College Football 1959
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1959/9/12 and 1960/1/2
Ranking of Schedule
Sorensen's Rankings - Sat Oct 28 22:33:36 2023

 
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 6307 Florence State 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 6307 2 6272 Tennessee 10 5 - 4 - 1 2 6272 3 6265 Mississippi State 9 2 - 7 - 0 3 6265 4 6145 Georgia Tech 11 6 - 5 - 0 4 6145 5 6132 Rice 10 1 - 7 - 2 5 6132 6 6130 Louisiana State 11 9 - 2 - 0 6 6130 7 6093 Kentucky 10 4 - 6 - 0 7 6093 8 5794 Tulane 10 3 - 6 - 1 8 5794 9 5762 Baylor 10 4 - 6 - 0 9 5762 10 5534 Memphis 4 1 - 3 - 0 10 5534 11 5474 Texas Christian 11 8 - 3 - 0 11 5474 12 5312 Tennessee Chattanooga 4 1 - 3 - 0 12 5312 13 5280 Mississippi 11 10 - 1 - 0 13 5280 14 5172 Southern Methodist 10 5 - 4 - 1 14 5172 15 5146 Ohio State 9 3 - 5 - 1 15 5146 16 5076 Minnesota 9 2 - 7 - 0 16 5076 17 5070 Notre Dame 10 5 - 5 - 0 17 5070 18 5050 Arkansas 11 9 - 2 - 0 18 5050 19 4956 Alabama 11 7 - 2 - 2 19 4956 20 4786 Miami FL 10 6 - 4 - 0 20 4786 21 4784 Northwestern 9 6 - 3 - 0 21 4784 22 4771 Texas 11 9 - 2 - 0 22 4771 23 4751 Auburn 10 7 - 3 - 0 23 4751 24 4664 Illinois 9 5 - 3 - 1 24 4664 25 4663 Texas A&M 10 3 - 7 - 0 25 4663 26 4649 Michigan State 9 5 - 4 - 0 26 4649 27 4611 Purdue 9 5 - 2 - 2 27 4611 28 4609 Vanderbilt 10 5 - 3 - 2 28 4609 29 4469 California 10 2 - 8 - 0 29 4469 30 4398 Florida 10 5 - 4 - 1 30 4398 31 4249 Georgia 11 10 - 1 - 0 31 4249 32 4223 Michigan 9 4 - 5 - 0 32 4223 33 4100 Pittsburgh 10 6 - 4 - 0 33 4100 34 3934 Wisconsin 10 7 - 3 - 0 34 3934 35 3880 Missouri 11 6 - 5 - 0 35 3880 36 3756 Indiana 9 4 - 4 - 1 36 3756 37 3700 Iowa 9 5 - 4 - 0 37 3700 38 3526 Kansas 10 5 - 5 - 0 38 3526 39 3449 UCLA 10 5 - 4 - 1 39 3449 40 3347 Oklahoma 10 7 - 3 - 0 40 3347 41 3312 Duke 10 4 - 6 - 0 41 3312 42 3235 Nebraska 10 4 - 6 - 0 42 3235 43 3123 Texas Tech 10 4 - 6 - 0 43 3123 44 2991 Penn State 11 9 - 2 - 0 44 2991 45 2954 Southern California 10 8 - 2 - 0 45 2954 46 2925 Houston 10 3 - 7 - 0 46 2925 47 2875 Stanford 10 3 - 7 - 0 47 2875 48 2868 South Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 48 2868 49 2794 Maryland 10 5 - 5 - 0 49 2794 50 2756 Syracuse 11 11 - 0 - 0 50 2756 51 2717 Colorado 10 5 - 5 - 0 51 2717 52 2592 Arkansas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 52 2592 53 2589 Navy 10 5 - 4 - 1 53 2589 54 2533 North Carolina 10 5 - 5 - 0 54 2533 55 2510 Virginia 10 0 - 10 - 0 55 2510 56 2461 North Carolina State 10 1 - 9 - 0 56 2461 57 2450 Oregon State 10 3 - 7 - 0 57 2450 58 2415 Army 9 4 - 4 - 1 58 2415 59 2113 West Virginia 10 3 - 7 - 0 59 2113 60 1988 Washington 11 10 - 1 - 0 60 1988 61 1985 South Carolina 10 6 - 4 - 0 61 1985 62 1954 Kansas State 10 2 - 8 - 0 62 1954 63 1685 Clemson 11 9 - 2 - 0 63 1685 64 1491 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 64 1491 65 1320 Pensacola NAS 1 0 - 1 - 0 65 1320 66 1254 Wake Forest 10 6 - 4 - 0 66 1254 67 1147 Tulsa 10 5 - 5 - 0 67 1147 68 1072 Florida State 10 4 - 6 - 0 68 1072 69 1038 Oklahoma State 10 6 - 4 - 0 69 1038 70 990 Washington State 10 6 - 4 - 0 70 990 71 975 Air Force 10 5 - 4 - 1 71 975 72 897 Marquette 10 3 - 7 - 0 72 897 73 815 Oregon 10 8 - 2 - 0 73 815 74 625 McMurry 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 625 75 625 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 75 625 76 623 Hardin-Simmons 10 3 - 7 - 0 76 623 77 561 Boston