1955 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 3, 1956By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1955 Season Tags: • No Comments

1955 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	2	0.908	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	9–1	0.900	4	+43	Beat UCLA 17–14
2	-1	0.996	UCLA	PAC	9–2	0.818	6	+39	Lost to Michigan State 14–17
3	2	1.036	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	10–1	0.909	2	+48	Beat TCU 14–13
4	0	1.037	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	11–0	1.000	1	+47	Beat Maryland 20–6
5	-3	1.099	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	10–1	0.909	2	+46	Lost to Oklahoma 6–20
6	1	1.181	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	5	+38	Beat Pittsburgh 7–0
7	-1	1.305	TCU	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	6	+34	Lost to Ole Miss 13–14
8	2	1.519	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	33	+25	BYE
9	-1	1.543	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	7–2–1	0.750	18	+24	BYE
10	1	1.548	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	8	+25	BYE
11	1	1.615	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–2	0.778	12	+22	BYE
12	2	1.648	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–2–1	0.750	18	+27	BYE
13	0	1.649	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	8	+20	BYE
14	-5	1.706	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	8–2–1	0.773	16	+24	Lost to Vanderbilt 13–25
15	1	1.728	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	8–2	0.800	8	+27	BYE
16	1	1.733	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	8–2	0.800	8	+18	BYE
17	2	1.788	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–2	0.778	12	+20	BYE
18	0	1.813	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	38	+19	BYE
19	-4	1.859	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	37	+27	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–7
20	1	1.894	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	28	+16	BYE
21	1	1.901	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	12	+15	BYE
22	1	1.918	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	28	+12	BYE
23	1	1.946	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	8–2–1	0.773	16	+11	BYE
24	1	1.947	UTEP	IND BOR	6–2–2	0.700	24	+14	BYE
25	1	1.990	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	23	+12	BYE
26	4	2.014	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	8–3	0.727	21	+21	Beat Texas Tech 21–14
27	0	2.058	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	7–2–1	0.750	18	+14	BYE
28	0	2.107	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	12	+14	BYE
29	5	2.114	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	8–3	0.727	21	+14	Beat Auburn 25–13
30	-10	2.128	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	7–3–1	0.682	27	+19	Lost to Wyoming 14–21
31	-2	2.149	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	28	+14	BYE
32	-1	2.262	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–3	0.667	28	+13	BYE
33	0	2.413	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	39	+11	BYE
34	-2	2.435	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	7–3	0.700	24	+10	BYE
35	1	2.498	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	33	+11	BYE
36	-1	2.530	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	43	+14	BYE
37	2	2.565	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	33	+6	BYE
38	-1	2.581	USC	PAC	6–4	0.600	43	+11	BYE
39	-1	2.594	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	26	+11	BYE
40	0	2.601	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	6–3	0.667	28	+7	BYE
41	0	2.624	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	39	+8	BYE
42	1	2.732	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–4	0.600	43	+8	BYE
43	1	2.733	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	43	+9	BYE
44	1	2.763	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–4	0.600	43	+7	BYE
45	-3	2.768	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	5–4–1	0.550	56	+10	BYE
46	0	2.897	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	49	+4	BYE
47	0	2.930	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–4–1	0.550	56	+6	BYE
48	0	2.931	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	33	+1	BYE
49	0	3.039	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	62	+10	BYE
50	0	3.082	LSU	SEC	3–5–2	0.400	72	+6	BYE
51	0	3.161	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	49	0	BYE
52	0	3.211	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	5–3–1	0.611	39	+8	BYE
53	0	3.234	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	56	0	BYE
54	0	3.259	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–4–1	0.550	56	+1	BYE
55	0	3.281	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	39	+7	BYE
56	0	3.360	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–6	0.400	72	+3	BYE
57	0	3.403	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–4–1	0.550	56	+2	BYE
58	0	3.419	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	62	+2	BYE
59	0	3.454	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–3–2	0.556	49	-4	BYE
60	0	3.457	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	49	-3	BYE
61	0	3.651	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	49	-7	BYE
62	0	3.738	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–6	0.400	72	-1	BYE
63	0	3.827	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	62	+7	BYE
64	1	3.853	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	43	0	BYE
65	-1	3.899	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	4–4–1	0.500	62	-9	BYE
66	1	3.919	SMU	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	72	-5	BYE
67	-1	3.924	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	78	-3	BYE
68	1	3.985	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–5	0.444	70	-6	BYE
69	-1	4.003	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	5–5	0.500	62	-7	BYE
70	0	4.086	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–6	0.400	72	-9	BYE
71	0	4.305	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	62	-2	BYE
72	0	4.397	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	56	0	BYE
73	0	4.492	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–5–1	0.450	69	-14	BYE
74	0	4.628	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	71	-11	BYE
75	2	4.756	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–6	0.333	81	-8	BYE
76	-1	4.760	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	49	-6	BYE
77	-1	4.763	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–7	0.300	85	-10	BYE
78	0	4.780	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	49	-13	BYE
79	0	4.920	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–6	0.333	81	-14	BYE
80	0	4.969	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	-9	BYE
81	0	5.053	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	72	-18	BYE
82	0	5.179	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	81	-9	BYE
83	0	5.278	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–6	0.333	81	-17	BYE
84	0	5.440	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–7–1	0.250	89	-18	BYE
85	0	5.580	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–8	0.200	96	-18	BYE
86	0	5.660	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–7–1	0.250	89	-20	BYE
87	0	5.670	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–6–1	0.350	80	-19	BYE
88	0	5.907	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–7–1	0.250	89	-18	BYE
89	0	5.986	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	88	-15	BYE
90	0	6.055	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	85	-25	BYE
91	0	6.285	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	2–8	0.200	96	-25	BYE
92	0	6.357	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–7	0.222	93	-25	BYE
93	0	6.381	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–7–1	0.167	99	-21	BYE
94	0	6.465	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	89	-14	BYE
95	0	6.479	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	93	-18	BYE
96	0	6.631	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	79	-3	BYE
97	0	6.972	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–9	0.100	102	-30	BYE
98	0	7.034	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–7	0.300	85	-21	BYE
99	0	7.041	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–7–1	0.167	99	-23	BYE
100	0	7.265	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–7–2	0.200	96	-25	BYE
101	1	7.365	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	101	-26	BYE
102	-1	7.413	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–9	0.100	102	-37	BYE
103	0	7.428	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–10	0.000	109	-35	BYE
104	0	7.778	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	102	-29	BYE
105	0	7.876	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	109	-31	BYE
106	0	7.904	BYU	IND SKY	1–9	0.100	102	-41	BYE
107	0	8.224	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–9	0.100	102	-31	BYE
108	0	8.504	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–9	0.100	102	-23	BYE
109	0	8.932	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–6–2	0.222	93	-9	BYE
110	0	9.360	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–8–1	0.056	108	-28	BYE