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1959 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.706Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI7–01.0001+29Beat Penn State 20–18
201.072Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–10.8755+24Lost to Syracuse 18–20
341.145USCPAC7–01.0001+22Beat West Virginia 36–0
411.155Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC8–01.0001+23Beat Baylor 13–12
5-21.210LSUSEC7–10.8755+23Lost to Tennessee 13–14
601.321Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI7–10.8755+19Beat California 20–18
731.322Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC7–10.8755+21Beat Oregon State 13–6
8-41.328Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–10.85713+18Lost to Wisconsin 19–24
9-11.364North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC8–01.0001+17Beat Louisville 39–7
1011.366Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC7–10.8755+16Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 58–0
1141.366Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC7–10.8755+18Beat Florida 21–10
1201.412Auburn (AUBURN)SEC6–10.85713+19Beat Mississippi State 31–0
1311.433Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY7–10.8755+18Beat San José State 28–7
1441.490Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–1–10.78620+16Beat LSU 14–13
1541.529Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B106–10.85713+17Beat Northwestern 24–19
16-71.581Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC6–20.75022+20Beat Rice 14–10
1771.617Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY5–1–10.78620+11Beat Yale 28–12
18-11.727Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–20.75022+17Beat Notre Dame 14–10
1921.803Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR6–10.85713+12Beat UTEP 20–7
2021.818Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC6–10.85713+10Beat Duke 6–0
21-51.824TCUIND SWC5–20.71427+14BYE
2241.905Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI6–10.85713+10Beat Boston University 17–8
2382.123SMUIND SWC4–2–10.64336+11Beat Texas A&M 14–11
24-42.125Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–2–10.64336+9Beat Villanova 14–0
25112.175Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–1–20.71427+7Beat Tulane 19–7
26-12.189Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON6–1–10.81319+4Beat Lehigh 7–6
27-142.237Purdue (PURDUE)B103–2–20.57141+7Lost to Michigan State 0–15
2852.244Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI6–20.75022+9Beat Denver 20–12
2912.252Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON7–10.8755+4Beat Presbyterian 8–0
30-12.275New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY6–20.75022+8Beat BYU 21–6
31-42.388South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC5–20.71427+8Beat Virginia 32–20
32182.397Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY5–20.71427+5Beat Princeton 14–0
33-102.481Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI4–2–10.64336+4Lost to Missouri 0–13
34102.520Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B86–20.75022+2Beat Nebraska 18–6
3542.525Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–30.57141+7Beat Kansas State 36–0
36-82.537Yale (YALE)IND IVY5–20.71427+4Lost to Pennsylvania 12–28
3782.549Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–30.62539+11Beat Utah State 10–7
38-62.597Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–3–10.50051+6Tied Indiana 0–0
3922.604Iowa (IOWA)B104–30.57141+4Beat Minnesota 33–0
4002.635Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI5–20.71427+3BYE
4182.696Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY3–3–10.50051+6Beat Columbia 22–0
4252.702Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–30.57141+4Beat Idaho 47–13
4332.714Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY5–20.71427+3Beat Brown 19–0
44-102.772Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC4–3–10.56350+5Lost to Tulsa 7–14
45-72.808Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–30.57141+3Lost to Harvard 0–14
46162.812Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–40.50051+6Beat Air Force 13–0
47102.870Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B104–30.57141+1Beat Purdue 15–0
48-62.871Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC5–20.71427+1BYE
4952.979Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI4–30.57141+4Beat North Carolina 14–7
50-133.003Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–40.50051+4Lost to Colorado 14–27
51-83.125Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–40.42967+5Lost to Texas 12–13
52-173.160Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–3–10.50051+1Lost to Michigan 15–20
53133.243Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–40.50051+3Beat Boston College 22–14
54173.271Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–40.50051+2Beat Kansas 27–14
55-43.274Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–30.57141-1Lost to Pittsburgh 14–22
56173.294Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC4–40.50051+1Beat Cincinnati 14–7
5713.351New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR4–30.57141-4BYE
