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1959 Final 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
100.660Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI11–01.0001+59Beat Texas 23–14
221.071Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC10–10.9092+38Beat LSU 21–0
3-11.117Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC10–10.9092+45Beat Missouri 14–0
4-11.132Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI9–20.8189+41BYE
521.145Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC10–10.9092+43Beat Wisconsin 44–8
6-11.388LSUSEC9–20.8189+38Lost to Ole Miss 0–21
721.403Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC9–20.8189+39Beat Georgia Tech 14–7
8-21.408Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC9–20.8189+37Lost to Syracuse 14–23
9-11.444Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY9–10.9006+30BYE
1001.449Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY7–1–10.8338+21BYE
1101.565TCUIND SWC8–30.72718+31BYE
1221.680Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON8–1–10.8507+18BYE
13-11.701Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR10–10.9092+27BYE
14-11.734Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC9–20.8189+24BYE
1521.805Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI8–20.80015+24BYE
16-11.820Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B87–30.70021+24BYE
1711.870USCPAC8–20.80015+25BYE
1821.977Auburn (AUBURN)SEC7–30.70021+19BYE
19-32.011North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC9–20.8189+12Lost to New Mexico State 8–28
2012.034Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC7–2–20.72718+18BYE
2112.046Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–30.66726+17BYE
22-32.070Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B107–30.70021+20Lost to Washington 8–44
2322.125Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY5–3–10.61131+14BYE
24-12.133Purdue (PURDUE)B105–2–20.66726+14BYE
25-12.137New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY7–30.70021+15BYE
2612.245Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–40.60033+19BYE
27112.339New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR8–30.72718+7Beat North Texas 28–8
2812.421Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI6–40.60033+13BYE
29-12.422Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–3–10.61131+11BYE
3002.445Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON8–20.80015+8BYE
3132.510Yale (YALE)IND IVY6–30.66726+8BYE
32-62.569Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–50.54557+17Lost to Arkansas 7–14
3322.581Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY6–30.66726+6BYE
34-12.589Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B87–30.70021+4BYE
35-42.633SMUIND SWC5–4–10.55049+10BYE
3612.665Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–3–20.60033+5BYE
37-12.681Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–4–10.55049+6BYE
3812.715Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–40.60033+12BYE
3912.723UCLAPAC5–4–10.55049+10BYE
4012.757South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC6–40.60033+8BYE
4122.789Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI6–40.60033+6BYE
4242.824Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI6–40.60033+6BYE
4342.845Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–4–10.55049+6BYE
44-122.858Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–50.54557+12Lost to Georgia 0–14
45-32.879Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–4–10.55049+8BYE
4632.905Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B105–40.55644+4BYE
47-22.927Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI5–4–10.55049+4BYE
48-42.941Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–60.40073+6BYE
4922.956Iowa (IOWA)B105–40.55644+1BYE
5022.970Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC6–40.60033+3BYE
5132.979Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–4–10.50059+4BYE
5212.994Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI6–40.60033+4BYE
5323.000Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–40.55644+4BYE
54-63.014Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–50.50059+7BYE
55-53.064Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–50.50059+7BYE
5603.085Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–50.50059+8BYE
5703.247Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC5–50.50059+4BYE
5813.344Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC5–4–10.55049-3BYE
59-13.348Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–50.50059+3BYE
6013.372Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY5–40.556440BYE
6113.455Indiana (INDIANA)B104–4–10.500590BYE
6213.455North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC5–50.50059-3BYE
6313.468Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON6–40.60033-7BYE
64-43.473Colorado (COLORADO)IND B85–50.50059+3BYE
6513.641Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–50.44470-2BYE
66-13.656Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI6–40.60033-9BYE
6703.724Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–60.40073-2BYE
6803.798Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC5–4–10.55049-9BYE
6913.858Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI5–40.55644-11BYE
7013.935Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–5–10.38983-3BYE
71-23.977Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–6–10.35084-2BYE
7214.061Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI6–30.667260BYE
73-14.127Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–50.44470-6BYE
7404.173Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI4–60.40073-1BYE
7514.425San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–60.40073-9BYE
7624.457Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–50.44470-11BYE
7704.471Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–70.30085-11BYE
7814.500Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY5–60.45568-17BYE
7924.540Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–70.30085-12BYE
80-54.544Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–60.40073-10BYE
81-14.595Duke (DUKE)ACC4–60.40073-10BYE
8214.683Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI4–60.40073-13BYE
83-14.685West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–70.30085-9BYE
8414.757Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI3–70.30085-16BYE
85-14.772Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON4–5–10.45069-17BYE
8614.823William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–60.40073-17BYE
87-14.845Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR3–70.30085-15BYE
8805.009Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR4–60.40073-16BYE
8915.339Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI3–70.30085-20BYE
9015.344Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–70.22297-17BYE
91-25.345Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–70.22297-17BYE
9215.392Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY2–70.22297-15BYE
93-15.396Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–70.30085-22BYE
9405.525California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–80.200101-18BYE
9505.573BYUIND SKY3–70.30085-11BYE
9605.879UTEPIND BOR3–70.30085-10BYE
9715.934Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–70.22297-19BYE
98-15.965Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–7–20.200101-20BYE
9906.346Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–80.200101-28BYE
10006.382Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–60.40073-10BYE
10116.439Brown (BROWN)IND IVY2–6–10.27896-21BYE
10216.556Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI3–70.30085-18BYE
103-26.589Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–80.200101-29BYE
10406.599Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–70.30085-7BYE
10506.907NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–90.100108-25BYE
10607.745George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–80.111105-34BYE
10707.851Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–90.100108-38BYE
10808.142Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–100.000112-38BYE
10908.334Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–90.100108-26BYE
11008.379West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–90.100108-30BYE
11119.098Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–80.111105-21BYE
112-19.114Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–80.111105-28BYE

1959 Post-Season Week 2 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
100.731Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI10–01.0001+50BYE
201.091Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC9–10.9003+39BYE
321.117Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI9–20.81812+41Beat Alabama 7–0
4-11.211Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC9–10.9003+29BYE
5-11.238LSUSEC9–10.9003+38BYE
601.280Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC9–10.9003+36BYE
701.280Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC9–10.9003+36BYE
811.418Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY9–10.9003+30BYE
911.482Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC8–20.80014+34BYE
1011.487Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY7–1–10.83311+21BYE
11-31.573TCUIND SWC8–30.72719+32Lost to Clemson 7–23
1201.707Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR10–10.9092+26BYE
1371.708Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC9–20.81812+25Beat TCU 23–7
14-11.717Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON8–1–10.85010+18BYE
15-11.723Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B87–30.70021+25BYE
1601.785North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC9–10.9003+15BYE
1701.802Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI8–20.80014+24BYE
1801.868USCPAC8–20.80014+24BYE
1921.898Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B107–20.77818+21BYE
20-11.919Auburn (AUBURN)SEC7–30.70021+19BYE
21-61.974Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC7–2–20.72719+18Lost to Penn State 0–7
2202.045Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–30.66726+18BYE
2312.134Purdue (PURDUE)B105–2–20.66726+14BYE
2412.144New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY7–30.70021+15BYE
2512.159Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY5–3–10.61131+14BYE
26-32.167Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–40.60033+19BYE
2702.271Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–40.60033+19BYE
2832.418Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–3–10.61131+11BYE
2902.419Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI6–40.60033+14BYE
3002.443Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON8–20.80014+8BYE
31-32.458SMUIND SWC5–4–10.55051+12BYE
3202.475Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–40.60033+13BYE
3302.507Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B87–30.70021+5BYE
3402.530Yale (YALE)IND IVY6–30.66726+8BYE
3502.601Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY6–30.66726+6BYE
3602.689Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–4–10.55051+7BYE
3702.694Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–3–20.60033+5BYE
3802.702New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR7–30.70021-2BYE
3902.711Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–40.60033+12BYE
4002.766UCLAPAC5–4–10.55051+10BYE
4112.773South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC6–40.60033+7BYE
42-12.776Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–4–10.55051+9BYE
4302.793Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI6–40.60033+6BYE
4402.804Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–60.40073+8BYE
4502.836Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI5–4–10.55051+5BYE
4602.861Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI6–40.60033+6BYE
4712.896Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–4–10.55051+6BYE
48-12.909Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–50.50059+8BYE
4902.947Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B105–40.55646+4BYE
5002.977Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–50.50059+8BYE
5112.978Iowa (IOWA)B105–40.55646+2BYE
52-12.983Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC6–40.60033+3BYE
5303.015Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI6–40.60033+4BYE
5403.019Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–4–10.50059+4BYE
5503.042Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–40.55646+4BYE
5603.114Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–50.50059+7BYE
5703.241Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC5–50.50059+5BYE
5803.343Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–50.50059+3BYE
5903.356Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC5–4–10.55051-2BYE
6003.386Colorado (COLORADO)IND B85–50.50059+3BYE
6103.419Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY5–40.556460BYE
6203.467Indiana (INDIANA)B104–4–10.500590BYE
6313.479North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC5–50.50059-3BYE
64-13.480Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON6–40.60033-7BYE
6513.664Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI6–40.60033-9BYE
6613.668Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–50.44470-2BYE
67-23.697Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–60.400730BYE
6813.801Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC5–4–10.55051-8BYE
69-13.807Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–6–10.350840BYE
7003.900Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI5–40.55646-11BYE
7103.927Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–5–10.38983-2BYE
7203.984Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–50.44470-4BYE
7304.061Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI6–30.667260BYE
7404.185Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI4–60.40073-1BYE
7504.386Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–60.40073-8BYE
7604.414San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–60.40073-9BYE
7704.462Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–70.30085-10BYE
7814.485Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–50.44470-11BYE
79-14.486Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY5–60.45568-17BYE
8004.497Duke (DUKE)ACC4–60.40073-10BYE
8104.533Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–70.30085-11BYE
8214.691West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–70.30085-9BYE
83-14.726Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI4–60.40073-13BYE
8404.766Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON4–5–10.45069-17BYE
8504.768Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI3–70.30085-15BYE
8614.845Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR3–70.30085-14BYE
87-14.845William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–60.40073-17BYE
8805.020Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR4–60.40073-16BYE
8925.330Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–70.22297-16BYE
9005.334Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI3–70.30085-20BYE
91-25.344Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–70.22297-16BYE
9205.419Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–70.30085-21BYE
9305.429Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY2–70.22297-15BYE
9405.505California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–80.200101-17BYE
9505.554BYUIND SKY3–70.30085-11BYE
9605.859UTEPIND BOR3–70.30085-10BYE
9705.937Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–7–20.200101-18BYE
9805.972Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–70.22297-19BYE
9906.326Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–80.200101-28BYE
10006.393Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–60.40073-10BYE
10106.458Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–80.200101-28BYE
10206.480Brown (BROWN)IND IVY2–6–10.27896-21BYE
10306.580Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI3–70.30085-18BYE
10406.612Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–70.30085-7BYE
10506.923NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–90.100108-25BYE
10607.804George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–80.111105-34BYE
10707.882Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–90.100108-38BYE
10808.210Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–100.000112-38BYE
10908.349Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–90.100108-26BYE
11008.356West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–90.100108-29BYE
11109.088Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–80.111105-28BYE
11209.115Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–80.111105-21BYE

