1959 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 6, 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	NOW	Game Status
1	45	0.730	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0–1	0.750	29	+1	Beat Notre Dame 28–7
2	14	0.759	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Iowa 14–10
3	-1	0.795	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat California 33–0
4	-1	0.876	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Colgate 58–20
5	29	0.889	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Clemson 16–6
6	1	0.905	USC	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Ohio State 17–0
7	17	1.048	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Georgia 30–14
8	21	1.056	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Maryland 29–0
9	2	1.139	LSU	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Baylor 22–0
10	0	1.145	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat TCU 3–0
11	12	1.168	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Florida State 7–6
12	6	1.188	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Tulsa 8–7
13	-9	1.246	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 27–6
14	21	1.251	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Mississippi State 22–6
15	23	1.314	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Marquette 44–6
16	9	1.334	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Memphis 43–0
17	10	1.343	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia 55–10
18	-6	1.348	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
19	12	1.350	Oregon (OREGON)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Washington State 14–6
20	-14	1.369	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Texas A&M 28–6
21	45	1.445	SMU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	48	+2	Beat Navy 20–7
22	15	1.499	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UConn 20–8
23	3	1.502	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 51–6
24	9	1.515	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Denver 15–0
25	-5	1.543	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Villanova 20–0
26	-18	1.545	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Montana State 31–14
27	16	1.548	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Beat Utah State 27–2
28	30	1.673	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Columbia 22–0
29	16	1.786	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dartmouth 13–0
30	18	1.796	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Brown 17–0
31	28	1.813	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Beat Iowa State 14–0
32	0	1.918	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lehigh 13–6
33	39	1.938	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–2	0.333	65	+2	Beat Detroit Mercy 32–7
34	-21	1.971	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Lost to South Carolina 14–30
35	-34	1.982	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Northwestern 10–14
36	-17	2.014	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–16
37	17	2.042	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Oregon State 7–6
38	12	2.064	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bucknell 20–6
39	12	2.226	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	65	+3	Lost to Texas Tech 7–8
40	0	2.256	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	65	+1	Lost to Miami 6–7
41	-19	2.294	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Purdue 7–28
42	15	2.306	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Southern Miss 7–3
43	1	2.347	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–2	0.333	65	+2	Lost to Syracuse 0–29
44	44	2.414	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	65	+2	Beat Wake Forest 6–0
45	-6	2.455	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to USC 0–17
46	14	2.594	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Hardin Simmons 35–12
47	-33	2.601	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	32	0	Lost to Houston 12–13
48	21	2.609	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat UCLA 25–21
49	7	2.646	TCU	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	65	+1	Lost to Arkansas 0–3
50	-41	2.659	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	0	Lost to SMU 7–20
51	-34	2.725	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–1	0.667	32	0	Lost to Tulane 0–6
52	57	2.760	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Indiana 24–14
53	27	2.799	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–1	0.750	29	-1	Beat Mcmurry 43–11
54	38	2.864	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Colorado 42–12
55	-34	2.914	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Minnesota 14–24
56	-1	2.926	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–2	0.333	65	0	Beat Pacific 21–6
57	-52	2.931	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Lost to Kentucky 7–32
58	-17	2.937	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Lost to Missouri 0–14
59	-29	2.985	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to LSU 0–22
60	21	3.061	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Richmond 14–14
61	36	3.088	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	65	+1	Beat Cincinnati 13–12
62	29	3.136	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat George Washington 10–8
63	1	3.138	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–1–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Vanderbilt 7–7
64	19	3.187	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Army 20–14
65	9	3.245	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	65	0	Lost to Oregon 6–14
66	28	3.251	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat Davidson 13–7
67	32	3.278	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	65	0	Beat UTEP 17–7
68	37	3.290	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Beat Michigan 34–8
69	-16	3.296	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–2	0.000	93	0	Lost to Tennessee 6–22
70	3	3.324	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	65	0	Beat Kansas State 27–21
71	19	3.336	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	32	-2	Beat Idaho 16–14
72	21	3.565	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	-2	Beat Hawai'i 44–14
73	-31	3.571	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	29	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 7–33
74	-59	3.611	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Illinois 14–20
75	10	3.699	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	93	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–13
76	-9	3.848	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	93	0	Lost to Penn State 20–58
77	-16	3.862	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Beat Rice 24–7
78	-42	3.865	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to North Carolina 12–20
79	-4	3.953	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Beat NC State 20–12
80	-17	3.977	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Lost to Wyoming 2–27
81	-32	3.999	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–2	0.333	65	0	Lost to Texas 0–33
82	-54	4.032	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Princeton 0–22
83	-7	4.138	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	93	-1	Lost to Nebraska 6–7
84	-16	4.169	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Beat William & Mary 20–14
85	-7	4.209	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	93	0	Lost to Washington 6–51
86	14	4.308	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	65	-2	Beat Boston University 28–7
87	14	4.435	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–3	0.000	93	-1	Lost to North Texas 6–28
88	-17	4.549	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	65	-2	Lost to West Virginia 8–10
89	-5	4.724	UTEP	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	65	-2	Lost to New Mexico 7–17
90	-3	4.807	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	65	-2	Lost to Oklahoma State 21–27
91	-39	4.891	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	65	-3	Lost to Virginia Tech 14–20
92	-10	5.101	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–3	0.000	93	-1	Lost to Auburn 12–35
93	3	5.143	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–3	0.000	93	-2	Lost to Colorado State 0–15
94	4	5.511	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	93	-2	Lost to Wisconsin 6–44
95	-18	5.611	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	93	-1	Lost to Yale 0–17
96	-1	5.638	BYU	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	65	0	Lost to Montana 0–12
97	-50	5.738	UCLA	PAC	0–1–1	0.250	90	-1	Lost to Pittsburgh 21–25
98	14	5.934	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	65	0	Beat BYU 12–0
99	4	6.032	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Lost to Citadel 7–13
100	-38	6.035	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	93	-2	Lost to Stanford 6–21
101	-36	6.092	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Lost to Bowling Green State 0–14
102	0	6.177	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	93	-3	Lost to Arizona 14–16
103	-24	6.205	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	90	-1	Tied Alabama 7–7
104	-34	6.262	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	93	-2	Lost to Oklahoma 12–42
105	-19	6.503	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	93	-2	Lost to Duke 7–24
106	2	6.906	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–2	0.000	93	-2	Lost to Michigan State 8–34
107	-1	7.097	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–2–1	0.167	92	-3	Tied Virginia Military Institute 14–14
108	-19	7.352	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	93	-2	BYE
109	-5	7.451	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–3	0.000	93	-3	Lost to Florida 10–55
110	1	7.692	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	93	-1	Lost to Holy Cross 0–20
111	-4	8.903	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	93	-4	Lost to Kansas 7–28
112	-2	9.901	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	93	0	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 7–20