1956

1957 Rankings
​Final

1958

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Auburn	(10-0-0)		0.7821	Southeastern
2	Navy	(9-1-1)		0.7658	Independent
3	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.7210	Big Seven
4	Mississippi	(9-1-1)		0.6953	Southeastern
5	Ohio State	(9-1-0)		0.6913	Big Ten
6	Michigan State	(8-1-0)		0.6416	Big Ten
7	Tennessee	(8-3-0)		0.6386	Southeastern
8	North Carolina State	(7-1-2)		0.6237	Atlantic Coast
9	Texas A&M	(8-3-0)		0.6129	Southwest
10	Notre Dame	(7-3-0)		0.6019	Independent
11	Iowa	(7-1-1)		0.5980	Big Ten
12	Rice	(7-4-0)		0.5821	Southwest
13	Duke	(6-3-2)		0.5529	Atlantic Coast
14	Florida	(6-2-1)		0.5327	Southeastern
15	Mississippi State	(6-2-1)		0.5281	Southeastern
16	Army	(7-2-0)		0.5168	Independent
17	Virginia Military Institute	(9-0-1)		0.5137	Southern
18	North Carolina	(6-4-0)		0.5113	Atlantic Coast
19	Oregon State	(8-2-0)		0.5018	Pacific Coast
20	Texas	(6-4-1)		0.4983	Southwest
21	Clemson	(7-3-0)		0.4910	Atlantic Coast
22	UCLA	(8-2-0)		0.4892	Pacific Coast
23	Arkansas	(6-4-0)		0.4877	Southwest
24	Arizona State	(10-0-0)		0.4747	Border
25	Wisconsin	(6-3-0)		0.4648	Big Ten
26	Penn State	(6-3-0)		0.4559	Independent
27	Oregon	(7-4-0)		0.4463	Pacific Coast
28	West Virginia	(7-2-1)		0.4321	Southern
29	Dartmouth	(7-1-1)		0.4241	Ivy
30	Vanderbilt	(5-3-2)		0.4133	Southeastern
31	Boston College	(7-2-0)		0.3994	Independent
32	Texas Christian	(5-4-1)		0.3950	Southwest
33	Holy Cross	(5-3-1)		0.3822	Independent
34	Washington State	(6-4-0)		0.3758	Pacific Coast
35	Maryland	(5-5-0)		0.3751	Atlantic Coast
36	Princeton	(7-2-0)		0.3680	Ivy
37	Purdue	(5-4-0)		0.3527	Big Ten
38	Georgia Tech	(4-4-2)		0.3494	Southeastern
39	Miami (Florida)	(5-4-1)		0.3434	Independent
40	Stanford	(6-4-0)		0.3380	Pacific Coast
41	Michigan	(5-3-1)		0.3367	Big Ten
42	Louisiana State	(5-5-0)		0.3289	Southeastern
42=	Southern Methodist	(4-5-1)		0.3289	Southwest
44	Syracuse	(5-3-1)		0.3231	Independent
45	Oklahoma State	(6-3-1)		0.3118	Independent
46	Yale	(6-2-1)		0.3050	Ivy
47	Colorado	(6-3-1)		0.3038	Big Seven
48	Missouri	(5-4-1)		0.3010	Big Seven
49	South Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.2915	Atlantic Coast
50	Houston	(5-4-1)		0.2851	Missouri Valley
51	Pittsburgh	(4-6-0)		0.2645	Independent
52	Kansas	(5-4-1)		0.2466	Big Seven
53	Illinois	(4-5-0)		0.2453	Big Ten
54	Idaho	(4-4-1)		0.2166	Pacific Coast
55	William & Mary	(4-6-0)		0.2085	Southern
56	Boston University	(5-3-0)		0.2058	Independent
57	Detroit Mercy	(6-3-0)		0.2023	Independent
58	Virginia	(3-6-1)		0.1984	Atlantic Coast
59	Utah	(6-4-0)		0.1959	Mountain States