1959 Post-Season Week 1 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
100.733Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI10–01.0001+49BYE
201.075Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC9–10.9003+39BYE
301.209Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC9–10.9003+29BYE
401.222LSUSEC9–10.9003+38BYE
501.224Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI8–20.80012+34BYE
601.260Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC9–10.9003+37BYE
701.275Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC9–10.9003+36BYE
801.374TCUIND SWC8–20.80012+34BYE
901.418Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY9–10.9003+30BYE
1001.451Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC8–20.80012+34BYE
1101.487Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY7–1–10.83311+21BYE
1201.707Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR10–10.9092+26BYE
1301.717Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON8–1–10.85010+18BYE
1401.723Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B87–30.70021+25BYE
1501.739Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC7–1–20.80012+20BYE
1601.785North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC9–10.9003+15BYE
1701.790Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI8–20.80012+24BYE
1801.856USCPAC8–20.80012+24BYE
1901.894Auburn (AUBURN)SEC7–30.70021+20BYE
2001.901Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC8–20.80012+17BYE
2101.922Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B107–20.77820+21BYE
2202.054Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–30.66726+18BYE
2302.142Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–40.60033+19BYE
2402.144Purdue (PURDUE)B105–2–20.66726+14BYE
2502.144New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY7–30.70021+15BYE
2602.159Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY5–3–10.61131+14BYE
2702.242Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–40.60033+19BYE
2802.418SMUIND SWC5–4–10.55051+13BYE
2902.419Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI6–40.60033+14BYE
3002.431Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON8–20.80012+8BYE
3102.433Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–3–10.61131+11BYE
3202.479Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–40.60033+13BYE
3302.507Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B87–30.70021+5BYE
3402.530Yale (YALE)IND IVY6–30.66726+8BYE
3502.601Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY6–30.66726+6BYE
3602.689Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–4–10.55051+7BYE
3702.694Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–3–20.60033+5BYE
3802.702New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR7–30.70021-2BYE
3902.711Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–40.60033+12BYE
4002.761UCLAPAC5–4–10.55051+10BYE
4102.776Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–4–10.55051+9BYE
4202.777South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC6–40.60033+7BYE
4312.784Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI6–40.60033+6BYE
44-12.804Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–60.40073+8BYE
4502.831Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI5–4–10.55051+5BYE
4602.856Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI6–40.60033+6BYE
4702.875Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–50.50059+9BYE
4802.896Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–4–10.55051+6BYE
4902.947Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B105–40.55646+4BYE
5002.973Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–50.50059+8BYE
5102.987Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC6–40.60033+3BYE
5202.987Iowa (IOWA)B105–40.55646+2BYE
5303.019Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI6–40.60033+4BYE
5403.025Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–4–10.50059+4BYE
5503.042Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–40.55646+4BYE
5603.110Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–50.50059+7BYE
5703.245Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC5–50.50059+4BYE
5813.338Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–50.50059+3BYE
59-13.356Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC5–4–10.55051-2BYE
6003.386Colorado (COLORADO)IND B85–50.50059+3BYE
6103.419Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY5–40.556460BYE
6203.467Indiana (INDIANA)B104–4–10.500590BYE
6303.480Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON6–40.60033-7BYE
6403.483North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC5–50.50059-3BYE
6503.648Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–60.40073+1BYE
6613.664Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI6–40.60033-9BYE
67-13.668Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–50.44470-2BYE
6803.761Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–6–10.35084+1BYE
6903.801Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC5–4–10.55051-8BYE
7003.900Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI5–40.55646-11BYE
7103.934Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–5–10.38983-2BYE
7203.995Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–50.44470-4BYE
7304.061Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI6–30.667260BYE
7404.180Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI4–60.40073-1BYE
7504.386Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–60.40073-8BYE
7604.409San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–60.40073-9BYE
7704.419Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–70.30085-9BYE
7864.486Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY5–60.45568-17Beat Hawai'i 48–6
79-14.491Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–50.44470-11BYE
80-14.502Duke (DUKE)ACC4–60.40073-10BYE
81-14.533Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–70.30085-11BYE
82-14.683Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI4–60.40073-12BYE
83-14.685West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–70.30085-9BYE
84-14.761Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON4–5–10.45069-17BYE
8504.780Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI3–70.30085-15BYE
8604.839William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–60.40073-17BYE
8704.845Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR3–70.30085-14BYE
8805.020Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR4–60.40073-16BYE
8905.292Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–70.22297-15BYE
9005.322Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI3–70.30085-20BYE
9105.345Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–70.22297-16BYE
9205.370Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–70.30085-20BYE
9305.429Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY2–70.22297-15BYE
9405.491California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–80.200101-17BYE
9505.554BYUIND SKY3–70.30085-11BYE
9605.859UTEPIND BOR3–70.30085-10BYE
9705.871Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–7–20.200101-17BYE
9805.979Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–70.22297-19BYE
9906.326Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–80.200101-28BYE
10006.393Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–60.40073-10BYE
10106.458Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–80.200101-28BYE
10206.480Brown (BROWN)IND IVY2–6–10.27896-21BYE
10306.580Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI3–70.30085-18BYE
10406.612Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–70.30085-7BYE
10506.930NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–90.100108-25BYE
10607.804George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–80.111105-34BYE
10707.874Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–90.100108-38BYE
10808.219Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–100.000112-38BYE
10908.349Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–90.100108-26BYE
11008.356West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–90.100108-29BYE
11119.088Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–80.111105-28BYE
112-19.107Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–80.111105-21BYE

1959 Regular Season Final 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
100.731Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI10–01.0001+49Beat UCLA 36–8
201.070Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC9–10.9003+39BYE
301.207Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC9–10.9003+29BYE
401.217LSUSEC9–10.9003+38BYE
501.221Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI8–20.80012+34BYE
611.255Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC9–10.9003+37BYE
7-11.275Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC9–10.9003+36BYE
801.369TCUIND SWC8–20.80012+34BYE
901.425Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY9–10.9003+29BYE
1001.445Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC8–20.80012+34BYE
1101.484Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY7–1–10.83311+21BYE
1201.711Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR10–10.9092+25Beat Hawai'i 14–6
1301.715Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON8–1–10.85010+18BYE
1401.720Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B87–30.70021+25BYE
1501.739Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC7–1–20.80012+20BYE
1601.785North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC9–10.9003+15BYE
1701.788Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI8–20.80012+24BYE
1801.853USCPAC8–20.80012+24BYE
1901.890Auburn (AUBURN)SEC7–30.70021+20BYE
2011.899Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC8–20.80012+17BYE
21-11.918Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B107–20.77820+21BYE
2202.050Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–30.66726+18BYE
2302.134Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–40.60033+19BYE
2402.144Purdue (PURDUE)B105–2–20.66726+14BYE
2502.154New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY7–30.70021+14BYE
2602.154Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY5–3–10.61131+14BYE
2702.238Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–40.60033+19BYE
2832.409SMUIND SWC5–4–10.55051+13BYE
2932.411Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI6–40.60033+14BYE
30-22.423Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON8–20.80012+8BYE
31-22.428Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–3–10.61131+11BYE
3212.471Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–40.60033+13BYE
3312.500Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B87–30.70021+5BYE
3412.527Yale (YALE)IND IVY6–30.66726+8BYE
3512.597Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY6–30.66726+6BYE
3622.684Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–4–10.55051+7BYE
3702.689Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–3–20.60033+5BYE
3812.702New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR7–30.70021-2BYE
3912.726Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–40.60033+11BYE
40-102.761UCLAPAC5–4–10.55051+10Lost to Syracuse 8–36
4112.771Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–4–10.55051+9BYE
4232.774South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC6–40.60033+7BYE
4302.780Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–60.40072+8BYE
4402.780Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI6–40.60033+6BYE
45-42.827Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI5–4–10.55051+5BYE
4612.856Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI6–40.60033+6BYE
47-12.867Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–50.50059+9BYE
4802.892Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–4–10.55051+6BYE
4902.942Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B105–40.55646+4BYE
5002.973Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–50.50059+8BYE
5112.979Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC6–40.60033+3BYE
52-12.987Iowa (IOWA)B105–40.55646+2BYE
5303.015Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI6–40.60033+4BYE
5403.020Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–4–10.50059+4BYE
5503.037Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–40.55646+4BYE
5603.105Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–50.50059+7BYE
5713.245Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC5–50.50059+4Beat NC State 33–28
5813.352Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC5–4–10.55051-2BYE
59-23.352Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–50.50059+2BYE
6003.372Colorado (COLORADO)IND B85–50.50059+3BYE
6103.414Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY5–40.556460BYE
6203.456Indiana (INDIANA)B104–4–10.500590BYE
6303.468Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON6–40.60033-7BYE
6403.479North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC5–50.50059-3BYE
6503.624Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–60.40072+1BYE
6603.650Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–50.44469-2BYE
6703.656Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI6–40.60033-9BYE
6803.755Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–6–10.35084+1BYE
6903.801Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC5–4–10.55051-8BYE
7013.895Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI5–40.55646-11BYE
71-13.920Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–5–10.38983-2BYE
7203.977Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–50.44469-4BYE
7304.057Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI6–30.667260BYE
7404.150Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI4–60.40072-1BYE
7504.367Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–60.40072-8BYE
7604.389San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–60.40072-9BYE
7704.413Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–70.30085-9BYE
7814.472Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–50.44469-11BYE
7914.483Duke (DUKE)ACC4–60.40072-10BYE
80-24.528Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–70.30085-11BYE
8104.653Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI4–60.40072-12BYE
8214.673West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–70.30085-9BYE
83-14.731Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON4–5–10.45068-17BYE
8404.778Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY4–60.40072-17BYE
8514.780Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI3–70.30085-15BYE
86-14.809William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–60.40072-17BYE
8704.845Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR3–70.30085-14BYE
8804.996Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR4–60.40072-16BYE
8905.292Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–70.22297-15BYE
9005.304Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI3–70.30085-20BYE
9105.330Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–70.22297-16BYE
9205.358Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–70.30085-20BYE
9315.422Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY2–70.22297-15BYE
94-15.491California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–80.200101-17BYE
9505.571BYUIND SKY3–70.30085-12BYE
9615.853UTEPIND BOR3–70.30085-10BYE
97-15.853Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–7–20.200101-17BYE
9805.972Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–70.22297-19BYE
9906.346Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–80.200101-28BYE
10006.368Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–60.40072-10BYE
10116.451Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–80.200101-28BYE
102-16.472Brown (BROWN)IND IVY2–6–10.27896-21BYE
10316.568Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI3–70.30085-18BYE
10416.600Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–70.30085-7BYE
105-26.923NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–90.100108-25Lost to Maryland 28–33
10607.780George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–80.111105-34BYE
10707.897Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–90.100108-38BYE
10808.210Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–100.000112-38BYE
10918.342Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–90.100108-26BYE
110-18.348West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–90.100108-29BYE
11109.090Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–80.111105-21BYE
11209.122Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–80.111105-28BYE

