)		0.4193	Border
25	Texas	(5-5-0)		0.4186	Southwest
26	Mississippi State	(6-4-0)		0.4170	Southeastern
27	Army	(6-3-0)		0.4169	Independent
28	Southern California	(6-4-0)		0.4158	Pacific Coast
29	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.4018	Ivy
30	Colgate	(6-3-0)		0.3964	Independent
31	Wyoming	(8-3-0)		0.3793	Mountain States
32	Louisiana State	(3-5-2)		0.3762	Southeastern
33	Princeton	(7-2-0)		0.3720	Ivy
34	Colorado State	(8-2-0)		0.3527	Mountain States
35	Florida	(4-6-0)		0.3359	Southeastern
36	Tulane	(5-4-1)		0.3281	Southeastern
37	Baylor	(5-5-0)		0.3178	Southwest
38	Clemson	(7-3-0)		0.3175	Atlantic Coast
39	Oregon State	(6-3-0)		0.3146	Pacific Coast
40	Denver	(8-2-0)		0.3097	Mountain States
41	Arizona State	(8-2-1)		0.3066	Border
42	Texas-El Paso	(6-2-2)		0.3020	Border
43	Southern Methodist	(4-6-0)		0.2918	Southwest
44	Purdue	(5-3-1)		0.2885	Big Ten
45	Washington	(5-4-1)		0.2870	Pacific Coast
46	Houston	(6-4-0)		0.2722	Missouri Valley
47	Utah	(6-3-0)		0.2606	Mountain States
48	Pacific	(5-4-0)		0.2576	Independent
49	Illinois	(5-3-1)		0.2563	Big Ten
50	Oregon	(6-4-0)		0.2471	Pacific Coast
51	Wake Forest	(5-4-1)		0.2250	Atlantic Coast
52	Wichita State	(7-2-1)		0.2067	Missouri Valley
53	Penn State	(5-4-0)		0.2014	Independent
54	Virginia Tech	(6-3-1)		0.1978	Southern
55	Georgia	(4-6-0)		0.1969	Southeastern
56	Colorado	(6-4-0)		0.1899	Big Seven
57	George Washington	(5-4-0)		0.1734	Southern
58	Boston College	(5-2-1)		0.1628	Independent
59	Nebraska	(5-5-0)		0.1435	Big Seven
60	Iowa	(3-5-1)		0.1293	Big Ten
61	Wisconsin	(4-5-0)		0.1241	Big Ten
62	San Jose State	(5-3-1)		0.0953	Independent
63	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.0896	Ivy
64	Rice	(2-7-1)		0.0646	Southwest
65	Richmond	(4-3-2)		0.0424	Southern
66	West Texas A&M	(4-4-1)		0.0352	Border
67	Arizona	(5-4-1)		0.0314	Border
68	Indiana	(3-6-0)		0.0286	Big Ten
69	Holy Cross	(6-4-0)		0.0120	Independent
70	North Carolina State	(4-5-1)		-0.0094	Atlantic Coast
71	Detroit Mercy	(5-3-1)		-0.0106	Independent
72	Minnesota	(3-6-0)		-0.0265	Big Ten
73	North Carolina	(3-7-0)		-0.0405	Atlantic Coast
74	Hardin-Simmons	(5-5-0)		-0.0858	Border
75	North Texas	(5-4-1)		-0.0906	Border
76	Florida State	(5-5-0)		-0.1037	Independent
77	Dartmouth	(3-6-0)		-0.1141	Ivy
78	Utah State	(4-6-0)		-0.1179	Mountain States
79	California	(2-7-1)		-0.1435	Pacific Coast
80	Oklahoma State	(2-8-0)		-0.1480	Missouri Valley
81	Harvard	(3-4-1)		-0.1679	Ivy
82	South Carolina	(3-6-0)		-0.1874	Atlantic Coast
83	William & Mary	(1-7-1)		-0.2181	Southern
84	Davidson	(5-4-0)		-0.2622	Southern
85	Kansas	(3-6-1)		-0.2681	Big Seven
86	Kansas State	(4-6-0)		-0.2946	Big Seven
87	Citadel	(5-4-0)		-0.2999	Southern
88	Missouri	(1-9-0)		-0.3144	Big Seven
89	Tulsa	(2-7-1)		-0.3444	Missouri Valley
90	Brown	(2-7-0)		-0.3495	Ivy
91	Alabama	(0-10-0)		-0.3523	Southeastern
92	Drake	(4-4-0)		-0.3589	Missouri Valley
93	Virginia	(1-9-0)		-0.3743	Atlantic Coast
94	Marquette	(2-6-1)		-0.3889	Independent
95	Washington State	(1-7-2)		-0.3975	Pacific Coast
96	Iowa State	(1-7-1)		-0.4037	Big Seven
97	Idaho	(2-7-0)		-0.4312	Pacific Coast
98	Villanova	(1-9-0)		-0.4832	Independent
99	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.4919	Ivy
100	Boston University	(2-6-0)		-0.5269	Independent
101	Montana	(3-7-0)		-0.5447	Pacific Coast
102	New Mexico	(2-8-0)		-0.5592	Border
103	Rutgers	(3-5-0)		-0.5814	Independent
104	Northwestern	(0-8-1)		-0.5822	Big Ten
105	New Mexico State	(3-7-0)		-0.6584	Border
106	Pennsylvania	(0-9-0)		-0.7838	Ivy
107	Virginia Military Institute	(1-9-0)		-0.7898	Southern
108	Brigham Young	(1-9-0)		-0.8331	Mountain States
109	Cincinnati	(1-6-2)		-0.8362	Independent
110	Furman	(1-9-0)		-0.8556	Southern

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.4209
2	Southeastern	0.4173
3	Big Ten	0.2048
4	Atlantic Coast	0.1617
5	Pacific Coast	0.0985
6	Independent	0.0679
7	Mountain States	0.0586
8	Big Seven	-0.0273
9	Border	-0.0333
10	Missouri Valley	-0.0745
11	Ivy	-0.1305
12	Southern	-0.1701