1955

1956 Rankings
​Final

1957

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia Tech	(10-1-0)		0.8860	Southeastern
2	Texas A&M	(9-0-1)		0.8368	Southwest
3	Iowa	(9-1-0)		0.8052	Big Ten
4	Michigan	(7-2-0)		0.7780	Big Ten
5	Tennessee	(10-1-0)		0.7700	Southeastern
6	Minnesota	(6-1-2)		0.7483	Big Ten
7	Baylor	(9-2-0)		0.7249	Southwest
8	Miami (Florida)	(8-1-1)		0.7030	Independent
9	Pittsburgh	(7-3-1)		0.6821	Independent
10	Southern California	(8-2-0)		0.6496	Pacific Coast
11	Oklahoma	(10-0-0)		0.6300	Big Seven
12	Syracuse	(7-2-0)		0.6191	Independent
13	Michigan State	(7-2-0)		0.6164	Big Ten
14	Texas Christian	(8-3-0)		0.6142	Southwest
15	Oregon State	(7-3-1)		0.6134	Pacific Coast
16	Penn State	(6-2-1)		0.5823	Independent
17	UCLA	(7-3-0)		0.5730	Pacific Coast
18	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.5359	Big Ten
19	Florida	(6-3-1)		0.5314	Southeastern
20	Auburn	(7-3-0)		0.5192	Southeastern
21	Mississippi	(7-3-0)		0.5141	Southeastern
22	Houston	(7-2-1)		0.5136	Missouri Valley
23	Wyoming	(10-0-0)		0.5069	Mountain States
24	Yale	(8-1-0)		0.4667	Ivy
25	Tulane	(6-4-0)		0.4554	Southeastern
26	Arkansas	(6-4-0)		0.4353	Southwest
27	Oregon	(4-4-2)		0.4323	Pacific Coast
28	Colorado	(8-2-1)		0.4267	Big Seven
29	Kentucky	(6-4-0)		0.4252	Southeastern
30	Arizona State	(9-1-0)		0.4229	Border
31	Texas-El Paso	(9-2-0)		0.4107	Border
32	Army	(5-3-1)		0.4103	Independent
33	Clemson	(7-2-2)		0.4101	Atlantic Coast
34	Navy	(6-1-2)		0.4041	Independent
35	Washington	(5-5-0)		0.3862	Pacific Coast
36	Northwestern	(4-4-1)		0.3788	Big Ten
37	West Virginia	(6-4-0)		0.3590	Southern
38	George Washington	(8-1-1)		0.3527	Southern
39	South Carolina	(7-3-0)		0.3463	Atlantic Coast
39=	Duke	(5-4-1)		0.3463	Atlantic Coast
41	Princeton	(7-2-0)		0.3241	Ivy
42	Stanford	(4-6-0)		0.3199	Pacific Coast
43	Virginia Tech	(7-2-1)		0.3159	Southern
44	West Texas A&M	(8-2-0)		0.3124	Border
45	Tulsa	(7-2-1)		0.3033	Missouri Valley
46	Purdue	(3-4-2)		0.2612	Big Ten
46=	Southern Methodist	(4-6-0)		0.2612	Southwest
48	Rice	(4-6-0)		0.2604	Southwest
49	California	(3-7-0)		0.2511	Pacific Coast
50	Dartmouth	(5-3-1)		0.2424	Ivy
51	Vanderbilt	(5-5-0)		0.2391	Southeastern
52	Illinois	(2-5-2)		0.2389	Big Ten
53	Holy Cross	(5-3-1)		0.2277	Independent
54	Pacific	(6-3-1)		0.2185	Independent
55	Villanova	(5-4-0)		0.2084	Independent
56	Mississippi State	(4-6-0)		0.2043	Southeastern
57	Missouri	(4-5-1)		0.2012	Big Seven
58	Florida State	(5-4-1)		0.1857	Independent
59	Louisiana State	(3-7-0)		0.1835	Southeastern
60	Brown	(5-4-0)		0.1701	Ivy
61	Wisconsin	(1-5-3)		0.1677	Big Ten
62	Utah	(5-5-0)		0.1595	Mountain States
63	Georgia	(3-6-1)		0.1453	Southeastern
64	Colgate	(4-5-0)		0.1425	Independent
65	Washington State	(3-6-1)		0.1235	Pacific Coast
66	Denver	(6-4-0)		0.1197	Mountain States
67	Kansas	(3-6-1)		0.1134	Big Seven
68	Nebraska	(4-6-0)		0.1119	Big Seven
69	Idaho	(4-5-0)		0.1030	Pacific Coast
70	Utah State	(6-4-0)		0.0943	Mountain States
71	Indiana	(3-6-0)		0.0932	Big Ten
72	Hardin-Simmons	(4-6-0)		0.0928	Border
73	Boston College	(5-4-0)		0.0664	Independent
74	Oklahoma State	(3-5-2)		0.0509	Missouri Valley
75	Texas	(1-9-0)		0.0357	Southwest
76	Maryland	(2-7-1)		0.0351	Atlantic Coast
77	Texas Tech	(2-7-1)		0.0276	Independent
78	Notre Dame	(2-8-0)		0.0203	Independent
79	Arizona	(4-6-0)		0.0184	Border
80	Alabama	(2-7-1)		0.0145	Southeastern
81	Pennsylvania	(4-5-0)		0.0102	Ivy
82	Kansas State	(3-7-0)		-0.0543	Big Seven
83	North Carolina State	(3-7-0)		-0.0659	Atlantic Coast
84	Wake Forest	(2-5-3)		-0.0857	Atlantic Coast
85	New Mexico	(4-6-0)		-0.0925	Mountain States
86	Virginia	(3-7-0)		-0.0926	Atlantic Coast
87	Richmond	(4-5-0)		-0.1027	Southern
88	Cincinnati	(4-5-0)		-0.1244	Independent
89	Davidson	(5-3-1)		-0.1316	Southern
90	Wichita State	(4-6-0)		-0.1365	Missouri Valley
91	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.1370	Ivy
92	Virginia Military Institute	(3-6-1)		-0.1595	Southern
93	Boston University	(1-5-2)		-0.1616	Independent
94	North Carolina	(2-7-1)		-0.1673	Atlantic Coast
95	Harvard	(2-6-0)		-0.1809	Ivy
96	Citadel	(3-5-1)		-0.1877	Southern
97	Furman	(2-8-0)		-0.1942	Southern
98	Iowa State	(2-8-0)		-0.1978	Big Seven
99	Dayton	(4-6-0)		-0.2553	Independent
100	Cornell	(1-8-0)		-0.3132	Ivy
101	Detroit Mercy	(2-8-0)		-0.3135	Missouri Valley
102	Colorado State	(2-7-1)		-0.3375	Mountain States
103	Brigham Young	(2-7-1)		-0.3977	Mountain States
104	San Jose State	(2-7-1)		-0.4226	Independent
105	William & Mary	(0-9-1)		-0.4502	Southern
106	New Mexico State	(1-9-0)		-0.4540	Border
107	Rutgers	(3-7-0)		-0.4603	Independent
108	Drake	(3-6-0)		-0.4932	Independent
109	Montana	(1-9-0)		-0.5250	Mountain States
110	Marquette	(0-9-0)		-0.6227	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.4624
2	Southwest	0.4526
3	Southeastern	0.4073
4	Pacific Coast	0.3836
5	Big Seven	0.1759
6	Border	0.1339
7	Independent	0.0932
8	Atlantic Coast	0.0908
9	Missouri Valley	0.0836
10	Ivy	0.0728
11	Southern	-0.0220
12	Mountain States	-0.0590