College Football 1954
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1954/9/17 and 1954/12/4
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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1954 - Ranking of No Division Affiliation teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	38.07	1	38.70	8	29.61	Ohio State	1	2	10	10-0-0	1	10	10-0-0	BIG 10
2	32.05	3	30.95	53	55.62	UCLA	2	1	9	9-0-0	2	9	9-0-0	PCC
3	29.38	2	31.09	16	32.85	Notre Dame	4	4	10	9-1-0	3	10	9-1-0	EIC
4	27.83	4	28.49	11	30.61	Wisconsin	9	11	9	7-2-0	4	9	7-2-0	BIG 10
5	26.78	5	27.45	45	52.35	Oklahoma	3	6	10	10-0-0	5	10	10-0-0	BIG 7
6	26.32	8	24.57	41	48.78	Miami (FL)	11	13	9	8-1-0	6	9	8-1-0	SWIC
7	26.17	7	25.58	26	38.70	Arkansas	10	7	11	8-3-0	7	11	8-3-0	SWAC
8	25.08	10	21.53	48	53.25	Mississippi	6	3	11	9-2-0	8	11	9-2-0	SEC
9	24.54	15	19.86	42	50.30	Maryland	8	14	10	7-2-1	9	10	7-2-1	ACC
10	23.04	12	20.40	5	26.83	Iowa		8	9	5-4-0	10	9	5-4-0	BIG 10
11	22.77	19	18.20	21	37.20	Baylor	18		11	7-4-0	11	11	7-4-0	SWAC
12	22.60	18	18.73	17	33.20	Southern Methodist		17	10	6-3-1	12	10	6-3-1	SWAC
13	21.96	21	16.37	23	38.00	Auburn	13	16	11	8-3-0	13	11	8-3-0	SEC
14	21.75	20	17.58	63	61.94	Navy	5	5	10	8-2-0	14	10	8-2-0	EIC
15	21.51	11	21.45	20	36.06	Michigan	15	18	9	6-3-0	15	9	6-3-0	BIG 10
16	21.25	17	19.10	19	35.10	Georgia Tech		15	11	8-3-0	16	11	8-3-0	SEC
17	20.73	13	20.05	2	25.39	Purdue			9	5-3-1	17	9	5-3-1	BIG 10
18	20.69	16	19.19	18	33.30	Rice	19	19	10	7-3-0	18	10	7-3-0	SWAC
19	17.59	9	22.95	22	37.83	Minnesota		20	9	7-2-0	19	9	7-2-0	BIG 10
20	17.33	24	14.42	65	63.78	Army	7	9	9	7-2-0	20	9	7-2-0	NEI
21	16.32	14	19.98	35	43.91	Southern California	17		12	8-4-0	21	12	8-4-0	PCC
22	16.08	6	25.89	47	53.00	Miami (OH)			3	3-0-0	22	3	3-0-0	Major-Ind
23	15.97	28	13.79	4	26.40	Texas			10	4-5-1	23	10	4-5-1	SWAC
24	15.68	38	8.94	13	31.80	Texas Christian			10	4-6-0	24	10	4-6-0	SWAC
25	13.10	30	12.90	81	74.11	West Virginia	12		9	8-1-0	25	9	8-1-0	SoCon
26	13.02	29	13.38	9	30.10	Florida		10	10	5-5-0	26	10	5-5-0	SEC
27	12.73	32	11.40	3	25.61	Michigan State			9	3-6-0	27	9	3-6-0	BIG 10
28	12.31	25	14.40	44	51.95	Duke	14		11	8-2-1	28	11	8-2-1	ACC
29	12.14	36	10.57	29	42.25	California			10	5-5-0	29	10	5-5-0	PCC
30	12.13	35	10.77	32	43.72	Mississippi State			10	6-4-0	30	10	6-4-0	SEC
31	12.04	49	3.82	86	75.35	Texas Tech			10	7-2-1	31	10	7-2-1	BC
32	11.31	23	15.70	31	42.75	Kentucky		12	10	7-3-0	32	10	7-3-0	SEC
33	11.03	26	14.33	36	45.05	Georgia			10	6-3-1	33	10	6-3-1	SEC
35	9.59	22	16.26	1	23.39	Pittsburgh			9	4-5-0	35	9	4-5-0	EIC
