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1959 Week 7 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
100.477Purdue (PURDUE)B102–0–10.83322+4Beat Wisconsin 21–0
230.791Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC4–01.0001+8Beat Tennessee 14–7
350.931Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+5Beat Navy 32–6
4-20.935Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–01.0001+4Beat Minnesota 6–0
541.015LSUSEC4–01.0001+5Beat Miami 27–3
6-21.022Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+5Beat Army 17–11
7-11.022USCPAC3–01.0001+4BYE
821.054Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–01.0001+6Beat Baylor 23–7
9101.068Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat San José State 35–12
10-71.124Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–01.0001+5Beat Oklahoma 19–12
1161.136Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–0–10.87521+3Tied Rice 13–13
1281.239North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC4–01.0001+4Beat Cincinnati 21–6
13141.323Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY3–10.75024+5Beat Colorado State 29–0
14-11.353Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Idaho 21–0
1581.365Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–01.0001+3Beat Stanford 10–0
1651.447SMUIND SWC2–10.66735+4Beat Missouri 23–2
1711.506Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–01.0001+2Beat George Washington 21–0
18-21.548Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–01.0001+2Beat Vanderbilt 33–0
19131.551Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–01.0001+2Beat Harvard 20–16
20-61.575Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–10.66735+3Lost to Georgia Tech 7–14
2181.613Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY3–01.0001+1Beat Princeton 18–0
2281.632Yale (YALE)IND IVY3–01.0001+1Beat Columbia 14–0
2321.639Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Dayton 8–0
24-131.653Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–10.66735+4Lost to LSU 3–27
25241.662TCUIND SWC2–20.50049+5Beat Texas Tech 14–8
26101.683Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC3–10.75024+3Beat NC State 23–0
27-11.700Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR3–01.0001+1BYE
28-61.742Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Colgate 15–12
2961.845Iowa (IOWA)B102–10.66735+2Beat Michigan State 37–8
30111.865Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–10.66735+3Beat California 28–6
31-241.953South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC3–10.75024+3Lost to North Carolina 6–19
3222.105Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–10.75024+1Beat Hardin Simmons 35–6
33112.185Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–20.50049+4Beat Detroit Mercy 25–0
34-222.232Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI3–10.75024+2Lost to TCU 8–14
35-112.254Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–10.75024+2Lost to Wyoming 0–29
36152.255Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC3–10.75024+2Beat Maryland 10–7
37-62.324Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–20.50049+3Lost to SMU 2–23
3842.367Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–10.75024+1Beat Houston 28–6
3992.422Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–10.75024+1Beat Duke 12–0
40-252.454Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–10.66735+1Lost to Purdue 0–21
41232.454Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–10.66735+1Beat Ohio State 9–0
42-22.464Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50049+2Beat Virginia Tech 7–6
43362.528North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–20.50049+2Beat South Carolina 19–6
44-162.579Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY1–20.33366+1Lost to Pennsylvania 0–18
45412.650Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–20.50049+1Beat Nebraska 10–3
4692.671Indiana (INDIANA)B102–10.667350Beat Marquette 33–13
47-12.676Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–10.667350Beat Kentucky 33–0
4852.684New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR4–10.80023-1Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 20–18
4992.730Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–10.75024-1Beat South Dakota 41–6
50102.759Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–1–10.625460Beat Virginia 19–12
51162.763New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY2–20.50049+1Beat Utah State 28–6
52-22.848Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–20.50049+1Lost to Syracuse 6–32
53132.864Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–10.75024-1Beat Wofford 40–8
54-162.958Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY2–10.667350Lost to Cornell 16–20
55-12.965Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–20.33366+1Lost to Texas 12–19
5672.999Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–1–10.625460Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 13–0
57173.043Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–20.333660Lost to Penn State 11–17
58123.120Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI2–20.500490Beat Tulsa 26–0
59-73.150Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–20.333660Lost to Northwestern 0–6
60-13.153Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–20.33366+1Lost to Arkansas 7–23
61-143.160Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC2–20.500490Lost to North Texas 6–21
62-253.272Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–20.50049-1Lost to Kansas 3–10
63223.333Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–20.33366+1Beat BYU 20–8
64-213.350Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–30.25080+1Lost to Wake Forest 7–10
6503.377Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50049-1Beat Pacific 20–12
66-333.434Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–30.25080+1Lost to Auburn 0–33
6753.654San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50049-1Lost to Oregon 12–35
68213.757UTEPIND BOR2–20.50049-2Beat West Texas A&M 13–12
69-243.767Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–20.333660Lost to Illinois 0–9
70-23.773Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–20.33366-1Lost to Iowa 8–37
7103.774Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR2–10.66735-3BYE
72-333.860Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–30.25080+1Lost to Oklahoma State 0–26
7333.873Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–30.0001040Lost to Rutgers 12–15
74-133.906Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC1–30.250800Lost to Texas A&M 6–28
75-193.945Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–30.25080-1Lost to Washington 0–10
76-73.967Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–20.33366-1Beat Arkansas State 49–14
77-23.986Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–2–10.1671000Tied Brown 0–0
78-164.286West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–20.50049-3Lost to Boston University 0–7
7924.346California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–30.250800Lost to Notre Dame 6–28
80-234.381Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI2–20.50049-4Lost to Tulane 0–25
81-34.535NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–20.33366-2Lost to Clemson 0–23
8204.671Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–20.33366-2Lost to Yale 0–14
83104.792Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–30.25080-3Beat Montana 27–12
8444.870George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–30.25080-3Lost to Wichita State 0–21
85264.973Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–20.33366-3Beat West Virginia 7–0
86-65.010Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–30.25080-3Lost to New Mexico 6–28
87-145.020Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI3–20.600480Lost to Ohio 7–25
88-115.207Duke (DUKE)ACC1–30.25080-4Lost to Pittsburgh 0–12
89145.218Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–2–10.167100-1Lost to Ole Miss 0–33
90175.282Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–2–10.37565-4Beat Davidson 21–7
9165.345UCLAPAC0–1–10.25080-1BYE
92-85.363Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–30.25080-4Lost to Florida State 6–7
93-15.366Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–40.000104-2Lost to Georgia 6–35
94-75.441West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–40.000104-3Lost to UTEP 12–13
9595.556Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–30.25080-3Beat Kansas State 20–17
96105.602Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–20.33366-4Beat Oregon State 18–7
97115.610Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–20.33366-4Beat Villanova 39–6
9835.764Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–30.25080-1Lost to Holy Cross 0–8
99-95.781Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–30.25080-5Lost to Colorado 17–20
10026.258Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–40.000104-4Lost to Air Force 0–21
101-186.450Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI0–40.000104-5Lost to Michigan 7–18
102-76.619Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–2–10.167100-2Tied Dartmouth 0–0
103-126.749William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–30.25080-8Lost to Furman 7–8
104-56.770Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–30.25080-3Lost to Richmond 7–21
105-96.846BYUIND SKY1–30.25080-3Lost to Utah 8–20
106-127.002Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–40.000104-5Lost to Indiana 13–33
107-97.164Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–30.25080-3Lost to Denver 12–27
108-37.427Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–2–10.167100-3Tied Florida 13–13
10937.482Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–30.250800Beat William & Mary 8–7
110-17.554Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–40.000104-5Lost to Virginia Military Institute 12–19
111-117.837Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–30.000104-6Lost to Washington State 12–20
112-28.881Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–40.000104-4Lost to Boston College 6–39

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