1959 Week 14 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
100.765Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI9–01.0001+43BYE
221.067Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC9–10.9002+39Beat Georgia Tech 21–14
3-11.196Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC9–10.9002+29Beat Mississippi State 42–0
4-11.212LSUSEC9–10.9002+38BYE
501.227Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI8–20.80012+34BYE
611.234Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC9–10.9002+36BYE
7-11.266Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC9–10.9002+36Beat Texas A&M 20–17
821.369TCUIND SWC8–20.80012+34Beat SMU 19–0
9-11.413Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY9–10.9002+29BYE
10-11.445Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC8–20.80012+34BYE
1111.484Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY7–1–10.83311+21Beat Cornell 28–13
1221.661Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR9–10.9002+25Beat Arizona 15–9
1361.717Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON8–1–10.85010+18Beat Virginia Tech 37–12
1441.723Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B87–30.70021+25Beat Oklahoma State 17–7
1561.739Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC7–1–20.80012+20Beat Auburn 10–0
16-11.782North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC9–10.9002+15BYE
17-11.796Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI8–20.80012+24BYE
18-71.807USCPAC8–20.80012+25Lost to Notre Dame 6–16
19-61.900Auburn (AUBURN)SEC7–30.70021+20Lost to Alabama 0–10
2001.918Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B107–20.77820+21BYE
2111.923Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC8–20.80012+17Beat Furman 56–3
2212.054Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–30.66726+18BYE
23-62.153Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–40.60034+19Lost to Georgia 14–21
2432.153Purdue (PURDUE)B105–2–20.66726+14BYE
2502.157New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY7–30.70021+14BYE
2602.164Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY5–3–10.61131+14BYE
2762.200Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–40.60034+19BYE
2862.420Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON8–20.80012+8BYE
2922.423Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–3–10.61131+11BYE
30162.433UCLAPAC5–3–10.61131+10Beat Utah 21–6
31-32.434SMUIND SWC5–4–10.55052+13Lost to TCU 0–19
32-82.438Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI6–40.60034+14Lost to Florida 14–23
3342.491Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–40.60034+13BYE
3452.504Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B87–30.70021+5BYE
3502.527Yale (YALE)IND IVY6–30.66726+8BYE
3602.597Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY6–30.66726+6BYE
37192.688Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–3–20.60034+5Beat Tennessee 14–0
38152.695Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–4–10.55052+7Beat Miami 23–14
3962.705New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR7–30.70021-2Beat University OF Mexico 55–0
4032.741Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–40.60034+11BYE
41-122.780Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI5–4–10.55052+5Lost to Colorado 7–15
42-122.782Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–4–10.55052+9Lost to Vanderbilt 0–14
4312.784Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–60.40072+8BYE
4472.799Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI6–40.60034+6Beat Houston 32–18
45-132.812South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC6–40.60034+6Lost to Wake Forest 20–43
4612.871Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–50.50059+9BYE
47-72.880Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI6–40.60034+6Lost to Oklahoma 7–17
4872.958Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–4–10.55052+5Beat Army 43–12
49-12.963Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B105–40.55647+4BYE
50112.996Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–50.50059+8Beat USC 16–6
51-13.008Iowa (IOWA)B105–40.55647+2BYE
52103.021Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC6–40.60034+2Beat South Carolina 43–20
53-123.035Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI6–40.60034+4Lost to Boston College 0–14
54-163.042Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–4–10.50059+4Lost to Navy 12–43
5583.071Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–40.55647+4Beat Holy Cross 14–0
56-143.119Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–50.50059+7Lost to Wichita State 21–26
57-83.280Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–50.50059+3Lost to UCLA 6–21
5803.364Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC4–50.44468+3BYE
5903.372Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC5–4–10.55052-2Beat Miami (OH) 14–7
6083.376Colorado (COLORADO)IND B85–50.50059+3Beat Air Force 15–7
61-93.425Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY5–40.556470Lost to Pennsylvania 13–28
62-53.456Indiana (INDIANA)B104–4–10.500590BYE
63-93.479Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON6–40.60034-6Lost to Virginia Military Institute 12–37
6453.522North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC5–50.50059-3Beat Duke 50–0
65-13.618Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–60.40072+1Beat Rice 23–21
66-63.637Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–50.44468-2BYE
67-23.679Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI6–40.60034-9BYE
68-13.773Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–6–10.35084+1BYE
6963.817Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC5–4–10.55052-8Beat Tulsa 26–21
70-43.927Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–5–10.38983-2BYE
7123.930Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI5–40.55647-11BYE
72-13.970Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–50.44468-4BYE
73-14.057Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI6–30.667260BYE
7444.160Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI4–60.40072-1Beat Tampa 33–0
7524.367Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–60.40072-8BYE
7634.394San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–60.40072-10BYE
77-34.425Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–70.30085-9Lost to Washington State 18–32
7834.441Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–70.30085-10BYE
79-34.464Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–50.44468-11BYE
80-104.489Duke (DUKE)ACC4–60.40072-10Lost to North Carolina 0–50
81-14.658Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI4–60.40072-12BYE
8214.718Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON4–5–10.45067-17BYE
83-14.722West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–70.30085-9BYE
8404.783Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY4–60.40072-17BYE
8504.815William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–60.40072-17BYE
8624.822Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI3–70.30085-15BYE
8704.844Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR3–70.30085-14BYE
88-25.011Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR4–60.40072-16Lost to Arizona State 9–15
8905.284Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–70.22297-15Lost to Ole Miss 0–42
9025.303Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI3–70.30085-20BYE
9135.330Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–70.22297-16BYE
9215.363Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–70.30085-20Lost to Texas 17–20
9335.387California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–80.200101-16BYE
94-45.429Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY2–70.22297-15BYE
9505.571BYUIND SKY3–70.30085-12BYE
96-55.834Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–7–20.200101-17Lost to Baylor 21–23
9715.852UTEPIND BOR3–70.30085-10BYE
9825.979Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–70.22297-19Beat Brown 33–14
9906.353Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–80.200101-28BYE
10026.384Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–60.40072-10BYE
101-46.472Brown (BROWN)IND IVY2–6–10.27896-21Lost to Colgate 14–33
10216.479Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–80.200101-28BYE
10316.552NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–80.111105-19BYE
10416.592Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI3–70.30085-18BYE
105-46.600Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–70.30085-7Lost to Clemson 3–56
10617.789George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–80.111105-34BYE
107-17.941Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–90.100109-38BYE
10828.312Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–100.000112-38BYE
10908.376West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–90.100109-29BYE
110-28.401Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–90.100109-26BYE
11109.081Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–80.111105-21BYE
11209.130Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–80.111105-28BYE

1959 Week 13 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
100.788Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI9–01.0001+41Beat Boston University 46–0
211.204Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC8–10.8896+26BYE
311.228LSUSEC9–10.9002+35Beat Tulane 14–6
441.238Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC8–10.8896+30BYE
5-31.263Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI8–20.80013+32Lost to Pittsburgh 7–22
611.270Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC8–10.8896+31BYE
731.294Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC9–10.9002+34Beat Washington State 20–0
811.402Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY9–10.9002+30Beat Denver 45–0
931.436Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC8–20.80013+32Beat Texas Tech 27–8
1011.561TCUIND SWC7–20.77817+27Beat Rice 35–6
11-61.564USCPAC8–10.8896+29Lost to UCLA 3–10
1211.601Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY6–1–10.81312+16BYE
1311.702Auburn (AUBURN)SEC7–20.77817+21Beat Southern Miss 28–7
1441.803Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR8–10.8896+20Beat Hardin Simmons 14–8
1511.813North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC9–10.9002+14Beat Drake 62–2
16-101.859Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI8–20.80013+22Lost to Oregon State 7–15
1751.875Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–30.66724+20BYE
18111.918Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B86–30.66724+18Beat Iowa State 35–12
1911.922Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON7–1–10.83311+12BYE
2011.929Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B107–20.77817+21Beat Minnesota 11–7
21-21.945Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC6–1–20.77817+13Beat Memphis 14–7
2262.028Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC7–20.77817+13Beat Wake Forest 33–31
23-82.083Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–30.66724+16Lost to Illinois 0–28
24112.107Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI6–30.66724+16Beat Michigan State 18–13
2582.173New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY7–30.70022+14Beat Air Force 28–27
2652.184Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY5–3–10.61138+15Beat Princeton 12–7
2732.194Purdue (PURDUE)B105–2–20.66724+13Beat Indiana 10–7
2842.242SMUIND SWC5–3–10.61138+14Beat Baylor 30–14
29-52.379Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI5–3–10.61138+9Lost to New Mexico 27–28
30-132.404Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–3–10.61138+12Lost to Kentucky 0–20
31112.412Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–3–10.61138+11Beat Northwestern 28–0
3282.414South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC6–30.66724+10Beat NC State 12–7
33132.428Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–40.60043+17Beat Penn State 22–7
3452.462Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON8–20.80013+8Beat West Virginia 20–14
35-102.501Yale (YALE)IND IVY6–30.66724+7Lost to Harvard 6–35
36122.541Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY6–30.66724+7Beat Yale 35–6
3772.558Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–40.60043+14Beat Kansas 13–9
38-22.571Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–3–10.56347+7BYE
39-122.572Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B87–30.70022+4Lost to Oklahoma 12–35
4012.636Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI6–30.66724+8BYE
41-182.716Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI6–30.66724+7Lost to Marquette 12–30
4232.784Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–40.55649+11BYE
43-172.826Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–40.60043+12Lost to BYU 13–14
44142.828Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–60.40074+10Beat Tennessee 20–0
4522.847New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR6–30.66724-1Beat West Texas A&M 35–13
46142.850UCLAPAC4–3–10.56347+6Beat USC 10–3
47-92.889Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–50.50057+9Lost to Missouri 9–13
48-112.948Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B105–40.55649+5Lost to Miami 13–18
4932.971Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–40.55649+6Beat Utah State 35–21
50-163.066Iowa (IOWA)B105–40.55649+2Lost to Notre Dame 19–20
51-83.191Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI5–40.55649+3Lost to Washington 0–20
52-13.206Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY5–30.625370BYE
53113.312Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–4–10.50057+1Beat Florida State 18–8
5403.338Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON6–30.66724-5BYE
5543.380Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–4–10.50057+2BYE
56103.394Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC4–3–20.55649-1Beat North Alabama 42–7
57-83.483Indiana (INDIANA)B104–4–10.500570Lost to Purdue 7–10
5853.485Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC4–50.44465+2Beat Virginia 55–12
5923.496Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC4–4–10.500570BYE
60-73.576Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–50.44465-3Lost to Dartmouth 7–12
61163.598Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–50.44465-1Beat Iowa 20–19
62-73.630Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC5–40.55649-4Lost to Clemson 31–33
6343.753Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–40.50057-1BYE
64-83.770Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–60.33383+1Lost to SMU 14–30
65133.835Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI6–40.60043-8Beat Villanova 40–6
66-163.840Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–5–10.38981-1Lost to Michigan 14–23
6713.848Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–6–10.35082+2Lost to LSU 6–14
6823.855Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–50.44465-2BYE
6943.886North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC4–50.44465-6BYE
70-13.898Duke (DUKE)ACC4–50.44465-4BYE
7183.984Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–50.44465-4Beat Ohio State 23–14
72-154.049Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI6–30.66724-1Lost to Columbia 16–26
73104.178Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI5–40.55649-11Beat San José State 20–7
7424.209Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–60.33383-5BYE
75-134.342Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC4–4–10.50057-11Lost to Dayton 13–18
76-24.414Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–50.44465-11Lost to Syracuse 0–46
77-124.509Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–60.40074-10Lost to Kansas State 14–29
78-34.550Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–60.333830Lost to Florida 8–18
79-74.574San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–60.40074-11Lost to Pacific 7–20
8024.616Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI4–60.40074-10Lost to Arkansas 8–27
81-104.688Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–70.30089-9Lost to California 17–20
8224.688West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–70.30089-7Lost to Citadel 14–20
8374.697Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON4–5–10.45064-16Beat William & Mary 20–12
84-44.855Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY4–60.40074-16Lost to Utah 21–35
85-44.882William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–60.40074-16Lost to Richmond 12–20
8654.908Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR4–50.44465-13Beat UTEP 14–10
87-24.977Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR3–70.30089-12Lost to Arizona State 8–14
8884.981Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI3–70.30089-15Beat Holy Cross 30–12
89-35.290Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–60.25097-12BYE
9085.291Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY2–70.22298-13Beat Rutgers 26–16
91-45.390Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–6–20.22298-10Lost to TCU 6–35
9275.443Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI3–70.30089-19Beat Oregon 15–7
93-45.483Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–60.33383-17BYE
94-65.488Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–70.22298-17Lost to Wisconsin 7–11
9555.618BYUIND SKY3–70.30089-11Beat Colorado State 14–13
96-15.648California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–80.200101-16Beat Stanford 20–17
97-55.700Brown (BROWN)IND IVY2–5–10.31388-13BYE
98-55.936UTEPIND BOR3–70.30089-10Lost to Arizona 10–14
99-26.313Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–80.200101-26Lost to Wyoming 0–45
100-66.395Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–70.125104-19BYE
10136.456Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–60.33383-4Beat Davidson 35–7
10206.547Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–60.40074-10BYE
10306.590Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–80.200101-27Beat Nebraska 29–14
104-36.668NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–80.111105-17Lost to South Carolina 7–12
10506.760Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI3–70.30089-18Beat Wichita State 18–13
10637.918Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–90.100109-35Beat Montana 9–6
107-18.001George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–80.111105-33BYE
108-18.314Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–90.100109-23Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–40
10918.338West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–90.100109-27Lost to New Mexico State 13–35
110-28.576Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–100.000112-36Lost to Maryland 12–55
11119.064Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–80.111105-20Lost to Furman 7–35
112-19.238Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–80.111105-28Lost to Idaho 6–9

