1955

1956 Rankings
​Final

1957

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia Tech	(10-1-0)		0.8262	Southeastern
2	Iowa	(9-1-0)		0.7707	Big Ten
3	Texas A&M	(9-0-1)		0.7602	Southwest
4	Michigan	(7-2-0)		0.7420	Big Ten
5	Minnesota	(6-1-2)		0.7386	Big Ten
6	Tennessee	(10-1-0)		0.7227	Southeastern
7	Miami (Florida)	(8-1-1)		0.6872	Independent
8	Baylor	(9-2-0)		0.6583	Southwest
9	Pittsburgh	(7-3-1)		0.6328	Independent
10	Oklahoma	(10-0-0)		0.6032	Big Seven
11	Southern California	(8-2-0)		0.5988	Pacific Coast
12	Syracuse	(7-2-0)		0.5914	Independent
13	Michigan State	(7-2-0)		0.5883	Big Ten
14	Texas Christian	(8-3-0)		0.5717	Southwest
15	Oregon State	(7-3-1)		0.5625	Pacific Coast
16	Penn State	(6-2-1)		0.5445	Independent
17	UCLA	(7-3-0)		0.5258	Pacific Coast
18	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.5086	Big Ten
19	Florida	(6-3-1)		0.4958	Southeastern
20	Auburn	(7-3-0)		0.4901	Southeastern
21	Wyoming	(10-0-0)		0.4783	Mountain States
22	Mississippi	(7-3-0)		0.4664	Southeastern
22=	Houston	(7-2-1)		0.4664	Missouri Valley
24	Yale	(8-1-0)		0.4354	Ivy
25	Colorado	(8-2-1)		0.4337	Big Seven
26	Tulane	(6-4-0)		0.4242	Southeastern
27	Clemson	(7-2-2)		0.4176	Atlantic Coast
28	Oregon	(4-4-2)		0.4100	Pacific Coast
29	Arizona State	(9-1-0)		0.3967	Border
30	Kentucky	(6-4-0)		0.3928	Southeastern
31	Army	(5-3-1)		0.3918	Independent
32	Texas-El Paso	(9-2-0)		0.3890	Border
33	Arkansas	(6-4-0)		0.3883	Southwest
34	Navy	(6-1-2)		0.3867	Independent
35	George Washington	(8-1-1)		0.3824	Southern
36	Northwestern	(4-4-1)		0.3542	Big Ten
37	Washington	(5-5-0)		0.3522	Pacific Coast
38	Virginia Tech	(7-2-1)		0.3440	Southern
39	West Virginia	(6-4-0)		0.3431	Southern
40	South Carolina	(7-3-0)		0.3316	Atlantic Coast
41	Duke	(5-4-1)		0.3260	Atlantic Coast
42	Tulsa	(7-2-1)		0.3130	Missouri Valley
43	Princeton	(7-2-0)		0.3032	Ivy
44	Purdue	(3-4-2)		0.2932	Big Ten
45	West Texas A&M	(8-2-0)		0.2928	Border
46	Stanford	(4-6-0)		0.2878	Pacific Coast
47	Illinois	(2-5-2)		0.2572	Big Ten
48	Dartmouth	(5-3-1)		0.2427	Ivy
49	Holy Cross	(5-3-1)		0.2369	Independent
50	Pacific	(6-3-1)		0.2333	Independent
51	Southern Methodist	(4-6-0)		0.2317	Southwest
52	Rice	(4-6-0)		0.2307	Southwest
53	California	(3-7-0)		0.2274	Pacific Coast
54	Vanderbilt	(5-5-0)		0.2205	Southeastern
55	Florida State	(5-4-1)		0.2201	Independent
56	Villanova	(5-4-0)		0.2064	Independent
57	Missouri	(4-5-1)		0.1993	Big Seven
58	Mississippi State	(4-6-0)		0.1867	Southeastern
59	Wisconsin	(1-5-3)		0.1802	Big Ten
60	Brown	(5-4-0)		0.1563	Ivy
