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1954 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.108Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–01.00010Beat Drake 61–0
2-10.138Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR1–01.00010Beat New Mexico State 58–0
3-20.304Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–01.00010Beat Idaho 41–0
4-30.314Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Houston 53–13
5-40.324USCPAC1–01.00010Beat Washington State 39–0
6-50.393Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR1–01.00010Beat Texas A&M 41–9
7-60.422Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–01.00010Beat Colorado State 29–0
8-70.432Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–01.00010Beat Tulane 28–0
9-80.481Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–01.00010Beat North Texas 35–12
10-90.501TCUIND SWC1–01.00010Beat Kansas 27–6
11-100.511Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–01.00010Beat Kentucky 20–0
12-110.511Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Florida 34–14
13-120.521Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Virginia Military Institute 19–0
14-130.570Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Florida State 14–0
15-140.570Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–01.00010Beat California 27–13
16-150.570Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat LSU 20–6
17-160.570Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC1–01.00010Beat George Washington 14–0
18-170.619New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat BYU 21–12
19-180.619Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat NC State 30–21
20-190.629Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Detroit Mercy 21–13
21-200.629Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Wyoming 14–6
22-210.638Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR1–01.00010Beat Tulsa 21–14
23-220.697Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–01.00010Beat Pacific 13–12
24-230.697Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–01.00010Beat Utah 7–6
25-241.107Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.000630BYE
26-251.107Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
27-261.107Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.000630BYE
28-271.107Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
29-281.107Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
30-291.107Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
31-301.107Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–00.000630BYE
32-311.107Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
33-321.107Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
34-331.107Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
35-341.107Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
36-351.107Duke (DUKE)ACC0–00.000630BYE
37-361.107Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
38-371.107Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
39-381.107Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
40-391.107Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.000630BYE
41-401.107Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.000630BYE
42-411.107Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.000630BYE
43-421.107Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
44-431.107Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
45-441.107Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.000630BYE
46-451.107Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–00.000630BYE
47-461.107Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.000630BYE
48-471.107Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.000630BYE
49-481.107Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY0–00.000630BYE
50-491.107Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
51-501.107Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.000630BYE
52-511.107North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–00.000630BYE
53-521.107Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.000630BYE
54-531.107Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
55-541.107Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.000630BYE
56-551.107Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.000630BYE
57-561.107Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
58-571.107Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
59-581.107Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
60-591.107Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
61-601.107Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.000630BYE
62-611.107Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
63-621.107SMUIND SWC0–00.000630BYE
64-631.107South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC0–00.000630BYE
65-641.107Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
66-651.107Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–00.000630BYE
67-661.107Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–00.000630BYE
68-671.107Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
69-681.107Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–00.000630BYE
70-691.107West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–00.000630BYE
71-701.107William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–00.000630BYE
72-711.107Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.000630BYE
73-721.107Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–00.000630BYE
74-731.218San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Utah State 20–0; Beat FRESNO STATE 28–0
75-741.268Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–10.000360Lost to Stanford 12–13
76-751.268Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–10.000360Lost to Washington 6–7
77-761.493Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat Colorado College 72–0
78-771.525Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–10.000360Lost to Hardin Simmons 14–21
79-781.542UCLAPAC1–01.00010Beat SAN Diego Navy 67–0
80-791.568Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND MVC0–10.000360Lost to Cincinnati 13–21
81-801.568Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–10.000360Lost to Oklahoma State 6–14
82-811.591Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Emporia State 69–7
83-821.611BYUIND SKY0–10.000360Lost to New Mexico 12–21
84-831.611NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC0–10.000360Lost to Virginia Tech 21–30
85-841.748Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Randolph Macon 46–0
86-851.825California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–10.000360Lost to Oklahoma 13–27
87-861.825Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000360Lost to Georgia 0–14
88-871.825George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON0–10.000360Lost to Wake Forest 0–14
89-881.825LSUSEC0–10.000360Lost to Texas 6–20
90-891.876Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–01.00010Beat Presbyterian 33–0
91-901.925Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–01.00010Beat South Dakota State 34–6
92-911.994UTEPIND BOR1–01.00010Beat SUL Ross State 35–14
93-922.004Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–01.00010Beat Memphis 27–7
94-932.039Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–10.000360Lost to Davidson 0–19
95-942.063Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–01.00010Beat Hawai'i 28–14
96-952.072Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Newberry 19–6
97-962.082Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–10.000360Lost to Rice 14–34
98-972.082Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–10.000360Lost to Maryland 0–20
99-982.082Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–10.000360Lost to San José State 0–20
100-992.125Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–10.000360Lost to TCU 6–27
101-1002.211North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND FBSI0–10.000360Lost to Ole Miss 12–35
102-1012.425Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–10.000360Lost to Georgia Tech 0–28
103-1022.468Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–10.000360Lost to Kansas State 0–29
104-1032.596Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–10.000360Lost to Texas Tech 9–41
105-1042.896Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–10.000360Lost to USC 0–39
106-1052.939Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC0–10.000360Lost to Baylor 13–53
107-1062.982Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–10.000360Lost to Oregon 0–41
108-1073.711New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR0–10.000360Lost to Arizona 0–58
109-1083.839Drake (DRAKE)IND FBSI0–10.000360Lost to Colorado 0–61
110-10910.782West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–10.000360Lost to Mcmurry 18–19
111-11010.954Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–10.000360Lost to Southern Miss 2–7

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