1954 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 30, 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	0.892	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–0	1.000	1	+45	Beat Oklahoma State 14–0
2	0	0.985	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–0	1.000	1	+38	BYE
3	0	1.009	UCLA	PAC	9–0	1.000	1	+33	BYE
4	0	1.133	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+35	Beat Florida 14–0
5	2	1.273	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+32	Beat USC 23–17
6	5	1.318	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	7–2–1	0.750	20	+27	Beat Missouri 74–13
7	3	1.397	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	9–1	0.900	5	+28	Beat Mississippi State 14–0
8	0	1.452	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	8–0–1	0.944	4	+22	Beat Virginia Military Institute 46–9
9	-4	1.455	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	9–1	0.900	5	+24	Beat Tulsa 33–19
10	11	1.514	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	14	+20	Beat Army 27–20
11	-2	1.539	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	9–1	0.900	5	+27	Beat Colorado State 34–0
12	-6	1.576	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	14	+19	Lost to Navy 20–27
13	3	1.592	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	12	+28	Beat Houston 19–0
14	-2	1.592	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	7–2	0.778	14	+24	BYE
15	-2	1.594	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	8	+22	Beat Virginia 14–10
16	-2	1.652	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–2–1	0.750	20	+22	BYE
17	6	1.781	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	7–2–1	0.750	20	+20	Beat North Carolina 47–12
18	2	1.814	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	7–3	0.700	27	+20	Beat Alabama 28–0
19	5	1.848	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	7–3	0.700	27	+23	Beat Georgia 7–3
20	-1	1.899	SMU	IND SWC	6–2–1	0.722	25	+18	Beat TCU 21–6
21	8	1.910	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	7–2–1	0.750	20	+13	Beat Hardin Simmons 61–19
22	5	1.966	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	7–3	0.700	27	+18	Beat Wyoming 42–40
23	-1	1.970	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	7–2	0.778	14	+17	BYE
24	6	1.989	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	27	+22	Beat Baylor 20–14
25	0	2.031	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+20	Beat Holy Cross 31–13
26	-9	2.087	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	27	+17	Lost to Rice 14–20
27	-9	2.132	USC	PAC	8–3	0.727	24	+21	Lost to Notre Dame 17–23
28	-2	2.134	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	14	+11	BYE
29	-14	2.243	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	12	+17	Lost to Miami (OH) 9–21
30	3	2.246	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–3	0.700	27	+18	BYE
31	0	2.330	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–4	0.556	49	+15	BYE
32	2	2.407	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	41	+13	BYE
33	3	2.468	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	27	+13	BYE
34	1	2.509	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–3	0.667	37	+12	BYE
35	10	2.538	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	27	+12	Beat New Mexico 26–14
36	1	2.540	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	14	-2	BYE
37	-9	2.594	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	37	+8	Lost to Brown 14–18
38	2	2.611	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–4	0.556	49	+12	Beat Wake Forest 20–19
39	2	2.664	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	67	+15	BYE
40	11	2.668	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	25	+8	Beat Colgate 18–14
41	-9	2.720	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	40	+9	Lost to Georgia Tech 3–7
42	0	2.752	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–5	0.500	54	+11	BYE
43	-4	2.762	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–5	0.500	54	+13	Lost to Miami 0–14
44	0	2.796	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	41	+7	BYE
45	2	2.852	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	44	+5	Beat Hawai'i 50–0
46	0	2.895	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–4	0.600	44	+7	BYE
47	3	2.914	UTEP	IND BOR	7–3	0.700	27	+9	Beat West Texas A&M 33–13
48	1	2.993	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	41	+3	BYE
49	-11	3.001	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	6–4	0.600	44	+5	Lost to Arizona 40–42
50	-2	3.051	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	27	+6	Beat Southern Miss 19–18
51	-8	3.104	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–4	0.600	44	+1	Lost to Ole Miss 0–14
52	2	3.167	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	49	+2	Beat Pennsylvania 20–6
53	7	3.183	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–5	0.500	54	+2	Beat Citadel 59–0
54	3	3.265	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	64	+5	Beat Texas A&M 22–13
55	-3	3.465	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	53	-3	Lost to Oklahoma 0–14
