1955 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 29, 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	0.895	UCLA	PAC	9–1	0.900	3	+41	BYE
2	1	0.967	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	10–0	1.000	1	+46	BYE
3	-1	1.034	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–1	0.889	6	+34	BYE
4	0	1.115	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–0	1.000	1	+37	Beat Oklahoma State 53–0
5	0	1.163	TCU	IND SWC	9–1	0.900	3	+35	Beat SMU 20–13
6	0	1.201	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	9–1	0.900	3	+36	Beat Mississippi State 26–0
7	2	1.300	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	7	+30	Beat Georgia 21–3
8	2	1.515	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	7	+26	Beat Alabama 26–0
9	2	1.525	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	34	+26	BYE
10	2	1.531	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	6–2–1	0.722	22	+22	BYE
11	-4	1.557	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	9	+25	Lost to USC 20–42
12	5	1.613	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	9	+21	Beat NC State 27–7
13	-5	1.625	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–2–1	0.750	18	+27	Lost to Texas 6–21
14	1	1.625	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–2	0.778	13	+22	BYE
15	1	1.670	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	24	+27	BYE
16	7	1.717	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	8–2	0.800	9	+26	Beat Colorado 10–0
17	8	1.722	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	8–2	0.800	9	+17	Beat Wyoming 6–3
18	1	1.761	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	38	+21	BYE
19	1	1.782	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–2	0.778	13	+19	BYE
20	6	1.802	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	7–2–1	0.750	18	+23	Beat Hardin Simmons 16–14
21	-3	1.856	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	7–2	0.778	13	+18	Lost to Denver 3–6
22	2	1.889	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	13	+15	BYE
23	-1	1.889	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	29	+16	Beat Florida 7–6
24	7	1.927	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	29	+12	Beat Navy 14–6
25	-11	1.965	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	22	+12	Lost to Army 6–14
26	-5	1.969	UTEP	IND BOR	6–2–2	0.700	24	+14	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 14–13
27	-14	1.979	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	7–2–1	0.750	18	+11	Lost to Arizona 6–7
28	2	2.066	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	7–2–1	0.750	18	+13	Beat Tulsa 54–0
29	-1	2.092	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	13	+14	BYE
30	-1	2.155	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	29	+14	Beat Brown 25–0
31	2	2.242	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–3	0.667	29	+14	Beat Utah State 14–13
32	0	2.408	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	39	+11	BYE
33	3	2.424	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	7–3	0.700	24	+12	Beat Furman 40–20
34	-7	2.435	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	7–3	0.700	24	+6	Lost to Tennessee 14–20
35	-1	2.532	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	34	+10	BYE
36	14	2.565	USC	PAC	6–4	0.600	43	+12	Beat Notre Dame 42–20
37	2	2.598	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	6–3	0.667	29	+8	BYE
38	9	2.599	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	28	+11	Beat Holy Cross 26–7
39	5	2.610	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	34	+5	Beat Vanderbilt 20–14
40	-2	2.630	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	39	+8	BYE
41	15	2.724	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	5–4–1	0.550	56	+10	Beat Arizona State 7–6
42	-5	2.733	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	43	+9	Lost to Colorado State 0–10
43	-2	2.767	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–4	0.600	43	+7	BYE
44	-9	2.775	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–4	0.600	43	+8	Lost to Ole Miss 0–26
45	-5	2.810	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	48	+6	BYE
46	-4	2.873	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	48	+6	BYE
47	15	2.925	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	61	+12	Beat Texas A&M 21–6
48	-3	2.935	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–4–1	0.550	56	+7	BYE
49	-1	2.956	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	34	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 39–13
50	-7	3.089	LSU	SEC	3–5–2	0.400	72	+7	Tied Tulane 13–13
51	-2	3.105	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	48	+1	BYE
52	-1	3.224	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	56	0	Tied LSU 13–13
53	1	3.228	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–4–1	0.550	56	+2	BYE
54	-2	3.237	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	5–3–1	0.611	39	+8	BYE
55	-2	3.305	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	39	+6	BYE
