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1955 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
1270.605Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Furman 81–0
220.609TCUIND SWC2–01.0001+2Beat Texas Tech 32–0
300.718Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–01.0001+2Beat Stanford 10–0
4690.723West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–01.0001+1Beat Richmond 33–12
5310.793Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–01.0001+1Beat Arizona 14–0
690.793Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–01.0001+2Beat South Carolina 34–19
7-50.847USCPAC2–01.0001+1Beat Oregon 42–15
880.981Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–01.0001+1Beat Drake 33–7
910.991Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Oklahoma State 21–0
10-90.991Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC1–01.00010BYE
11381.060Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–01.00010Beat Missouri 42–7
12481.060Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Boston University 35–0
13491.070Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Rutgers 41–7
1441.095Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Florida 14–7
1591.130Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat UCLA 7–0
16251.150Duke (DUKE)ACC1–01.00010Beat NC State 33–7
17-81.174Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat Montana 35–6
18-131.184Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–01.00010Beat Villanova 19–2
19281.199Iowa (IOWA)B101–01.00010Beat Kansas State 28–7
20441.209Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Alabama 20–0
21211.219George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Virginia Military Institute 25–6
22521.219Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–0–10.750450Beat Utah State 19–0
23-21.224Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–01.00010Beat Minnesota 30–0
24321.239Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat SMU 17–0
25-181.259Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Syracuse 22–12
26501.268Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.00010Beat Marquette 28–14
27301.328Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.00010Beat Nebraska 28–20
28-91.338Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010BYE
29161.338Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–01.00010Beat California 20–13
30201.338Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–01.00010Beat Indiana 20–13
31211.338Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat William & Mary 7–0
32261.338Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–01.00010Beat North Carolina 13–6
33301.338Purdue (PURDUE)B101–01.00010Beat Pacific 14–7
3431.387Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Brown 14–12
3501.397Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Dartmouth 21–20
36-231.571San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Hawai'i 34–0
37581.576Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–01.00010Beat Virginia 20–7
38-321.735UCLAPAC1–10.50047+1Lost to Maryland 0–7
3951.853Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Temple 42–7
40-181.903Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–10.50047+1Lost to Georgia Tech 7–14
41-301.910Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR1–10.50047+1Lost to Colorado 0–14
4211.928Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–00.0001100BYE
43111.928North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND FBSI0–0–10.500470Tied UTEP 7–7
44251.928UTEPIND BOR0–0–10.500470Tied North Texas 7–7
45-151.932Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Brandeis 27–0
46531.942Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–01.00010BYE
47461.942West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR2–01.00010Beat Mcmurry 6–0
48-211.992Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–0–10.750450Beat Midwestern Texas State 28–7
49282.061Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat UConn 14–0
50-212.111Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–01.00010Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 15–6
51-172.121Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Elon 26–18
52-142.121Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Lehigh 14–6
53-282.202Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–10.50047+1Lost to USC 15–42
54-312.207Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR1–10.50047+1Lost to TCU 0–32
55372.210Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–10.500470Beat Pennsylvania 33–0
56-482.329Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–10.500470Lost to Oregon State 0–10
57372.357Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–10.500470Beat Hardin Simmons 41–19
58-192.414Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Colgate 20–21
59-272.458Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Columbia 12–14
60-142.674Indiana (INDIANA)B100–10.000730Lost to Michigan State 13–20
61-82.674North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–10.000730Lost to Oklahoma 6–13
62132.674William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–10.000730Lost to Navy 0–7
63432.676Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–10.500470Beat Washington State 13–0
64212.717Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–10.000730BYE
6522.804Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Pittsburgh 12–22
66222.883Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–10.500470Beat New Mexico 25–0
67192.890Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–10.000730BYE
68132.920Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–10.500470Beat Tulane 35–21
6932.933Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–10.000730Lost to Clemson 7–20
70-582.944Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–10.500470Lost to Kentucky 14–21
71312.947Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–10.500470Beat LSU 28–0
72282.955California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–20.000730Lost to Illinois 13–20
73-252.977Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Wisconsin 14–28
74163.063Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–20.000730Lost to Wichita State 0–19
75123.071Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–10.500470Beat Ole Miss 21–14
7683.085NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC0–20.000730Lost to Duke 7–33
77-113.106SMUIND SWC0–10.000730Lost to Notre Dame 0–17
78-73.106Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Baylor 2–19
79-13.150Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–20.000730Lost to Michigan 7–42
80-633.210LSUSEC1–10.500470Lost to Texas A&M 0–28
81153.214Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–20.000730Lost to Iowa 7–28
82-563.236Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–10.000730Lost to Rice 0–20
83153.266Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–10.500470Lost to West Virginia 12–33
84-253.279Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC0–10.000730Lost to Arkansas 0–21
85163.282South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–10.500470Lost to Wake Forest 19–34
86193.345BYUIND SKY1–10.500470Beat LOS Angeles State 33–0
87163.460Drake (DRAKE)IND FBSI1–10.500470Lost to Denver 7–33
88-93.473Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–10.50047-1Beat Idaho 20–13
89-93.545Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–10.50047-1Beat Tennessee 13–7
90-763.564Tulane (TULANE)SEC1–10.50047-1Lost to Texas 21–35
91-403.668Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–10.000730Lost to Washington 0–30
92-33.685Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–10.50047-1Beat Vanderbilt 14–13
93-733.765New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY1–10.50047-1Lost to Colorado State 0–25
94-293.841Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Princeton 7–41
95-643.885Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Penn State 0–35
96123.906Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY0–20.000730Lost to Wyoming 6–35
97-154.663Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–20.00073-1Lost to Utah 13–20
98-14.923Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–20.00073-1Lost to Purdue 7–14
99-85.052Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–20.00073-1Lost to George Washington 6–25
10045.441Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–20.00073-1Lost to Tulsa 19–41
10165.463Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–20.00073-1Lost to Kansas 0–13
102-326.393Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–10.00073-1Lost to Georgia 13–14
103-356.609Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–10.00073-1Lost to Mississippi State 7–13
10457.431Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–20.000730Lost to Ohio State 20–28
105-447.777Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–10.00073-1Lost to Virginia Tech 0–33
10649.182Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–20.000730Lost to Army 0–81
107-249.420New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR0–20.00073-1Lost to NEW Mexico Highlands 12–19
108-7511.928Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Dayton 14–15
109-6912.101Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND MVC0–10.000730Lost to Toledo 7–12
110-5512.360Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–10.000730Lost to Miami (OH) 14–25

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