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1955 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 UCLA                        PCC   97.51    9- 2-0   6- 0-0   71.63     8      4
   2 Michigan State              B10   97.30    9- 1-0   5- 1-0   68.90    12      2
   3 Oklahoma                    BG7   96.62   11- 0-0   6- 0-0   50.42    55      1
   4 Mississippi                 SEC   95.93   10- 1-0   5- 1-0   66.10    20     10
   5 Texas Christian             SWC   95.78    9- 2-0   5- 1-0   67.20    17      6
   6 Maryland                    ACC   93.95   10- 1-0   4- 0-0   61.00    32      3
   7 Georgia Tech                SEC   93.11    9- 1-1   4- 1-1   66.89    18      7
   8 Texas A&M                   SWC   92.14    7- 2-1   4- 1-1   73.14     6     17
   9 Notre Dame                  IND   91.08    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   63.70    23      9
  10 Ohio State                  B10   89.47    7- 2-0   6- 0-0   64.25    21      5
  11 Stanford                    PCC   89.08    6- 3-1   3- 2-1   73.22     5     16
  12 Duke                        ACC   86.85    7- 2-1   4- 0-0   58.37    40       
  13 Michigan                    B10   85.05    7- 2-0   5- 2-0   59.32    36     12
  14 Pittsburgh                  IND   84.34    7- 4-0   0- 0-0   67.27    16     11
  15 Southern California         PCC   83.37    6- 4-0   3- 3-0   67.38    15     13
  16 Vanderbilt                  SEC   83.25    8- 3-0   5- 3-0   53.02    50       
  17 Miami (Florida)             IND   83.16    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   60.89    33     14
  18 Auburn                      SEC   80.32    8- 2-1   5- 2-1   56.71    44      8
  19 West Virginia               SOU   78.76    8- 2-0   4- 0-0   40.92    77     19
  20 Texas                       SWC   78.34    5- 5-0   4- 2-0   77.48     2       
  21 Tennessee                   SEC   77.42    6- 3-1   3- 2-1   57.04    42       
  22 Louisiana State             SEC   76.95    3- 5-2   2- 3-1   78.53     1       
  23 Kentucky                    SEC   76.63    6- 3-1   3- 3-1   63.21    26       
  24 Syracuse                    IND   76.28    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   58.37    39       
  25 Navy                        IND   76.15    6- 2-1   0- 0-0   47.04    65     18
  26 Mississippi State           SEC   76.10    6- 4-0   4- 4-0   61.70    29       
  27 Illinois                    B10   75.81    5- 3-1   3- 3-1   58.54    38       
  28 Arizona State               BRD   75.67    8- 2-1   4- 1-0   35.88    88       
  29 Arkansas                    SWC   75.20    5- 4-1   3- 2-1   67.66    14       
  30 Texas Tech                  BRD   74.06    7- 3-1   3- 0-1   56.90    43       
  31 Purdue                      B10   73.23    5- 3-1   4- 2-1   63.28    25       
  32 Baylor                      SWC   73.22    5- 5-0   2- 4-0   67.97    13       
  33 Denver                      SKY   72.02    8- 2-0   5- 2-0   31.01    95       
  34 Washington                  PCC   71.84    5- 4-1   4- 3-1   61.53    30       
  35 Oregon                      PCC   71.37    6- 4-0   4- 3-0   57.57    41       
  36 Southern Methodist          SWC   70.39    4- 6-0   2- 4-0   70.12    10       
  37 Texas-El Paso               BRD   69.80    6- 2-2   3- 2-1   43.27    72       
  38 Oregon State                PCC   68.36    6- 3-0   5- 2-0   53.37    49       
  39 Florida                     SEC   68.25    4- 6-0   3- 5-0   75.23     4       
  40 Iowa                        B10   68.03    3- 5-1   2- 3-1   70.53     9       
  41 Army                        IND   67.85    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   43.31    71     20
  42 Colorado                    BG7   67.82    6- 4-0   3- 3-0   51.48    53       
  43 Colorado State              SKY   67.52    8- 2-0   6- 1-0   40.87    78       
  44 Tulane                      SEC   66.07    5- 4-1   3- 3-1   58.79    37       
  45 Wyoming                     SKY   65.39    8- 3-0   5- 2-0   41.51    76       
  46 Pacific                     IND   64.84    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   56.01    46       
  47 Wichita State               MVC   64.20    7- 2-1   3- 1-0   36.99    83       
  48 Clemson                     ACC   64.17    7- 3-0   3- 1-0   42.56    74       
  49 Utah                        SKY   63.65    6- 3-0   4- 1-0   47.74    62       
  50 Wisconsin                   B10   63.00    4- 5-0   3- 4-0   63.37    24       
  51 Houston                     MVC   62.40    6- 4-0   2- 2-0   50.17    56       
  52 Georgia                     SEC   59.57    4- 6-0   2- 5-0   63.82    22       
  53 Colgate                     IND   54.03    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   33.24    92       
  54 Nebraska                    BG7   53.64    5- 5-0   5- 1-0   55.42    47       
  55 Boston College              IND   53.24    5- 2-1   0- 0-0   27.59   100       
  56 Wake Forest                 ACC   52.66    5- 4-1   3- 3-1   48.57    59       
  57 Minnesota                   B10   52.64    3- 6-0   2- 5-0   70.05    11       
  58 Arizona                     BRD   51.86    5- 4-1   1- 2-1   51.82    51       
  59 San Jose State              IND   51.70    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   37.26    82       
  60 West Texas A&M              BRD   49.81    4- 4-1   1- 4-1   40.56    79       
  61 Rice                        SWC   47.95    2- 7-1   0- 6-0   72.31     7       
  62 Penn State                  IND   47.56    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   46.08    67       
