1954 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 23, 1954By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1954 Season Tags: • No Comments

1954 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.912	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–0	1.000	1	+38	Beat Nebraska 55–7
2	0	0.990	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–0	1.000	1	+38	Beat Michigan 21–7
3	0	1.016	UCLA	PAC	9–0	1.000	1	+32	Beat USC 34–0
4	0	1.072	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+29	Beat Alabama 23–7
5	2	1.342	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	8–1	0.889	5	+23	Beat Detroit Mercy 20–0
6	-1	1.394	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+20	BYE
7	7	1.448	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+22	Beat Iowa 34–18
8	0	1.507	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	7–0–1	0.938	4	+17	BYE
9	1	1.513	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	8–1	0.889	5	+23	BYE
10	-1	1.548	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	8–1	0.889	5	+18	BYE
11	0	1.548	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	6–2–1	0.722	24	+21	Beat George Washington 48–6
12	8	1.646	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	7–2	0.778	15	+23	Beat Minnesota 27–0
13	3	1.647	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	7–1	0.875	9	+17	Beat NC State 28–3
14	5	1.668	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–2–1	0.750	21	+21	Beat Kansas State 38–14
15	0	1.683	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	5	+17	BYE
16	-10	1.727	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	15	+21	Lost to LSU 6–7
17	5	1.798	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	15	+17	Beat SMU 33–21
18	-5	1.908	USC	PAC	8–2	0.800	14	+23	Lost to UCLA 0–34
19	-2	1.939	SMU	IND SWC	5–2–1	0.688	30	+13	Lost to Baylor 21–33
20	7	1.946	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–3	0.667	32	+14	Beat Clemson 27–6
21	-3	1.948	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	21	+11	BYE
22	-10	2.015	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	7–2	0.778	15	+16	Lost to Wisconsin 0–27
23	5	2.025	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	6–2–1	0.722	24	+15	Beat South Carolina 26–7
24	1	2.069	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	6–3	0.667	32	+15	BYE
25	-2	2.072	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+17	BYE
26	4	2.098	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	15	+12	Beat Pittsburgh 13–0
27	12	2.156	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	6–3	0.667	32	+12	Beat Arizona State 54–14
28	1	2.160	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–1–2	0.750	21	+9	BYE
29	7	2.167	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	6–2–1	0.722	24	+7	Beat Houston 61–14
30	5	2.328	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	6–3	0.667	32	+12	Beat TCU 6–0
31	-10	2.336	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–4	0.556	50	+15	Lost to Notre Dame 18–34
32	1	2.357	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–2–1	0.722	24	+10	BYE
33	7	2.361	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–3	0.700	28	+14	Beat Tennessee 14–13
34	4	2.410	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	44	+12	Beat Indiana 13–7
35	-11	2.415	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–3	0.667	32	+13	Lost to Ohio State 7–21
36	-10	2.420	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	28	+13	Lost to Colorado 14–38
37	5	2.539	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	15	-2	Beat Temple 19–7
38	3	2.615	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	6–3	0.667	32	+8	Beat Tulsa 28–27
39	4	2.623	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–4	0.556	50	+13	BYE
40	-6	2.712	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–4	0.500	54	+10	Lost to Duke 7–26
41	-9	2.744	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	64	+13	Lost to Penn State 0–13
42	5	2.753	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–5	0.500	54	+11	Beat Stanford 28–20
43	2	2.845	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–3	0.667	32	+2	BYE
44	-13	2.858	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	44	+6	Lost to Harvard 9–13
45	1	2.894	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	32	+5	BYE
46	3	2.916	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–4	0.600	48	+8	Beat Oregon State 33–14
47	-10	2.982	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	5–4	0.556	50	+5	Lost to Oklahoma 7–55
48	7	3.071	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	32	+6	Beat Stetson 47–6
49	10	3.073	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	44	+3	Beat Dartmouth 49–7
50	4	3.122	UTEP	IND BOR	6–3	0.667	32	+6	BYE
51	0	3.140	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	30	+3	BYE
52	0	3.155	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	5–3–1	0.611	44	-1	BYE
53	-9	3.210	TCU	IND SWC	4–5	0.444	64	+4	Lost to Rice 0–6
54	2	3.239	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	54	+3	BYE
55	2	3.328	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–4–1	0.500	54	+4	Beat Kansas 41–18
56	-6	3.430	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	54	0	Lost to Texas Tech 14–61