1959 Week 12 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
100.761Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI8–01.0001+35Beat Colgate 71–0
200.916Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI8–10.8893+34Beat Holy Cross 46–0
371.195Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC8–10.8893+23Beat Tennessee 37–7
411.218LSUSEC8–10.8893+29Beat Mississippi State 27–0
5-21.244USCPAC8–01.0001+28Beat Baylor 17–8
601.277Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI8–10.8893+26Beat Washington State 7–6
7-31.295Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC8–10.8893+26Lost to TCU 9–14
831.300Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC8–10.8893+25Beat Auburn 14–13
941.306Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY8–10.8893+26Beat New Mexico 25–20
10-31.398Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC8–10.8893+25Beat California 20–0
11101.443TCUIND SWC6–20.75018+25Beat Texas 14–9
1241.454Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC7–20.77815+26Beat SMU 17–14
1341.633Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY6–1–10.81314+14Beat Columbia 24–6
14-21.661Auburn (AUBURN)SEC6–20.75018+19Lost to Georgia 13–14
15-71.687Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–20.75018+17Lost to Michigan State 10–15
16-71.787North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC8–10.8893+14Lost to Tulsa 6–17
17-31.787Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–2–10.68827+16Lost to Ole Miss 7–37
1811.804Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR7–10.87512+16Beat BYU 27–9
1961.857Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–1–20.75018+13Beat Georgia Tech 9–7
2061.862Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON7–1–10.83313+12Beat Citadel 32–8
21-61.898Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B106–20.75018+17Lost to Illinois 6–9
22-42.009Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–30.66729+16Lost to Alabama 7–9
23-12.146Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI6–20.75018+12Lost to Penn State 0–46
2492.165Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI5–2–10.68827+9Beat Arizona 22–15
25112.187Yale (YALE)IND IVY6–20.75018+9Beat Princeton 38–20
26112.244Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–30.66729+16Beat Utah 21–17
2772.245Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B87–20.77815+7Beat San José State 55–0
28-82.266Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC6–20.75018+7Lost to Maryland 25–28
2962.284Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–30.62534+11Beat Army 28–20
30-32.287Purdue (PURDUE)B104–2–20.62534+9Beat Minnesota 29–23
31102.383Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY4–3–10.56345+10Beat Cornell 21–12
32-92.405SMUIND SWC4–3–10.56345+10Lost to Arkansas 14–17
33-32.423New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY6–30.66729+8Lost to Wyoming 20–25
3452.429Iowa (IOWA)B105–30.62534+6Beat Ohio State 16–7
35142.454Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI5–30.62534+10Beat South Carolina 26–6
36-122.486Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–3–10.56345+8Lost to Oklahoma 20–28
37102.517Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B105–30.62534+7Beat Northwestern 15–10
38122.558Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–40.55651+12Beat Oklahoma State 28–14
39-102.580Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON7–20.77815+4Lost to Virginia Military Institute 8–32
40-92.664South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC5–30.62534+7Lost to Miami 6–26
41-132.667Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI6–30.66729+7Lost to Kansas 14–28
42102.801Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–3–10.56345+6Beat Wisconsin 9–6
43-32.817Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI5–30.62534+3Lost to Oregon 6–7
4422.831Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–40.55651+8Beat Kansas State 26–0
45112.858Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–40.55651+9Beat North Texas 17–6
4672.980Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI5–40.55651+8Beat Notre Dame 28–13
47103.080New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR5–30.62534-2Beat Hardin Simmons 42–13
48-163.083Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY5–30.625340Lost to Brown 6–16
49143.090Indiana (INDIANA)B104–3–10.56345+2Beat Michigan 26–7
50-123.090Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–4–10.43873+5Lost to Iowa 7–16
51-83.169Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY5–30.625340Lost to Dartmouth 12–21
52-103.182Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–40.50056+1Lost to Colorado State 17–21
53-83.194Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–40.50056+1Lost to Yale 20–38
5483.258Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON6–30.66729-3Beat West Virginia 12–0
55-73.304Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC5–30.62534-2Lost to Duke 15–27
56-53.320Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–50.37578+5Lost to USC 8–17
5773.417Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI6–20.75018+6Beat Villanova 12–6
58123.464Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–60.33384+3Beat Xavier 41–0
5983.559Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–4–10.50056+1Beat George Washington 16–8
60143.642UCLAPAC3–3–10.50056-2Beat NC State 21–12
61-173.643Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC4–4–10.50056-2Lost to Marquette 34–35
6243.691Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC4–3–10.56345-5Beat Drake 20–7
63163.705Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC3–50.37578+2Beat Clemson 28–25
64-53.752Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–4–10.43873-2BYE
65103.753Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–50.44465-1Beat Colorado 14–12
66-13.773Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–3–20.50056-2Tied Tulane 6–6
67-123.828Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–40.50056-3Lost to Boston University 7–26
6833.851Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–5–10.38976+2Tied Vanderbilt 6–6
6973.873Duke (DUKE)ACC4–50.44465-3Beat Wake Forest 27–15
70-163.916Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–50.44465-2Lost to Nebraska 12–14
7123.938Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–60.333840Beat Oregon State 39–22
72-123.963San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–50.44465-4Lost to Iowa State 0–55
73-13.995North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC4–50.44465-6Beat Virginia 41–0
7474.043Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–40.50056-8Beat Boston College 26–7
75-144.098Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–50.37578+4Lost to William & Mary 0–9
76-184.167Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–60.33384-4Lost to Texas Tech 0–27
77-94.207Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–50.37578-5Lost to Pittsburgh 13–28
7804.263Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI5–40.55651-10Beat Western Michigan 14–0
79-104.373Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–50.37578-6Lost to Indiana 7–26
8054.453Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY4–50.44465-12Beat Denver 21–14
8164.460William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–50.44465-11Beat Florida State 9–0
8224.510Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI4–50.44465-7Beat Houston 27–0
8334.540Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI4–40.50056-14Beat Idaho 28–13
84-44.673West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–60.33384-4Lost to Virginia Tech 0–12
85-84.905Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR3–60.33384-10Lost to New Mexico State 13–42
8635.237Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–60.25092-11Lost to LSU 0–27
87115.253Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–5–20.25092-8Beat Texas A&M 7–2
8825.337Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–60.25092-13Lost to Purdue 23–29
89-75.402Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–60.33384-14Lost to Rice 2–7
9075.467Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–5–10.38976-19Beat Furman 48–14
91-35.563Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR3–50.37578-16Lost to Air Force 15–22
9295.571Brown (BROWN)IND IVY2–5–10.31391-12Beat Harvard 16–6
93-105.712UTEPIND BOR3–60.33384-5Lost to Abilene Christian 22–28
94-25.948Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–70.125101-14Lost to Syracuse 0–71
9515.978California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–80.111106-16Lost to Washington 0–20
9665.990Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–70.22296-20Beat Cincinnati 35–34
97-66.110Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–70.22296-22Lost to Utah State 14–21
98-36.171Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–70.125101-16Lost to Pennsylvania 6–24
99-66.334Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI2–70.22296-24Lost to Stanford 22–39
100-16.580BYUIND SKY2–70.22296-16Lost to Arizona State 9–27
101-16.676NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–70.125101-13Lost to UCLA 12–21
102-86.679Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–60.40075-11Lost to Kentucky 0–41
10317.300Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–80.111106-27Lost to Missouri 0–26
104-17.473Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–60.25092-5Lost to Richmond 14–48
10567.865Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI2–70.22296-21Beat Miami (OH) 13–0
10618.010George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–80.111106-30Lost to Navy 8–16
10718.169Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–80.111106-18Lost to Rutgers 6–12
108-28.465Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–90.000111-29Lost to North Carolina 0–41
10918.470Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–90.000111-32Lost to Pacific 13–28
110-58.554West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–80.111106-22Lost to Trinity (TEXAS) 8–14
11118.598Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–70.125101-17BYE
112-38.733Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–70.125101-13Lost to Lehigh 0–14

