1956

1957 Rankings
​Final

1958

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Auburn	(10-0-0)		0.8356	Southeastern
2	Navy	(9-1-1)		0.8141	Independent
3	Mississippi	(9-1-1)		0.7506	Southeastern
4	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.7457	Big Seven
5	Ohio State	(9-1-0)		0.7399	Big Ten
6	Michigan State	(8-1-0)		0.6791	Big Ten
7	Texas A&M	(8-3-0)		0.6606	Southwest
8	North Carolina State	(7-1-2)		0.6593	Atlantic Coast
9	Tennessee	(8-3-0)		0.6381	Southeastern
10	Iowa	(7-1-1)		0.6309	Big Ten
11	Notre Dame	(7-3-0)		0.6242	Independent
12	Rice	(7-4-0)		0.6173	Southwest
13	Duke	(6-3-2)		0.5970	Atlantic Coast
14	Mississippi State	(6-2-1)		0.5809	Southeastern
15	Florida	(6-2-1)		0.5593	Southeastern
16	Army	(7-2-0)		0.5480	Independent
17	Virginia Military Institute	(9-0-1)		0.5433	Southern
18	Texas	(6-4-1)		0.5137	Southwest
19	Clemson	(7-3-0)		0.5111	Atlantic Coast
20	Arkansas	(6-4-0)		0.5098	Southwest
21	North Carolina	(6-4-0)		0.5036	Atlantic Coast
22	Arizona State	(10-0-0)		0.4940	Border
23	Wisconsin	(6-3-0)		0.4859	Big Ten
24	Oregon State	(8-2-0)		0.4800	Pacific Coast
25	UCLA	(8-2-0)		0.4733	Pacific Coast
26	Penn State	(6-3-0)		0.4500	Independent
27	Oregon	(7-4-0)		0.4312	Pacific Coast
28	Dartmouth	(7-1-1)		0.4231	Ivy
29	West Virginia	(7-2-1)		0.4142	Southern
30	Boston College	(7-2-0)		0.3969	Independent
31	Texas Christian	(5-4-1)		0.3897	Southwest
32	Vanderbilt	(5-3-2)		0.3832	Southeastern
33	Holy Cross	(5-3-1)		0.3774	Independent
34	Washington State	(6-4-0)		0.3674	Pacific Coast
35	Maryland	(5-5-0)		0.3636	Atlantic Coast
36	Princeton	(7-2-0)		0.3555	Ivy
37	Michigan	(5-3-1)		0.3524	Big Ten
38	Georgia Tech	(4-4-2)		0.3513	Southeastern
39	Purdue	(5-4-0)		0.3484	Big Ten
40	Miami (Florida)	(5-4-1)		0.3443	Independent
41	Louisiana State	(5-5-0)		0.3392	Southeastern
42	Stanford	(6-4-0)		0.3245	Pacific Coast
43	Southern Methodist	(4-5-1)		0.3152	Southwest
44	Oklahoma State	(6-3-1)		0.2883	Independent
45	Yale	(6-2-1)		0.2857	Ivy
46	South Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.2807	Atlantic Coast
47	Syracuse	(5-3-1)		0.2805	Independent
48	Houston	(5-4-1)		0.2669	Missouri Valley
49	Colorado	(6-3-1)		0.2664	Big Seven
50	Missouri	(5-4-1)		0.2661	Big Seven
51	Pittsburgh	(4-6-0)		0.2271	Independent
52	Illinois	(4-5-0)		0.2224	Big Ten
53	Baylor	(3-6-1)		0.1765	Southwest
54	Detroit Mercy	(6-3-0)		0.1558	Independent
55	Idaho	(4-4-1)		0.1548	Pacific Coast
56	Virginia	(3-6-1)		0.1488	Atlantic Coast
57	Kansas	(5-4-1)		0.1472	Big Seven
58	William & Mary	(4-6-0)		0.1377	Southern
59	Boston University	(5-3-0)		0.1362	Independent
