1955

1956 Rankings
​Final

1957

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia Tech	(10-1-0)		0.8620	Southeastern
2	Texas A&M	(9-0-1)		0.8103	Southwest
3	Iowa	(9-1-0)		0.8080	Big Ten
4	Michigan	(7-2-0)		0.7798	Big Ten
5	Tennessee	(10-1-0)		0.7713	Southeastern
6	Minnesota	(6-1-2)		0.7527	Big Ten
7	Miami (Florida)	(8-1-1)		0.7030	Independent
8	Baylor	(9-2-0)		0.6797	Southwest
9	Pittsburgh	(7-3-1)		0.6683	Independent
10	Oklahoma	(10-0-0)		0.6413	Big Seven
11	Syracuse	(7-2-0)		0.6251	Independent
12	Southern California	(8-2-0)		0.6228	Pacific Coast
13	Michigan State	(7-2-0)		0.6138	Big Ten
14	Oregon State	(7-3-1)		0.5954	Pacific Coast
15	Penn State	(6-2-1)		0.5802	Independent
16	Texas Christian	(8-3-0)		0.5603	Southwest
17	UCLA	(7-3-0)		0.5443	Pacific Coast
18	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.5339	Big Ten
19	Florida	(6-3-1)		0.5145	Southeastern
20	Wyoming	(10-0-0)		0.5088	Mountain States
21	Auburn	(7-3-0)		0.4942	Southeastern
22	Houston	(7-2-1)		0.4863	Missouri Valley
23	Mississippi	(7-3-0)		0.4694	Southeastern
24	Yale	(8-1-0)		0.4312	Ivy
25	Colorado	(8-2-1)		0.4181	Big Seven
26	Clemson	(7-2-2)		0.4107	Atlantic Coast
27	Army	(5-3-1)		0.4020	Independent
28	Navy	(6-1-2)		0.3998	Independent
29	Tulane	(6-4-0)		0.3950	Southeastern
30	Kentucky	(6-4-0)		0.3896	Southeastern
31	Arizona State	(9-1-0)		0.3875	Border
32	Oregon	(4-4-2)		0.3802	Pacific Coast
33	Texas-El Paso	(9-2-0)		0.3722	Border
34	Arkansas	(6-4-0)		0.3616	Southwest
35	George Washington	(8-1-1)		0.3553	Southern
36	Northwestern	(4-4-1)		0.3525	Big Ten
37	West Virginia	(6-4-0)		0.3511	Southern
38	Duke	(5-4-1)		0.3341	Atlantic Coast
39	Washington	(5-5-0)		0.3337	Pacific Coast
40	South Carolina	(7-3-0)		0.3266	Atlantic Coast
41	Virginia Tech	(7-2-1)		0.3097	Southern
42	West Texas A&M	(8-2-0)		0.2799	Border
43	Tulsa	(7-2-1)		0.2694	Missouri Valley
44	Purdue	(3-4-2)		0.2588	Big Ten
45	Princeton	(7-2-0)		0.2587	Ivy
46	Stanford	(4-6-0)		0.2498	Pacific Coast
47	Rice	(4-6-0)		0.2005	Southwest
48	Southern Methodist	(4-6-0)		0.1989	Southwest
49	Vanderbilt	(5-5-0)		0.1983	Southeastern
50	Illinois	(2-5-2)		0.1961	Big Ten
51	Pacific	(6-3-1)		0.1840	Independent
52	Holy Cross	(5-3-1)		0.1793	Independent
53	California	(3-7-0)		0.1709	Pacific Coast
54	Dartmouth	(5-3-1)		0.1683	Ivy
54=	Villanova	(5-4-0)		0.1683	Independent
56	Missouri	(4-5-1)		0.1623	Big Seven
57	Florida State	(5-4-1)		0.1561	Independent
58	Mississippi State	(4-6-0)		0.1454	Southeastern