1959 Week 11 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
100.706Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI7–01.0001+29Beat Penn State 20–18
201.072Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–10.8755+24Lost to Syracuse 18–20
341.145USCPAC7–01.0001+22Beat West Virginia 36–0
411.155Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC8–01.0001+23Beat Baylor 13–12
5-21.210LSUSEC7–10.8755+23Lost to Tennessee 13–14
601.321Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI7–10.8755+19Beat California 20–18
731.322Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC7–10.8755+21Beat Oregon State 13–6
8-41.328Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–10.85713+18Lost to Wisconsin 19–24
9-11.364North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC8–01.0001+17Beat Louisville 39–7
1011.366Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC7–10.8755+16Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 58–0
1141.366Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC7–10.8755+18Beat Florida 21–10
1201.412Auburn (AUBURN)SEC6–10.85713+19Beat Mississippi State 31–0
1311.433Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY7–10.8755+18Beat San José State 28–7
1441.490Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–1–10.78620+16Beat LSU 14–13
1541.529Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B106–10.85713+17Beat Northwestern 24–19
16-71.581Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC6–20.75022+20Beat Rice 14–10
1771.617Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY5–1–10.78620+11Beat Yale 28–12
18-11.727Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–20.75022+17Beat Notre Dame 14–10
1921.803Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR6–10.85713+12Beat UTEP 20–7
2021.818Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC6–10.85713+10Beat Duke 6–0
21-51.824TCUIND SWC5–20.71427+14BYE
2241.905Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI6–10.85713+10Beat Boston University 17–8
2382.123SMUIND SWC4–2–10.64336+11Beat Texas A&M 14–11
24-42.125Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–2–10.64336+9Beat Villanova 14–0
25112.175Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–1–20.71427+7Beat Tulane 19–7
26-12.189Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON6–1–10.81319+4Beat Lehigh 7–6
27-142.237Purdue (PURDUE)B103–2–20.57141+7Lost to Michigan State 0–15
2852.244Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI6–20.75022+9Beat Denver 20–12
2912.252Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON7–10.8755+4Beat Presbyterian 8–0
30-12.275New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY6–20.75022+8Beat BYU 21–6
31-42.388South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC5–20.71427+8Beat Virginia 32–20
32182.397Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY5–20.71427+5Beat Princeton 14–0
33-102.481Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI4–2–10.64336+4Lost to Missouri 0–13
34102.520Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B86–20.75022+2Beat Nebraska 18–6
3542.525Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–30.57141+7Beat Kansas State 36–0
36-82.537Yale (YALE)IND IVY5–20.71427+4Lost to Pennsylvania 12–28
3782.549Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–30.62539+11Beat Utah State 10–7
38-62.597Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–3–10.50051+6Tied Indiana 0–0
3922.604Iowa (IOWA)B104–30.57141+4Beat Minnesota 33–0
4002.635Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI5–20.71427+3BYE
4182.696Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY3–3–10.50051+6Beat Columbia 22–0
4252.702Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–30.57141+4Beat Idaho 47–13
4332.714Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY5–20.71427+3Beat Brown 19–0
44-102.772Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC4–3–10.56350+5Lost to Tulsa 7–14
45-72.808Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–30.57141+3Lost to Harvard 0–14
46162.812Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–40.50051+6Beat Air Force 13–0
47102.870Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B104–30.57141+1Beat Purdue 15–0
48-62.871Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC5–20.71427+1BYE
4952.979Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI4–30.57141+4Beat North Carolina 14–7
50-133.003Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–40.50051+4Lost to Colorado 14–27
51-83.125Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–40.42967+5Lost to Texas 12–13
52-173.160Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–3–10.50051+1Lost to Michigan 15–20
53133.243Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–40.50051+3Beat Boston College 22–14
54173.271Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–40.50051+2Beat Kansas 27–14
55-43.274Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–30.57141-1Lost to Pittsburgh 14–22
56173.294Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC4–40.50051+1Beat Cincinnati 14–7
5713.351New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR4–30.57141-4BYE
58123.402Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–50.37575+2Beat Wichita State 28–13
59-73.500Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–4–10.43865-1Lost to Georgia 10–21
60-53.526San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–40.50051-2Lost to Wyoming 7–28
6143.530Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–40.42967+8BYE
6253.580Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–30.62539-5Beat West Texas A&M 26–21
63-73.597Indiana (INDIANA)B103–3–10.50051-2Tied Ohio State 0–0
6453.661Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI5–20.71427+5Beat Lafayette 16–14
65133.671Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–3–10.50051-2Beat Kentucky 11–6
66-183.682Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–3–10.50051-2Lost to Houston 13–28
67123.733Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–4–10.438650Beat Maryland 22–14
68-153.801Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–40.42967-1Lost to Georgia Tech 10–14
69123.802Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–40.42967-2Beat Illinois 20–15
70-93.808Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–60.25092-1Lost to Vanderbilt 6–11
71-123.864Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–50.37575+1Lost to Alabama 7–19
72-94.213North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC3–50.37575-3Lost to Miami 7–14
73-134.232Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–60.25092-1Lost to UCLA 13–55
74154.305UCLAPAC2–3–10.41774-4Beat Stanford 55–13
75-74.307Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–50.37575-5Lost to Iowa State 6–18
76-14.308Duke (DUKE)ACC3–50.37575-5Lost to Clemson 0–6
7764.419Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR3–50.37575-5Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 23–15
7884.432Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI4–40.50051-11Beat Dayton 33–14
79-154.529Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–50.28688-2Lost to Navy 14–22
80-44.556West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–50.37575-3Lost to USC 0–36
81-74.649Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–40.42967-10Lost to Holy Cross 8–17
82-54.692Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–50.37575-8Lost to SMU 11–14
83-14.806UTEPIND BOR3–50.37575-3Lost to Arizona State 7–20
84-124.886Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI3–50.37575-8Lost to Arizona 26–30
85-54.948Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–50.37575-12Lost to Colorado State 7–10
8665.028Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI3–40.42967-13Beat Fresno State 18–13
8775.034William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–50.37575-12Beat Davidson 25–7
88105.061Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR3–40.42967-11Beat Texas Tech 30–26
89-45.075Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–50.28688-8Lost to Auburn 0–31
90-65.215Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–50.28688-10Lost to Iowa 0–33
91-15.546Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–60.25092-13Lost to Oklahoma State 12–20
9245.740Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–60.14398-11Beat Bucknell 16–13
9305.792Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI2–60.25092-16Lost to Washington 6–13
94-75.997Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–50.44464-5Lost to Quantico Marines 21–23
95-46.063Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–60.14398-12Lost to Dartmouth 0–22
9636.070California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–70.125103-12Lost to Oregon 18–20
9766.173Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–5–10.31387-18Beat George Washington 26–0
98-36.197Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–5–20.14398-9Lost to Arkansas 10–14
9916.477BYUIND SKY2–60.25092-13Lost to New Mexico 6–21
100-126.568NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–60.14398-9Lost to Southern Miss 14–19
10106.795Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–5–10.21497-14Lost to Cornell 0–19
10276.819Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–70.125103-21Beat North Dakota State 48–0
103-66.840Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–50.28688+1Lost to Wofford 3–6
104-27.082Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–70.125103-21Lost to Oklahoma 0–36
10517.734West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–70.125103-18Lost to Virginia Tech 21–26
10668.016Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–80.000111-21Lost to South Carolina 20–32
107-38.048George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–70.125103-25Lost to Richmond 0–26
10828.152Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–70.125103-13Lost to Army 0–14
109-18.177Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–60.14398-12Lost to William & Mary 7–25
110-38.255Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–80.000111-24Lost to Utah 13–47
11108.600Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–70.125103-18Lost to Detroit Mercy 14–33
112-78.721Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–70.125103-15Lost to Montana State 6–40

