1957 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 24, 1957By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1957 Season Tags: • No Comments

1957 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	90	0.302	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Air Force 47–0
2	55	0.370	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston College 46–6
3	79	0.380	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 46–7
4	0	0.487	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 28–0
5	62	0.506	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 26–0
6	24	0.545	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Furman 27–7
7	95	0.545	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nebraska 34–12
8	62	0.565	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat USC 20–0
9	77	0.574	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia 26–7
10	83	0.574	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana 32–13
11	48	0.584	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico State 25–7
12	14	0.623	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marquette 14–0
13	21	0.623	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 14–0
14	19	0.633	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kentucky 13–0
15	-10	0.642	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 12–0
16	12	0.642	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Carolina 26–14
17	25	0.662	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Denver 10–0
18	69	0.681	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland 21–13
19	-11	0.691	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Villanova 7–0
20	11	0.691	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 7–0
21	16	0.691	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami 7–0
22	40	0.691	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Carolina 7–0
23	57	0.691	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 13–6
24	53	0.701	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 20–14
25	82	0.711	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 12–7
26	43	0.730	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 9–6
27	67	0.750	UTEP	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 14–13
28	71	0.750	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulane 14–13
29	-27	1.168	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
30	-27	1.168	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied BYU 14–14
31	-25	1.168	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
32	-25	1.168	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
33	-23	1.168	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
34	-23	1.168	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
35	-23	1.168	BYU	IND SKY	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied Arizona 14–14
36	-22	1.168	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied Dayton 13–13
37	-22	1.168	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied Newberry 0–0
38	-21	1.168	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
39	-21	1.168	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied Washington 6–6
40	-21	1.168	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
41	-21	1.168	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
42	-21	1.168	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
43	-21	1.168	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
44	-20	1.168	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied Cincinnati 13–13
45	-16	1.168	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
46	-11	1.168	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
47	-11	1.168	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
48	-9	1.168	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
49	-9	1.168	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
50	-9	1.168	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
51	-8	1.168	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied TCU 13–13
52	-2	1.168	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
53	-2	1.168	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
54	-2	1.168	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
55	-1	1.168	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
56	-1	1.168	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied Vanderbilt 7–7
57	7	1.168	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
58	7	1.168	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
59	7	1.168	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
60	12	1.168	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
61	12	1.168	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
62	13	1.168	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
63	13	1.168	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
64	14	1.168	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
65	18	1.168	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
66	18	1.168	TCU	IND SWC	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied Kansas 13–13
67	18	1.168	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
68	27	1.168	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied Missouri 7–7
69	28	1.168	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied West Virginia 6–6
70	30	1.168	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
71	30	1.168	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied Colorado 6–6
72	31	1.168	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	38	0	Tied Virginia 6–6
73	33	1.168	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
74	34	1.168	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
75	36	1.324	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Tech 19–0
76	-13	1.352	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to UTEP 13–14
77	12	1.352	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 13–14
78	-40	1.437	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Oregon 6–9
79	-35	1.522	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Wyoming 7–12
80	-64	1.558	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 66–0
81	-35	1.565	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Rice 14–20
82	-69	1.607	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to SMU 6–13
83	-34	1.607	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Houston 0–7
84	-23	1.607	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to NC State 0–7
85	11	1.607	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Baylor 0–7
86	19	1.607	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to George Washington 0–7
87	-39	1.650	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Texas A&M 13–21
88	-63	1.735	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Iowa State 0–10
89	-36	1.772	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 44–0
90	-22	1.819	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Arkansas 0–12
91	-10	1.819	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Duke 14–26
92	17	1.845	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 40–0
93	-48	1.862	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–13
94	-47	1.904	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–14
95	-5	1.904	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–14
96	-25	1.947	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San Diego State 32–6
97	-70	1.986	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Iowa 34–12
98	-75	2.015	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Catawba 26–7
99	11	2.064	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
100	-40	2.074	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to New Mexico 7–25
101	-69	2.117	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Texas 7–26
102	-46	2.117	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Utah 13–32
103	-15	2.117	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to West Texas A&M 0–19
104	-6	2.132	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tampa 7–0
105	-13	2.159	USC	PAC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Oregon State 0–20
106	-48	2.244	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Washington State 12–34
107	-33	2.414	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Oklahoma 0–26
108	-4	2.499	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Arizona State 0–28
109	-30	2.966	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Stanford 7–46
110	-101	3.009	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to Navy 6–46
111	-110	3.306	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	52	0	Lost to UCLA 0–47
112	0	3.315	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	38	0	Lost to Florida State 7–27