1959 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

December 1, 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	0.765	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+43	BYE
2	2	1.067	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	9–1	0.900	2	+39	Beat Georgia Tech 21–14
3	-1	1.196	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	9–1	0.900	2	+29	Beat Mississippi State 42–0
4	-1	1.212	LSU	SEC	9–1	0.900	2	+38	BYE
5	0	1.227	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	12	+34	BYE
6	1	1.234	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	9–1	0.900	2	+36	BYE
7	-1	1.266	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	9–1	0.900	2	+36	Beat Texas A&M 20–17
8	2	1.369	TCU	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	12	+34	Beat SMU 19–0
9	-1	1.413	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	9–1	0.900	2	+29	BYE
10	-1	1.445	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	12	+34	BYE
11	1	1.484	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	7–1–1	0.833	11	+21	Beat Cornell 28–13
12	2	1.661	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	9–1	0.900	2	+25	Beat Arizona 15–9
13	6	1.717	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	8–1–1	0.850	10	+18	Beat Virginia Tech 37–12
14	4	1.723	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	21	+25	Beat Oklahoma State 17–7
15	6	1.739	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–1–2	0.800	12	+20	Beat Auburn 10–0
16	-1	1.782	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	9–1	0.900	2	+15	BYE
17	-1	1.796	Oregon (OREGON)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	12	+24	BYE
18	-7	1.807	USC	PAC	8–2	0.800	12	+25	Lost to Notre Dame 6–16
19	-6	1.900	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	7–3	0.700	21	+20	Lost to Alabama 0–10
20	0	1.918	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	7–2	0.778	20	+21	BYE
21	1	1.923	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	8–2	0.800	12	+17	Beat Furman 56–3
22	1	2.054	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	6–3	0.667	26	+18	BYE
23	-6	2.153	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	6–4	0.600	34	+19	Lost to Georgia 14–21
24	3	2.153	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–2–2	0.667	26	+14	BYE
25	0	2.157	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	7–3	0.700	21	+14	BYE
26	0	2.164	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	5–3–1	0.611	31	+14	BYE
27	6	2.200	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	34	+19	BYE
28	6	2.420	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	12	+8	BYE
29	2	2.423	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	31	+11	BYE
30	16	2.433	UCLA	PAC	5–3–1	0.611	31	+10	Beat Utah 21–6
31	-3	2.434	SMU	IND SWC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+13	Lost to TCU 0–19
32	-8	2.438	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	34	+14	Lost to Florida 14–23
33	4	2.491	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	34	+13	BYE
34	5	2.504	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	21	+5	BYE
35	0	2.527	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	26	+8	BYE
36	0	2.597	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	26	+6	BYE
37	19	2.688	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	5–3–2	0.600	34	+5	Beat Tennessee 14–0
38	15	2.695	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+7	Beat Miami 23–14
39	6	2.705	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	7–3	0.700	21	-2	Beat University OF Mexico 55–0
40	3	2.741	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	6–4	0.600	34	+11	BYE
41	-12	2.780	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	52	+5	Lost to Colorado 7–15
42	-12	2.782	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+9	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–14
43	1	2.784	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–6	0.400	72	+8	BYE
44	7	2.799	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	34	+6	Beat Houston 32–18
45	-13	2.812	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	6–4	0.600	34	+6	Lost to Wake Forest 20–43
46	1	2.871	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	59	+9	BYE
47	-7	2.880	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	34	+6	Lost to Oklahoma 7–17
48	7	2.958	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	52	+5	Beat Army 43–12
49	-1	2.963	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	5–4	0.556	47	+4	BYE
50	11	2.996	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	59	+8	Beat USC 16–6
51	-1	3.008	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–4	0.556	47	+2	BYE
52	10	3.021	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	6–4	0.600	34	+2	Beat South Carolina 43–20
53	-12	3.035	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	34	+4	Lost to Boston College 0–14
54	-16	3.042	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	59	+4	Lost to Navy 12–43
55	8	3.071	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	47	+4	Beat Holy Cross 14–0
56	-14	3.119	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	59	+7	Lost to Wichita State 21–26
57	-8	3.280	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	5–5	0.500	59	+3	Lost to UCLA 6–21
58	0	3.364	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–5	0.444	68	+3	BYE
59	0	3.372	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	52	-2	Beat Miami (OH) 14–7
60	8	3.376	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	59	+3	Beat Air Force 15–7
61	-9	3.425	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–4	0.556	47	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 13–28
62	-5	3.456	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	59	0	BYE
63	-9	3.479	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	34	-6	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 12–37
64	5	3.522	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–5	0.500	59	-3	Beat Duke 50–0
65	-1	3.618	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	72	+1	Beat Rice 23–21
66	-6	3.637	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	68	-2	BYE
67	-2	3.679	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	34	-9	BYE
68	-1	3.773	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	3–6–1	0.350	84	+1	BYE
69	6	3.817	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	52	-8	Beat Tulsa 26–21
70	-4	3.927	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	83	-2	BYE
71	2	3.930	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	47	-11	BYE
72	-1	3.970	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–5	0.444	68	-4	BYE
73	-1	4.057	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	26	0	BYE
74	4	4.160	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	72	-1	Beat Tampa 33–0
75	2	4.367	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	72	-8	BYE
76	3	4.394	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	72	-10	BYE
77	-3	4.425	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	85	-9	Lost to Washington State 18–32
78	3	4.441	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–7	0.300	85	-10	BYE
79	-3	4.464	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	68	-11	BYE
80	-10	4.489	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–6	0.400	72	-10	Lost to North Carolina 0–50
81	-1	4.658	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	72	-12	BYE
82	1	4.718	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–5–1	0.450	67	-17	BYE
83	-1	4.722	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	85	-9	BYE
84	0	4.783	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–6	0.400	72	-17	BYE
85	0	4.815	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	72	-17	BYE
86	2	4.822	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	85	-15	BYE
87	0	4.844	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	3–7	0.300	85	-14	BYE
88	-2	5.011	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–6	0.400	72	-16	Lost to Arizona State 9–15
89	0	5.284	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–7	0.222	97	-15	Lost to Ole Miss 0–42
90	2	5.303	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	85	-20	BYE
91	3	5.330	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–7	0.222	97	-16	BYE
92	1	5.363	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	85	-20	Lost to Texas 17–20
93	3	5.387	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–8	0.200	101	-16	BYE
94	-4	5.429	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	97	-15	BYE
95	0	5.571	BYU	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	85	-12	BYE
96	-5	5.834	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–7–2	0.200	101	-17	Lost to Baylor 21–23
97	1	5.852	UTEP	IND BOR	3–7	0.300	85	-10	BYE
98	2	5.979	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	97	-19	Beat Brown 33–14
99	0	6.353	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–8	0.200	101	-28	BYE
100	2	6.384	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	72	-10	BYE
101	-4	6.472	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	2–6–1	0.278	96	-21	Lost to Colgate 14–33
102	1	6.479	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	101	-28	BYE
103	1	6.552	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–8	0.111	105	-19	BYE
104	1	6.592	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	85	-18	BYE
105	-4	6.600	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	85	-7	Lost to Clemson 3–56
106	1	7.789	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–8	0.111	105	-34	BYE
107	-1	7.941	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	109	-38	BYE
108	2	8.312	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–10	0.000	112	-38	BYE
109	0	8.376	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–9	0.100	109	-29	BYE
110	-2	8.401	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	109	-26	BYE
111	0	9.081	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–8	0.111	105	-21	BYE
112	0	9.130	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	1–8	0.111	105	-28	BYE