1959 Week 10 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
100.808Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI6–01.0001+19Beat Pittsburgh 35–0
200.893Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–01.0001+20Beat West Virginia 28–10
300.914LSUSEC7–01.0001+22Beat Ole Miss 7–3
431.035Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–01.0001+16Beat Indiana 30–13
511.118Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–01.0001+17Beat SMU 21–0
6-11.149Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI6–10.8578+17Beat Idaho 45–7
7-31.157USCPAC6–01.0001+17Beat California 14–7
841.267North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC7–01.0001+15Beat Wichita State 12–0
911.352Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–20.71424+18Beat Texas A&M 12–7
1051.394Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC6–10.8578+15Beat UCLA 23–7
11-21.399Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC6–10.8578+14Lost to LSU 3–7
1221.407Auburn (AUBURN)SEC5–10.83314+14Beat Florida 6–0
13101.445Purdue (PURDUE)B103–1–20.66732+8Tied Illinois 7–7
1421.487Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY6–10.8578+13Beat NC State 26–0
1541.532Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC6–10.8578+12Beat Florida State 42–0
1641.627TCUIND SWC5–20.71424+14Beat Baylor 14–0
17-91.682Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC5–20.71424+12Lost to Duke 7–10
1831.738Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC4–1–10.75021+8Beat North Carolina 29–7
1981.816Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B105–10.83314+9Beat Michigan 19–10
2051.818Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–2–10.58341+9Tied Air Force 13–13
2151.826Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR5–10.83314+9Beat New Mexico State 35–31
22-41.841Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC5–10.83314+6Beat Rice 19–0
23-11.961Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI4–1–10.75021+6Tied Army 13–13
24-132.037Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY4–1–10.75021+5Lost to Harvard 0–12
2532.168Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON5–1–10.78620+4Beat George Washington 28–6
2642.183Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI5–10.83314+5Beat Colgate 14–12
27102.187South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC4–20.66732+8Beat Maryland 22–6
28-152.295Yale (YALE)IND IVY5–10.83314+3Lost to Dartmouth 8–12
2932.320New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY5–20.71424+5Beat Denver 42–0
3062.321Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON6–10.8578+2Beat William & Mary 38–13
31-142.327SMUIND SWC3–2–10.58341+6Lost to Texas 0–21
32242.348Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–30.50050+6Beat Michigan State 30–24
33-22.362Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI5–20.71424+5Beat Marquette 18–12
34162.363Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC4–2–10.64340+7Beat Xavier 28–0
3532.373Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–2–10.58341+5Tied Purdue 7–7
36132.435Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–1–20.66732+3Beat Mississippi State 10–0
37202.444Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–30.57145+7Beat Iowa State 7–0
38-32.560Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–20.66732+3Beat Brown 7–0
39-152.567Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–30.50050+6Lost to Nebraska 21–25
4052.601Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI5–20.71424+3Beat Oregon State 14–0
41112.671Iowa (IOWA)B103–30.50050+3Beat Kansas State 53–0
4222.678Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC5–20.71424+2Beat Virginia 34–12
43-92.735Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–30.50050+5Lost to TCU 0–14
44-152.772Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–20.71424-1Lost to Kansas 0–7
4592.850Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY4–30.57145+6Beat Montana 26–16
4672.865Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY4–20.66732+2Beat Columbia 13–7
47202.912Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–30.50050+3Beat Arizona 54–6
48-82.967Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–2–10.58341+2Lost to North Texas 0–12
49242.980Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY2–3–10.41777+5Beat Yale 12–8
50223.023Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY4–20.667320Beat Pennsylvania 12–0
51153.145Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–20.667320Beat Detroit Mercy 21–9
52-93.210Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–3–10.50050+1Lost to Auburn 0–6
53103.233Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–30.50050+2Beat Navy 25–22
54-213.247Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–30.50050+2Lost to Kentucky 3–22
55-163.309San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–30.57145-1Lost to Stanford 38–54
5623.360Indiana (INDIANA)B103–30.50050-1Lost to Northwestern 13–30
57-103.401Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B103–30.50050-2Lost to Ohio State 24–30
58-73.409New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR4–30.57145-4Lost to Arizona State 31–35
5963.437Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–40.42962+2Beat Texas Tech 17–7
60193.489Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–50.28688+1Beat San José State 54–38
6193.494Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–50.28688+1Beat Miami 22–3
62-203.572Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–40.42962+1Lost to Colorado 20–21
63-13.577North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC3–40.42962+1Lost to Tennessee 7–29
64-163.638Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–40.33380+2Lost to South Carolina 6–22
65-43.671Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–40.42962+5Lost to Georgia 0–42
66-23.862Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–40.42962-2Lost to Syracuse 0–35
6793.927Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–30.57145-7Beat Richmond 51–29
68153.934Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–40.42962-3Beat Oklahoma 25–21
69-233.975Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI4–20.66732+4Lost to Delaware 14–34
70103.992Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC2–50.28688-1Beat Tulsa 22–13
7174.026Colorado (COLORADO)IND B83–40.42962-3Beat Missouri 21–20
72-174.037Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI3–40.42962-3Lost to Tulane 7–17
73-144.154Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–40.42962-4Lost to Houston 13–22
7484.178Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–30.50050-6Beat Massachusetts 20–6
75154.194Duke (DUKE)ACC3–40.42962-5Beat Georgia Tech 10–7
76-24.214West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–40.42962-2Lost to Penn State 10–28
77-84.221Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–40.42962-6Lost to Arkansas 7–12
78-374.241Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–3–10.41777-3Lost to Minnesota 6–20
79-194.242Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–4–10.35779-2Lost to Notre Dame 22–25
80-124.532Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–40.42962-8Lost to BYU 0–18
81-64.588Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–40.33380-4Lost to Wisconsin 10–19
82-114.669UTEPIND BOR3–40.42962-2Lost to Hardin Simmons 14–25
8354.700Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR2–50.28688-4Beat UTEP 25–14
8474.711Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–40.33380-5Beat Vanderbilt 20–6
85-84.744Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–40.33380-6Lost to Alabama 0–10
86-54.821Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI3–40.42962-10Lost to Boston College 9–21
87-25.223Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–40.50050-4Lost to Cincinnati 0–28
8845.414NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–50.16798-8Lost to Wyoming 0–26
89-55.430UCLAPAC1–3–10.30087-5Lost to Washington 7–23
90-45.502Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–50.28688-10Lost to New Mexico 0–42
91-45.578Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–50.16798-7Lost to Cornell 7–13
9295.643Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI2–40.33380-12Beat Hawai'i 6–0
93-45.712Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI2–50.28688-13Lost to Washington State 0–14
9405.834William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–50.28688-12Lost to Citadel 13–38
9555.940Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–4–20.16798-5Lost to Clemson 0–19
96-16.014Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–60.000109-8Lost to Holy Cross 12–14
9706.121Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–40.333800BYE
98-26.198Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR2–40.33380-13Lost to Utah 6–54
9936.394California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–60.143102-9Lost to USC 7–14
10076.469BYUIND SKY2–50.28688-10Beat Utah State 18–0
101-86.521Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–4–10.25096-9Lost to Princeton 0–7
102-36.983Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–60.143102-16Lost to Iowa 0–53
103-57.076Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–5–10.21497-17Lost to Virginia Tech 29–51
10407.336George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–60.143102-17Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–28
10507.883Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–60.143102-13Lost to Colorado State 16–26
10657.960West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–60.143102-14Beat Drake 34–21
10717.974Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–70.000109-18Lost to Oregon 7–45
108-58.005Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–50.16798-7Lost to Wofford 20–27
10908.053Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–70.000109-20Lost to Oklahoma State 12–18
11028.100Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–60.143102-9Beat Dayton 22–13
111-58.451Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–60.143102-12Lost to Villanova 13–22
112-28.539Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–70.000109-18Lost to Wake Forest 12–34

1959 Week 9 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
100.738Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+14Beat West Virginia 44–0
240.899Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–01.0001+15Beat Illinois 20–9
320.975LSUSEC6–01.0001+14Beat Florida 9–0
4-21.067USCPAC5–01.0001+13Beat Stanford 30–28
5-21.099Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI5–10.83311+14Lost to Washington 12–13
6-21.183Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC6–01.0001+12Beat Rice 28–6
711.190Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B105–01.0001+10Beat Notre Dame 30–24
811.215Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC5–10.83311+12Beat Tulane 21–13
931.223Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC6–01.0001+10Beat Arkansas 28–0
10-31.239Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–20.66730+14Lost to Ole Miss 0–28
1151.392Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY4–0–10.90010+5Tied Navy 22–22
1211.429North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC6–01.0001+8Beat Houston 7–6
13-31.513Yale (YALE)IND IVY5–01.0001+5Beat Colgate 21–0
14111.522Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–10.80018+9Beat Miami 21–6
1551.534Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–10.83311+10Beat Oregon 13–12
16-11.548Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY5–10.83311+9Beat Utah 21–7
17101.607SMUIND SWC3–1–10.70026+7Beat Texas Tech 21–13
18101.640Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC4–10.80018+6Beat South Carolina 27–0
1921.686Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–10.83311+6Beat Kentucky 14–7
20-61.726TCUIND SWC4–20.66730+10Beat Pittsburgh 13–3
21-21.794Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–1–10.70026+5Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 23–0
2211.860Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI4–10.80018+5Beat UCLA 20–7
2311.947Purdue (PURDUE)B103–1–10.70026+5Beat Iowa 14–7
24181.979Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–20.60038+8Beat Kansas 7–6
25142.008Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–20.60038+6Beat Colorado State 25–6
26-152.033Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR4–10.80018+4Lost to San José State 15–24
2752.166Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–10.80018+4Beat Ohio State 12–3
2862.167Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON4–1–10.75025+3Beat Davidson 34–7
29112.206Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–10.83311+2Beat Kansas State 26–0
3072.207Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI4–10.80018+3Beat Columbia 34–0
31232.298Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI4–20.66730+4Beat Wichita State 34–14
3212.307New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY4–20.66730+4Beat Montana 55–14
33-152.308Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–20.60038+6Lost to Auburn 6–21
34122.316Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–20.60038+6Beat Texas A&M 13–0
35202.320Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY3–20.60038+3Beat Cornell 20–0
3672.412Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON5–10.83311+1Beat Furman 18–14
37-112.440South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC3–20.60038+5Lost to Clemson 0–27
38-162.464Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–20.60038+4Lost to Penn State 9–20
39212.484San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–20.66730+3Beat Arizona State 24–15
40-232.629Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–1–10.70026+1Lost to Oklahoma State 14–34
4192.718Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–2–10.50054+2Beat Virginia 33–0
42212.722Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–30.50054+6Beat Nebraska 9–0
43-22.752Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–2–10.58351+2Lost to LSU 0–9
44-152.758Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC4–20.66730+2Lost to North Carolina 19–21
4562.800Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI4–20.667300Beat Idaho 27–5
46112.880Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI4–10.80018+3Beat Lehigh 23–0
47152.881Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B103–20.60038+1Beat Indiana 14–6
4812.943Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–30.40070+4BYE
4972.951Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–1–20.600380BYE
50112.972Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC3–2–10.58351+1Beat Pacific 21–14
51-152.984New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR4–20.66730-2Lost to UTEP 15–20
52-142.988Iowa (IOWA)B102–30.40070+2Lost to Purdue 7–14
53-232.999Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–20.60038+1Lost to Princeton 0–20
54-193.080Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–30.50054+3Lost to Army 6–25
55-23.095Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI3–30.50054+3Lost to SMU 13–21
56-123.126Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–30.40070+2Lost to Wisconsin 3–12
57-103.174Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–30.50054+1Lost to Oklahoma 6–7
58-273.224Indiana (INDIANA)B103–20.60038-1Lost to Michigan State 6–14
59113.272Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–30.50054+1Beat Detroit Mercy 21–6
6043.311Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–3–10.41769+2Tied Pennsylvania 22–22
6163.340Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–30.50054+5Beat Richmond 22–6
62123.353North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC3–30.50054+1Beat Wake Forest 21–19
6353.592Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–30.40070+1Lost to Northwestern 24–30
64-123.606Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–30.50054-2Lost to TCU 3–13
65-173.677Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–40.33380+2Lost to Georgia Tech 13–21
66113.709Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–20.60038-4Beat Marquette 16–0
67-93.714Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–30.400700Lost to Wyoming 7–21
6873.777Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–30.50054-3Beat Montana State 22–13
69-103.814Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–30.50054-3Lost to Baylor 0–13
70-43.844Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–50.167970Lost to Georgia 7–14
71143.873UTEPIND BOR3–30.50054+2Beat New Mexico State 20–15
72-273.934Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY3–20.60038-4Lost to Dartmouth 0–9
73264.000Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY1–3–10.300880Beat Harvard 9–0
74-94.013West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–30.50054-1Lost to Syracuse 0–44
75124.189Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–30.40070-2Beat Minnesota 14–6
7674.323Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON3–30.50054-7Beat Villanova 24–14
7714.392Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–30.40070-4Beat Memphis 28–23
78134.408Colorado (COLORADO)IND B82–40.33380-3Beat Arizona 18–0
79-34.428Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–50.16797-4Lost to USC 28–30
8024.585Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC1–50.16797-3Lost to North Texas 6–7
81-124.608Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI3–30.50054-7Lost to Tulsa 6–21
82-24.790Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–30.40070-5Beat UConn 8–7
83-114.808Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–40.33380-5Lost to Missouri 0–9
84-134.919UCLAPAC1–2–10.37579-3Lost to Air Force 7–20
8535.008Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–30.57153-2Beat Dayton 3–0
8645.138Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–40.33380-7Beat BYU 14–7
87-35.186Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–40.20091-4Lost to Holy Cross 0–34
8855.409Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR1–50.16797-6Beat West Texas A&M 22–0
8975.418Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI2–40.33380-9Beat California 24–20
9055.488Duke (DUKE)ACC2–40.33380-9Beat NC State 17–15
91-185.549Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–40.20091-6Lost to Michigan 6–14
92-135.651NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–40.20091-7Lost to Duke 15–17
9385.678Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–3–10.30088-4Beat Rhode Island 6–0
9485.715William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–40.33380-10Beat George Washington 14–7
9535.891Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–50.000107-5Lost to Yale 0–21
96-155.899Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR2–30.40070-11Lost to Colorado 0–18
97-36.083Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–40.333800Lost to Citadel 14–18
98-126.408Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–4–10.25090-11Lost to Florida State 6–22
99-26.452Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–50.16797-11Lost to Iowa State 0–26
10096.531Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–3–20.20091-4Lost to Texas 6–28
101-16.765Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI1–40.20091-12Lost to Cincinnati 14–21
102-136.849California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–50.16797-8Lost to Oregon State 20–24
10306.986Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–40.20091-6Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–34
104-127.210George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–50.16797-13Lost to William & Mary 7–14
10537.782Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–50.16797-9Lost to New Mexico 14–55
10607.843Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–50.16797-5Lost to Xavier 0–3
107-37.941BYUIND SKY1–50.16797-11Lost to Denver 7–14
10827.975Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–60.000107-14Lost to Washington State 5–27
109-48.251Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–60.000107-15Lost to Boston College 0–16
11018.450Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–60.000107-13Lost to Vanderbilt 0–33
111-49.023West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–60.000107-12Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–22
11209.710Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–60.000107-9Lost to Virginia Tech 14–24

