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1955 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

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1955 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
160.997Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B105–10.83311+17Beat Wisconsin 27–0
201.000UCLAPAC6–10.8575+16Beat California 47–0
3-21.052Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC7–01.0001+20Beat South Carolina 27–0
401.061Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–1–10.78622+17Tied Arkansas 7–7
5-21.098Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B86–01.0001+15Beat Kansas State 40–7
6101.107Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–10.83311+15Beat Navy 21–7
731.155Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–01.0001+14Beat Iowa 33–21
8-31.214UTEPIND BOR4–0–20.83311+8Beat New Mexico State 41–6
9-31.214West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON6–01.0001+10Beat Marquette 39–0
1011.266Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC6–10.8575+16Beat LSU 29–26
1131.365Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–10.8575+13Beat Duke 27–0
1261.390TCUIND SWC6–10.8575+12Beat Baylor 28–6
1341.557Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY6–10.8575+12Beat BYU 14–6
1481.571Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC6–10.8575+11Beat North Texas 20–7
15-61.627Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–20.66729+11Lost to Army 7–27
1681.649Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–10.83311+14Beat Montana 12–7
17-51.673Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–10.83311+9Lost to Notre Dame 7–21
1831.899Duke (DUKE)ACC4–20.66729+7Lost to Georgia Tech 0–27
19221.942Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–20.66729+6Beat Colgate 27–7
20291.960Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–20.60046+7Beat Holy Cross 49–9
21-131.975Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–1–10.75023+6Lost to Tulane 13–27
22291.976Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–3–10.50055+9Beat San José State 34–18
2351.978Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI5–10.83311+5Beat Brown 14–7
2482.018Yale (YALE)IND FBSI5–10.83311+4Beat Dartmouth 20–0
2582.029Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC5–10.83311+7Beat Wake Forest 19–13
26242.127Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–20.66729+6Beat Washington 13–7
2732.133Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–30.50055+8BYE
2862.155Denver (DENVER)IND SKY5–20.71425+6Beat New Mexico 33–6
29152.184George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON5–10.83311+3Beat Virginia Tech 13–7
3092.201Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–2–10.64341+7Beat Rice 20–16
31-162.227Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI5–10.83311+4Lost to Syracuse 9–49
32-62.255Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC4–20.66729+5Lost to Wichita State 7–21
33-202.280USCPAC5–20.71425+6Lost to Minnesota 19–25
34-142.287Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–2–10.64341+6Lost to Oregon State 7–13
3572.308Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI5–20.71425+5Beat Washington State 30–0
36-92.338Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–30.57149+8Lost to TCU 6–28
37112.342Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR4–1–10.750230Beat Hardin Simmons 69–14
38-12.384Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–20.66729+4Beat Northwestern 49–0
3942.492Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–20.66729+3BYE
40182.492Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR3–2–10.58347+5Beat West Texas A&M 27–24
41122.521Purdue (PURDUE)B103–2–10.58347+6Beat Illinois 13–0
42-22.544Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON5–10.83311+4Beat Stetson 25–13
43-122.565San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–20.66729+3Lost to Stanford 18–34
44182.574Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC4–2–10.64341+5Beat Houston 21–7
45-202.590Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–30.57149+7Lost to Miami 7–21
46-172.629Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC3–3–10.50055+6Lost to Clemson 13–19
47-242.734Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–20.66729+3Lost to Missouri 12–20
4882.805Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC4–20.66729-2Beat North Carolina 48–7
49142.847Tulane (TULANE)SEC4–30.57149+2Beat Auburn 27–13
50182.867Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–30.40076+2Beat Pittsburgh 21–7
5132.900Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–30.57149+1Beat Alabama 35–14
52-142.914Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–2–10.64341-1Lost to George Washington 7–13
53-72.949Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–30.57149+1Beat Idaho 25–0
5472.951Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC4–20.66729-3Beat Virginia 34–7
55-203.003Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–30.50055+1Lost to Michigan State 0–27
