1958

1959 Rankings
​Final

1960

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Syracuse	(11-0-0)		0.8574	Independent
2	Mississippi	(10-1-0)		0.7802	Southeastern
3	Georgia	(10-1-0)		0.7394	Southeastern
4	Louisiana State	(9-2-0)		0.7017	Southeastern
5	Arkansas	(9-2-0)		0.6931	Southwest
6	Texas	(9-2-0)		0.6859	Southwest
7	Washington	(10-1-0)		0.6804	AAWU
8	Penn State	(9-2-0)		0.6500	Independent
9	Texas Christian	(8-3-0)		0.6357	Southwest
10	Northwestern	(6-3-0)		0.6017	Big Ten
11	Southern California	(8-2-0)		0.5894	AAWU
12	Purdue	(5-2-2)		0.5730	Big Ten
13	Clemson	(9-2-0)		0.5673	Atlantic Coast
14	Auburn	(7-3-0)		0.5530	Southeastern
15	Georgia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.5404	Southeastern
16	Wisconsin	(7-3-0)		0.5381	Big Ten
17	Alabama	(7-2-2)		0.5369	Southeastern
18	Illinois	(5-3-1)		0.5314	Big Ten
19	Oklahoma	(7-3-0)		0.5011	Big Seven
20	Michigan State	(5-4-0)		0.4960	Big Ten
21	Oregon	(8-2-0)		0.4642	Independent
22	Wyoming	(9-1-0)		0.4501	Mountain States
23	Pittsburgh	(6-4-0)		0.4403	Independent
24	Iowa	(5-4-0)		0.4266	Big Ten
25	Notre Dame	(5-5-0)		0.4237	Independent
26	Southern Methodist	(5-4-1)		0.4163	Southwest
27	Tennessee	(5-4-1)		0.4034	Southeastern
28	Miami (Florida)	(6-4-0)		0.4025	Independent
29	Arizona State	(10-1-0)		0.3956	Border
30	Vanderbilt	(5-3-2)		0.3817	Southeastern
31	UCLA	(5-4-1)		0.3787	AAWU
32	Florida	(5-4-1)		0.3706	Southeastern
33	Missouri	(6-5-0)		0.3676	Big Seven
34	Virginia Military Institute	(8-1-1)		0.3632	Southern
35	Pennsylvania	(7-1-1)		0.3578	Ivy
36	Indiana	(4-4-1)		0.3485	Big Ten
37	Ohio State	(3-5-1)		0.3411	Big Ten
38	Navy	(5-4-1)		0.3399	Independent
39	Kentucky	(4-6-0)		0.3268	Southeastern
40	Wake Forest	(6-4-0)		0.3219	Atlantic Coast
41	Air Force	(5-4-1)		0.3199	Independent
42	Kansas	(5-5-0)		0.3111	Big Seven
43	New Mexico State	(8-3-0)		0.3048	Border
44	New Mexico	(7-3-0)		0.2992	Mountain States
45	Iowa State	(7-3-0)		0.2957	Big Seven
46	North Texas	(9-2-0)		0.2946	Missouri Valley
47	Michigan	(4-5-0)		0.2937	Big Ten
48	Army	(4-4-1)		0.2892	Independent
49	South Carolina	(6-4-0)		0.2863	Atlantic Coast
50	Maryland	(5-5-0)		0.2832	Atlantic Coast
51	Baylor	(4-6-0)		0.2775	Southwest
52	North Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.2774	Atlantic Coast
53	Washington State	(6-4-0)		0.2609	Independent
54	Colorado	(5-5-0)		0.2465	Big Seven
55	Oklahoma State	(6-4-0)		0.2376	Independent
56	Citadel	(8-2-0)		0.2280	Southern
57	Colorado State	(6-4-0)		0.2255	Mountain States
58	Tulane	(3-6-1)		0.2119	Southeastern
59	Duke	(4-6-0)		0.2043	Atlantic Coast