  63 George Washington           SOU   45.77    5- 4-0   3- 2-0   38.74    81       
  64 Indiana                     B10   43.99    3- 6-0   1- 5-0   60.32    34       
  65 Yale                        IND   42.82    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   24.57   103       
  66 Hardin-Simmons              BRD   41.82    5- 5-0   3- 2-0   43.34    70       
  67 North Texas                 IND   41.48    5- 4-1   0- 0-0   36.56    85       
  68 Virginia Tech               SOU   39.99    6- 3-1   2- 1-1   29.01    98       
  69 Detroit Mercy               MVC   39.91    5- 3-1   3- 1-0   30.67    96       
  70 Kansas State                BG7   38.79    4- 6-0   3- 3-0   46.83    66       
  71 North Carolina              ACC   38.55    3- 7-0   3- 3-0   62.44    28       
  72 California                  PCC   36.39    2- 7-1   1- 5-1   66.71    19       
  73 Princeton                   IND   32.96    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   17.54   109       
  74 Utah State                  SKY   32.86    4- 6-0   3- 4-0   42.54    75       
  75 Richmond                    SOU   32.06    4- 3-2   3- 2-2   26.99   102       
  76 North Carolina State        ACC   31.51    4- 5-1   0- 2-1   36.88    84       
  77 Holy Cross                  IND   28.91    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   27.87    99       
  78 Kansas                      BG7   28.46    3- 6-1   1- 4-1   51.63    52       
  79 Florida State               IND   28.26    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   36.18    86       
  80 Oklahoma State              MVC   27.83    2- 8-0   1- 3-0   56.52    45       
  81 Missouri                    BG7   25.98    1- 9-0   1- 5-0   61.53    31       
  82 South Carolina              ACC   23.29    3- 6-0   1- 5-0   48.91    58       
  83 Drake                       IND   22.87    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   27.41   101       
  84 Washington State            PCC   22.58    1- 7-2   1- 5-1   59.46    35       
  85 Idaho                       PCC   20.77    2- 7-0   0- 4-0   48.04    61       
  86 Alabama                     SEC   20.33    0-10-0   0- 7-0   76.27     3       
  87 Cornell                     IND   19.48    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   19.93   106       
  88 Davidson                    SOU   18.84    5- 4-0   2- 2-0   13.28   111       
  89 Tulsa                       MVC   18.04    2- 7-1   1- 3-0   47.52    63       
  90 Marquette                   IND   17.61    2- 6-1   0- 0-0   47.20    64       
  91 William & Mary              SOU   17.17    1- 7-1   1- 3-1   49.78    57       
  92 Iowa State                  BG7   16.90    1- 7-1   1- 4-1   53.55    48       
  93 Minor Teams                       13.66   28-56-1   0- 0-0   34.98    90       
  94 Harvard                     IND   13.52    3- 4-1   0- 0-0   17.77   108       
  95 Northwestern                B10   12.83    0- 8-1   0- 6-1   62.55    27       
  96 Villanova                   IND   12.26    1- 9-0   0- 0-0   45.49    68       
  97 Citadel                     SOU   12.22    5- 4-0   2- 2-0   15.64   110       
  98 Montana                     SKY   11.98    3- 7-0   2- 4-0   40.18    80       
  99 Boston University           IND   11.54    2- 6-0   0- 0-0   35.96    87       
 100 Virginia                    ACC   11.44    1- 9-0   0- 4-0   48.38    60       
 101 Dartmouth                   IND   11.38    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   23.73   104       
 102 New Mexico State            BRD   10.81    3- 7-0   0- 4-0   31.48    94       
 103 New Mexico                  SKY    9.37    2- 8-0   1- 5-0   43.99    69       
 104 Cincinnati                  IND    6.81    1- 6-2   0- 0-0   31.93    93       
 105 Brigham Young               SKY    5.92    1- 9-0   0- 7-0   42.56    73       
 106 Brown                       IND    5.83    2- 7-0   0- 0-0   21.75   105       
 107 Rutgers                     IND    5.55    3- 5-0   0- 0-0   17.92   107       
 108 Virginia Military Institute SOU    4.25    1- 9-0   1- 6-0   33.60    91       
 109 Pennsylvania                IND    2.83    0- 9-0   0- 0-0   50.80    54       
 110 Furman                      SOU    2.73    1- 9-0   1- 1-0   35.38    89       
 111 Columbia                    IND    2.39    1- 8-0   0- 0-0   30.61    97       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Southwest          SWC     7   76.14   27.29    37- 31- 3    17- 11- 1  Texas Christian         5   95.78
Southeastern       SEC    12   72.83   29.83    69- 48- 7    30-  9- 1  Mississippi             4   95.93
Big 10             B10    10   66.14   38.90    46- 41- 4    15- 10- 0  Michigan State          2   97.30
Pacific Coast      PCC     9   62.36   41.67    43- 41- 5    16- 14- 1  UCLA                    1   97.51
Border             BRD     7   53.41   54.43    38- 27- 6    23- 12- 2  Arizona State          28   75.67
Atlantic Coast     ACC     8   50.30   56.38    40- 37- 3    22- 19- 1  Maryland                6   93.95
Big 7              BG7     7   46.89   60.00    31- 37- 2    11- 17- 0  Oklahoma                3   96.62
Missouri Valley    MVC     5   42.48   67.20    22- 24- 3    12- 14- 3  Wichita State          47   64.20
Skyline            SKY     8   41.09   68.75    40- 40- 0    14- 14- 0  Denver                 33   72.02
Independent        IND    28   37.74   69.75   121-124- 8   121-124- 8  Notre Dame              9   91.08
Southern           SOU     9   27.98   79.89    36- 45- 4    17- 26- 0  West Virginia          19   78.76

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.

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