1954

1955 Rankings
​Final

1956

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Michigan State	(9-1-0)		0.7991	Big Ten
2	Mississippi	(10-1-0)		0.7647	Southeastern
3	Oklahoma	(11-0-0)		0.7312	Big Seven
4	UCLA	(9-2-0)		0.7236	Pacific Coast
5	Georgia Tech	(9-1-1)		0.7153	Southeastern
6	Maryland	(10-1-0)		0.7022	Atlantic Coast
7	Texas Christian	(9-2-0)		0.6856	Southwest
8	Texas A&M	(7-2-1)		0.5986	Southwest
9	Notre Dame	(8-2-0)		0.5891	Independent
10	Ohio State	(7-2-0)		0.5725	Big Ten
11	Duke	(7-2-1)		0.5531	Atlantic Coast
12	Stanford	(6-3-1)		0.5380	Pacific Coast
13	Pittsburgh	(7-4-0)		0.5280	Independent
14	Auburn	(8-2-1)		0.5140	Southeastern
15	Syracuse	(5-3-0)		0.5056	Independent
16	Michigan	(7-2-0)		0.5032	Big Ten
17	Navy	(6-2-1)		0.4894	Independent
18	Vanderbilt	(8-3-0)		0.4799	Southeastern
19	Miami (Florida)	(6-3-0)		0.4625	Independent
20	West Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4567	Southern
21	Southern California	(6-4-0)		0.4468	Pacific Coast
22	Kentucky	(6-3-1)		0.4365	Southeastern
23	Texas Tech	(7-3-1)		0.4223	Border
24	Army	(6-3-0)		0.4199	Independent
25	Colorado State	(8-2-0)		0.4122	Mountain States
26	Wyoming	(8-3-0)		0.4106	Mountain States
27	Colgate	(6-3-0)		0.4026	Independent
28	Texas	(5-5-0)		0.4022	Southwest
29	Arkansas	(5-4-1)		0.3970	Southwest
30	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.3967	Ivy
31	Oregon State	(6-3-0)		0.3938	Pacific Coast
32	Tennessee	(6-3-1)		0.3860	Southeastern
33	Princeton	(7-2-0)		0.3697	Ivy
34	Mississippi State	(6-4-0)		0.3613	Southeastern
35	Denver	(8-2-0)		0.3555	Mountain States
36	Illinois	(5-3-1)		0.3546	Big Ten
37	Louisiana State	(3-5-2)		0.3544	Southeastern
38	Purdue	(5-3-1)		0.3534	Big Ten
39	Washington	(5-4-1)		0.3439	Pacific Coast
40	Utah	(6-3-0)		0.3437	Mountain States
41	Oregon	(6-4-0)		0.3361	Pacific Coast
42	Arizona State	(8-2-1)		0.3244	Border
43	Houston	(6-4-0)		0.3239	Missouri Valley
44	Texas-El Paso	(6-2-2)		0.3205	Border
45	Clemson	(7-3-0)		0.3139	Atlantic Coast
46	Pacific	(5-4-0)		0.3115	Independent
47	Baylor	(5-5-0)		0.3086	Southwest
48	Florida	(4-6-0)		0.3030	Southeastern
49	Tulane	(5-4-1)		0.3019	Southeastern
50	Wichita State	(7-2-1)		0.2840	Missouri Valley
51	Colorado	(6-4-0)		0.2797	Big Seven
52	Southern Methodist	(4-6-0)		0.2721	Southwest
53	Wake Forest	(5-4-1)		0.2654	Atlantic Coast
54	Boston College	(5-2-1)		0.2499	Independent
55	Penn State	(5-4-0)		0.2400	Independent
56	Virginia Tech	(6-3-1)		0.2360	Southern
57	Wisconsin	(4-5-0)		0.2134	Big Ten
58	Iowa	(3-5-1)		0.2074	Big Ten
59	Nebraska	(5-5-0)		0.2073	Big Seven
60	San Jose State	(5-3-1)		0.2054	Independent
61	George Washington	(5-4-0)		0.1945	Southern
62	Georgia	(4-6-0)		0.1939	Southeastern
63	Arizona	(5-4-1)		0.1821	Border
64	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.1474	Ivy
65	Richmond	(4-3-2)		0.1454	Southern
66	Detroit Mercy	(5-3-1)		0.1448	Independent
67	Holy Cross	(6-4-0)		0.1286	Independent
68	Minnesota	(3-6-0)		0.1231	Big Ten
69	West Texas A&M	(4-4-1)		0.1123	Border
70	Indiana	(3-6-0)		0.1035	Big Ten
71	Rice	(2-7-1)		0.0881	Southwest
72	North Carolina State	(4-5-1)		0.0786	Atlantic Coast
73	California	(2-7-1)		0.0504	Pacific Coast
74	North Carolina	(3-7-0)		0.0365	Atlantic Coast
75	Utah State	(4-6-0)		0.0311	Mountain States
76	Florida State	(5-5-0)		0.0179	Independent
77	Hardin-Simmons	(5-5-0)		0.0178	Border
78	Harvard	(3-4-1)		0.0075	Ivy
79	Dartmouth	(3-6-0)		0.0025	Ivy
80	Oklahoma State	(2-8-0)		-0.0166	Missouri Valley
81	Kansas	(3-6-1)		-0.0513	Big Seven
82	South Carolina	(3-6-0)		-0.0685	Atlantic Coast
83	Kansas State	(4-6-0)		-0.0722	Big Seven
84	William & Mary	(1-7-1)		-0.0764	Southern
85	Davidson	(5-4-0)		-0.0866	Southern
86	Citadel	(5-4-0)		-0.0908	Southern
87	Tulsa	(2-7-1)		-0.0974	Missouri Valley
88	Washington State	(1-7-2)		-0.1060	Pacific Coast
89	Drake	(4-4-0)		-0.1143	Missouri Valley
90	Missouri	(1-9-0)		-0.1194	Big Seven
91	Marquette	(2-6-1)		-0.1271	Independent
92	Iowa State	(1-7-1)		-0.1380	Big Seven
93	Brown	(2-7-0)		-0.1616	Ivy
94	Idaho	(2-7-0)		-0.1646	Pacific Coast
95	Montana	(3-7-0)		-0.2153	Pacific Coast
96	Virginia	(1-9-0)		-0.2163	Atlantic Coast
97	Alabama	(0-10-0)		-0.2438	Southeastern
98	Boston University	(2-6-0)		-0.2523	Independent
99	Villanova	(1-9-0)		-0.2570	Independent
100	New Mexico	(2-8-0)		-0.2612	Border
101	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.2626	Ivy
102	Rutgers	(3-5-0)		-0.2891	Independent
103	Northwestern	(0-8-1)		-0.2925	Big Ten
104	New Mexico State	(3-7-0)		-0.3412	Border
105	Brigham Young	(1-9-0)		-0.3959	Mountain States
106	Cincinnati	(1-6-2)		-0.4028	Independent
107	Pennsylvania	(0-9-0)		-0.4400	Ivy
108	Virginia Military Institute	(1-9-0)		-0.4458	Southern
109	Furman	(1-9-0)		-0.4881	Southern

Average Ratings by Conference (1955)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southwest		0.3932
2	Southeastern		0.3806
3	Big Ten		0.2938
4	Pacific Coast		0.2347
5	Atlantic Coast		0.2081
6	Mountain States		0.1929
7	Independent		0.1772
8	Big Seven		0.1196
9	Border		0.0971
10	Missouri Valley		0.0759
11	Ivy		0.0075
12	Southern		-0.0172