60	Harvard	(6-3-0)		0.2028	Ivy
61	Texas Tech	(4-6-0)		0.1839	Independent
62	Tulsa	(5-5-0)		0.1744	Missouri Valley
63	Utah	(5-5-0)		0.1687	Mountain States
64	Virginia Tech	(6-4-0)		0.1585	Southern
65	Yale	(6-3-0)		0.1505	Ivy
66	Texas A&M	(3-7-0)		0.1503	Southwest
67	Nebraska	(4-6-0)		0.1411	Big Seven
68	Cincinnati	(5-4-1)		0.1352	Missouri Valley
69	Holy Cross	(6-4-0)		0.1347	Independent
70	Boston College	(5-4-0)		0.1288	Independent
71	Dartmouth	(5-3-1)		0.1273	Ivy
72	Minnesota	(2-7-0)		0.1216	Big Ten
73	Rice	(1-7-2)		0.1071	Southwest
74	Florida State	(4-6-0)		0.0954	Independent
75	Pacific	(5-4-0)		0.0895	Independent
76	Boston University	(4-5-0)		0.0875	Independent
77	Stanford	(3-7-0)		0.0851	AAWU
78	Mississippi State	(2-7-0)		0.0763	Southeastern
79	California	(2-8-0)		0.0677	AAWU
80	Wichita State	(5-4-1)		0.0579	Missouri Valley
81	Oregon State	(3-7-0)		0.0554	Independent
82	West Virginia	(3-7-0)		0.0504	Southern
83	Detroit Mercy	(6-4-0)		0.0449	Independent
84	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.0275	Ivy
85	Richmond	(4-5-1)		0.0241	Southern
86	Houston	(3-7-0)		0.0217	Missouri Valley
87	Rutgers	(6-3-0)		-0.0119	Independent
88	Utah State	(5-6-0)		-0.0231	Mountain States
89	Arizona	(4-6-0)		-0.0263	Border
90	Princeton	(4-5-0)		-0.0346	Ivy
91	Hardin-Simmons	(3-7-0)		-0.0387	Border
92	San Jose State	(4-6-0)		-0.0416	Independent
93	Marquette	(3-7-0)		-0.0477	Independent
94	William & Mary	(4-6-0)		-0.0511	Southern
95	North Carolina State	(1-9-0)		-0.0585	Atlantic Coast
96	Texas-El Paso	(3-7-0)		-0.1062	Border
97	Brigham Young	(3-7-0)		-0.1270	Mountain States
98	Kansas State	(2-8-0)		-0.1535	Big Seven
99	Colgate	(2-7-0)		-0.1557	Independent
100	Furman	(3-7-0)		-0.1981	Southern
101	Denver	(2-8-0)		-0.2066	Mountain States
102	Xavier	(4-6-0)		-0.2905	Independent
103	Brown	(2-6-1)		-0.3112	Ivy
104	Dayton	(3-7-0)		-0.3185	Independent
105	Idaho	(1-9-0)		-0.3393	Independent
106	Columbia	(2-7-0)		-0.3583	Ivy
107	Virginia	(0-10-0)		-0.4072	Atlantic Coast
108	West Texas A&M	(1-9-0)		-0.4328	Border
109	George Washington	(1-8-0)		-0.4628	Southern
110	Montana	(1-8-0)		-0.5085	Mountain States
111	Villanova	(1-9-0)		-0.5204	Independent
112	Davidson	(1-8-0)		-0.5389	Southern

Average Ratings by Conference (1959)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.4685
2	Big Ten		0.4272
3	Southwest		0.4237
4	AAWU		0.3603
5	Big Seven		0.2442
6	Atlantic Coast		0.1843
7	Independent		0.1400
8	Missouri Valley		0.1367
9	Mountain States		0.0348
10	Ivy		0.0202
11	Border		0.0161
12	Southern		-0.0474