58123.402Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–50.37575+2Beat Wichita State 28–13
59-73.500Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–4–10.43865-1Lost to Georgia 10–21
60-53.526San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI4–40.50051-2Lost to Wyoming 7–28
6143.530Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–40.42967+8BYE
6253.580Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–30.62539-5Beat West Texas A&M 26–21
63-73.597Indiana (INDIANA)B103–3–10.50051-2Tied Ohio State 0–0
6453.661Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI5–20.71427+5Beat Lafayette 16–14
65133.671Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–3–10.50051-2Beat Kentucky 11–6
66-183.682Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–3–10.50051-2Lost to Houston 13–28
67123.733Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–4–10.438650Beat Maryland 22–14
68-153.801Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–40.42967-1Lost to Georgia Tech 10–14
69123.802Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–40.42967-2Beat Illinois 20–15
70-93.808Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–60.25092-1Lost to Vanderbilt 6–11
71-123.864Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–50.37575+1Lost to Alabama 7–19
72-94.213North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC3–50.37575-3Lost to Miami 7–14
73-134.232Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–60.25092-1Lost to UCLA 13–55
74154.305UCLAPAC2–3–10.41774-4Beat Stanford 55–13
75-74.307Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–50.37575-5Lost to Iowa State 6–18
76-14.308Duke (DUKE)ACC3–50.37575-5Lost to Clemson 0–6
7764.419Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR3–50.37575-5Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 23–15
7884.432Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI4–40.50051-11Beat Dayton 33–14
79-154.529Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–50.28688-2Lost to Navy 14–22
80-44.556West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–50.37575-3Lost to USC 0–36
81-74.649Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–40.42967-10Lost to Holy Cross 8–17
82-54.692Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–50.37575-8Lost to SMU 11–14
83-14.806UTEPIND BOR3–50.37575-3Lost to Arizona State 7–20
84-124.886Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI3–50.37575-8Lost to Arizona 26–30
85-54.948Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–50.37575-12Lost to Colorado State 7–10
8665.028Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI3–40.42967-13Beat Fresno State 18–13
8775.034William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–50.37575-12Beat Davidson 25–7
88105.061Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR3–40.42967-11Beat Texas Tech 30–26
89-45.075Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–50.28688-8Lost to Auburn 0–31
90-65.215Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–50.28688-10Lost to Iowa 0–33
91-15.546Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–60.25092-13Lost to Oklahoma State 12–20
9245.740Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–60.14398-11Beat Bucknell 16–13
9305.792Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI2–60.25092-16Lost to Washington 6–13
94-75.997Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–50.44464-5Lost to Quantico Marines 21–23
95-46.063Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–60.14398-12Lost to Dartmouth 0–22
9636.070California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–70.125103-12Lost to Oregon 18–20
9766.173Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–5–10.31387-18Beat George Washington 26–0
98-36.197Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–5–20.14398-9Lost to Arkansas 10–14
9916.477BYUIND SKY2–60.25092-13Lost to New Mexico 6–21
100-126.568NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–60.14398-9Lost to Southern Miss 14–19
10106.795Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–5–10.21497-14Lost to Cornell 0–19
10276.819Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–70.125103-21Beat North Dakota State 48–0
103-66.840Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–50.28688+1Lost to Wofford 3–6
104-27.082Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–70.125103-21Lost to Oklahoma 0–36
10517.734West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–70.125103-18Lost to Virginia Tech 21–26
10668.016Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–80.000111-21Lost to South Carolina 20–32
107-38.048George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–70.125103-25Lost to Richmond 0–26
10828.152Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–70.125103-13Lost to Army 0–14
109-18.177Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–60.14398-12Lost to William & Mary 7–25
110-38.255Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–80.000111-24Lost to Utah 13–47
11108.600Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–70.125103-18Lost to Detroit Mercy 14–33
112-78.721Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–70.125103-15Lost to Montana State 6–40

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