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1959 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
1480.604Iowa (IOWA)B101–01.0001+1Beat California 42–12
290.672Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+2Beat Maryland 26–0
3160.740Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Virginia Military Institute 21–0
4310.769Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Wyoming 20–7
5-20.915Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Marquette 14–0
610.915North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC2–01.0001+1Beat UTEP 31–7
720.925USCPAC2–01.0001+1Beat Pittsburgh 23–0
800.930Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR2–01.0001+1Beat Utah State 34–12
950.930Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat William & Mary 29–2
10-50.973Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Oklahoma State 13–7
11-50.978LSUSEC2–01.0001+1Beat TCU 10–0
1200.978Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC2–01.0001+1Beat Hardin Simmons 27–13
1330.998Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Vanderbilt 21–6
1441.008Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC2–01.0001+1Beat Dayton 21–7
15211.032Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Boston College 44–8
16391.071Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–01.00010Beat Oklahoma 45–13
17141.085Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Virginia Tech 27–18
1851.105Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Oregon State 15–14
1991.144Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–01.00010Beat Virginia 47–0
20261.158Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Dartmouth 31–8
21271.188Indiana (INDIANA)B101–01.00010Beat Illinois 20–0
22341.188Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat North Carolina 28–8
23271.197Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Tulane 26–7
2401.212South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC2–01.00010Beat Furman 30–0
25-121.227Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.00010Beat Kentucky 16–0
26-61.227Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–01.00010Beat Idaho 23–0
27-231.231Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–01.00010Beat Mississippi State 14–13
28141.236Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Brown 21–6
29351.246Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Kansas 35–21
3081.304Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Colorado 15–7
3111.304Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Utah 21–6
32111.334Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Colgate 20–15
33-71.343Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat New Mexico 14–9
34-51.353Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–01.00010Beat SMU 16–12
35301.353Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–01.00010Beat Auburn 3–0
36-61.363NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–01.00010BYE
37251.363Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Princeton 8–6
38311.363Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.00010Beat Stanford 16–14
39181.373Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.00010Beat Duke 14–13
40331.387Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50046+1Beat Citadel 47–6
41461.514Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–01.00010Beat Denver 28–12
42531.723Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Villanova 48–20
43-421.880Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–10.500460Lost to Air Force 7–20
44-341.904Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–10.50046+1Lost to Texas 0–26
45141.947Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 26–0
46151.947Purdue (PURDUE)B100–0–10.500460BYE
47191.947UCLAPAC0–0–10.500460BYE
48222.005Yale (YALE)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat UConn 20–0
49-342.017California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–10.50046+1Lost to Iowa 12–42
50-52.064Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Massachusetts 36–22
51552.114Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–10.50046+2Beat New Mexico State 28–27
52-502.277William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–10.500460Lost to Navy 2–29
5312.372Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–10.000730Lost to Florida 13–14
54462.379Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–10.500460Beat Minnesota 32–12
55172.393Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–20.000730Lost to Wisconsin 14–16
56-352.402TCUIND SWC1–10.500460Lost to LSU 0–10
57252.409Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–10.500460Beat Michigan State 9–7
5822.414Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–10.000730Lost to Rutgers 6–8
59292.436Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–10.500460Beat Michigan 20–15
60-232.457Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–10.000730Lost to Tennessee 0–3
61192.457Duke (DUKE)ACC0–20.000730Lost to Ohio State 13–14
62152.457Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–10.000730BYE
63-462.469Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–10.500460Lost to Arizona State 12–34
64282.494Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–10.500460Beat Houston 3–0
65-382.494Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–10.500460Lost to Cincinnati 7–21
66-32.499SMUIND SWC0–10.000730Lost to Georgia Tech 12–16
67-262.542Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Cornell 15–20
6882.563Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–20.000730Lost to Wake Forest 18–27
69-472.569Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–10.500460Lost to USC 0–23
70162.690Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–20.000730Lost to Baylor 7–15
71372.698George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–10.500460Beat Boston University 18–14
7222.712Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–20.000730Lost to Ole Miss 0–16
73182.733Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI0–20.000730Lost to Arkansas 7–13
74202.792Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500460Beat San José State 30–6
7502.796North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–20.000730Lost to Notre Dame 8–28
76262.796Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI0–20.000730Lost to Texas Tech 14–15
77-372.966Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–10.000730Lost to Columbia 6–21
78-112.966Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–10.000730Lost to Oregon 6–21
79-112.966Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–10.000730Lost to Georgia 6–21
80-463.022New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–10.66745-1Lost to Tulsa 27–28
8143.027Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–10.500460Lost to Penn State 0–21
82223.094Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–20.000730Lost to Wichita State 13–27
83-363.179Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–10.000730Lost to Indiana 0–20
8463.183UTEPIND BOR1–10.500460Lost to North Texas 7–31
85-413.306Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–10.000730Lost to Holy Cross 8–31
86193.306Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–10.000730BYE
87123.331Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–10.500460Beat South Dakota State 28–12
88193.370Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–20.000730Lost to Miami 7–26
8973.434Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–20.000730Lost to Army 8–44
90-113.472Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR1–10.50046-1Beat West Texas A&M 7–6
91103.641West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–10.50046-1Beat Richmond 10–7
92-343.688Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–10.000730Lost to Northwestern 13–45
93-603.711San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50046-1Lost to Washington State 6–30
94-104.319Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–10.50046-1Lost to Florida State 6–47
95-704.576BYUIND SKY1–10.50046+1Lost to Fresno State 16–27
96-254.602Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–20.00073-1Lost to Iowa State 12–28
9704.644Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC0–20.00073-1Lost to Alabama 0–3
98-174.665Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–20.00073-1Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–14
99-14.665New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY0–20.00073-1Lost to Colorado State 9–14
100-174.687Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–20.00073-1Lost to Syracuse 21–35
10124.708West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–20.00073-1Lost to Arizona 6–7
102-95.027Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–20.00073-1Lost to Washington 0–23
103-145.609Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–10.500460Lost to Presbyterian 21–25
10456.025Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–20.00073-1Lost to Clemson 0–47
105-536.237Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–10.00073-1Lost to Texas A&M 7–9
106-286.280Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–20.00073-2Lost to West Virginia 7–10
107-686.322Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–10.00073-1Lost to George Washington 14–18
108-576.365Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–10.00073-1Lost to Missouri 15–20
109-567.002Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–10.00073-1Lost to Nebraska 12–32
11017.745Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–20.000730Lost to South Carolina 0–30
11117.809Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–20.000730Lost to Xavier 20–48
112-210.400Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY0–20.00073-1BYE

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