College Football 1959
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1959/9/18 and 1960/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1959 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		Win_Loss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	40.66	1	36.80	7	24.89	Mississippi	9	8-1-0	1	11	10-1-0	SEC
4	28.18	2	34.26	26	33.68	Georgia	11	10-1-0	2	11	10-1-0	SEC
2	31.57	3	33.97	51	48.27	Syracuse	11	11-0-0	3	11	11-0-0	Eastern Indep
3	31.32	4	33.19	5	24.32	Louisiana State	11	9-2-0	4	11	9-2-0	SEC
7	23.31	5	26.61	24	32.45	Arkansas	11	9-2-0	5	11	9-2-0	Southwest AC
6	23.42	6	25.96	27	34.09	Texas	11	9-2-0	6	11	9-2-0	Southwest AC
15	18.61	7	24.87	6	24.78	Alabama	9	5-2-2	7	11	7-2-2	SEC
10	20.80	8	24.70	45	46.55	Penn State	11	9-2-0	9	11	9-2-0	Eastern Indep
8	22.71	9	24.19	12	27.41	Texas Christian	11	8-3-0	8	11	8-3-0	Southwest AC
19	17.08	10	23.39	19	29.89	Vanderbilt	9	4-3-2	10	10	5-3-2	SEC
5	23.75	11	22.75	15	28.22	Auburn	9	6-3-0	11	10	7-3-0	SEC
11	19.78	12	22.17	3	20.55	Georgia Tech	11	6-5-0	12	11	6-5-0	SEC
12	19.10	13	21.08	41	44.35	Southern California	10	8-2-0	13	10	8-2-0	AAWU
9	21.76	14	20.85	57	52.32	Washington	11	10-1-0	14	11	10-1-0	AAWU
18	17.20	15	18.88	23	31.22	Purdue	9	5-2-2	16	9	5-2-2	Big 10
25	14.16	16	18.78	31	37.90	Pittsburgh	10	6-4-0	17	10	6-4-0	Eastern Indep
26	14.04	17	18.53	2	17.83	Tennessee	9	4-4-1	15	10	5-4-1	SEC
24	14.25	18	17.93	21	30.72	Illinois	9	5-3-1	18	9	5-3-1	Big 10
20	16.18	19	16.59	60	53.55	Clemson	11	9-2-0	22	11	9-2-0	ACC
27	14.00	20	16.50	17	29.55	Miami FL	10	6-4-0	21	10	6-4-0	Southwest Indep
21	15.87	21	16.35	16	28.90	Southern Methodist	10	5-4-1	19	10	5-4-1	Southwest AC
22	15.42	22	16.16	29	35.45	Florida	10	5-4-1	20	10	5-4-1	SEC
13	18.76	23	16.02	20	30.39	Northwestern	9	6-3-0	24	9	6-3-0	Big 10
23	15.31	24	15.75	37	41.90	Oklahoma	10	7-3-0	23	10	7-3-0	Big 7
14	18.64	25	15.45	8	25.30	Kentucky	10	4-6-0	25	10	4-6-0	SEC
29	12.78	26	14.93	30	37.15	Wisconsin	10	7-3-0	26	10	7-3-0	Big 10
16	18.11	27	13.88	22	30.89	Michigan State	9	5-4-0	27	9	5-4-0	Big 10
30	11.78	28	12.58	10	26.25	Notre Dame	10	5-5-0	28	10	5-5-0	Eastern Indep
35	9.63	29	11.71	11	26.35	Baylor	10	4-6-0	29	10	4-6-0	Southwest AC
33	10.20	30	11.67	32	38.73	Missouri	11	6-5-0	30	11	6-5-0	Big 7
37	7.93	31	11.45	9	25.70	Tulane	10	3-6-1	32	10	3-6-1	SEC
32	10.77	32	11.22	70	63.30	Oregon	10	8-2-0	31	10	8-2-0	Southwest Indep
17	17.64	33	10.14	34	39.06	Iowa	9	5-4-0	33	9	5-4-0	Big 10
31	11.19	34	10.09	35	39.75	UCLA	10	5-4-1	37	10	5-4-1	AAWU
28	13.30	35	8.70	33	39.00	Indiana	9	4-4-1	34	9	4-4-1	Big 10
36	8.99	36	8.40	53	49.50	Navy	10	5-4-1	35	10	5-4-1	Eastern Indep
34	9.82	37	7.52	38	42.40	Kansas	10	5-5-0	38	10	5-5-0	Big 7
44	5.53	38	6.57	52	48.94	Army	9	4-4-1	39	9	4-4-1	Eastern Indep
