1956

1957 Rankings
​Final

1958

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Auburn	(10-0-0)		0.8318	Southeastern
2	Navy	(9-1-1)		0.8272	Independent
3	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.7639	Big Seven
4	Mississippi	(9-1-1)		0.7512	Southeastern
5	Ohio State	(9-1-0)		0.7397	Big Ten
6	North Carolina State	(7-1-2)		0.6872	Atlantic Coast
7	Michigan State	(8-1-0)		0.6836	Big Ten
8	Tennessee	(8-3-0)		0.6819	Southeastern
9	Texas A&M	(8-3-0)		0.6646	Southwest
10	Notre Dame	(7-3-0)		0.6395	Independent
11	Iowa	(7-1-1)		0.6278	Big Ten
12	Rice	(7-4-0)		0.6264	Southwest
13	Duke	(6-3-2)		0.6259	Atlantic Coast
14	Mississippi State	(6-2-1)		0.5728	Southeastern
15	North Carolina	(6-4-0)		0.5581	Atlantic Coast
16	Army	(7-2-0)		0.5557	Independent
17	Florida	(6-2-1)		0.5541	Southeastern
18	Virginia Military Institute	(9-0-1)		0.5443	Southern
19	Clemson	(7-3-0)		0.5345	Atlantic Coast
20	Texas	(6-4-1)		0.5269	Southwest
21	Arkansas	(6-4-0)		0.5246	Southwest
22	Oregon State	(8-2-0)		0.5200	Pacific Coast
23	UCLA	(8-2-0)		0.5035	Pacific Coast
24	Wisconsin	(6-3-0)		0.4950	Big Ten
25	Arizona State	(10-0-0)		0.4927	Border
26	Penn State	(6-3-0)		0.4793	Independent
27	Oregon	(7-4-0)		0.4602	Pacific Coast
28	Dartmouth	(7-1-1)		0.4601	Ivy
29	West Virginia	(7-2-1)		0.4495	Southern
30	Boston College	(7-2-0)		0.4201	Independent
31	Maryland	(5-5-0)		0.4126	Atlantic Coast
32	Princeton	(7-2-0)		0.4119	Ivy
33	Texas Christian	(5-4-1)		0.4117	Southwest
34	Holy Cross	(5-3-1)		0.4002	Independent
35	Vanderbilt	(5-3-2)		0.3933	Southeastern
36	Washington State	(6-4-0)		0.3883	Pacific Coast
37	Miami (Florida)	(5-4-1)		0.3860	Independent
38	Georgia Tech	(4-4-2)		0.3753	Southeastern
39	Purdue	(5-4-0)		0.3751	Big Ten
40	Michigan	(5-3-1)		0.3708	Big Ten
41	Southern Methodist	(4-5-1)		0.3523	Southwest
42	Stanford	(6-4-0)		0.3522	Pacific Coast
43	Louisiana State	(5-5-0)		0.3467	Southeastern
44	Yale	(6-2-1)		0.3461	Ivy
45	South Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.3232	Atlantic Coast
46	Syracuse	(5-3-1)		0.3153	Independent
47	Oklahoma State	(6-3-1)		0.3152	Independent
48	Missouri	(5-4-1)		0.3077	Big Seven
49	Colorado	(6-3-1)		0.2951	Big Seven
50	Houston	(5-4-1)		0.2902	Missouri Valley
51	Pittsburgh	(4-6-0)		0.2793	Independent
52	Illinois	(4-5-0)		0.2660	Big Ten
53	Kansas	(5-4-1)		0.2556	Big Seven
54	Virginia	(3-6-1)		0.2232	Atlantic Coast
55	William & Mary	(4-6-0)		0.2216	Southern
56	Baylor	(3-6-1)		0.2201	Southwest
57	Boston University	(5-3-0)		0.2136	Independent
58	Detroit Mercy	(6-3-0)		0.2058	Independent
59	Brown	(5-4-0)		0.1863	Ivy
