1957

1958 Rankings
​Final

1959

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Louisiana State	(11-0-0)		0.9402	Southeastern
2	Iowa	(8-1-1)		0.8331	Big Ten
3	Army	(8-0-1)		0.8152	Independent
4	Auburn	(9-0-1)		0.7911	Southeastern
5	Air Force	(9-0-2)		0.7634	Independent
6	Ohio State	(6-1-2)		0.7579	Big Ten
7	Purdue	(6-1-2)		0.7539	Big Ten
8	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.7282	Big Seven
9	Wisconsin	(7-1-1)		0.6990	Big Ten
10	Texas Christian	(8-2-1)		0.6652	Southwest
11	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.6346	Southeastern
12	Syracuse	(8-2-0)		0.6159	Independent
13	Notre Dame	(6-4-0)		0.6006	Independent
14	Southern Methodist	(6-4-0)		0.5905	Southwest
15	Oklahoma State	(8-3-0)		0.5824	Independent
16	Texas	(7-3-0)		0.5602	Southwest
17	Clemson	(8-3-0)		0.5070	Atlantic Coast
18	Georgia Tech	(5-4-1)		0.4827	Southeastern
19	Vanderbilt	(5-2-3)		0.4808	Southeastern
20	Tulsa	(7-3-0)		0.4707	Missouri Valley
21	South Carolina	(7-3-0)		0.4687	Atlantic Coast
22	North Texas	(7-2-1)		0.4627	Missouri Valley
23	Rice	(5-5-0)		0.4426	Southwest
24	Dartmouth	(7-2-0)		0.4365	Ivy
25	Florida	(6-4-1)		0.4362	Southeastern
26	Northwestern	(5-4-0)		0.4353	Big Ten
27	Alabama	(5-4-1)		0.4350	Southeastern
28	Penn State	(6-3-1)		0.4115	Independent
29	Houston	(5-4-0)		0.4112	Missouri Valley
30	Pittsburgh	(5-4-1)		0.4111	Independent
31	Indiana	(5-3-1)		0.4073	Big Ten
32	Holy Cross	(6-3-0)		0.3913	Independent
33	Boston College	(7-3-0)		0.3899	Independent
34	Wyoming	(8-3-0)		0.3895	Mountain States
35	North Carolina	(6-4-0)		0.3879	Atlantic Coast
36	Kentucky	(5-4-1)		0.3799	Southeastern
37	Cincinnati	(6-2-2)		0.3723	Missouri Valley
38	Georgia	(4-6-0)		0.3577	Southeastern
39	Washington State	(7-3-0)		0.3557	Pacific Coast
40	Duke	(5-5-0)		0.3546	Atlantic Coast
41	Navy	(6-3-0)		0.3538	Independent
42	Rutgers	(8-1-0)		0.3309	Independent
43	Cornell	(6-3-0)		0.3137	Ivy
44	Florida State	(7-4-0)		0.3106	Independent
45	Arkansas	(4-6-0)		0.2946	Southwest
46	California	(7-4-0)		0.2914	Pacific Coast
47	Illinois	(4-5-0)		0.2873	Big Ten
48	Tennessee	(4-6-0)		0.2867	Southeastern
49	Hardin-Simmons	(6-5-0)		0.2852	Border
50	Colorado	(6-4-0)		0.2735	Big Seven
51	New Mexico	(7-3-0)		0.2704	Mountain States
52	Brown	(6-3-0)		0.2624	Ivy
53	Missouri	(5-4-1)		0.2587	Big Seven
54	Princeton	(6-3-0)		0.2476	Ivy
55	Colorado State	(6-4-0)		0.2332	Mountain States
56	Tulane	(3-7-0)		0.2277	Southeastern
57	Texas A&M	(4-6-0)		0.2254	Southwest
57=	Pacific	(6-4-0)		0.2254	Independent
59	West Virginia	(4-5-1)		0.2194	Southern