59	Wisconsin	(1-5-3)		0.1332	Big Ten
60	Utah	(5-5-0)		0.0905	Mountain States
61	Brown	(5-4-0)		0.0849	Ivy
62	Louisiana State	(3-7-0)		0.0596	Southeastern
63	Georgia	(3-6-1)		0.0565	Southeastern
64	Kansas	(3-6-1)		0.0492	Big Seven
65	Colgate	(4-5-0)		0.0463	Independent
66	Denver	(6-4-0)		0.0434	Mountain States
67	Nebraska	(4-6-0)		0.0391	Big Seven
68	Washington State	(3-6-1)		0.0077	Pacific Coast
69	Indiana	(3-6-0)		-0.0023	Big Ten
70	Utah State	(6-4-0)		-0.0214	Mountain States
71	Idaho	(4-5-0)		-0.0227	Pacific Coast
72	Hardin-Simmons	(4-6-0)		-0.0332	Border
73	Boston College	(5-4-0)		-0.0444	Independent
74	Oklahoma State	(3-5-2)		-0.0449	Missouri Valley
75	Notre Dame	(2-8-0)		-0.0680	Independent
76	Maryland	(2-7-1)		-0.0721	Atlantic Coast
77	Texas	(1-9-0)		-0.0922	Southwest
78	Alabama	(2-7-1)		-0.0927	Southeastern
79	Texas Tech	(2-7-1)		-0.1034	Independent
80	Arizona	(4-6-0)		-0.1119	Border
81	Wake Forest	(2-5-3)		-0.1690	Atlantic Coast
82	Pennsylvania	(4-5-0)		-0.1747	Ivy
83	Kansas State	(3-7-0)		-0.1861	Big Seven
84	North Carolina State	(3-7-0)		-0.2176	Atlantic Coast
85	Virginia	(3-7-0)		-0.2315	Atlantic Coast
86	New Mexico	(4-6-0)		-0.2671	Mountain States
87	Boston University	(1-5-2)		-0.2687	Independent
88	Richmond	(4-5-0)		-0.2692	Southern
89	Davidson	(5-3-1)		-0.3010	Southern
90	Virginia Military Institute	(3-6-1)		-0.3158	Southern
91	North Carolina	(2-7-1)		-0.3192	Atlantic Coast
92	Cincinnati	(4-5-0)		-0.3331	Independent
93	Citadel	(3-5-1)		-0.3371	Southern
94	Columbia	(3-6-0)		-0.3381	Ivy
95	Wichita State	(4-6-0)		-0.3474	Missouri Valley
96	Furman	(2-8-0)		-0.3786	Southern
97	Harvard	(2-6-0)		-0.3930	Ivy
98	Iowa State	(2-8-0)		-0.4035	Big Seven
99	Dayton	(4-6-0)		-0.5264	Independent
100	Cornell	(1-8-0)		-0.5813	Ivy
101	Colorado State	(2-7-1)		-0.5836	Mountain States
102	Detroit Mercy	(2-8-0)		-0.5851	Missouri Valley
103	Brigham Young	(2-7-1)		-0.6724	Mountain States
104	William & Mary	(0-9-1)		-0.7042	Southern
105	San Jose State	(2-7-1)		-0.7043	Independent
106	New Mexico State	(1-9-0)		-0.7745	Border
107	Rutgers	(3-7-0)		-0.8391	Independent
108	Montana	(1-9-0)		-0.8722	Mountain States
109	Drake	(3-6-0)		-0.9040	Independent
110	Marquette	(0-9-0)		-1.0439	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.4427
2	Southwest	0.3885
3	Southeastern	0.3552
4	Pacific Coast	0.3202
5	Big Seven	0.1029
6	Border	0.0200
7	Atlantic Coast	0.0078
8	Independent	-0.0344
9	Missouri Valley	-0.0443
10	Ivy	-0.0680
11	Southern	-0.1433
12	Mountain States	-0.2217