56-373.115Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–1–10.70028+3Lost to Xavier 12–19
5703.237Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–3–10.500550Tied Texas A&M 7–7
5863.347Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–30.50055-1Beat Pennsylvania 20–0
5973.350Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–30.50055-1Beat Columbia 34–19
60-133.431West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR4–2–10.64341-5Lost to Texas Tech 24–27
61-93.497Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–30.50055-1Lost to Purdue 0–13
6253.498Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–40.42966+2Beat SMU 19–18
63-183.528SMUIND SWC3–30.50055-2Lost to Texas 18–19
64-43.534Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR2–3–10.417690BYE
65-293.539Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–20.66729+1Lost to Wofford 7–27
66-113.555Iowa (IOWA)B102–3–10.41769+1Lost to Michigan 21–33
6723.827LSUSEC1–4–10.25084-2Lost to Ole Miss 26–29
6833.867Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–40.42966-3Beat Fresno State 39–14
6944.069Indiana (INDIANA)B103–30.50055-4Beat Ohio 21–14
70-54.270Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–3–10.41769-4Lost to Kentucky 16–20
71124.312Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–40.33378-2Beat USC 25–19
72-24.346Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND MVC2–3–10.41769+2Tied Cincinnati 0–0
7394.560Drake (DRAKE)IND FBSI4–30.57149-5Beat Iowa State 27–21
7424.688Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–2–10.50055-7Tied Bucknell 26–26
75-34.696South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC2–40.33378-5Lost to Maryland 0–27
76-174.777Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–3–10.41769-7Lost to Villanova 14–16
7794.813Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–40.42966-2Beat Kansas 19–14
78-44.847North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND FBSI2–3–10.417690Lost to Mississippi State 7–20
7925.092William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–50.16793-6Beat Virginia Military Institute 20–13
80-25.110Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–50.28682-8Lost to Oklahoma 7–40
8135.309Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY2–50.28682-8Lost to Colorado State 7–12
82-25.419North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–50.16793-6Lost to Tennessee 7–48
83-85.528Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR2–40.33378-6Lost to Arizona State 14–69
84155.571NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–3–10.41769-10Beat Furman 33–7
8525.625Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC1–50.16793-9Lost to Vanderbilt 7–34
8655.851Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–40.20091-7BYE
87-85.855Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–5–10.21488-9Lost to Nebraska 14–19
88135.860Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–60.143102-9Beat Colorado 20–12
89-16.061Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI1–50.16793-8Lost to Cornell 19–34
9036.133Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–40.20091-2BYE
9196.225BYUIND SKY1–50.16793-12Lost to Wyoming 6–14
92-156.246Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–30.400760Lost to Delaware 7–33
93-36.304Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI1–50.16793-7Lost to Yale 0–20
94106.364Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–50.16793-11Beat Tulsa 14–0
95116.410Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–50.16793-10Beat Richmond 16–14
96-76.413California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–5–10.21488-12Lost to UCLA 0–47
97-56.510Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–5–10.21488-12Lost to Pacific 0–30
98-136.606Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–4–10.25084-11Lost to Oklahoma State 0–14
99-46.684New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY1–60.143102-13Lost to Denver 6–33
100-66.779Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–4–10.25084-12Lost to Drake 21–27
101-46.881Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–4–10.25084-10Lost to West Virginia 0–39
102-46.933Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–60.000105-12Lost to Georgia 14–35
103-17.081Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI1–50.16793-9Lost to Princeton 7–14
104-87.366Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–60.000105-13Lost to Penn State 0–20
10507.783Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI1–3–20.33378-1Tied Detroit Mercy 0–0
106-38.095Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–70.000105-18Lost to William & Mary 13–20
10708.324Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–60.000105-17Lost to Oregon 0–25
10808.836Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–60.000105-12Lost to Ohio State 0–49
10909.128New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–60.143102-12Lost to UTEP 6–41
110010.300Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–70.000105-12Lost to NC State 7–33

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