57	3	3.496	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–5–1	0.389	77	+4	BYE
58	0	3.534	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	43	-8	BYE
59	9	3.540	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–4–1	0.500	54	+1	Beat Virginia 26–14
60	-7	3.545	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	4–5	0.444	64	+1	Lost to Auburn 6–27
61	8	3.749	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	5–4	0.556	50	-6	Beat New Mexico State 39–27
62	11	3.763	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	54	-7	Beat Fordham 20–7
63	-15	3.792	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	32	+1	Lost to Elon 6–14
64	-2	3.818	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–4–2	0.500	54	+2	Lost to Miami 7–23
65	10	3.842	LSU	SEC	4–6	0.400	73	-1	Beat Arkansas 7–6
66	-3	3.878	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	64	-2	BYE
67	-2	4.011	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–5	0.444	64	-6	Lost to Kentucky 13–14
68	10	4.017	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	49	0	Beat Yale 13–9
69	1	4.072	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	64	-5	BYE
70	-6	4.121	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	5–5	0.500	54	-1	Lost to Arizona 14–54
71	3	4.128	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–6	0.333	80	-5	Beat Marquette 40–10
72	-11	4.323	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	54	-3	Lost to Wofford 0–19
73	-7	4.365	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	4–6	0.400	73	-5	Lost to California 20–28
74	6	4.422	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	4–6	0.400	73	-9	Beat Montana 41–20
75	-8	4.455	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	3–5	0.375	79	-6	Lost to North Carolina 14–26
76	1	4.730	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	4–5	0.444	64	-9	BYE
77	-5	4.771	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	80	-6	Lost to Princeton 7–49
78	10	4.864	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	4–5	0.444	64	-14	Beat BYU 7–0
79	5	4.883	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	80	-11	Beat UConn 46–26
80	-9	4.930	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	77	-1	Lost to Michigan State 10–40
81	12	4.948	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	3–4–2	0.444	64	-11	Beat Wake Forest 13–9
82	-1	5.031	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–6	0.333	80	-5	BYE
83	11	5.187	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–6	0.400	73	-16	Beat Washington 26–7
84	-5	5.217	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–6	0.333	80	-5	Lost to Purdue 7–13
85	-2	5.337	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	80	-18	BYE
86	-1	5.380	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–7	0.222	94	-16	Beat Illinois 20–7
87	-11	5.402	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	80	-1	Lost to Trinity (TEXAS) 0–13
88	3	5.426	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–8	0.200	96	-15	Lost to West Virginia 3–28
89	-2	5.451	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	3–6	0.333	80	-15	BYE
90	0	5.686	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–8	0.111	102	-17	BYE
91	4	5.705	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–5–3	0.278	90	-11	BYE
92	-6	5.853	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–6–1	0.278	90	-15	Lost to William & Mary 9–13
93	3	5.967	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	2–6	0.250	92	-11	Lost to Wichita State 0–20
94	6	6.063	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	80	-15	Beat Columbia 45–12
95	-13	6.080	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–8	0.111	102	-21	Lost to Northwestern 7–20
96	1	6.107	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	98	-12	Lost to Syracuse 7–20
97	-8	6.120	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	3–6	0.333	80	-26	Lost to Utah 20–41
98	-6	6.149	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–8	0.200	96	-23	Lost to Washington State 7–26
99	2	6.365	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–7	0.125	100	-20	Beat Villanova 34–19
100	-1	6.893	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–7–1	0.167	99	-22	Lost to Maryland 6–48
101	3	7.294	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	94	-13	BYE
102	-4	7.297	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	102	-23	Lost to Rutgers 12–45
103	-1	7.354	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–8	0.111	102	-27	Lost to Oregon 14–33
104	2	7.597	BYU	IND SKY	1–8	0.111	102	-33	Lost to Idaho 0–7
105	0	7.606	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	92	-16	BYE
106	2	7.755	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–8	0.000	107	-22	BYE
107	-4	7.784	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–10	0.000	107	-29	Lost to Missouri 18–41
108	-1	7.827	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–10	0.000	107	-33	Lost to Wyoming 27–28
109	0	8.746	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–7	0.125	100	-15	BYE
110	0	9.264	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	107	-30	Lost to Vanderbilt 19–34
111	0	11.369	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–9	0.000	107	-22	Lost to New Mexico 27–39