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1955 Week 9 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
100.945Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC6–01.0001+15Beat Syracuse 34–13
200.961UCLAPAC5–10.8339+13Beat Iowa 33–13
350.979Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–01.0001+12Beat Colorado 56–21
470.990Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–10.8339+15Beat Baylor 19–7
501.107UTEPIND BOR3–0–20.80017+6Beat Wichita State 28–12
611.154West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON5–01.0001+7Beat Penn State 21–7
791.164Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B104–10.80017+11Beat Illinois 21–7
8-51.169Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–0–10.9007+8Beat Furman 52–0
9131.205Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–10.80017+11Beat Yale 7–0
10-41.223Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–01.0001+8Beat Minnesota 14–13
11131.254Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC5–10.8339+12Beat Arkansas 17–7
12-81.263Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–01.0001+8Beat Pennsylvania 33–0
1351.485USCPAC5–10.8339+9Beat California 33–6
1431.486Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC5–10.8339+9Beat Florida State 34–0
1561.524Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI5–01.0001+6Beat Boston University 20–12
16131.543Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–10.80017+7Beat Purdue 22–7
17141.572Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY5–10.8339+10Beat Utah 23–13
18-31.575TCUIND SWC5–10.8339+6Beat Miami 21–19
1941.632Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–0–10.8758+2Tied Marquette 13–13
2001.713Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–1–10.75032+7Tied Stanford 7–7
21-121.722Duke (DUKE)ACC4–10.80017+5Lost to Pittsburgh 7–26
2261.753Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC5–10.8339+6Beat Alabama 26–7
23-131.768Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–10.80017+8Lost to Oklahoma 21–56
2431.790Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY4–10.80017+9Beat Utah State 26–9
25101.793Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–20.66736+9Beat Duke 26–7
26131.822Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC4–10.80017+5Beat Texas Tech 7–0
27-131.884Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–20.66736+8Lost to Texas A&M 7–19
2821.924Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI4–10.80017+4Beat Cornell 26–20
2932.052Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC3–2–10.58349+7Beat North Carolina 25–0
30-52.076Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–30.50052+7Lost to Kentucky 7–10
31-192.081San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–10.80017+4Lost to Pacific 7–14
32-192.114Yale (YALE)IND FBSI4–10.80017+3Lost to Colgate 0–7
3312.154Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC4–10.80017+4Beat South Carolina 28–14
34102.288Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–20.66736+4Beat BYU 33–0
35-162.397Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–20.60041+2Lost to Ohio State 16–26
3652.419Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–10.80017+1Beat Presbyterian 14–13
37172.483Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–20.60041+4Beat Wisconsin 26–16
38112.507Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–1–10.750320Beat Virginia 17–13
39212.578Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–2–10.58349+4Beat Florida 10–7
40112.588Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON4–10.80017+4Beat Virginia Military Institute 21–7
4172.605Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–20.60041+1Beat Columbia 45–0
42212.614Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI4–20.66736+3Beat San José State 14–7
43-102.647Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–20.66736+1Lost to Wyoming 13–23
4432.648George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON4–10.80017-2Beat William & Mary 16–0
4582.671SMUIND SWC3–20.60041+1Beat Kansas 33–14
4602.719Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–30.50052+4Beat Arizona 46–27
47-212.769West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR4–1–10.75032-2Lost to Hardin Simmons 18–19
48-82.770Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR3–1–10.70035-1BYE
49-62.809Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–20.50052+2Lost to Maryland 13–34
50122.871Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–20.60041+1Beat Washington State 14–6
51152.973Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–3–10.41767+3Tied Washington 7–7
52-163.003Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–20.600410Lost to Michigan State 7–21
53-153.090Purdue (PURDUE)B102–2–10.50052+2Lost to Notre Dame 7–22
54-123.129Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–30.500520Lost to Tulane 0–14
55-53.170Iowa (IOWA)B102–2–10.50052+1Lost to UCLA 13–33
5683.175Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–20.60041-2Beat Dayton 53–7
57-53.263Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–30.50052-1Lost to Ole Miss 7–17
