1959 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

December 15, 1959By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1959 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.733	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+49	BYE
2	0	1.075	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	9–1	0.900	3	+39	BYE
3	0	1.209	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	9–1	0.900	3	+29	BYE
4	0	1.222	LSU	SEC	9–1	0.900	3	+38	BYE
5	0	1.224	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	12	+34	BYE
6	0	1.260	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	9–1	0.900	3	+37	BYE
7	0	1.275	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	9–1	0.900	3	+36	BYE
8	0	1.374	TCU	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	12	+34	BYE
9	0	1.418	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	9–1	0.900	3	+30	BYE
10	0	1.451	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	12	+34	BYE
11	0	1.487	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	7–1–1	0.833	11	+21	BYE
12	0	1.707	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	10–1	0.909	2	+26	BYE
13	0	1.717	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	8–1–1	0.850	10	+18	BYE
14	0	1.723	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	21	+25	BYE
15	0	1.739	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–1–2	0.800	12	+20	BYE
16	0	1.785	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	9–1	0.900	3	+15	BYE
17	0	1.790	Oregon (OREGON)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	12	+24	BYE
18	0	1.856	USC	PAC	8–2	0.800	12	+24	BYE
19	0	1.894	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	7–3	0.700	21	+20	BYE
20	0	1.901	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	8–2	0.800	12	+17	BYE
21	0	1.922	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	7–2	0.778	20	+21	BYE
22	0	2.054	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	6–3	0.667	26	+18	BYE
23	0	2.142	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	6–4	0.600	33	+19	BYE
24	0	2.144	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–2–2	0.667	26	+14	BYE
25	0	2.144	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	7–3	0.700	21	+15	BYE
26	0	2.159	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	5–3–1	0.611	31	+14	BYE
27	0	2.242	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	+19	BYE
28	0	2.418	SMU	IND SWC	5–4–1	0.550	51	+13	BYE
29	0	2.419	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	+14	BYE
30	0	2.431	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	12	+8	BYE
31	0	2.433	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	31	+11	BYE
32	0	2.479	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	33	+13	BYE
33	0	2.507	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	21	+5	BYE
34	0	2.530	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	26	+8	BYE
35	0	2.601	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	26	+6	BYE
36	0	2.689	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	51	+7	BYE
37	0	2.694	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	5–3–2	0.600	33	+5	BYE
38	0	2.702	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	7–3	0.700	21	-2	BYE
39	0	2.711	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	6–4	0.600	33	+12	BYE
40	0	2.761	UCLA	PAC	5–4–1	0.550	51	+10	BYE
41	0	2.776	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	51	+9	BYE
42	0	2.777	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	6–4	0.600	33	+7	BYE
43	1	2.784	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	+6	BYE
44	-1	2.804	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–6	0.400	73	+8	BYE
45	0	2.831	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	51	+5	BYE
46	0	2.856	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	+6	BYE
47	0	2.875	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	59	+9	BYE
48	0	2.896	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	51	+6	BYE
49	0	2.947	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	5–4	0.556	46	+4	BYE
50	0	2.973	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	59	+8	BYE
51	0	2.987	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	6–4	0.600	33	+3	BYE
52	0	2.987	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–4	0.556	46	+2	BYE
53	0	3.019	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	+4	BYE
54	0	3.025	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	59	+4	BYE
55	0	3.042	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	46	+4	BYE
56	0	3.110	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	59	+7	BYE
57	0	3.245	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	5–5	0.500	59	+4	BYE
58	1	3.338	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	5–5	0.500	59	+3	BYE
59	-1	3.356	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	51	-2	BYE
60	0	3.386	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	59	+3	BYE
61	0	3.419	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–4	0.556	46	0	BYE
62	0	3.467	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	59	0	BYE
63	0	3.480	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	33	-7	BYE
64	0	3.483	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–5	0.500	59	-3	BYE
65	0	3.648	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	73	+1	BYE
66	1	3.664	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	33	-9	BYE
67	-1	3.668	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	70	-2	BYE
68	0	3.761	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	3–6–1	0.350	84	+1	BYE
69	0	3.801	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	51	-8	BYE
70	0	3.900	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	46	-11	BYE
71	0	3.934	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	83	-2	BYE
72	0	3.995	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–5	0.444	70	-4	BYE
73	0	4.061	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	26	0	BYE
74	0	4.180	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	73	-1	BYE
75	0	4.386	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	73	-8	BYE
76	0	4.409	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	73	-9	BYE
77	0	4.419	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	85	-9	BYE
78	6	4.486	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	5–6	0.455	68	-17	Beat Hawai'i 48–6
79	-1	4.491	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	70	-11	BYE
80	-1	4.502	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–6	0.400	73	-10	BYE
81	-1	4.533	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–7	0.300	85	-11	BYE
82	-1	4.683	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	73	-12	BYE
83	-1	4.685	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	85	-9	BYE
84	-1	4.761	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–5–1	0.450	69	-17	BYE
85	0	4.780	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	85	-15	BYE
86	0	4.839	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	73	-17	BYE
87	0	4.845	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	3–7	0.300	85	-14	BYE
88	0	5.020	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–6	0.400	73	-16	BYE
89	0	5.292	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–7	0.222	97	-15	BYE
90	0	5.322	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	85	-20	BYE
91	0	5.345	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–7	0.222	97	-16	BYE
92	0	5.370	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	85	-20	BYE
93	0	5.429	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	97	-15	BYE
94	0	5.491	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–8	0.200	101	-17	BYE
95	0	5.554	BYU	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	85	-11	BYE
96	0	5.859	UTEP	IND BOR	3–7	0.300	85	-10	BYE
97	0	5.871	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–7–2	0.200	101	-17	BYE
98	0	5.979	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	97	-19	BYE
99	0	6.326	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–8	0.200	101	-28	BYE
100	0	6.393	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	73	-10	BYE
101	0	6.458	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	101	-28	BYE
102	0	6.480	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	2–6–1	0.278	96	-21	BYE
103	0	6.580	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	85	-18	BYE
104	0	6.612	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	85	-7	BYE
105	0	6.930	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–9	0.100	108	-25	BYE
106	0	7.804	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–8	0.111	105	-34	BYE
107	0	7.874	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	108	-38	BYE
108	0	8.219	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–10	0.000	112	-38	BYE
109	0	8.349	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	108	-26	BYE
110	0	8.356	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–9	0.100	108	-29	BYE
111	1	9.088	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	1–8	0.111	105	-28	BYE
112	-1	9.107	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–8	0.111	105	-21	BYE