60	Utah	(6-4-0)		0.1256	Mountain States
61	Georgia	(3-7-0)		0.0965	Southeastern
62	Minnesota	(4-5-0)		0.0893	Big Ten
63	Drake	(7-2-0)		0.0882	Independent
64	Pacific	(5-3-2)		0.0814	Independent
65	Brown	(5-4-0)		0.0787	Ivy
66	Texas-El Paso	(6-3-0)		0.0722	Border
67	Dayton	(6-3-1)		0.0202	Independent
68	Kentucky	(3-7-0)		0.0195	Southeastern
69	Davidson	(5-3-0)		0.0011	Southern
70	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		-0.0004	Ivy
71	Cincinnati	(5-4-1)		-0.0049	Missouri Valley
72	West Texas A&M	(7-3-0)		-0.0072	Border
73	Hardin-Simmons	(5-5-0)		-0.0254	Border
74	Washington	(3-6-1)		-0.0276	Pacific Coast
75	Virginia Tech	(4-6-0)		-0.0336	Southern
76	Alabama	(2-7-1)		-0.0338	Southeastern
77	Villanova	(3-6-0)		-0.0580	Independent
78	Iowa State	(4-5-1)		-0.0636	Big Seven
79	Kansas State	(3-6-1)		-0.0680	Big Seven
80	California	(1-9-0)		-0.0766	Pacific Coast
81	Tulane	(2-8-0)		-0.0868	Southeastern
82	Rutgers	(5-4-0)		-0.1003	Independent
83	Tulsa	(4-6-0)		-0.1144	Missouri Valley
84	Wyoming	(4-3-3)		-0.1277	Mountain States
85	North Texas	(5-5-0)		-0.1393	Missouri Valley
86	Citadel	(5-4-1)		-0.1653	Southern
87	Denver	(6-4-0)		-0.1697	Mountain States
88	Cornell	(3-6-0)		-0.1750	Ivy
89	George Washington	(2-7-0)		-0.1802	Southern
90	Florida State	(4-6-0)		-0.2030	Independent
91	Southern California	(1-9-0)		-0.2441	Pacific Coast
92	Brigham Young	(5-3-2)		-0.2460	Mountain States
93	Texas Tech	(2-8-0)		-0.2742	Independent
94	Richmond	(4-6-0)		-0.2858	Southern
95	Wake Forest	(0-10-0)		-0.2911	Atlantic Coast
96	Harvard	(3-5-0)		-0.3400	Ivy
97	San Jose State	(3-7-0)		-0.3631	Independent
98	Indiana	(1-8-0)		-0.3753	Big Ten
99	Colgate	(3-6-0)		-0.3876	Independent
100	Nebraska	(1-9-0)		-0.4126	Big Seven
101	Air Force	(3-6-1)		-0.4698	Independent
102	Northwestern	(0-9-0)		-0.4787	Big Ten
103	New Mexico	(4-6-0)		-0.4929	Mountain States
104	Utah State	(2-7-1)		-0.5044	Mountain States
105	Marquette	(0-10-0)		-0.5668	Independent
106	Furman	(3-7-0)		-0.5960	Southern
107	New Mexico State	(3-7-0)		-0.6877	Border
108	Montana	(2-7-0)		-0.7455	Mountain States
109	Colorado State	(3-7-0)		-0.8062	Mountain States
110	Wichita State	(1-9-0)		-0.8073	Missouri Valley
111	Arizona	(1-8-1)		-0.8324	Border
112	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.8724	Ivy

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.4547
2	Southeastern	0.3695
3	Atlantic Coast	0.3466
4	Big Ten	0.2694
5	Pacific Coast	0.2092
6	Big Seven	0.1259
7	Independent	0.1048
8	Southern	-0.0183
9	Ivy	-0.0306
10	Missouri Valley	-0.1598
11	Border	-0.1644
12	Mountain States	-0.3709