1957

1958 Rankings
​Final

1959

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Louisiana State	(11-0-0)		0.9333	Southeastern
2	Iowa	(8-1-1)		0.8575	Big Ten
3	Army	(8-0-1)		0.7975	Independent
4	Auburn	(9-0-1)		0.7772	Southeastern
5	Air Force	(9-0-2)		0.7621	Independent
6	Ohio State	(6-1-2)		0.7500	Big Ten
7	Purdue	(6-1-2)		0.7446	Big Ten
8	Oklahoma	(10-1-0)		0.7138	Big Seven
9	Wisconsin	(7-1-1)		0.7051	Big Ten
10	Texas Christian	(8-2-1)		0.6498	Southwest
11	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.6294	Southeastern
12	Oklahoma State	(8-3-0)		0.6050	Independent
13	Syracuse	(8-2-0)		0.5989	Independent
14	Notre Dame	(6-4-0)		0.5844	Independent
15	Southern Methodist	(6-4-0)		0.5590	Southwest
16	Texas	(7-3-0)		0.5218	Southwest
17	Clemson	(8-3-0)		0.4822	Atlantic Coast
18	Vanderbilt	(5-2-3)		0.4621	Southeastern
19	North Texas	(7-2-1)		0.4608	Missouri Valley
20	Tulsa	(7-3-0)		0.4480	Missouri Valley
21	South Carolina	(7-3-0)		0.4319	Atlantic Coast
22	Georgia Tech	(5-4-1)		0.4315	Southeastern
23	Florida	(6-4-1)		0.4246	Southeastern
24	Northwestern	(5-4-0)		0.4205	Big Ten
25	Alabama	(5-4-1)		0.4038	Southeastern
26	Rice	(5-5-0)		0.3986	Southwest
27	Dartmouth	(7-2-0)		0.3960	Ivy
28	Houston	(5-4-0)		0.3945	Missouri Valley
29	Indiana	(5-3-1)		0.3881	Big Ten
30	Wyoming	(8-3-0)		0.3773	Mountain States
31	Penn State	(6-3-1)		0.3673	Independent
32	Cincinnati	(6-2-2)		0.3638	Missouri Valley
33	Boston College	(7-3-0)		0.3598	Independent
34	Pittsburgh	(5-4-1)		0.3440	Independent
35	North Carolina	(6-4-0)		0.3317	Atlantic Coast
36	Kentucky	(5-4-1)		0.3296	Southeastern
37	Georgia	(4-6-0)		0.3235	Southeastern
38	Navy	(6-3-0)		0.3224	Independent
39	Holy Cross	(6-3-0)		0.3218	Independent
40	Duke	(5-5-0)		0.3100	Atlantic Coast
41	Washington State	(7-3-0)		0.3036	Pacific Coast
42	Rutgers	(8-1-0)		0.3000	Independent
43	Florida State	(7-4-0)		0.2747	Independent
44	Cornell	(6-3-0)		0.2629	Ivy
45	Illinois	(4-5-0)		0.2451	Big Ten
46	California	(7-4-0)		0.2256	Pacific Coast
47	Hardin-Simmons	(6-5-0)		0.2231	Border
48	Arkansas	(4-6-0)		0.2204	Southwest
49	Colorado	(6-4-0)		0.2175	Big Seven
50	New Mexico	(7-3-0)		0.2073	Mountain States
51	Missouri	(5-4-1)		0.2041	Big Seven
52	Brown	(6-3-0)		0.2033	Ivy
53	Tennessee	(4-6-0)		0.1919	Southeastern
54	West Virginia	(4-5-1)		0.1734	Southern
55	Colorado State	(6-4-0)		0.1722	Mountain States
56	Tulane	(3-7-0)		0.1702	Southeastern
57	Princeton	(6-3-0)		0.1635	Ivy
58	Pacific	(6-4-0)		0.1465	Independent
59	Arizona State	(7-3-0)		0.1424	Border
60	Mississippi State	(3-6-0)		0.1393	Southeastern
