1959 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 5, 1960By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1959 Season Tags: • No Comments

1959 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	0.660	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+59	Beat Texas 23–14
2	2	1.071	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	10–1	0.909	2	+38	Beat LSU 21–0
3	-1	1.117	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	10–1	0.909	2	+45	Beat Missouri 14–0
4	-1	1.132	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	9	+41	BYE
5	2	1.145	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	10–1	0.909	2	+43	Beat Wisconsin 44–8
6	-1	1.388	LSU	SEC	9–2	0.818	9	+38	Lost to Ole Miss 0–21
7	2	1.403	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	9	+39	Beat Georgia Tech 14–7
8	-2	1.408	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	9	+37	Lost to Syracuse 14–23
9	-1	1.444	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	9–1	0.900	6	+30	BYE
10	0	1.449	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	7–1–1	0.833	8	+21	BYE
11	0	1.565	TCU	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	18	+31	BYE
12	2	1.680	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	8–1–1	0.850	7	+18	BYE
13	-1	1.701	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	10–1	0.909	2	+27	BYE
14	-1	1.734	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	9–2	0.818	9	+24	BYE
15	2	1.805	Oregon (OREGON)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	15	+24	BYE
16	-1	1.820	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	21	+24	BYE
17	1	1.870	USC	PAC	8–2	0.800	15	+25	BYE
18	2	1.977	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	7–3	0.700	21	+19	BYE
19	-3	2.011	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	9–2	0.818	9	+12	Lost to New Mexico State 8–28
20	1	2.034	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–2–2	0.727	18	+18	BYE
21	1	2.046	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	6–3	0.667	26	+17	BYE
22	-3	2.070	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	7–3	0.700	21	+20	Lost to Washington 8–44
23	2	2.125	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	5–3–1	0.611	31	+14	BYE
24	-1	2.133	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–2–2	0.667	26	+14	BYE
25	-1	2.137	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	7–3	0.700	21	+15	BYE
26	1	2.245	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	+19	BYE
27	11	2.339	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	8–3	0.727	18	+7	Beat North Texas 28–8
28	1	2.421	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	+13	BYE
29	-1	2.422	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	31	+11	BYE
30	0	2.445	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	15	+8	BYE
31	3	2.510	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	26	+8	BYE
32	-6	2.569	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	6–5	0.545	57	+17	Lost to Arkansas 7–14
33	2	2.581	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	26	+6	BYE
34	-1	2.589	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	21	+4	BYE
35	-4	2.633	SMU	IND SWC	5–4–1	0.550	49	+10	BYE
36	1	2.665	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	5–3–2	0.600	33	+5	BYE
37	-1	2.681	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	49	+6	BYE
38	1	2.715	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	6–4	0.600	33	+12	BYE
39	1	2.723	UCLA	PAC	5–4–1	0.550	49	+10	BYE
40	1	2.757	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	6–4	0.600	33	+8	BYE
41	2	2.789	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	+6	BYE
42	4	2.824	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	+6	BYE
43	4	2.845	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	49	+6	BYE
44	-12	2.858	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	57	+12	Lost to Georgia 0–14
45	-3	2.879	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	49	+8	BYE
46	3	2.905	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	5–4	0.556	44	+4	BYE
47	-2	2.927	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	49	+4	BYE
48	-4	2.941	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–6	0.400	73	+6	BYE
49	2	2.956	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–4	0.556	44	+1	BYE
50	2	2.970	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	6–4	0.600	33	+3	BYE
51	3	2.979	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	59	+4	BYE
52	1	2.994	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	+4	BYE
53	2	3.000	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	44	+4	BYE
54	-6	3.014	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	59	+7	BYE
55	-5	3.064	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	59	+7	BYE
56	0	3.085	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	59	+8	BYE
57	0	3.247	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	5–5	0.500	59	+4	BYE
58	1	3.344	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	49	-3	BYE
59	-1	3.348	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	5–5	0.500	59	+3	BYE
60	1	3.372	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–4	0.556	44	0	BYE
61	1	3.455	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	59	0	BYE
62	1	3.455	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–5	0.500	59	-3	BYE
63	1	3.468	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	33	-7	BYE
64	-4	3.473	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	59	+3	BYE
65	1	3.641	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	70	-2	BYE
66	-1	3.656	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	-9	BYE
67	0	3.724	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	73	-2	BYE
68	0	3.798	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	49	-9	BYE
69	1	3.858	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	44	-11	BYE
70	1	3.935	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	83	-3	BYE
71	-2	3.977	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	3–6–1	0.350	84	-2	BYE
72	1	4.061	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	26	0	BYE
73	-1	4.127	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–5	0.444	70	-6	BYE
74	0	4.173	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	73	-1	BYE
75	1	4.425	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	73	-9	BYE
76	2	4.457	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	70	-11	BYE
77	0	4.471	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	85	-11	BYE
78	1	4.500	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	5–6	0.455	68	-17	BYE
79	2	4.540	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–7	0.300	85	-12	BYE
80	-5	4.544	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	73	-10	BYE
81	-1	4.595	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–6	0.400	73	-10	BYE
82	1	4.683	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	73	-13	BYE
83	-1	4.685	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	85	-9	BYE
84	1	4.757	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	85	-16	BYE
85	-1	4.772	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–5–1	0.450	69	-17	BYE
86	1	4.823	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	73	-17	BYE
87	-1	4.845	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	3–7	0.300	85	-15	BYE
88	0	5.009	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–6	0.400	73	-16	BYE
89	1	5.339	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	85	-20	BYE
90	1	5.344	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–7	0.222	97	-17	BYE
91	-2	5.345	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–7	0.222	97	-17	BYE
92	1	5.392	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	97	-15	BYE
93	-1	5.396	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	85	-22	BYE
94	0	5.525	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–8	0.200	101	-18	BYE
95	0	5.573	BYU	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	85	-11	BYE
96	0	5.879	UTEP	IND BOR	3–7	0.300	85	-10	BYE
97	1	5.934	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	97	-19	BYE
98	-1	5.965	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–7–2	0.200	101	-20	BYE
99	0	6.346	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–8	0.200	101	-28	BYE
100	0	6.382	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	73	-10	BYE
101	1	6.439	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	2–6–1	0.278	96	-21	BYE
102	1	6.556	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	85	-18	BYE
103	-2	6.589	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	101	-29	BYE
104	0	6.599	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	85	-7	BYE
105	0	6.907	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–9	0.100	108	-25	BYE
106	0	7.745	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–8	0.111	105	-34	BYE
107	0	7.851	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	108	-38	BYE
108	0	8.142	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–10	0.000	112	-38	BYE
109	0	8.334	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	108	-26	BYE
110	0	8.379	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–9	0.100	108	-30	BYE
111	1	9.098	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–8	0.111	105	-21	BYE
112	-1	9.114	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	1–8	0.111	105	-28	BYE