60	Baylor	(3-6-1)		0.1945	Southwest
61	Pacific	(5-3-2)		0.1821	Independent
62	Drake	(7-2-0)		0.1593	Independent
63	Texas-El Paso	(6-3-0)		0.1575	Border
64	Brown	(5-4-0)		0.1574	Ivy
65	Minnesota	(4-5-0)		0.1562	Big Ten
66	Georgia	(3-7-0)		0.1482	Southeastern
67	Dayton	(6-3-1)		0.1336	Independent
68	Washington	(3-6-1)		0.1190	Pacific Coast
69	West Texas A&M	(7-3-0)		0.1167	Border
70	Kentucky	(3-7-0)		0.1004	Southeastern
71	Cincinnati	(5-4-1)		0.0983	Missouri Valley
72	Davidson	(5-3-0)		0.0975	Southern
73	Wyoming	(4-3-3)		0.0934	Mountain States
74	Hardin-Simmons	(5-5-0)		0.0868	Border
75	Kansas State	(3-6-1)		0.0820	Big Seven
76	Pennsylvania	(3-6-0)		0.0802	Ivy
77	Iowa State	(4-5-1)		0.0766	Big Seven
78	Virginia Tech	(4-6-0)		0.0621	Southern
79	Alabama	(2-7-1)		0.0508	Southeastern
80	Citadel	(5-4-1)		0.0429	Southern
81	Rutgers	(5-4-0)		0.0290	Independent
82	Villanova	(3-6-0)		0.0276	Independent
83	Denver	(6-4-0)		0.0167	Mountain States
84	California	(1-9-0)		0.0090	Pacific Coast
85	Brigham Young	(5-3-2)		0.0089	Mountain States
86	Tulsa	(4-6-0)		0.0037	Missouri Valley
87	North Texas	(5-5-0)		-0.0043	Missouri Valley
88	Tulane	(2-8-0)		-0.0055	Southeastern
89	Cornell	(3-6-0)		-0.0271	Ivy
90	George Washington	(2-7-0)		-0.0343	Southern
91	Florida State	(4-6-0)		-0.0484	Independent
92	Richmond	(4-6-0)		-0.0778	Southern
93	Southern California	(1-9-0)		-0.0890	Pacific Coast
94	Colgate	(3-6-0)		-0.1205	Independent
95	Texas Tech	(2-8-0)		-0.1211	Independent
96	Harvard	(3-5-0)		-0.1367	Ivy
97	San Jose State	(3-7-0)		-0.1495	Independent
98	Wake Forest	(0-10-0)		-0.1503	Atlantic Coast
99	Indiana	(1-8-0)		-0.1727	Big Ten
100	Air Force	(3-6-1)		-0.1786	Independent
101	Nebraska	(1-9-0)		-0.1851	Big Seven
102	New Mexico	(4-6-0)		-0.2114	Mountain States
103	Utah State	(2-7-1)		-0.2213	Mountain States
104	Northwestern	(0-9-0)		-0.2472	Big Ten
105	Furman	(3-7-0)		-0.2838	Southern
106	Marquette	(0-10-0)		-0.3310	Independent
107	New Mexico State	(3-7-0)		-0.3506	Border
108	Montana	(2-7-0)		-0.3810	Mountain States
109	Colorado State	(3-7-0)		-0.3991	Mountain States
110	Arizona	(1-8-1)		-0.4181	Border
111	Wichita State	(1-9-0)		-0.4417	Missouri Valley
112	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.4751	Ivy

Average Ratings by Conference (1957)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southwest		0.4428
2	Southeastern		0.3802
3	Atlantic Coast		0.3617
4	Big Ten		0.3067
5	Pacific Coast		0.2674
6	Big Seven		0.2209
7	Independent		0.1894
8	Southern		0.1068
9	Ivy		0.0870
10	Border		0.0112
11	Missouri Valley		-0.0118
12	Mountain States		-0.1122