1955 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 20, 1955By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1955 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	0	0.218	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana 54–12
2	-1	0.258	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington State 50–12
3	-2	0.307	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat BYU 33–0
4	-3	0.307	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas 47–14
5	-4	0.357	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hardin Simmons 35–7
6	-5	0.426	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas A&M 21–0
7	-6	0.436	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat California 27–7
8	-7	0.446	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Pacific 33–14
9	-8	0.456	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas State 38–20
10	-9	0.486	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulsa 21–6
11	-10	0.505	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado State 20–7
12	-11	0.505	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Georgia 26–13
13	-12	0.505	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah State 13–0
14	-13	0.505	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 20–7
15	-14	0.505	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia Tech 13–0
16	-15	0.515	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Iowa State 19–7
17	-16	0.515	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kentucky 19–7
18	-17	0.555	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Miami 14–6
19	-18	0.565	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat NC State 7–0
20	-19	0.565	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico State 14–7
21	-20	0.565	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Idaho 14–7
22	-21	0.575	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Mississippi State 20–14
23	-22	0.575	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas 20–14
24	-23	0.624	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Missouri 13–12
25	-24	0.624	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah 14–13
26	-25	1.045	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
27	-26	1.045	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–0–1	0.500	32	Tied Wichita State 20–20
28	-27	1.045	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
29	-28	1.045	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
30	-29	1.045	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
31	-30	1.045	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
32	-31	1.045	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
33	-32	1.045	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
34	-33	1.045	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
35	-34	1.045	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
36	-35	1.045	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
37	-36	1.045	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
38	-37	1.045	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
39	-38	1.045	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
40	-39	1.045	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
41	-40	1.045	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
42	-41	1.045	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
43	-42	1.045	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
44	-43	1.045	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
45	-44	1.045	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
46	-45	1.045	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
47	-46	1.045	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
48	-47	1.045	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
49	-48	1.045	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
50	-49	1.045	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
51	-50	1.045	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
52	-51	1.045	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
53	-52	1.045	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
54	-53	1.045	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
55	-54	1.045	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
56	-55	1.045	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
57	-56	1.045	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
58	-57	1.045	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
59	-58	1.045	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
60	-59	1.045	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
61	-60	1.045	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
62	-61	1.045	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
63	-62	1.045	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
64	-63	1.045	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
65	-64	1.045	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
66	-65	1.045	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
67	-66	1.045	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
68	-67	1.045	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
69	-68	1.045	UTEP	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
70	-69	1.045	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
71	-70	1.045	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
72	-71	1.045	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
73	-72	1.045	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
74	-73	1.045	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0–1	0.500	32	Tied Arizona State 20–20
75	-74	1.045	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
76	-75	1.045	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
77	-76	1.045	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
78	-77	1.150	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Maryland 12–13
79	-78	1.150	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Oregon 13–14
80	-79	1.366	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Florida 14–20
81	-80	1.366	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Texas Tech 14–20
82	-81	1.409	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Washington 7–14
83	-82	1.409	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to New Mexico 7–14
84	-83	1.409	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Florida State 0–7
85	-84	1.452	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–14
86	-85	1.625	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Denver 7–19
87	-86	1.625	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to LSU 7–19
88	-87	1.668	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Arizona 7–20
89	-88	1.668	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Ole Miss 13–26
90	-89	1.668	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to San José State 0–13
91	-90	1.668	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Tulane 7–20
92	-91	1.668	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Wake Forest 0–13
93	-92	1.744	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas A&M Corpus Christi 46–0
94	-93	1.755	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Arkansas 6–21
95	-94	1.873	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Presbyterian 33–0
96	-95	1.885	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Wyoming 20–38
97	-96	1.928	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Stanford 14–33
98	-97	1.932	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Randolph Macon 33–6
99	-98	1.942	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Catawba 26–0
100	-99	1.971	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–27
101	-100	2.012	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wofford 26–7
102	-101	2.014	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to UCLA 0–21
103	-102	2.051	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Dakota State 21–6
104	-103	2.317	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Baylor 7–35
105	-104	2.533	BYU	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Oregon State 0–33
106	-105	2.533	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to TCU 14–47
107	-106	2.750	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to USC 12–50
108	-107	2.923	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Houston 12–54
109	-108	10.879	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Hawai'i 0–6
110	-109	11.225	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	34	Lost to Newberry 0–14