1955 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

December 6, 1955By 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	0	0.902	UCLA	PAC	9–1	0.900	3	+41	BYE
2	0	0.981	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	10–0	1.000	1	+46	BYE
3	0	1.040	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–1	0.889	6	+34	BYE
4	0	1.127	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–0	1.000	1	+37	BYE
5	1	1.163	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	9–1	0.900	3	+38	BYE
6	-1	1.176	TCU	IND SWC	9–1	0.900	3	+35	BYE
7	0	1.262	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	7	+32	BYE
8	2	1.510	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	7–2–1	0.750	18	+25	Beat North Carolina 6–0
9	-1	1.515	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	7	+26	BYE
10	-1	1.533	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	34	+26	BYE
11	0	1.572	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	9	+25	BYE
12	2	1.619	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–2	0.778	13	+22	BYE
13	-1	1.624	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	9	+21	BYE
14	-1	1.627	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–2–1	0.750	18	+28	BYE
15	0	1.636	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	23	+28	BYE
16	0	1.752	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	8–2	0.800	9	+26	BYE
17	0	1.757	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	8–2	0.800	9	+17	BYE
18	0	1.761	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	38	+21	BYE
19	0	1.798	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–2	0.778	13	+19	BYE
20	0	1.810	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	7–2–1	0.750	18	+23	BYE
21	2	1.857	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	29	+17	BYE
22	0	1.908	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	13	+15	BYE
23	1	1.940	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	29	+12	BYE
24	3	1.961	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	8–2–1	0.773	17	+11	Beat Hawai'i 39–6
25	1	1.964	UTEP	IND BOR	6–2–2	0.700	23	+14	BYE
26	-1	1.965	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	22	+12	BYE
27	1	2.061	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	7–2–1	0.750	18	+14	BYE
28	1	2.111	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	13	+14	BYE
29	1	2.167	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	29	+14	BYE
30	-9	2.242	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	7–3	0.700	23	+14	Lost to Houston 14–26
31	0	2.293	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–3	0.667	29	+13	BYE
32	1	2.414	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	7–3	0.700	23	+12	BYE
33	-1	2.423	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	39	+11	BYE
34	0	2.425	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	7–3	0.700	23	+6	BYE
35	11	2.496	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	43	+13	Beat Wyoming 26–14
36	-1	2.528	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	34	+10	BYE
37	-1	2.577	USC	PAC	6–4	0.600	43	+12	BYE
38	0	2.586	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	28	+11	BYE
39	0	2.591	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	34	+5	BYE
40	-3	2.606	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	6–3	0.667	29	+8	BYE
41	-1	2.640	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	39	+8	BYE
42	-1	2.722	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	5–4–1	0.550	56	+11	BYE
43	1	2.736	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–4	0.600	43	+9	BYE
44	-2	2.741	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	43	+9	BYE
45	-2	2.775	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–4	0.600	43	+7	BYE
46	-1	2.832	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	49	+6	BYE
47	1	2.929	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–4–1	0.550	56	+7	BYE
48	1	2.941	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	34	+1	BYE
49	-2	2.966	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	62	+12	BYE
50	0	3.103	LSU	SEC	3–5–2	0.400	72	+7	BYE
51	0	3.116	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	49	+1	BYE
52	2	3.205	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	5–3–1	0.611	39	+8	BYE
53	-1	3.240	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	56	0	BYE
54	-1	3.249	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–4–1	0.550	56	+2	BYE
55	0	3.291	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	39	+7	BYE
56	2	3.388	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–6	0.400	72	+4	BYE
57	0	3.393	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–4–1	0.550	56	+3	BYE
58	-2	3.399	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	62	+4	BYE
59	0	3.461	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–3–2	0.556	49	-4	BYE
60	0	3.461	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	49	-2	BYE
61	0	3.656	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	49	-7	BYE
62	1	3.749	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–6	0.400	72	-1	BYE
63	-1	3.769	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	62	+8	BYE
64	0	3.839	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	4–4–1	0.500	62	-8	BYE
65	0	3.853	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	43	0	BYE
66	0	3.909	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	78	-2	BYE
67	0	3.919	SMU	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	72	-4	BYE
68	1	3.953	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	5–5	0.500	62	-6	BYE
69	-1	3.997	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–5	0.444	70	-6	BYE
70	0	4.113	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–6	0.400	72	-9	BYE
71	1	4.324	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	62	-2	Beat Tampa 26–7
72	6	4.402	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	56	0	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 7–6
73	-2	4.504	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–5–1	0.450	69	-14	BYE
74	-1	4.628	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	71	-11	BYE
75	0	4.760	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	49	-6	BYE
76	-2	4.769	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–7	0.300	85	-9	Lost to Duke 0–6
77	-1	4.770	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–6	0.333	81	-8	BYE
78	-1	4.780	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	49	-13	BYE
79	0	4.941	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–6	0.333	81	-14	BYE
80	0	4.975	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	62	-9	BYE
81	0	5.064	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	72	-18	BYE
82	0	5.185	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	81	-9	BYE
83	0	5.271	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–6	0.333	81	-16	BYE
84	0	5.341	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–7–1	0.250	89	-16	BYE
85	0	5.503	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–8	0.200	96	-17	BYE
86	0	5.638	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–7–1	0.250	89	-19	BYE
87	0	5.650	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–6–1	0.350	80	-18	BYE
88	0	5.831	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–7–1	0.250	89	-17	BYE
89	0	6.011	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	88	-15	BYE
90	0	6.080	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	85	-25	BYE
91	0	6.320	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	2–8	0.200	96	-25	BYE
92	0	6.372	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–7	0.222	93	-25	BYE
93	1	6.410	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–7–1	0.167	99	-21	BYE
94	-1	6.457	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	89	-14	BYE
95	0	6.486	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	-29	BYE
98	1	7.047	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–7	0.300	85	-21	BYE
99	-1	7.051	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–7–1	0.167	99	-23	BYE
100	0	7.246	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–7–2	0.200	96	-24	BYE
101	0	7.335	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–9	0.100	102	-36	BYE
102	0	7.382	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	101	-26	BYE
103	0	7.437	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–10	0.000	109	-33	BYE
104	0	7.778	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	102	-29	BYE
105	1	7.915	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	109	-31	BYE
106	-1	7.951	BYU	IND SKY	1–9	0.100	102	-41	BYE
107	0	8.240	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–9	0.100	102	-31	BYE
108	0	8.488	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–9	0.100	102	-22	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