60	Idaho	(4-4-1)		0.1839	Pacific Coast
61	Utah	(6-4-0)		0.1815	Mountain States
62	Drake	(7-2-0)		0.1742	Independent
63	Minnesota	(4-5-0)		0.1699	Big Ten
64	Texas-El Paso	(6-3-0)		0.1678	Border
65	Georgia	(3-7-0)		0.1578	Southeastern
66	Pacific	(5-3-2)		0.1297	Independent
67	West Texas A&M	(7-3-0)		0.1223	Border
68	Dayton	(6-3-1)		0.1042	Independent
69	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		0.1040	Ivy
70	Kentucky	(3-7-0)		0.1023	Southeastern
71	Washington	(3-6-1)		0.1019	Pacific Coast
72	Davidson	(5-3-0)		0.0913	Southern
73	Hardin-Simmons	(5-5-0)		0.0886	Border
74	Virginia Tech	(4-6-0)		0.0739	Southern
75	Cincinnati	(5-4-1)		0.0711	Missouri Valley
76	Iowa State	(4-5-1)		0.0648	Big Seven
77	Alabama	(2-7-1)		0.0518	Southeastern
78	Rutgers	(5-4-0)		0.0377	Independent
79	Kansas State	(3-6-1)		0.0371	Big Seven
80	Villanova	(3-6-0)		0.0365	Independent
81	California	(1-9-0)		0.0047	Pacific Coast
82	Tulsa	(4-6-0)		0.0008	Missouri Valley
83	Tulane	(2-8-0)		-0.0002	Southeastern
84	North Texas	(5-5-0)		-0.0042	Missouri Valley
85	Denver	(6-4-0)		-0.0056	Mountain States
86	Cornell	(3-6-0)		-0.0108	Ivy
87	Citadel	(5-4-1)		-0.0222	Southern
88	George Washington	(2-7-0)		-0.0445	Southern
89	Florida State	(4-6-0)		-0.0460	Independent
90	Wyoming	(4-3-3)		-0.0669	Mountain States
91	Richmond	(4-6-0)		-0.0900	Southern
92	Southern California	(1-9-0)		-0.1001	Pacific Coast
93	Colgate	(3-6-0)		-0.1089	Independent
94	Brigham Young	(5-3-2)		-0.1133	Mountain States
95	Harvard	(3-5-0)		-0.1145	Ivy
96	Texas Tech	(2-8-0)		-0.1226	Independent
97	Wake Forest	(0-10-0)		-0.1436	Atlantic Coast
98	San Jose State	(3-7-0)		-0.1663	Independent
99	Indiana	(1-8-0)		-0.1835	Big Ten
100	Nebraska	(1-9-0)		-0.2059	Big Seven
101	Air Force	(3-6-1)		-0.2414	Independent
102	New Mexico	(4-6-0)		-0.2475	Mountain States
103	Northwestern	(0-9-0)		-0.2552	Big Ten
104	Furman	(3-7-0)		-0.2926	Southern
105	Utah State	(2-7-1)		-0.3083	Mountain States
106	Marquette	(0-10-0)		-0.3567	Independent
107	New Mexico State	(3-7-0)		-0.3727	Border
108	Montana	(2-7-0)		-0.4466	Mountain States
109	Colorado State	(3-7-0)		-0.4610	Mountain States
110	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.4716	Ivy
111	Wichita State	(1-9-0)		-0.4735	Missouri Valley
112	Arizona	(1-8-1)		-0.5017	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.4752
2	Atlantic Coast	0.4026
3	Southeastern	0.4016
4	Big Ten	0.3289
5	Pacific Coast	0.2683
6	Big Seven	0.2169
7	Independent	0.1947
8	Ivy	0.1139
9	Southern	0.1035
10	Border	-0.0005
11	Missouri Valley	-0.0231
12	Mountain States	-0.1835