36	9.51	34	10.86	100	84.00	Virginia Tech	16		9	8-0-1	36	9	8-0-1	SoCon
38	9.47	42	7.56	75	71.06	Penn State	20		9	7-2-0	38	9	7-2-0	EIC
39	9.21	48	4.69	37	45.82	Alabama			11	4-5-2	39	11	4-5-2	SEC
40	8.26	46	5.60	6	28.00	Indiana			9	3-6-0	40	9	3-6-0	BIG 10
41	8.23	43	6.88	82	74.20	Colorado			10	7-2-1	41	10	7-2-1	BIG 7
42	8.06	39	8.86	62	61.60	Oregon			10	6-4-0	42	10	6-4-0	PCC
43	6.45	40	7.83	30	42.35	Missouri			10	4-5-1	43	10	4-5-1	BIG 7
44	6.38	41	7.72	15	32.55	LSU			11	5-6-0	44	11	5-6-0	SEC
45	6.29	37	9.28	46	52.83	Nebraska			11	6-5-0	45	11	6-5-0	BIG 7
46	5.98	54	2.62	10	30.61	Northwestern			9	2-7-0	46	9	2-7-0	BIG 10
47	5.87	44	6.85	51	53.95	South Carolina			10	6-4-0	47	10	6-4-0	ACC
48	4.43	52	3.14	49	53.85	Clemson			10	5-5-0	48	10	5-5-0	ACC
49	3.78	57	1.67	50	53.95	Houston			10	5-5-0	49	10	5-5-0	MVC
50	3.70	45	5.94	80	73.12	Cincinnati			10	8-2-0	50	10	8-2-0	EIC
51	3.51	31	11.50	115	91.29	Boston College			9	8-1-0	51	9	8-1-0	NEI
52	3.36	47	5.59	69	67.29	Florida State			12	8-4-0	52	12	8-4-0	SWIC
53	2.51	72	-4.33	28	40.94	Vanderbilt			9	2-7-0	53	9	2-7-0	SEC
54	2.39	65	-2.54	73	69.40	Oklahoma State			10	5-4-1	54	10	5-4-1	MVC
55	2.13	84	-8.39	7	29.25	Texas A&M			10	1-9-0	55	10	1-9-0	SWAC
56	2.08	74	-4.53	68	66.50	Southern Mississippi			4	2-2-0	56	4	2-2-0	Major-Ind
58	0.99	50	3.71	40	48.10	North Carolina			10	4-5-1	58	10	4-5-1	ACC
59	0.95	62	-0.30	92	79.56	Texas El Paso			11	8-3-0	59	11	8-3-0	BC
60	0.89	61	-0.28	24	38.10	Tulane			10	1-6-3	60	10	1-6-3	SEC
62	0.55	53	2.86	38	46.10	Stanford			10	4-6-0	62	10	4-6-0	PCC
63	0.15	56	1.84	55	56.05	Washington State			10	4-6-0	63	10	4-6-0	PCC
64	-0.08	75	-4.80	12	31.22	Illinois			9	1-8-0	64	9	1-8-0	BIG 10
65	-0.11	58	1.65	27	39.89	Tennessee			10	4-6-0	65	10	4-6-0	SEC
66	-1.58	55	2.05	85	75.22	San Jose State			10	7-3-0	66	10	7-3-0	SWIC
67	-1.92	51	3.30	84	74.65	Kansas State			10	7-3-0	67	10	7-3-0	BIG 7
68	-2.88	68	-3.08	61	60.60	North Texas			10	4-6-0	68	10	4-6-0	SWIC
69	-2.98	73	-4.41	107	87.50	Arizona			10	7-3-0	69	10	7-3-0	BC
71	-5.66	70	-3.94	57	57.00	Virginia			9	3-6-0	71	9	3-6-0	ACC
72	-5.69	80	-6.52	98	82.39	Cornell			9	5-4-0	72	9	5-4-0	NEI
75	-6.50	95	-12.23	60	60.00	Wake Forest			10	2-7-1	75	10	2-7-1	ACC
77	-6.94	71	-4.03	14	32.38	Memphis			4	0-3-1	77	4	0-3-1	Major-Ind
79	-7.25	64	-2.46	113	90.14	Brown			9	6-2-1	79	9	6-2-1	NEI
80	-7.58	93	-10.82	118	94.20	Davidson			9	6-3-0	80	9	6-3-0	SoCon
81	-7.59	94	-11.28	52	55.40	North Carolina State			10	2-8-0	81	10	2-8-0	ACC
82	-8.35	76	-5.15	105	87.31	Colgate			9	5-2-2	82	9	5-2-2	NEI