38	7.47	39	6.25	13	27.67	Ohio State	9	3-5-1	43	9	3-5-1	Big 10
41	5.98	40	6.18	49	47.65	North Carolina	10	5-5-0	42	10	5-5-0	ACC
39	7.41	41	6.04	28	34.94	Michigan	9	4-5-0	40	9	4-5-0	Big 10
43	5.73	42	5.69	65	58.94	Iowa State	8	5-3-0	41	10	7-3-0	Big 7
56	1.91	43	4.73	55	51.20	South Carolina	10	6-4-0	46	10	6-4-0	ACC
40	6.57	44	4.31	101	84.05	Wyoming	10	9-1-0	48	10	9-1-0	Skyline
52	2.57	45	4.21	48	47.40	Colorado	10	5-5-0	45	10	5-5-0	Big 7
50	3.39	46	4.08	43	45.95	Texas Tech	10	4-6-0	44	10	4-6-0	Southwest Indep
47	3.63	47	3.85	97	82.38	Virginia Military	8	6-1-1	51	10	8-1-1	Southern C
46	4.52	48	3.82	63	56.60	Wake Forest	10	6-4-0	52	10	6-4-0	ACC
53	2.28	49	2.54	1	10.00	Mississippi State	7	0-7-0	36	9	2-7-0	SEC
58	1.49	50	2.51	46	46.55	Maryland	10	5-5-0	55	10	5-5-0	ACC
62	1.01	51	2.42	106	89.44	Arizona State	9	8-1-0	60	11	10-1-0	Border
55	2.26	52	2.24	4	22.80	Rice	10	1-7-2	47	10	1-7-2	Southwest AC
54	2.26	53	2.13	36	39.80	Duke	10	4-6-0	57	10	4-6-0	ACC
61	1.10	54	1.97	39	42.95	Nebraska	10	4-6-0	50	10	4-6-0	Big 7
51	2.66	55	1.48	69	62.50	Oklahoma State	10	6-4-0	56	10	6-4-0	Southwest Indep
42	5.91	56	1.22	67	61.55	Washington State	10	6-4-0	53	10	6-4-0	Southwest Indep
68	-2.78	57	0.96	71	65.17	Boston College	9	5-4-0	59	9	5-4-0	Eastern Indep
65	-1.90	58	-0.33	105	88.56	Pennsylvania	8	6-1-1	54	9	7-1-1	Ivy League
63	0.86	59	-0.74	58	53.25	Florida State	8	3-5-0	73	10	4-6-0	Southwest Indep
60	1.20	60	-0.98	61	55.33	Air Force	9	4-4-1	62	10	5-4-1	Southwest Indep
48	3.57	61	-0.99	14	27.94	Minnesota	9	2-7-0	63	9	2-7-0	Big 10
59	1.23	62	-2.11	25	33.10	California	10	2-8-0	65	10	2-8-0	AAWU
49	3.54	63	-2.32	18	29.67	Texas A&M	9	2-7-0	61	10	3-7-0	Southwest AC
78	-8.14	64	-2.69	80	76.25	Colorado State	10	6-4-0	67	10	6-4-0	Skyline
80	-8.71	65	-3.07	75	73.15	Holy Cross	10	6-4-0	64	10	6-4-0	Eastern Indep
67	-2.13	66	-3.29	68	62.35	Tulsa	10	5-5-0	66	10	5-5-0	MVC
75	-6.66	67	-4.03	59	53.43	Boston University	7	2-5-0	70	9	4-5-0	Eastern Indep
64	-1.53	68	-4.53	95	81.44	North Texas	8	6-2-0	68	11	9-2-0	MVC
57	1.59	69	-4.71	47	46.60	Stanford	10	3-7-0	69	10	3-7-0	AAWU
81	-8.82	70	-5.50	96	82.29	Citadel	7	5-2-0	71	10	8-2-0	Southern C
70	-3.70	71	-6.15	54	50.50	Houston	10	3-7-0	74	10	3-7-0	MVC
69	-2.82	72	-6.61	99	82.70	New Mexico	10	7-3-0	79	10	7-3-0	Skyline
77	-7.66	73	-6.82	78	74.39	Detroit	9	5-4-0	76	10	6-4-0	Eastern Indep
45	5.22	74	-6.99	92	80.00	New Mexico State	7	4-3-0	72	11	8-3-0	Border
66	-1.92	75	-7.69	50	47.95	Oregon State	10	3-7-0	78	10	3-7-0	Southwest Indep
72	-5.23	76	-7.71	73	67.80	Utah	10	5-5-0	80	10	5-5-0	Skyline
73	-5.64	77	-8.34	94	81.15	Virginia Tech	10	6-4-0	85	10	6-4-0	Southern C
88	-14.29	78	-8.76	103	87.33	Dartmouth	9	5-3-1	75	9	5-3-1	Ivy League
74	-6.29	79	-10.05	42	45.94	North Carolina State	9	1-8-0	93	10	1-9-0	ACC
