1957

1958 Rankings
​Final

1959

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Louisiana State	(11-0-0)		0.8692	Southeastern
2	Iowa	(8-1-1)		0.7755	Big Ten
3	Army	(8-0-1)		0.7633	Independent
4	Auburn	(9-0-1)		0.7201	Southeastern
5	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.6956	Big Seven
6	Air Force	(9-0-2)		0.6924	Independent
7	Purdue	(6-1-2)		0.6875	Big Ten
8	Ohio State	(6-1-2)		0.6868	Big Ten
9	Wisconsin	(7-1-1)		0.6463	Big Ten
10	Texas Christian	(8-2-1)		0.5965	Southwest
11	Syracuse	(8-2-0)		0.5884	Independent
12	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.5846	Southeastern
13	Oklahoma State	(8-3-0)		0.5649	Independent
14	Notre Dame	(6-4-0)		0.5585	Independent
15	Southern Methodist	(6-4-0)		0.5425	Southwest
16	Texas	(7-3-0)		0.5082	Southwest
17	Clemson	(8-3-0)		0.4759	Atlantic Coast
18	North Texas	(7-2-1)		0.4494	Missouri Valley
19	Vanderbilt	(5-2-3)		0.4455	Southeastern
20	Tulsa	(7-3-0)		0.4403	Missouri Valley
21	South Carolina	(7-3-0)		0.4354	Atlantic Coast
22	Georgia Tech	(5-4-1)		0.4291	Southeastern
23	Dartmouth	(7-2-0)		0.4123	Ivy
24	Northwestern	(5-4-0)		0.4089	Big Ten
25	Penn State	(6-3-1)		0.4057	Independent
26	Florida	(6-4-1)		0.4055	Southeastern
27	Rice	(5-5-0)		0.4002	Southwest
28	Alabama	(5-4-1)		0.3938	Southeastern
29	Houston	(5-4-0)		0.3925	Missouri Valley
30	Cincinnati	(6-2-2)		0.3813	Missouri Valley
30=	Holy Cross	(6-3-0)		0.3813	Independent
32	Boston College	(7-3-0)		0.3802	Independent
33	Pittsburgh	(5-4-1)		0.3770	Independent
34	Indiana	(5-3-1)		0.3679	Big Ten
35	Wyoming	(8-3-0)		0.3643	Mountain States
36	North Carolina	(6-4-0)		0.3559	Atlantic Coast
37	Kentucky	(5-4-1)		0.3411	Southeastern
38	Washington State	(7-3-0)		0.3371	Pacific Coast
39	Navy	(6-3-0)		0.3321	Independent
40	Georgia	(4-6-0)		0.3303	Southeastern
41	Duke	(5-5-0)		0.3244	Atlantic Coast
42	Rutgers	(8-1-0)		0.3131	Independent
43	Cornell	(6-3-0)		0.2995	Ivy
44	Florida State	(7-4-0)		0.2871	Independent
45	California	(7-4-0)		0.2745	Pacific Coast
46	Illinois	(4-5-0)		0.2681	Big Ten
47	Missouri	(5-4-1)		0.2650	Big Seven
48	Colorado	(6-4-0)		0.2626	Big Seven
49	Tennessee	(4-6-0)		0.2612	Southeastern
50	New Mexico	(7-3-0)		0.2591	Mountain States
51	Hardin-Simmons	(6-5-0)		0.2578	Border
52	Arkansas	(4-6-0)		0.2541	Southwest
53	Brown	(6-3-0)		0.2515	Ivy
54	Princeton	(6-3-0)		0.2360	Ivy
55	Pacific	(6-4-0)		0.2297	Independent
56	Colorado State	(6-4-0)		0.2253	Mountain States
57	West Virginia	(4-5-1)		0.2159	Southern
58	Tulane	(3-7-0)		0.2096	Southeastern
59	Texas A&M	(4-6-0)		0.1960	Southwest
60	Arizona State	(7-3-0)		0.1948	Border