83	-8.37	90	-10.08	95	81.56	Syracuse			8	4-4-0	83	8	4-4-0	NEI
85	-8.96	59	0.57	104	86.50	Harvard			8	4-3-1	85	8	4-3-1	NEI
86	-9.17	69	-3.35	74	70.00	Furman			10	5-5-0	86	10	5-5-0	SoCon
87	-9.25	83	-8.30	58	57.38	Iowa State			9	3-6-0	87	9	3-6-0	BIG 7
88	-9.27	89	-9.89	112	90.05	Wyoming			10	6-4-0	88	10	6-4-0	MSC
89	-9.31	82	-8.08	111	89.83	Princeton			9	5-3-1	89	9	5-3-1	EIC
90	-9.67	79	-5.72	33	43.75	Washington			10	2-8-0	90	10	2-8-0	PCC
91	-10.54	101	-14.11	103	86.43	Richmond			9	5-4-0	91	9	5-4-0	SoCon
96	-12.64	98	-13.73	99	83.50	Lehigh			3	1-2-0	96	3	1-2-0	Major-Ind
97	-13.70	91	-10.49	93	80.61	Arizona State			10	5-5-0	97	10	5-5-0	BC
99	-14.78	99	-13.74	109	89.56	Utah State			10	4-6-0	99	10	4-6-0	MSC
100	-15.09	88	-9.70	34	43.78	Oregon State			9	1-8-0	100	9	1-8-0	PCC
101	-15.72	92	-10.70	77	71.44	Dartmouth			9	3-6-0	101	9	3-6-0	NEI
102	-16.25	102	-15.17	78	71.95	Holy Cross			10	3-7-0	102	10	3-7-0	NEI
103	-16.84	108	-21.22	102	85.23	Utah			11	4-7-0	103	11	4-7-0	MSC
105	-18.44	114	-24.15	56	56.36	Tulsa			11	0-11-0	105	11	0-11-0	MVC
106	-18.92	111	-21.91	114	91.25	Rutgers			9	3-6-0	106	9	3-6-0	EIC
107	-19.56	97	-13.15	89	78.31	Idaho			9	4-5-0	107	9	4-5-0	PCC
108	-19.89	105	-19.22	119	94.56	New Mexico			10	5-5-0	108	10	5-5-0	MSC
109	-20.44	81	-7.46	96	82.12	Presbyterian			4	2-2-0	109	4	2-2-0	Major-Ind
110	-20.73	103	-16.22	25	38.15	Kansas			10	0-10-0	110	10	0-10-0	BIG 7
112	-21.26	104	-18.85	79	72.50	Temple			4	1-3-0	112	4	1-3-0	Major-Ind
113	-22.33	118	-25.52	43	51.44	Pennsylvania			9	0-9-0	113	9	0-9-0	EIC
114	-22.79	110	-21.44	70	68.33	Fordham			9	1-7-1	114	9	1-7-1	NEI
115	-24.63	112	-22.05	106	87.40	Colorado State			10	3-7-0	115	10	3-7-0	MSC
116	-25.11	113	-22.66	91	79.31	Citadel			10	2-8-0	116	10	2-8-0	SoCon
117	-28.63	120	-32.15	121	98.56	Brigham Young			9	1-8-0	117	9	1-8-0	MSC
118	-28.82	121	-34.60	108	87.50	Montana			9	3-6-0	118	9	3-6-0	MSC
119	-29.25	109	-21.23	54	55.90	Drake			9	2-7-0	119	9	2-7-0	SWIC
120	-29.66	115	-24.45	71	69.00	Columbia			9	1-8-0	120	9	1-8-0	NEI
121	-35.59	119	-30.70	94	81.00	Connecticut			3	0-3-0	121	3	0-3-0	Major-Ind
122	-37.42	122	-37.51	110	89.80	New Mexico State			9	0-9-0	122	9	0-9-0	BC

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College Football 1954Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1954/9/17 and 1954/12/4Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1954
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1954/9/17 and 1954/12/4
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)