61	Texas A&M	(4-6-0)		0.1272	Southwest
62	Brigham Young	(6-4-0)		0.1193	Mountain States
63	Baylor	(3-7-0)		0.1039	Southwest
64	Wichita State	(4-5-1)		0.0848	Missouri Valley
65	Oregon State	(6-4-0)		0.0603	Pacific Coast
66	Michigan State	(3-5-1)		0.0501	Big Ten
67	Southern California	(4-5-1)		0.0494	Pacific Coast
68	Kansas	(4-5-1)		0.0399	Big Seven
69	Oregon	(4-6-0)		0.0374	Pacific Coast
70	Boston University	(4-5-0)		0.0353	Independent
71	Michigan	(2-6-1)		0.0157	Big Ten
72	Villanova	(6-4-0)		0.0043	Independent
73	Virginia Military Institute	(6-2-2)		-0.0017	Southern
74	Wake Forest	(3-7-0)		-0.0049	Atlantic Coast
75	Pennsylvania	(4-5-0)		-0.0190	Ivy
76	Maryland	(4-6-0)		-0.0284	Atlantic Coast
77	Harvard	(4-5-0)		-0.0478	Ivy
78	Miami (Florida)	(2-8-0)		-0.0604	Independent
79	Texas Tech	(3-7-0)		-0.0618	Independent
80	UCLA	(3-6-1)		-0.0836	Pacific Coast
81	Minnesota	(1-8-0)		-0.0850	Big Ten
82	Iowa State	(4-6-0)		-0.1119	Big Seven
83	Detroit Mercy	(4-4-1)		-0.1189	Independent
84	San Jose State	(4-5-0)		-0.1566	Independent
85	Virginia Tech	(5-4-1)		-0.1671	Southern
86	Marquette	(2-7-1)		-0.1765	Independent
87	Kansas State	(3-7-0)		-0.1775	Big Seven
88	Utah	(4-7-0)		-0.1895	Mountain States
89	Washington	(3-7-0)		-0.1944	Pacific Coast
90	Nebraska	(3-7-0)		-0.2015	Big Seven
91	Davidson	(5-4-0)		-0.2093	Southern
92	Denver	(2-8-0)		-0.2375	Mountain States
93	Richmond	(3-7-0)		-0.2490	Southern
94	New Mexico State	(4-6-0)		-0.2584	Border
95	North Carolina State	(2-7-1)		-0.2595	Atlantic Coast
96	Idaho	(4-5-0)		-0.2747	Pacific Coast
97	Stanford	(2-8-0)		-0.2997	Pacific Coast
98	Utah State	(3-7-0)		-0.4004	Mountain States
99	Furman	(2-7-0)		-0.4044	Southern
100	Colgate	(1-8-0)		-0.4158	Independent
101	George Washington	(3-5-0)		-0.4655	Southern
102	William & Mary	(2-6-1)		-0.4929	Southern
103	Citadel	(4-6-0)		-0.5027	Southern
104	Virginia	(1-9-0)		-0.5403	Atlantic Coast
105	Yale	(2-7-0)		-0.5569	Ivy
106	Arizona	(3-7-0)		-0.5648	Border
107	Drake	(2-7-0)		-0.5722	Independent
108	Texas-El Paso	(2-7-0)		-0.5889	Border
109	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.9167	Ivy
110	Dayton	(2-8-0)		-0.9806	Independent
111	West Texas A&M	(1-9-0)		-1.0524	Border
112	Montana	(0-10-0)		-1.0868	Mountain States

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4347
2	Big Ten	0.4092
3	Southwest	0.3687
4	Missouri Valley	0.3504
5	Independent	0.1427
6	Big Seven	0.0977
7	Atlantic Coast	0.0903
8	Pacific Coast	-0.0196
9	Ivy	-0.0643
10	Mountain States	-0.1297
11	Southern	-0.2577
12	Border	-0.3498