56	4	3.359	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	61	+4	Beat Rice 15–7
57	-2	3.367	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–4–1	0.550	56	+3	BYE
58	-12	3.388	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–6	0.400	72	+4	Lost to Miami 6–7
59	-2	3.427	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–3–2	0.556	48	-4	Tied William & Mary 6–6
60	-2	3.440	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	48	-2	BYE
61	10	3.629	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	48	-7	Beat Pennsylvania 39–7
62	1	3.746	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	61	+8	BYE
63	-2	3.759	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–6	0.400	72	-2	Lost to Georgia Tech 3–21
64	1	3.839	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	4–4–1	0.500	61	-8	BYE
65	-6	3.857	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	43	0	Lost to Boston College 7–26
66	2	3.888	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	78	-2	BYE
67	0	3.897	SMU	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	72	-4	Lost to TCU 13–20
68	2	3.972	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–5	0.444	69	-6	BYE
69	-5	3.999	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	5–5	0.500	61	-6	Lost to Texas Tech 14–16
70	-1	4.046	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–6	0.400	72	-8	Lost to Utah 13–14
71	1	4.538	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–5–1	0.450	68	-13	Lost to West Virginia 7–27
72	-6	4.598	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	69	-2	Lost to Southern Miss 6–21
73	5	4.606	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	71	-11	BYE
74	-1	4.651	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–6	0.333	81	-7	BYE
75	0	4.734	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	48	-6	BYE
76	1	4.750	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–6	0.333	81	-8	BYE
77	-1	4.784	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	48	-13	BYE
78	-4	4.801	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	61	0	BYE
79	0	4.927	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–6	0.333	81	-14	BYE
80	1	4.951	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	61	-9	BYE
81	-1	4.992	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	72	-17	BYE
82	0	5.166	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	81	-9	BYE
83	5	5.291	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–6	0.333	81	-15	Beat Virginia 21–14
84	0	5.342	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–7–1	0.250	89	-16	BYE
85	2	5.524	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–8	0.200	96	-17	Lost to Oklahoma 0–53
86	-3	5.615	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–7–1	0.250	89	-19	Lost to Baylor 7–15
87	-1	5.643	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–6–1	0.350	80	-18	BYE
88	-3	5.752	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–7–1	0.250	89	-17	Lost to Wichita State 0–54
89	0	6.002	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	88	-15	BYE
90	0	6.059	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	86	-24	BYE
91	5	6.242	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	2–8	0.200	96	-24	Beat BYU 21–16
92	2	6.356	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–7	0.222	93	-25	BYE
93	-2	6.441	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	89	-14	BYE
94	-2	6.457	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–7–1	0.167	99	-21	Tied Richmond 6–6
95	-2	6.464	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	93	-18	Lost to Colgate 0–25
96	-1	6.617	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	79	-3	BYE
97	3	6.957	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–9	0.100	102	-29	BYE
98	0	7.032	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–7–1	0.167	99	-23	BYE
99	0	7.082	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–7	0.300	86	-21	BYE
100	2	7.227	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–7–2	0.200	96	-24	BYE
101	-4	7.296	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–9	0.100	102	-35	Lost to South Carolina 14–21
102	1	7.357	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	101	-26	BYE
103	2	7.437	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–10	0.000	109	-33	Lost to Auburn 0–26
104	-3	7.857	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	102	-29	Lost to Dayton 7–19
105	-1	7.865	BYU	IND SKY	1–9	0.100	102	-40	Lost to New Mexico 16–21
106	0	7.876	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	109	-31	Lost to Cornell 7–39
107	1	8.201	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–9	0.100	102	-31	Lost to Virginia Tech 13–39
108	1	8.520	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–9	0.100	102	-22	Lost to Clemson 20–40
109	-2	8.901	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–6–2	0.222	93	-9	Lost to Miami (OH) 0–14
110	0	9.317	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–8–1	0.056	108	-28	BYE