61	Louisiana State	(3-7-0)		0.1529	Southeastern
62	Utah	(5-5-0)		0.1527	Mountain States
63	Colgate	(4-5-0)		0.1392	Independent
64	Kansas	(3-6-1)		0.1293	Big Seven
65	Georgia	(3-6-1)		0.1273	Southeastern
66	Nebraska	(4-6-0)		0.1160	Big Seven
67	Denver	(6-4-0)		0.1149	Mountain States
68	Washington State	(3-6-1)		0.1017	Pacific Coast
69	Indiana	(3-6-0)		0.0967	Big Ten
70	Idaho	(4-5-0)		0.0929	Pacific Coast
71	Utah State	(6-4-0)		0.0893	Mountain States
72	Hardin-Simmons	(4-6-0)		0.0870	Border
73	Oklahoma State	(3-5-2)		0.0828	Missouri Valley
74	Boston College	(5-4-0)		0.0700	Independent
75	Alabama	(2-7-1)		0.0580	Southeastern
76	Texas Tech	(2-7-1)		0.0481	Independent
77	Maryland	(2-7-1)		0.0375	Atlantic Coast
78	Notre Dame	(2-8-0)		0.0276	Independent
79	Arizona	(4-6-0)		0.0201	Border
80	Texas	(1-9-0)		0.0155	Southwest
81	Pennsylvania	(4-5-0)		0.0073	Ivy
82	Wake Forest	(2-5-3)		-0.0004	Atlantic Coast
83	Kansas State	(3-7-0)		-0.0375	Big Seven
84	North Carolina State	(3-7-0)		-0.0478	Atlantic Coast
85	Davidson	(5-3-1)		-0.0671	Southern
86	Boston University	(1-5-2)		-0.0706	Independent
87	Richmond	(4-5-0)		-0.0798	Southern
88	Virginia	(3-7-0)		-0.0808	Atlantic Coast
89	New Mexico	(4-6-0)		-0.0858	Mountain States
90	Virginia Military Institute	(3-6-1)		-0.1003	Southern
91	Citadel	(3-5-1)		-0.1044	Southern
92	Cincinnati	(4-5-0)		-0.1149	Independent
93	North Carolina	(2-7-1)		-0.1209	Atlantic Coast
94	Wichita State	(4-6-0)		-0.1303	Missouri Valley
95	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.1306	Ivy
96	Furman	(2-8-0)		-0.1654	Southern
97	Iowa State	(2-8-0)		-0.1723	Big Seven
98	Harvard	(2-6-0)		-0.1734	Ivy
99	Dayton	(4-6-0)		-0.2445	Independent
100	Colorado State	(2-7-1)		-0.2587	Mountain States
101	Cornell	(1-8-0)		-0.3005	Ivy
102	Detroit Mercy	(2-8-0)		-0.3006	Missouri Valley
103	Brigham Young	(2-7-1)		-0.3270	Mountain States
104	San Jose State	(2-7-1)		-0.3433	Independent
105	William & Mary	(0-9-1)		-0.3657	Southern
106	New Mexico State	(1-9-0)		-0.4314	Border
107	Rutgers	(3-7-0)		-0.4396	Independent
108	Drake	(3-6-0)		-0.4699	Independent
109	Montana	(1-9-0)		-0.4939	Mountain States
110	Marquette	(0-9-0)		-0.5802	Independent

Average Ratings by Conference (1956)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Ten		0.4530
2	Southwest		0.4081
3	Southeastern		0.3803
4	Pacific Coast		0.3510
5	Big Seven		0.1816
6	Border		0.1257
7	Atlantic Coast		0.1079
8	Independent		0.1025
9	Missouri Valley		0.0863
10	Ivy		0.0676
11	Southern		0.0208
12	Mountain States		-0.0413