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1957 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
1490.526Iowa (IOWA)B101–01.0001+1Beat Utah State 70–14
230.818Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–01.0001+1BYE
3500.915Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–01.00010Beat Indiana 54–0
4690.915Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.00010Beat Marquette 60–6
5-30.930Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat William & Mary 33–6
6660.935West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–0–10.75041+1Beat Virginia Tech 14–0
7-40.969Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat Northwestern 26–6
8-70.978UCLAPAC2–01.0001+1Beat Illinois 16–6
9350.983Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–0–10.75041+2Beat Richmond 12–7
1090.998Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–01.0001+2Beat Houston 14–6
11261.003Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–0–10.75041+1Beat George Washington 13–6
1241.003Duke (DUKE)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Virginia 40–0
13261.012Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–0–10.75041+1Beat Utah 30–24
14101.012Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–01.0001+1BYE
15161.032Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Nebraska 42–0
1661.051NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Maryland 48–13
17371.061Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–01.00010Beat Washington 46–7
18-31.066Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Tulsa 41–14
1961.134Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–01.0001+1Beat Montana 20–0
20251.178Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Wake Forest 27–0
2161.192UTEPIND BOR2–01.0001+2Beat West Texas A&M 20–12
22-141.207Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–01.00010Beat Kansas 34–6
23331.227Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–0–10.750410Beat Arizona 35–13
24-131.241New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat Colorado State 30–7
25-211.246Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR2–01.00010Beat Idaho 19–7
26-171.280Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–01.00010Beat Tulane 20–6
27-91.300Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–01.00010Beat Texas Tech 21–0
28-161.304Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI1–01.00010BYE
29-161.304Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR1–01.00010BYE
30-231.304Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–01.00010Beat California 13–7
31-171.314Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–0–10.750410Tied SMU 0–0
32261.324Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Purdue 12–0
33-161.343Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–0–10.750410Tied Syracuse 7–7
34181.343Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–01.00010Beat USC 16–6
35-31.373Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–01.00010Beat Tennessee 7–0
36261.373Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Rutgers 7–0
37-141.373SMUIND SWC1–0–10.750410Tied Georgia Tech 0–0
38-21.382Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC1–0–10.750410Beat Wichita State 19–13
39211.392Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Pennsylvania 19–14
40261.402TCUIND SWC1–0–10.750410Beat Ohio State 18–14
4101.411Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Brown 23–20
42261.411Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–0–10.750410Beat Georgia 9–6
43-51.431Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Cornell 14–13
44451.533Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.00010Beat Kentucky 15–0
45-121.616Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Massachusetts 66–6
4601.929Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY0–00.0001120BYE
4701.929Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–0–10.500550Tied Virginia Military Institute 21–21
48171.929Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–0–10.500550Tied Iowa State 7–7
49-61.937Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat NEW Hampshire 27–0
50241.937Yale (YALE)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat UConn 27–0
51331.963North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–10.50055+1Beat Clemson 26–0
52441.966Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Fresno State 34–12
53442.005Drake (DRAKE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat South Dakota State 25–7
54442.044Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat East Carolina 19–6
55492.132Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–0–10.750410Tied Holy Cross 21–21
56-12.161Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–01.00010Beat Memphis 10–6
57222.323Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–10.500550Beat BYU 36–7
58232.346LSUSEC1–10.500550Beat Alabama 28–0
59262.423Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–10.50055+1Beat Furman 20–0
60472.442Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–10.50055+1Beat Oregon 6–3
61-512.444Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–10.500550Lost to Colorado 24–30
62-202.467Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–10.000810Lost to Colgate 13–14
63472.500Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–10.50055+1Beat Florida State 20–7
64-302.552Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–10.000810Lost to Columbia 20–23
65-452.587George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–10.500550Lost to Citadel 6–13
66-72.595Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–10.000810Lost to TCU 14–18
67-462.599Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC1–10.500550Lost to Baylor 6–14
68-72.637Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY0–10.000810Lost to Penn State 14–19
69212.658Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500550Beat North Texas 25–19
70122.701California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–20.000810Lost to Washington State 7–13
71-72.722Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–10.000810Lost to Princeton 0–7
72-52.722Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–10.000810Lost to Auburn 0–7
73-452.737Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–10.500550Lost to West Virginia 0–14
7412.761West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR2–10.667530Lost to UTEP 12–20
75-272.850Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–10.000810Lost to UCLA 6–16
76252.892Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–20.000810Lost to Vanderbilt 6–9
77-142.935Purdue (PURDUE)B100–10.000810Lost to Notre Dame 0–12
78142.955Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–10.667530Lost to Dayton 7–12
79302.970San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500550Beat Denver 27–20
80133.019Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–20.000810Lost to Ole Miss 0–15
81243.062USCPAC0–20.000810Lost to Michigan 6–16
82263.147Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–20.000810Lost to Cincinnati 13–19
83-263.274Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–10.000810Lost to Stanford 6–26
8473.293South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–10.500550Beat Wofford 26–0
85103.296Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–20.000810Lost to Arkansas 14–41
8613.338Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–20.000810Lost to NC State 13–48
87-573.359Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR0–1–10.250760Lost to Missouri 13–35
88-483.402Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–10.000810Lost to New Mexico 7–30
89-193.572Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–10.000810Lost to Florida 0–27
90-393.614Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–1–10.250760Lost to Oregon State 6–34
91203.624Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI1–10.500550Beat Occidental 40–6
92143.784Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–20.000810Lost to Army 0–42
93-873.785Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500550Lost to Boston College 7–20
9403.869Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–20.000810Lost to Wisconsin 6–60
95-693.874Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–10.50055-1Lost to Pittsburgh 3–6
9633.950Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–10.500550Lost to Iowa 14–70
97-264.081Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–1–10.250760Lost to Minnesota 7–46
98-294.124Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–1–10.250760Lost to Duke 0–40
99-194.313Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–10.50055-1Lost to North Carolina 0–26
100-514.719Indiana (INDIANA)B100–10.000810Lost to Michigan State 0–54
101-254.867North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC0–20.00081-1Lost to Oklahoma State 19–25
102-245.037Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–20.00081-1Lost to Arizona State 7–19
103-265.037Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–20.00081-1Lost to Texas 6–20
104-165.080Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–20.00081-1Lost to San José State 20–27
105-195.441William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–20.00081-1Lost to Navy 6–33
106-35.483Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI0–20.00081-1Lost to Texas A&M 0–21
107-55.547Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY0–20.00081-1Lost to Wyoming 0–20
10846.080Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–20.33375-2Lost to Villanova 0–20
109-267.310Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–10.00081-1BYE
110-107.607New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR0–20.000810Lost to CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 8–10
111-828.202Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–10.00081-1Lost to LSU 0–28
112-778.244BYUIND SKY0–1–10.25076-1Lost to Kansas State 7–36

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