61	Brigham Young	(6-4-0)		0.1829	Mountain States
62	Mississippi State	(3-6-0)		0.1785	Southeastern
63	Virginia Military Institute	(6-2-2)		0.1697	Southern
64	Wichita State	(4-5-1)		0.1641	Missouri Valley
65	Oregon State	(6-4-0)		0.1631	Pacific Coast
66	Michigan State	(3-5-1)		0.1583	Big Ten
67	Southern California	(4-5-1)		0.1567	Pacific Coast
68	Kansas	(4-5-1)		0.1540	Big Seven
69	Baylor	(3-7-0)		0.1486	Southwest
70	Villanova	(6-4-0)		0.1412	Independent
71	Boston University	(4-5-0)		0.1321	Independent
72	Oregon	(4-6-0)		0.1246	Pacific Coast
73	Pennsylvania	(4-5-0)		0.1040	Ivy
74	Maryland	(4-6-0)		0.0967	Atlantic Coast
75	Michigan	(2-6-1)		0.0935	Big Ten
76	Wake Forest	(3-7-0)		0.0848	Atlantic Coast
77	Harvard	(4-5-0)		0.0661	Ivy
78	UCLA	(3-6-1)		0.0513	Pacific Coast
79	Detroit Mercy	(4-4-1)		0.0367	Independent
80	Virginia Tech	(5-4-1)		0.0359	Southern
81	Miami (Florida)	(2-8-0)		0.0274	Independent
82	Texas Tech	(3-7-0)		0.0273	Independent
83	Iowa State	(4-6-0)		0.0097	Big Seven
84	Nebraska	(3-7-0)		0.0076	Big Seven
85	Marquette	(2-7-1)		0.0028	Independent
86	Minnesota	(1-8-0)		-0.0049	Big Ten
87	Kansas State	(3-7-0)		-0.0102	Big Seven
88	San Jose State	(4-5-0)		-0.0182	Independent
89	Davidson	(5-4-0)		-0.0293	Southern
90	Utah	(4-7-0)		-0.0422	Mountain States
91	Washington	(3-7-0)		-0.0442	Pacific Coast
92	North Carolina State	(2-7-1)		-0.0609	Atlantic Coast
93	Richmond	(3-7-0)		-0.0768	Southern
94	Idaho	(4-5-0)		-0.0789	Pacific Coast
95	New Mexico State	(4-6-0)		-0.0913	Border
96	Denver	(2-8-0)		-0.1010	Mountain States
97	Stanford	(2-8-0)		-0.1181	Pacific Coast
98	Utah State	(3-7-0)		-0.1798	Mountain States
99	Furman	(2-7-0)		-0.1799	Southern
100	Colgate	(1-8-0)		-0.1950	Independent
101	William & Mary	(2-6-1)		-0.2013	Southern
102	George Washington	(3-5-0)		-0.2089	Southern
103	Virginia	(1-9-0)		-0.2308	Atlantic Coast
104	Citadel	(4-6-0)		-0.2316	Southern
105	Yale	(2-7-0)		-0.2664	Ivy
106	Arizona	(3-7-0)		-0.2698	Border
107	Texas-El Paso	(2-7-0)		-0.2899	Border
108	Drake	(2-7-0)		-0.2924	Independent
109	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.4783	Ivy
110	Dayton	(2-8-0)		-0.5200	Independent
111	West Texas A&M	(1-9-0)		-0.6024	Border
112	Montana	(0-10-0)		-0.6324	Mountain States

Average Ratings by Conference (1958)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.4307
2	Big Ten		0.4088
3	Southwest		0.3780
4	Missouri Valley		0.3655
5	Independent		0.2268
6	Big Seven		0.1977
7	Atlantic Coast		0.1852
8	Pacific Coast		0.0962
9	Ivy		0.0781
10	Mountain States		0.0095
11	Southern		-0.0562
12	Border		-0.1335