1959 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 22, 1959By 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	Game Status
1	107	0.234	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana 58–0
2	104	0.438	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia 37–0
3	23	0.487	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat George Washington 38–6
4	24	0.506	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulane 30–0
5	0	0.526	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulsa 28–0
6	40	0.574	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rice 26–3
7	54	0.584	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hardin Simmons 46–24
8	-4	0.594	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Texas A&M 43–22
9	82	0.594	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon State 27–6
10	38	0.604	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Virginia 27–7
11	74	0.604	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Nebraska 20–0
12	93	0.613	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas State 19–0
13	40	0.642	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Houston 16–0
14	42	0.642	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Boston College 24–8
15	-2	0.662	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington State 20–6
16	16	0.662	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Alabama 17–3
17	76	0.662	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Idaho 14–0
18	-4	0.672	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oklahoma State 22–9
19	51	0.691	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Missouri 19–8
20	81	0.711	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado 21–12
21	62	0.730	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas 14–7
22	50	0.740	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Marquette 21–15
23	64	0.740	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas A&M 20–14
24	56	0.750	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Duke 12–7
25	-13	0.759	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Arizona 18–14
26	-7	0.769	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Pacific 9–6
27	-3	0.769	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Richmond 6–3
28	-12	0.779	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Carolina 20–18
29	4	0.779	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kentucky 14–12
30	30	0.779	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia Tech 15–13
31	69	0.779	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Florida State 22–20
32	35	0.788	Oregon (OREGON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Stanford 28–27
33	45	0.788	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Denver 14–13
34	76	1.246	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico 29–12
35	-34	1.345	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
36	-30	1.345	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
37	-30	1.345	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
38	-30	1.345	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
39	-29	1.345	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
40	-29	1.345	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
41	-24	1.345	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
42	-22	1.345	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
43	-22	1.345	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
44	-22	1.345	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
45	-10	1.345	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
46	-10	1.345	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
47	-8	1.345	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
48	-8	1.345	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
49	-8	1.345	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
50	-1	1.345	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
51	-1	1.345	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
52	-1	1.345	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
53	-1	1.345	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
54	0	1.345	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
55	7	1.345	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
56	7	1.345	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
57	7	1.345	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
58	7	1.345	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
59	12	1.345	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
60	13	1.345	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
61	13	1.345	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	41	Tied UCLA 0–0
62	15	1.345	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
63	16	1.345	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
64	18	1.345	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
65	19	1.345	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
66	24	1.345	UCLA	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	41	Tied Purdue 0–0
67	25	1.345	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
68	27	1.345	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
69	38	1.345	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
70	39	1.345	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
71	-46	1.416	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to San José State 13–14
72	9	1.416	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Oregon 27–28
73	-44	1.458	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Wake Forest 20–22
74	-29	1.458	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Georgia Tech 12–14
75	-16	1.458	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Clemson 18–20
76	23	1.458	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to NC State 13–15
77	-8	1.501	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Colorado State 6–9
78	-2	1.501	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Dayton 3–6
79	-76	1.543	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to BYU 14–18
80	-53	1.586	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to South Carolina 7–12
81	-34	1.628	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Pittsburgh 15–21
82	4	1.628	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Texas Tech 14–20
83	-40	1.671	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to TCU 7–14
84	-69	1.733	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Newberry 48–0
85	13	1.752	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Marshall 46–0
86	-68	1.756	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Washington 12–21
87	-45	1.801	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Drake 41–0
88	-33	1.841	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Penn State 8–19
89	-66	1.850	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Catawba 42–6
90	4	1.859	UTEP	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat University OF Mexico 43–8
91	-25	1.926	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Cincinnati 9–22
92	-90	1.968	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Georgia 3–17
93	-55	1.968	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Utah State 0–14
94	8	1.968	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to California 6–20
95	16	2.030	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisville 28–13
96	-87	2.053	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Navy 8–24
97	-60	2.053	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Ole Miss 0–16
98	-40	2.096	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to New Mexico State 12–29
99	-55	2.181	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Wichita State 0–19
100	-43	2.223	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Texas 0–20
101	3	2.223	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Maryland 7–27
102	-34	2.265	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to USC 6–27
103	0	2.265	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Arizona State 22–43
104	-70	2.308	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to North Texas 24–46
105	-30	2.350	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to LSU 3–26
106	-17	2.563	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Arkansas 0–28
107	-19	2.648	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Florida 0–30
108	-77	2.733	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–38
109	-12	2.945	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to William & Mary 0–37
110	2	7.533	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	43	Lost to Wyoming 0–58
111	-81	10.931	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Presbyterian 23–24
112	-16	11.143	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to West Chester 7–13