1954 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 28, 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	43	0.707	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Furman 51–13
2	-1	0.850	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 46–0
3	33	0.864	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pennsylvania 52–0
4	50	0.874	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas 21–0
5	7	0.884	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
6	-4	0.923	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 54–20
7	-2	0.938	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Pittsburgh 27–7
8	37	0.943	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington 14–0
9	44	0.953	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 27–14
10	56	0.963	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Mississippi State 19–7
11	14	0.972	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 41–0
12	3	0.987	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat TCU 21–16
13	59	1.002	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marquette 52–14
14	5	1.026	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wake Forest 32–0
15	46	1.071	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 31–0
16	-10	1.090	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Texas A&M 33–7
17	38	1.100	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 28–0
18	32	1.110	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 27–0
19	-5	1.125	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 14–7
20	-16	1.149	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vanderbilt 25–19
21	44	1.159	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Villanova 28–6
22	-13	1.169	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kentucky 28–9
23	-12	1.179	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
24	-17	1.193	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 21–13
25	-2	1.198	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oregon 18–13
26	-4	1.208	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico State 27–0
27	25	1.238	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NC State 20–6
28	36	1.238	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Army 34–20
29	27	1.247	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 13–0
30	17	1.257	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nebraska 19–7
31	-1	1.267	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Columbia 18–7
32	-11	1.296	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas A&M 14–6
33	-5	1.326	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Detroit Mercy 12–7
34	-2	1.326	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell 19–14
35	42	1.336	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Drake 33–13
36	6	1.336	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan State 14–10
37	42	1.336	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 32–7
38	19	1.355	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois 14–12
39	21	1.355	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rutgers 10–8
40	42	1.360	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah State 32–7
41	-6	1.365	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 27–26
42	-29	1.517	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Stetson 19–13
43	-23	1.606	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dayton 42–13
44	-26	1.640	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San Diego State 28–7
45	50	1.675	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat BYU 28–19
46	-19	1.758	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 45–0
47	38	1.778	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 40–0
48	38	1.833	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	55	+2	Beat San José State 45–0
49	-20	1.876	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Brandeis 33–0
50	-13	1.911	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	108	0	BYE
51	-13	1.911	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	108	0	BYE
52	11	1.911	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	108	0	BYE
53	17	1.911	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	108	0	BYE
54	19	1.935	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UConn 27–0
55	-6	1.964	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Lewis College 31–7
56	36	1.994	UTEP	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mcmurry 27–6
57	-26	2.121	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Elon 21–13
58	-55	2.122	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Stanford 13–18
59	10	2.141	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lehigh 27–21
60	-50	2.343	TCU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Oklahoma 16–21
61	-22	2.361	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Dartmouth 26–27
62	-22	2.404	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Penn State 12–14
63	-1	2.404	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Princeton 8–10
64	33	2.414	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	55	+1	Beat Georgia Tech 13–12
65	-19	2.489	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Iowa 10–14
66	-32	2.532	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Colgate 14–19
67	0	2.575	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Baylor 19–25
68	12	2.596	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to Boston College 7–12
69	-53	2.614	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–21
70	11	2.661	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to Kansas State 13–21
71	-47	2.673	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Michigan 0–14
72	11	2.704	BYU	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to Arizona State 19–28
73	21	2.722	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat George Washington 16–14
74	-57	2.746	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 0–32
75	30	2.786	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat Pacific 18–0
76	-43	2.789	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Brown 7–18
77	7	2.811	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to North Carolina 6–20
78	-27	2.832	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Minnesota 7–19
79	-53	2.918	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to South Carolina 20–34
80	18	3.154	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to Ole Miss 9–28
81	9	3.163	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Georgia 7–14
82	-23	3.175	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to USC 7–27
83	21	3.175	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 6–14
84	-16	3.261	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Syracuse 6–28
85	6	3.291	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Northwestern 14–27
86	15	3.304	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	BYE
87	-9	3.346	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to Arkansas 0–41
88	5	3.367	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Tennessee 7–19
89	-18	3.475	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Navy 0–27
90	-49	3.518	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–28
91	-83	3.520	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–1	0.500	55	-1	Lost to Florida 12–13
92	-18	3.569	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	54	-1	Lost to California 0–45
93	-45	3.646	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Purdue 0–31
94	2	3.758	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	55	0	Lost to Miami 13–51
95	8	3.925	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to Colorado 0–46
96	-53	3.946	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Wisconsin 14–52
97	9	4.032	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	71	0	BYE
98	11	4.054	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to Denver 13–33
99	9	4.139	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–27
100	-42	4.546	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Duke 0–52
101	-26	5.039	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	71	-1	Lost to Washington State 0–18
102	9	5.119	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	55	0	Beat LSU 12–0
103	-27	5.382	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	71	-1	Lost to Arizona 20–54
104	-5	5.554	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	71	-1	Lost to Wichita State 7–32
105	-5	5.618	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	71	-1	Lost to UCLA 7–32
106	1	5.789	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–2	0.000	71	-1	Lost to Oregon State 0–13
107	-19	7.289	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	71	-2	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 14–16
108	-19	7.504	LSU	SEC	0–2	0.000	71	-2	Lost to Alabama 0–12
109	-22	7.654	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to Abilene Christian 0–13
110	0	7.654	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to Texas Tech 7–33
111	-9	8.146	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	70	-1	Tied Memphis 13–13