1959 Week 8 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
120.708Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+10Beat Holy Cross 42–6
250.793USCPAC4–01.0001+10Beat Washington 22–15
360.837Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI5–01.0001+12Beat Air Force 20–3
460.960Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–01.0001+11Beat Arkansas 13–12
501.032LSUSEC5–01.0001+9Beat Kentucky 9–0
601.104Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+8Beat Boston University 21–12
711.146Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–10.80014+10Lost to Texas 12–13
8-41.161Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–01.0001+6Beat Michigan 20–7
9-71.275Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC4–10.80014+7Lost to Auburn 6–7
10121.373Yale (YALE)IND IVY4–01.0001+4Beat Cornell 23–0
11161.394Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR4–01.0001+5Beat Colorado State 24–9
1261.402Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC5–01.0001+5Beat Tulane 53–7
13-11.464North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC5–01.0001+4Beat Pensacola NAS 43–0
14111.552TCUIND SWC3–20.60040+8Beat Texas A&M 39–6
15-21.580Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY4–10.80014+6Beat BYU 21–6
1651.606Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY4–01.0001+2Beat Brown 36–9
1701.648Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–0–10.87513+2Tied Cincinnati 28–28
1861.779Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–10.75023+6Beat Navy 23–8
1911.801Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–1–10.62537+3Tied Alabama 7–7
20-51.809Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–10.80014+4Lost to USC 15–22
21111.814Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–10.80014+3Beat Mississippi State 15–0
22191.876Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–10.75023+4Beat Minnesota 14–6
23-91.894Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI3–10.75023+4Lost to Oregon 3–20
24-231.898Purdue (PURDUE)B102–1–10.62537+3Lost to Ohio State 0–15
25221.944Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–10.75023+4Beat Georgia Tech 7–6
2651.984South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC3–10.75023+4BYE
27-112.054SMUIND SWC2–1–10.62537+3Tied Rice 13–13
28-22.060Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC3–10.75023+2BYE
2972.108Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC4–10.80014+4Beat NC State 17–14
30-112.136Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–10.75023+3Lost to Yale 0–23
31152.235Indiana (INDIANA)B103–10.75023+2Beat Nebraska 23–7
3282.346Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–10.75023+2Beat Iowa 25–16
33182.384New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY3–20.60040+3Beat Arizona 28–7
34162.416Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–1–10.70035+1Beat William & Mary 26–7
3502.432Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–20.60040+4Lost to Arizona State 9–24
36122.455New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR4–10.800140BYE
37-142.482Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–10.75023+1Lost to Syracuse 6–42
38-92.498Iowa (IOWA)B102–20.50053+2Lost to Wisconsin 16–25
39182.536Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–20.50053+2Beat Duke 21–6
4092.537Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–10.80014-1Beat Colorado 27–0
41-302.572Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–1–10.70035+1Lost to Vanderbilt 6–13
42132.576Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–20.50053+3Beat Missouri 23–0
43102.608Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–10.80014-1Beat Richmond 8–7
44252.636Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–20.50053+2Beat Purdue 15–0
4592.642Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY3–10.750230Beat Columbia 38–22
46142.649Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–20.50053+3Beat Texas Tech 14–7
47-22.668Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–20.60040+2Beat Kansas State 33–14
48-152.720Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–30.40067+5Lost to Ole Miss 7–53
49152.730Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–30.40067+4Beat North Carolina 14–7
50392.787Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–2–10.37579+2Beat Florida 13–6
51142.866Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI3–20.60040+1Beat Stanford 36–19
52-132.874Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–20.600400Lost to West Virginia 15–23
53-192.919Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI3–20.60040+2Lost to Baylor 7–14
5442.967Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI3–20.60040+1Beat Houston 19–12
55-112.999Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY2–20.500530Beat Colgate 42–7
5603.005Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–1–20.600400Tied Tennessee 7–7
57-293.223Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–10.75023+2Lost to Bucknell 8–15
5853.246Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–20.50053+1Beat Denver 26–12
59-213.294Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–20.60040-1Lost to TCU 6–39
6073.341San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI3–20.60040-1Beat Fresno State 40–14
6103.348Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC2–2–10.500530Tied Wichita State 28–28
6283.420Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B102–20.50053-1Beat Notre Dame 19–0
63-263.430Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–30.40067+2Lost to Oklahoma 0–23
64-123.457Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–30.40067+1Lost to Miami 8–23
65133.499West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–20.60040-1Beat Pittsburgh 23–15
6603.528Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–40.20090+1Lost to LSU 0–9
67-253.599Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI2–30.40067+4Lost to Memphis 6–16
68-383.694Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–20.500530Lost to Michigan State 0–19
69113.719Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI3–20.60040-3Beat Xavier 38–14
7023.763Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC2–30.40067-1Beat Hardin Simmons 16–8
71203.801UCLAPAC1–1–10.50053-1Beat California 19–12
72-103.819Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–30.40067-1Lost to Indiana 7–23
73-143.898Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–30.25081-1Lost to Illinois 6–14
74-313.934North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–30.40067-2Lost to Maryland 7–14
75113.987Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–30.40067-2Beat Montana 28–0
76-14.427Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–40.20090-3Lost to Washington State 19–36
77204.595Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–20.50053-5Beat Dartmouth 35–12
78-24.761Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–30.25081-3Lost to Georgia 0–15
7924.825NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–30.25081-3Lost to Wake Forest 14–17
8054.840Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–30.25081-3Lost to Penn State 12–21
81-104.843Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR2–20.50053-6Lost to New Mexico 7–28
82-84.863Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC1–40.20090-3Lost to Oklahoma State 12–19
8394.869Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–30.40067-6Beat Virginia 40–14
84-24.972Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–30.25081-3Lost to Harvard 22–38
85-175.148UTEPIND BOR2–30.40067-2Lost to Trinity (TEXAS) 20–21
8645.361Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–3–10.30080-6Lost to Citadel 7–8
8795.444Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–30.25081-4Lost to Northwestern 7–20
88-15.471Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI3–30.50053-2Lost to Detroit Mercy 14–38
89-105.482California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–40.20090-2Lost to UCLA 12–19
90-75.614Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–40.20090-6Lost to Utah 12–26
9145.676Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–40.20090-5Lost to Iowa State 0–27
92-85.810George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–40.20090-6Lost to Furman 0–24
9305.880Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–50.000106-5Lost to Tulsa 8–16
94155.895Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–30.40067+1Beat George Washington 24–0
95-75.977Duke (DUKE)ACC1–40.20090-7Lost to Army 6–21
9656.050Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI1–40.20090-8Beat Idaho 66–18
9726.234Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–40.20090-8Lost to Kansas 14–33
98-256.248Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–40.000106-4Lost to Princeton 7–42
99-226.280Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–3–10.125104-3Lost to Boston College 12–35
100116.334Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI1–30.25081-8Beat Marquette 22–13
10116.421Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–3–10.125104-3Lost to Pennsylvania 9–36
10216.732William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–40.20090-10Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–26
10316.851Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–30.25081-4BYE
10416.908BYUIND SKY1–40.20090-5Lost to Wyoming 6–21
10517.537Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–50.000106-9Lost to Pacific 13–22
106-87.792Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–40.20090-2Lost to Louisville 6–32
107-137.902West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–50.000106-5Lost to Southern Miss 6–37
108-17.910Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–40.20090-7Lost to Utah State 0–28
109-17.936Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–2–20.25081-4Tied SMU 13–13
110-108.361Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–50.000106-11Lost to Oregon State 18–66
111-18.463Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–50.000106-10Lost to Virginia Tech 14–40
112010.205Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–50.000106-6Lost to Miami (OH) 6–26

