1954 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 4, 1955By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1954 Season Tags: • No Comments

1954 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.917	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–0	1.000	1	+45	BYE
2	0	0.935	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	10–0	1.000	1	+46	Beat USC 20–7
3	0	1.027	UCLA	PAC	9–0	1.000	1	+33	BYE
4	0	1.159	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+35	BYE
5	0	1.188	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	5	+39	BYE
6	4	1.299	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	12	+30	Beat Ole Miss 21–0
7	-1	1.320	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	7–2–1	0.750	20	+28	BYE
8	0	1.431	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	9–1	0.900	5	+25	BYE
9	0	1.447	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	8–0–1	0.944	4	+22	BYE
10	1	1.537	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	9–1	0.900	5	+27	BYE
11	1	1.543	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	14	+20	BYE
12	1	1.583	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	8	+23	BYE
13	1	1.607	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	7–2	0.778	14	+24	BYE
14	-7	1.612	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	9–2	0.818	11	+26	Lost to Navy 0–21
15	2	1.618	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	8–2–1	0.773	19	+28	Beat Nebraska 34–7
16	2	1.649	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	8–3	0.727	23	+28	Beat Baylor 33–13
17	3	1.659	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	8–3	0.727	23	+32	Beat Arkansas 14–6
18	-2	1.699	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–2–1	0.750	20	+21	BYE
19	0	1.890	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	7–2–1	0.750	20	+15	BYE
20	-5	1.949	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	23	+25	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–14
21	1	1.976	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	7–3	0.700	28	+18	BYE
22	-1	2.000	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	7–2	0.778	14	+17	BYE
23	1	2.033	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+20	BYE
24	-1	2.126	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	28	+20	BYE
25	2	2.150	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	14	+11	BYE
26	2	2.226	SMU	IND SWC	6–3–1	0.650	38	+16	BYE
27	2	2.245	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	12	+17	BYE
28	2	2.259	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–3	0.700	28	+19	BYE
29	-3	2.294	USC	PAC	8–4	0.667	33	+21	Lost to Ohio State 7–20
30	1	2.305	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–4	0.556	49	+15	BYE
31	1	2.403	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	41	+14	BYE
32	2	2.453	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–3	0.667	33	+12	BYE
33	-8	2.465	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	40	+14	Lost to Auburn 13–33
34	-1	2.516	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	28	+13	BYE
35	2	2.548	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	6–4	0.600	44	+14	BYE
36	-1	2.552	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	14	-2	BYE
37	-1	2.558	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	28	+12	BYE
38	9	2.587	UTEP	IND BOR	8–3	0.727	23	+17	Beat Florida State 47–20
39	-1	2.603	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	33	+8	BYE
40	1	2.653	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	38	+10	BYE
41	-1	2.659	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	27	+8	BYE
42	1	2.722	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–5	0.500	54	+15	BYE
43	-4	2.755	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	68	+15	BYE
44	-2	2.790	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–5	0.500	54	+10	BYE
45	-1	2.797	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	41	+7	BYE
46	0	2.932	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–4	0.600	44	+6	BYE
47	2	2.987	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	41	+3	BYE
48	2	3.010	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	6–4	0.600	44	+5	BYE
49	-4	3.133	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	53	+3	Lost to Duke 7–34
50	1	3.137	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–4	0.600	44	0	BYE
51	1	3.139	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–5	0.500	54	+2	BYE
52	1	3.177	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	49	+2	BYE
53	-5	3.218	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	8–4	0.667	33	+3	Lost to UTEP 20–47
54	0	3.416	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	65	+3	BYE
55	0	3.420	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	52	-3	BYE
56	0	3.613	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	54	-3	BYE
57	1	3.656	LSU	SEC	5–6	0.455	63	-1	BYE
58	-1	3.752	TCU	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	71	-2	BYE
59	0	3.790	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–5–1	0.450	65	0	BYE
60	0	3.836	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	54	-6	BYE
61	0	3.853	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–5–1	0.450	65	-1	BYE
62	0	3.867	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	33	+1	BYE
63	0	3.950	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	48	+1	BYE
64	0	3.966	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	49	-13	BYE
65	0	3.999	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	5–5	0.500	54	-10	BYE
66	1	4.034	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–4–2	0.500	54	-7	BYE
67	-1	4.061	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	71	-3	BYE
68	1	4.082	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	5–5	0.500	54	0	BYE
69	-1	4.091	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	68	-4	BYE
70	0	4.109	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–6	0.333	81	-5	BYE
71	0	4.125	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–5–2	0.455	63	0	BYE
72	0	4.262	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	54	-4	BYE
73	0	4.317	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	4–6	0.400	71	-7	BYE
74	0	4.578	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	3–6	0.333	81	-9	BYE
75	0	4.621	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–6	0.400	71	-2	BYE
76	0	4.725	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–6	0.400	71	-15	BYE
77	0	4.822	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	4–5	0.444	68	-14	BYE
78	0	4.829	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	81	-8	BYE
79	0	4.958	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	4–7	0.364	80	-16	BYE
80	0	4.960	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	4–6	0.400	71	-12	BYE
81	0	5.045	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	71	-3	BYE
82	0	5.066	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	79	-2	BYE
83	1	5.131	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	88	-13	BYE
84	-1	5.149	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–6	0.400	71	-18	BYE
85	1	5.286	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–6	0.333	81	-6	BYE
86	-1	5.295	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–8	0.200	96	-17	BYE
87	0	5.400	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	81	-20	BYE
88	0	5.457	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–7	0.222	92	-18	BYE
89	0	5.671	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	88	-18	BYE
90	1	5.781	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–7–1	0.250	90	-21	BYE
91	-1	5.863	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–7	0.222	92	-21	BYE
92	0	5.984	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–8	0.111	101	-21	BYE
93	0	6.039	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	81	-17	BYE
94	0	6.146	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–6–3	0.250	90	-19	BYE
95	0	6.200	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	3–6	0.333	81	-28	BYE
96	0	6.281	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	2–7	0.222	92	-17	BYE
97	0	6.444	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–8	0.200	96	-27	BYE
98	0	6.503	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–9	0.100	106	-29	BYE
99	0	6.977	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–7–1	0.167	99	-26	BYE
100	0	7.055	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–7–1	0.167	99	-22	BYE
101	0	7.117	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	101	-24	BYE
102	0	7.213	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	92	-13	BYE
103	1	7.449	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	108	-27	BYE
104	-1	7.454	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–8	0.111	101	-30	BYE
105	0	7.764	BYU	IND SKY	1–8	0.111	101	-37	BYE
106	0	7.872	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–11	0.000	108	-42	BYE
107	1	8.060	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	96	-27	BYE
108	-1	8.082	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–10	0.000	108	-34	BYE
109	0	8.291	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	106	-33	BYE
110	0	8.521	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–8	0.111	101	-19	BYE
111	0	11.420	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–9	0.000	108	-25	BYE