60	Arizona State	(7-3-0)		0.2014	Border
61	Mississippi State	(3-6-0)		0.1986	Southeastern
62	Brigham Young	(6-4-0)		0.1867	Mountain States
63	Baylor	(3-7-0)		0.1805	Southwest
64	Oregon State	(6-4-0)		0.1738	Pacific Coast
65	Wichita State	(4-5-1)		0.1600	Missouri Valley
66	Kansas	(4-5-1)		0.1423	Big Seven
67	Michigan State	(3-5-1)		0.1367	Big Ten
68	Southern California	(4-5-1)		0.1349	Pacific Coast
69	Oregon	(4-6-0)		0.1289	Pacific Coast
70	Boston University	(4-5-0)		0.1234	Independent
71	Villanova	(6-4-0)		0.1201	Independent
72	Maryland	(4-6-0)		0.1096	Atlantic Coast
73	Pennsylvania	(4-5-0)		0.1004	Ivy
74	Wake Forest	(3-7-0)		0.0917	Atlantic Coast
75	Michigan	(2-6-1)		0.0720	Big Ten
76	Harvard	(4-5-0)		0.0660	Ivy
77	Texas Tech	(3-7-0)		0.0500	Independent
78	Virginia Military Institute	(6-2-2)		0.0461	Southern
79	UCLA	(3-6-1)		0.0332	Pacific Coast
80	Miami (Florida)	(2-8-0)		0.0319	Independent
81	Iowa State	(4-6-0)		0.0078	Big Seven
82	Nebraska	(3-7-0)		-0.0003	Big Seven
83	Minnesota	(1-8-0)		-0.0009	Big Ten
84	San Jose State	(4-5-0)		-0.0185	Independent
85	Detroit Mercy	(4-4-1)		-0.0190	Independent
86	Kansas State	(3-7-0)		-0.0232	Big Seven
87	Virginia Tech	(5-4-1)		-0.0239	Southern
88	Washington	(3-7-0)		-0.0445	Pacific Coast
89	Utah	(4-7-0)		-0.0511	Mountain States
90	Davidson	(5-4-0)		-0.0569	Southern
91	Marquette	(2-7-1)		-0.0606	Independent
92	Idaho	(4-5-0)		-0.0745	Pacific Coast
93	Richmond	(3-7-0)		-0.0985	Southern
94	New Mexico State	(4-6-0)		-0.0990	Border
95	North Carolina State	(2-7-1)		-0.1014	Atlantic Coast
96	Denver	(2-8-0)		-0.1070	Mountain States
97	Stanford	(2-8-0)		-0.1212	Pacific Coast
98	Utah State	(3-7-0)		-0.1877	Mountain States
99	Furman	(2-7-0)		-0.1902	Southern
100	Colgate	(1-8-0)		-0.2094	Independent
101	George Washington	(3-5-0)		-0.2407	Southern
102	Citadel	(4-6-0)		-0.2541	Southern
103	Virginia	(1-9-0)		-0.2623	Atlantic Coast
104	William & Mary	(2-6-1)		-0.2783	Southern
105	Arizona	(3-7-0)		-0.2815	Border
106	Yale	(2-7-0)		-0.2820	Ivy
107	Texas-El Paso	(2-7-0)		-0.3073	Border
108	Drake	(2-7-0)		-0.3157	Independent
109	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.5075	Ivy
110	Dayton	(2-8-0)		-0.5671	Independent
111	West Texas A&M	(1-9-0)		-0.6336	Border
112	Montana	(0-10-0)		-0.6716	Mountain States

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4709
2	Big Ten	0.4382
3	Southwest	0.4227
4	Missouri Valley	0.3754
5	Independent	0.2321
6	Big Seven	0.1981
7	Atlantic Coast	0.1945
8	Pacific Coast	0.0975
9	Ivy	0.0796
10	Mountain States	0.0078
11	Southern	-0.0975
12	Border	-0.1391