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

1959 Week 6 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
1450.730Purdue (PURDUE)B101–0–10.75029+1Beat Notre Dame 28–7
2140.759Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–01.0001+2Beat Iowa 14–10
3-10.795Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–01.0001+4Beat California 33–0
4-10.876Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Colgate 58–20
5290.889Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC3–01.0001+4Beat Clemson 16–6
610.905USCPAC3–01.0001+3Beat Ohio State 17–0
7171.048South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC3–01.0001+3Beat Georgia 30–14
8211.056Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Maryland 29–0
921.139LSUSEC3–01.0001+2Beat Baylor 22–0
1001.145Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–01.0001+3Beat TCU 3–0
11121.168Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Florida State 7–6
1261.188Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Tulsa 8–7
13-91.246Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 27–6
14211.251Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Mississippi State 22–6
15231.314Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–01.0001+1Beat Marquette 44–6
1691.334Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–01.0001+2Beat Memphis 43–0
17101.343Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–01.0001+1Beat Virginia 55–10
18-61.348Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC2–01.0001+1BYE
19121.350Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Washington State 14–6
20-141.369North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC3–01.0001+1Beat West Texas A&M 28–6
21451.445SMUIND SWC1–10.50048+2Beat Navy 20–7
22151.499Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat UConn 20–8
2331.502Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–01.00010Beat Utah 51–6
2491.515Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–01.0001+1Beat Denver 15–0
25-51.543Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Villanova 20–0
26-181.545Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR3–01.0001+1Beat Montana State 31–14
27161.548Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–10.66732+2Beat Utah State 27–2
28301.673Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY1–10.50048+1Beat Columbia 22–0
29161.786Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY2–01.00010Beat Dartmouth 13–0
30181.796Yale (YALE)IND IVY2–01.00010Beat Brown 17–0
31281.813Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–10.66732+2Beat Iowa State 14–0
3201.918Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY2–01.00010Beat Lehigh 13–6
33391.938Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–20.33365+2Beat Detroit Mercy 32–7
34-211.971Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–10.66732+1Lost to South Carolina 14–30
35-341.982Iowa (IOWA)B101–10.50048+1Lost to Northwestern 10–14
36-172.014Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–10.66732+1Lost to Georgia Tech 6–16
37172.042Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–10.66732+1Beat Oregon State 7–6
38122.064Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY2–01.00010Beat Bucknell 20–6
39122.226Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–20.33365+3Lost to Texas Tech 7–8
4002.256Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33365+1Lost to Miami 6–7
41-192.294Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–10.50048+1Lost to Purdue 7–28
42152.306Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–10.66732+1Beat Southern Miss 7–3
4312.347Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–20.33365+2Lost to Syracuse 0–29
44442.414Tulane (TULANE)SEC1–20.33365+2Beat Wake Forest 6–0
45-62.455Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–10.50048+1Lost to USC 0–17
46142.594Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–10.500480Beat Hardin Simmons 35–12
47-332.601Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC2–10.667320Lost to Houston 12–13
48212.609Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–10.667320Beat UCLA 25–21
4972.646TCUIND SWC1–20.33365+1Lost to Arkansas 0–3
50-412.659Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–10.667320Lost to SMU 7–20
51-342.725Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–10.667320Lost to Tulane 0–6
52572.760Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–10.500480Beat Indiana 24–14
53272.799New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR3–10.75029-1Beat Mcmurry 43–11
54382.864Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–10.500480Beat Colorado 42–12
55-342.914Indiana (INDIANA)B101–10.500480Lost to Minnesota 14–24
56-12.926Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–20.333650Beat Pacific 21–6
57-522.931Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI2–10.66732-1Lost to Kentucky 7–32
58-172.937Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–10.66732-1Lost to Missouri 0–14
59-292.985Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–10.500480Lost to LSU 0–22
60213.061Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–1–10.500480Tied Richmond 14–14
61363.088Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC1–20.33365+1Beat Cincinnati 13–12
62293.136West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–10.66732-1Beat George Washington 10–8
6313.138Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–1–10.500480Tied Vanderbilt 7–7
64193.187Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–10.500480Beat Army 20–14
6593.245Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI1–20.333650Lost to Oregon 6–14
66283.251Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–10.66732-1Beat Davidson 13–7
67323.278New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY1–20.333650Beat UTEP 17–7
68373.290Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–10.50048-1Beat Michigan 34–8
69-163.296Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–20.000930Lost to Tennessee 6–22
7033.324Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI1–20.333650Beat Kansas State 27–21
71193.336Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR2–10.66732-2Beat Idaho 16–14
72213.565San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–10.66732-2Beat Hawai'i 44–14
73-313.571Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI3–10.750290Lost to Miami (OH) 7–33
74-593.611Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–10.50048-1Lost to Illinois 14–20
75103.699Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–20.000930Lost to Pennsylvania 0–13
76-93.848Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–20.000930Lost to Penn State 20–58
77-163.862Duke (DUKE)ACC1–20.33365-1Beat Rice 24–7
78-423.865NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–10.50048-1Lost to North Carolina 12–20
79-43.953North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–20.33365-1Beat NC State 20–12
80-173.977Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–20.33365-1Lost to Wyoming 2–27
81-323.999California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–20.333650Lost to Texas 0–33
82-544.032Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–10.50048-1Lost to Princeton 0–22
83-74.138Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI0–30.00093-1Lost to Nebraska 6–7
84-164.169Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–20.33365-1Beat William & Mary 20–14
85-74.209Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–20.000930Lost to Washington 6–51
86144.308Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–20.33365-2Beat Boston University 28–7
87144.435West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–30.00093-1Lost to North Texas 6–28
88-174.549George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–20.33365-2Lost to West Virginia 8–10
89-54.724UTEPIND BOR1–20.33365-2Lost to New Mexico 7–17
90-34.807Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–20.33365-2Lost to Oklahoma State 21–27
91-394.891William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–20.33365-3Lost to Virginia Tech 14–20
92-105.101Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–30.00093-1Lost to Auburn 12–35
9335.143Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–30.00093-2Lost to Colorado State 0–15
9445.511Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–30.00093-2Lost to Wisconsin 6–44
95-185.611Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–20.00093-1Lost to Yale 0–17
96-15.638BYUIND SKY1–20.333650Lost to Montana 0–12
97-505.738UCLAPAC0–1–10.25090-1Lost to Pittsburgh 21–25
98145.934Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–20.333650Beat BYU 12–0
9946.032Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–20.33365-1Lost to Citadel 7–13
100-386.035Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–20.00093-2Lost to Stanford 6–21
101-366.092Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–20.33365-1Lost to Bowling Green State 0–14
10206.177Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–30.00093-3Lost to Arizona 14–16
103-246.205Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–1–10.25090-1Tied Alabama 7–7
104-346.262Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–30.00093-2Lost to Oklahoma 12–42
105-196.503Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–20.00093-2Lost to Duke 7–24
10626.906Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–20.00093-2Lost to Michigan State 8–34
107-17.097Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–2–10.16792-3Tied Virginia Military Institute 14–14
108-197.352Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–20.00093-2BYE
109-57.451Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–30.00093-3Lost to Florida 10–55
11017.692Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–30.00093-1Lost to Holy Cross 0–20
111-48.903Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–20.00093-4Lost to Kansas 7–28
112-29.901Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–30.000930Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 7–20

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

1959 Week 4 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
11070.234Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat Montana 58–0
21040.438William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Virginia 37–0
3230.487Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat George Washington 38–6
4240.506Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Tulane 30–0
500.526Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Tulsa 28–0
6400.574LSUSEC1–01.00010Beat Rice 26–3
7540.584North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Hardin Simmons 46–24
8-40.594Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–01.00010Beat West Texas A&M 43–22
9820.594USCPAC1–01.00010Beat Oregon State 27–6
10380.604Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–01.00010Beat West Virginia 27–7
11740.604Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Nebraska 20–0
12930.613Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Kansas State 19–0
13400.642Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–01.00010Beat Houston 16–0
14420.642Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Boston College 24–8
15-20.662California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–01.00010Beat Washington State 20–6
16160.662Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Alabama 17–3
17760.662Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat Idaho 14–0
18-40.672Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Oklahoma State 22–9
19510.691Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Missouri 19–8
20810.711Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–01.00010Beat Colorado 21–12
21620.730TCUIND SWC1–01.00010Beat Kansas 14–7
22500.740Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Marquette 21–15
23640.740Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Texas A&M 20–14
24560.750South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–01.00010Beat Duke 12–7
25-130.759BYUIND SKY1–01.00010Beat Arizona 18–14
26-70.769Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat Pacific 9–6
27-30.769Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Richmond 6–3
28-120.779Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–01.00010Beat North Carolina 20–18
2940.779Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–01.00010Beat Kentucky 14–12
30300.779NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–01.00010Beat Virginia Tech 15–13
31690.779Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC1–01.00010Beat Florida State 22–20
32350.788Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Stanford 28–27
33450.788San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Denver 14–13
34761.246New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–01.00010Beat New Mexico 29–12
35-341.345Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI0–00.000790BYE
36-301.345Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.000790BYE
37-301.345Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.000790BYE
38-301.345Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.000790BYE
39-291.345Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.000790BYE
40-291.345Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–00.000790BYE
41-241.345Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.000790BYE
42-221.345Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–00.000790BYE
43-221.345Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–00.000790BYE
44-221.345Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–00.000790BYE
45-101.345Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY0–00.000790BYE
46-101.345Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.000790BYE
47-81.345Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.000790BYE
48-81.345Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.000790BYE
49-81.345Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.000790BYE
50-11.345Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.000790BYE
51-11.345Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.000790BYE
52-11.345Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–00.000790BYE
53-11.345Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.000790BYE
5401.345Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–00.000790BYE
5571.345Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.000790BYE
5671.345Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.000790BYE
5771.345Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.000790BYE
5871.345Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.000790BYE
59121.345Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY0–00.000790BYE
60131.345Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–00.000790BYE
61131.345Purdue (PURDUE)B100–0–10.500410Tied UCLA 0–0
62151.345Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.000790BYE
63161.345SMUIND SWC0–00.000790BYE
64181.345Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.000790BYE
65191.345Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–00.000790BYE
66241.345UCLAPAC0–0–10.500410Tied Purdue 0–0
67251.345Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.000790BYE
68271.345Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–00.000790BYE
69381.345Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.000790BYE
70391.345Yale (YALE)IND IVY0–00.000790BYE
71-461.416Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–10.000430Lost to San José State 13–14
7291.416Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–10.000430Lost to Oregon 27–28
73-441.458Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000430Lost to Wake Forest 20–22
74-291.458Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–10.000430Lost to Georgia Tech 12–14
75-161.458North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–10.000430Lost to Clemson 18–20
76231.458Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–10.000430Lost to NC State 13–15
77-81.501Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–10.000430Lost to Colorado State 6–9
78-21.501Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–10.000430Lost to Dayton 3–6
79-761.543Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR0–10.000430Lost to BYU 14–18
80-531.586Duke (DUKE)ACC0–10.000430Lost to South Carolina 7–12
81-341.628Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–10.000430Lost to Pittsburgh 15–21
8241.628Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–10.000430Lost to Texas Tech 14–20
83-401.671Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–10.000430Lost to TCU 7–14
84-691.733Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Newberry 48–0
85131.752Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Marshall 46–0
86-681.756Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–10.000430Lost to Washington 12–21
87-451.801Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–01.00010Beat Drake 41–0
88-331.841Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–10.000430Lost to Penn State 8–19
89-661.850Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Catawba 42–6
9041.859UTEPIND BOR1–01.00010Beat University OF Mexico 43–8
91-251.926Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000430Lost to Cincinnati 9–22
92-901.968Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–10.000430Lost to Georgia 3–17
93-551.968Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–10.000430Lost to Utah State 0–14
9481.968Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000430Lost to California 6–20
95162.030Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Louisville 28–13
96-872.053Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–10.000430Lost to Navy 8–24
97-602.053Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC0–10.000430Lost to Ole Miss 0–16
98-402.096New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY0–10.000430Lost to New Mexico State 12–29
99-552.181Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–10.000430Lost to Wichita State 0–19
100-432.223Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–10.000430Lost to Texas 0–20
10132.223West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–10.000430Lost to Maryland 7–27
102-342.265Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000430Lost to USC 6–27
10302.265West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–10.000430Lost to Arizona State 22–43
104-702.308Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–10.000430Lost to North Texas 24–46
105-302.350Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–10.000430Lost to LSU 3–26
106-172.563Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–10.000430Lost to Arkansas 0–28
107-192.648Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–10.000430Lost to Florida 0–30
108-772.733George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON0–10.000430Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–38
109-122.945Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–10.000430Lost to William & Mary 0–37
11027.533Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY0–20.000430Lost to Wyoming 0–58
111-8110.931Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–10.000430Lost to Presbyterian 23–24
112-1611.143Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–10.000430Lost to West Chester 7–13

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