College 9 5 - 4 - 0 77 561 78 370 Southern Mississippi 4 2 - 2 - 0 78 370 79 370 Boston University 9 4 - 5 - 0 79 370 80 355 Tampa 1 0 - 1 - 0 80 355 81 220 Lafayette 2 0 - 2 - 0 81 220 82 138 Colgate 9 2 - 7 - 0 82 138 83 91 Idaho 10 1 - 9 - 0 83 91 84 1 Massachusetts 2 0 - 2 - 0 84 1 85 -132 Holy Cross 10 6 - 4 - 0 85 -132 86 -216 Utah 10 5 - 5 - 0 86 -216 87 -228 San Jose State 10 4 - 6 - 0 87 -228 88 -235 Iowa State 10 7 - 3 - 0 88 -235 89 -266 Newberry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 89 -266 90 -314 Western Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 -314 91 -492 Dartmouth 9 5 - 3 - 1 91 -492 92 -811 Drake 4 0 - 4 - 0 92 -811 93 -851 Connecticut 3 0 - 3 - 0 93 -851 94 -894 Denver 10 2 - 8 - 0 94 -894 95 -957 George Washington 9 1 - 8 - 0 95 -957 96 -959 Villanova 10 1 - 9 - 0 96 -959 97 -995 Cincinnati 10 5 - 4 - 1 97 -995 98 -1024 Columbia 9 2 - 7 - 0 98 -1024 99 -1216 Hawaii 4 0 - 4 - 0 99 -1216 100 -1294 Colorado State 10 6 - 4 - 0 100 -1294 101 -1306 Arizona 10 4 - 6 - 0 101 -1306 102 -1635 North Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 102 -1635 103 -1677 Detroit 10 6 - 4 - 0 103 -1677 104 -1768 Dayton 10 3 - 7 - 0 104 -1768 105 -1783 Brigham Young 10 3 - 7 - 0 105 -1783 106 -1802 Saint Xavier 10 4 - 6 - 0 106 -1802 107 -1834 Princeton 9 4 - 5 - 0 107 -1834 108 -1841 Furman 10 3 - 7 - 0 108 -1841 109 -1845 West Texas A&M 10 1 - 9 - 0 109 -1845 110 -1885 Wichita State 10 5 - 4 - 1 110 -1885 111 -1891 Mexico 2 0 - 2 - 0 111 -1891 112 -1897 Pennsylvania 9 7 - 1 - 1 112 -1897 113 -1941 Bucknell 3 1 - 2 - 0 113 -1941 114 -2035 Pacific 9 5 - 4 - 0 114 -2035 115 -2069 Texas El Paso 10 3 - 7 - 0 115 -2069 116 -2094 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 116 -2094 117 -2130 Louisville 3 1 - 2 - 0 117 -2130 118 -2138 Delaware 1 1 - 0 - 0 118 -2138 119 -2139 Trinity University TX 5 2 - 3 - 0 119 -2139 120 -2167 Wyoming 10 9 - 1 - 0 120 -2167 121 -2184 Cornell 9 5 - 4 - 0 121 -2184 122 -2194 New Mexico 10 7 - 3 - 0 122 -2194 123 -2264 Virginia Tech 10 6 - 4 - 0 123 -2264 124 -2288 William & Mary 10 4 - 6 - 0 124 -2288 125 -2398 Montana 9 1 - 8 - 0 125 -2398 126 -2464 Harvard 9 6 - 3 - 0 126 -2464 127 -2505 Yale 9 6 - 3 - 0 127 -2505 128 -2540 Fresno State 3 1 - 2 - 0 128 -2540 129 -2720 Utah State 11 5 - 6 - 0 129 -2720 130 -2779 North Texas 11 9 - 2 - 0 130 -2779 131 -2835 Richmond 10 4 - 5 - 1 131 -2835 132 -2870 Brown 9 2 - 6 - 1 132 -2870 133 -2912 Lehigh 4 1 - 3 - 0 133 -2912 134 -3052 Montana State 3 1 - 2 - 0 134 -3052 135 -3137 Virginia Military 10 8 - 1 - 1 135 -3137 136 -3161 New Mexico State 11 8 - 3 - 0 136 -3161 137 -3191 Ohio University 1 1 - 0 - 0 137 -3191 138 -3191 Quantico Marines 1 1 - 0 - 0 138 -3191 139 -3191 Saint Ambrose 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 -3191 140 -3374 Citadel 10 8 - 2 - 0 140 -3374 141 -3446 Arizona State 11 10 - 1 - 0 141 -3446 142 -3491 Miami OH 4 2 - 2 - 0 142 -3491 143 -3758 Rutgers 9 6 - 3 - 0 143 -3758 144 -4165 Davidson 9 1 - 8 - 0 144 -4165 145 -4408 Abilene Christian 1 1 - 0 - 0 145 -4408 146 -4473 Presbyterian 3 2 - 1 - 0 146 -4473 147 -4473 Wofford 3 2 - 1 - 0 147 -4473 148 -4519 Bowling Green 1 1 - 0 - 0 148 -4519 149 -6049 West Chester 1 1 - 0 - 0 149 -6049 150 -6670 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 -6670 151 -7384 North Dakota 1 1 - 0 - 0 151 -7384 152 -8822 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 -8822