56	-3	3.509	TCU	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	71	+1	Lost to SMU 6–21
57	8	3.559	LSU	SEC	5–6	0.455	62	0	Beat Tulane 14–13
58	-3	3.651	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–5–1	0.450	64	+2	Lost to Maryland 13–74
59	-3	3.751	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	67	-2	Lost to Arkansas 0–19
60	2	3.818	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	54	-6	BYE
61	2	3.908	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	37	+1	BYE
62	-3	3.918	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–5–1	0.450	64	-2	Lost to Duke 12–47
63	5	3.950	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	48	+1	BYE
64	-6	3.958	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	49	-13	Lost to William & Mary 0–2
65	-4	3.990	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	5–5	0.500	54	-10	Lost to San José State 14–26
66	0	4.030	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	71	-2	Lost to Virginia Tech 9–46
67	2	4.056	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	67	-4	BYE
68	13	4.057	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–4–2	0.500	54	-7	Beat Richmond 2–0
69	1	4.090	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	5–5	0.500	54	-1	BYE
70	1	4.142	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–6	0.333	81	-5	BYE
71	-7	4.152	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–5–2	0.455	62	0	Lost to Auburn 0–28
72	0	4.262	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	54	-3	BYE
73	0	4.278	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	4–6	0.400	71	-6	BYE
74	1	4.591	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	3–6	0.333	81	-9	Lost to West Virginia 10–14
75	7	4.616	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–6	0.400	71	-2	Beat Utah 35–19
76	-9	4.748	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–6	0.400	71	-15	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–26
77	1	4.786	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	4–5	0.444	67	-14	BYE
78	-1	4.829	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	81	-8	BYE
79	-5	4.948	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	4–7	0.364	80	-16	Lost to Utah State 19–35
80	-4	4.977	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	4–6	0.400	71	-12	Lost to Texas Tech 19–61
81	6	5.029	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	71	-2	Beat Midwestern Texas State 19–0
82	-2	5.052	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	79	-2	BYE
83	0	5.094	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–6	0.400	71	-17	BYE
84	-5	5.113	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	88	-13	Lost to Boston College 13–31
85	3	5.285	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–8	0.200	97	-16	BYE
86	-2	5.303	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–6	0.333	81	-6	BYE
87	-2	5.333	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	81	-19	BYE
88	-2	5.429	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–7	0.222	93	-17	BYE
89	0	5.653	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	88	-18	Lost to Denver 0–34
90	9	5.760	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–7	0.222	93	-19	Beat Tennessee 26–0
91	1	5.858	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–7–1	0.250	90	-21	Lost to South Carolina 19–20
92	3	6.001	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–8	0.111	101	-21	BYE
93	1	6.026	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	81	-17	BYE
94	-1	6.082	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	2–6	0.250	90	-12	BYE
95	2	6.200	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	3–6	0.333	81	-28	BYE
96	-5	6.208	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–6–3	0.250	90	-18	Lost to LSU 13–14
97	-7	6.315	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–9	0.100	106	-26	Lost to Texas 13–22
98	0	6.358	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–8	0.200	97	-25	BYE
99	1	6.977	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–7–1	0.167	99	-26	BYE
100	-4	7.046	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–7–1	0.167	99	-22	Lost to Villanova 0–41
101	1	7.134	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	101	-24	BYE
102	-1	7.223	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	93	-13	BYE
103	0	7.301	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–8	0.111	101	-28	BYE
104	2	7.496	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	108	-27	Lost to Cornell 6–20
105	-1	7.755	BYU	IND SKY	1–8	0.111	101	-37	BYE
106	2	7.825	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–11	0.000	108	-40	Lost to Wichita State 19–33
107	0	7.894	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–10	0.000	108	-32	BYE
108	-3	8.023	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	93	-23	Lost to Clemson 0–59
109	1	8.260	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	106	-30	Beat Fordham 41–0
110	-1	8.538	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–8	0.111	101	-19	Lost to UTEP 13–33
111	0	11.449	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–9	0.000	108	-25	BYE