76	-7.55	80	-10.54	91	79.67	Wichita State	9	4-4-1	84	10	5-4-1	MVC
79	-8.51	81	-11.07	84	76.93	Pacific	7	3-4-0	83	9	5-4-0	Southwest Indep
71	-5.04	82	-11.17	83	76.72	Cincinnati	9	4-4-1	82	10	5-4-1	MVC
101	-24.10	83	-11.53	112	104.00	Rutgers	4	3-1-0	94	9	6-3-0	Eastern Indep
83	-11.08	84	-12.17	62	55.44	Marquette	9	2-7-0	87	10	3-7-0	Eastern Indep
86	-13.29	85	-12.57	56	51.30	West Virginia	10	3-7-0	91	10	3-7-0	Southern C
82	-9.37	86	-14.04	109	92.86	Harvard	7	4-3-0	81	9	6-3-0	Ivy League
84	-12.00	87	-14.23	40	43.89	Kansas State	9	1-8-0	92	10	2-8-0	Big 7
85	-12.17	88	-15.16	102	84.80	Richmond	10	4-5-1	99	10	4-5-1	Southern C
94	-18.29	89	-15.47	79	75.30	Saint Xavier	5	2-3-0	97	10	4-6-0	Eastern Indep
90	-16.18	90	-15.49	64	58.06	San Jose State	8	2-6-0	88	10	4-6-0	Southwest Indep
89	-15.61	91	-15.58	111	94.06	Yale	8	5-3-0	86	9	6-3-0	Ivy League
92	-17.53	92	-15.85	85	77.36	Furman	7	3-4-0	107	10	3-7-0	Southern C
93	-18.00	93	-16.23	90	79.33	Brigham Young	9	3-6-0	110	10	3-7-0	Skyline
95	-18.99	94	-16.61	82	76.55	Arizona	10	4-6-0	101	10	4-6-0	Border
87	-14.01	95	-18.61	66	60.78	Hardin-Simmons	9	2-7-0	96	10	3-7-0	Border
91	-16.42	96	-18.77	89	79.25	William & Mary	10	4-6-0	106	10	4-6-0	Southern C
96	-19.22	97	-18.97	93	80.17	Utah State	9	3-6-0	104	11	5-6-0	Skyline
97	-19.28	98	-19.32	110	93.00	Princeton	9	4-5-0	103	9	4-5-0	Ivy League
102	-24.21	99	-19.53	108	92.75	Cornell	8	4-4-0	95	9	5-4-0	Ivy League
108	-28.96	100	-21.91	81	76.38	Villanova	8	1-7-0	115	10	1-9-0	Eastern Indep
98	-20.12	101	-21.93	77	74.20	Denver	10	2-8-0	109	10	2-8-0	Skyline
103	-25.88	102	-22.41	44	46.25	Virginia	10	0-10-0	113	10	0-10-0	ACC
100	-22.84	103	-22.82	100	83.43	Dayton	7	2-5-0	108	10	3-7-0	Eastern Indep
99	-21.78	104	-24.22	87	78.00	Texas El Paso	7	2-5-0	117	10	3-7-0	Border
107	-28.53	105	-26.35	104	88.06	Columbia	9	2-7-0	111	9	2-7-0	Ivy League
105	-27.47	106	-26.86	72	67.75	Idaho	10	1-9-0	118	10	1-9-0	Southwest Indep
106	-27.78	107	-27.64	76	73.83	George Washington	9	1-8-0	120	9	1-8-0	Southern C
109	-29.47	108	-28.65	74	71.94	Colgate	8	1-7-0	112	9	2-7-0	Eastern Indep
110	-30.05	109	-31.96	98	82.57	Montana	7	1-6-0	125	9	1-8-0	Skyline
111	-33.92	110	-34.41	88	78.90	Davidson	5	0-5-0	126	9	1-8-0	Southern C
112	-37.12	111	-35.20	107	91.38	Brown	8	1-6-1	124	9	2-6-1	Ivy League
104	-25.94	112	-35.53	86	77.71	West Texas A&M	7	0-7-0	122	10	1-9-0	Border

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College Football 1959Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1959/9/18 and 1960/1/2Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

College Football 1959
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1959/9/18 and 1960/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)