58-23.306Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR2–2–10.500520Lost to Houston 0–7
5963.367Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–2–10.50052-1BYE
60-233.426Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR2–3–10.417670Lost to Oregon 27–46
6193.431Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–20.60041-4Beat Middle Tennessee 46–0
62-73.466Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–2–10.58349-1Lost to UTEP 12–28
63143.550Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–30.50052-3Beat Georgia 14–0
64-33.639Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–30.400690Lost to West Virginia 7–21
65-203.679Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–2–10.50052-2Lost to Texas 14–32
66-93.739Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI2–30.40069-1Lost to Princeton 20–26
67123.795Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–40.33375-1Beat Rice 32–14
68-13.798Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–30.25086-2Lost to TCU 19–21
6933.953LSUSEC1–3–10.30080-2BYE
7044.152Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND MVC2–30.40069+2Beat Oklahoma State 7–0
71-34.162Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–40.33375-2Lost to Colorado State 9–26
72-14.249South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC2–30.40069-3Lost to Clemson 14–28
7374.502Indiana (INDIANA)B102–30.40069-4Beat Northwestern 20–14
74154.503North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND FBSI2–2–10.50052+1Beat Midwestern Texas State 40–13
75164.504Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR2–30.40069-2Beat West Texas A&M 19–18
76-184.711Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–20.50052-6Lost to Dartmouth 9–14
77-184.797Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–20.500520Lost to Lehigh 14–21
7884.810Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–40.33375-6Beat Iowa State 9–7
79-104.936Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–4–10.25086-3Lost to SMU 14–33
80-75.018North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–40.20090-4Lost to Wake Forest 0–25
81-55.057William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–50.000101-3Lost to George Washington 0–16
82115.275Drake (DRAKE)IND FBSI3–30.50052-6Beat Bradley 40–7
83-55.283Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–40.20090-5Lost to Michigan 13–14
84115.348Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY2–40.33375-6Beat New Mexico 19–14
85-25.373Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–3–10.30080-5Tied Cincinnati 21–21
86145.383Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–40.33375-3Beat Missouri 18–12
87-35.498Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC1–40.20090-6Lost to Virginia Tech 13–17
88-135.848Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI1–40.20090-5Lost to Army 0–45
89-15.849California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–4–10.25086-8Lost to USC 6–33
90166.051Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI1–40.20090-3Beat Harvard 14–9
9116.167Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–40.20090-7Lost to Georgia Tech 0–34
92-56.319Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–4–10.25086-8Lost to Oregon State 6–14
9316.346Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–40.20090-2Lost to Holy Cross 12–20
94-126.358Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–3–10.30080-8Lost to Kansas State 7–9
95-106.525New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY1–50.16799-9Lost to Montana 14–19
9656.683Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–50.000101-7Lost to Navy 0–33
97-16.739Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–3–10.30080-8Tied Boston College 13–13
9856.743Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–50.000101-8Lost to Mississippi State 7–26
9986.790NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–3–10.30080-9Beat Villanova 34–13
100-36.840BYUIND SKY1–40.20090-10Lost to Denver 0–33
101-117.070Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–60.000101-11Lost to Nebraska 12–18
102-217.196Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI1–40.20090-6Lost to Rhode Island 7–19
10327.330Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–60.000101-11Lost to Davidson 7–21
104-67.764Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC0–50.000101-11Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–7
105-17.815Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI1–3–10.30080-1Tied Tulsa 21–21
106-77.902Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–50.000101-10Lost to NC State 13–34
107-58.136Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–50.000101-12BYE
10809.286Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–50.000101-10Lost to Indiana 14–20
10919.313New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–50.16799-9Beat Texas A&M Corpus Christi 19–7
110-19.679Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–60.000101-6Lost to Auburn 0–52

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