1959 NCAA Football Rankings

  # Team                        W      L     Rating 
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  1 Syracuse                   11   -  0     3.6453 
  2 Mississippi                10   -  1     2.3664 
  3 Georgia                    10   -  1     1.8556 
  4 Washington                 10   -  1     1.6438 
  5 Arkansas                    9   -  2     1.5513 
  6 Louisiana State             9   -  2     1.5352 
  7 Texas                       9   -  2     1.5177 
  8 Penn State                  9   -  2     1.5137 
  9 Texas Christian             8   -  3     1.2504 
 10 Wyoming                     9   -  1     1.1626 

 11 Clemson                     9   -  2     1.0694 
 12 Alabama                     8   -  3     1.0313 
 13 Arizona State               9   -  1     0.9687 
 14 Southern California         8   -  2     0.9533 
 15 Oregon                      8   -  2     0.9421 
 16 Auburn                      7   -  3     0.8950 
 17 Virginia Military Institute 7.5 -  1.5   0.8417 
 18 Oklahoma                    7   -  3     0.7770 
 19 Pennsylvania                6.5 -  1.5   0.7616 
 20 Wisconsin                   7   -  3     0.7469 

 21 Northwestern                6   -  3     0.7198 
 22 Purdue                      6   -  3     0.6930 
 23 Pittsburgh                  6   -  4     0.6905 
 24 North Texas                 7   -  2     0.6787 
 25 Georgia Tech                6   -  5     0.6665 
 26 Illinois                    5.5 -  3.5   0.5972 
 27 Tennessee                   5.5 -  4.5   0.5824 
 28 Southern Methodist          5.5 -  4.5   0.5788 
 29 New Mexico                  7   -  3     0.5695 
 30 Navy                        5.5 -  4.5   0.5597 

 31 Vanderbilt                  5   -  4     0.5504 
 32 Missouri                    6   -  5     0.5441 
 33 Miami (Florida)             6   -  4     0.5413 
 34 Citadel                     5   -  2     0.5236 
 35 New Mexico State            5   -  3     0.5217 
 36 UCLA                        5.5 -  4.5   0.5187 
 37 Washington State            6   -  4     0.5174 
 38 Dartmouth                   5.5 -  3.5   0.5152 
 39 Air Force                   5.5 -  4.5   0.5131 
 40 Iowa State                  6   -  3     0.5051 

 41 Colorado State              6   -  4     0.4897 
 42 Rutgers                     4   -  1     0.4874 
 43 Florida                     5.5 -  4.5   0.4790 
 44 Notre Dame                  5   -  5     0.4738 
 45 South Carolina              6   -  4     0.4718 
 46 Michigan State              5   -  4     0.4639 
 47 Wake Forest                 6   -  4     0.4600 
 48 Holy Cross                  6   -  4     0.4556 
 49 Oklahoma State              6   -  4     0.4420 
 50 Kansas                      5   -  5     0.4409 

 51 Army                        4.5 -  4.5   0.4347 
 52 Yale                        5   -  3     0.4269 
 53 Kentucky                    4   -  6     0.4188 
 54 Iowa                        5   -  4     0.4148 
 55 Maryland                    5   -  5     0.4114 
 56 Boston College              5   -  4     0.3994 
 57 Baylor                      4   -  6     0.3991 
 58 Harvard                     4   -  3     0.3911 
 59 Colorado                    5   -  5     0.3816 
 60 North Carolina              5   -  5     0.3726 

 61 Indiana                     4.5 -  4.5   0.3698 
 62 Cornell                     5   -  4     0.3672 
 63 Tulsa                       5   -  5     0.3636 
 64 Utah                        5   -  5     0.3500 
 65 Cincinnati                  5.5 -  4.5   0.3377 
 66 Virginia Tech               6   -  4     0.3187 
 67 Detroit Mercy               5   -  4     0.3089 
 68 Michigan                    4   -  5     0.3085 
 69 Tulane                      3.5 -  6.5   0.3015 
 70 Wichita State               5.5 -  4.5   0.2981 

 71 Ohio State                  3.5 -  5.5   0.2962 
 72 Tennessee-Chattanooga       1   -  3     0.2935 
 73 Duke                        4   -  6     0.2933 
 74 Southern Mississippi        2   -  2     0.2835 
 75 Texas Tech                  4   -  6     0.2775 
 76 Nebraska                    4   -  6     0.2619 
 77 Miami (Ohio)                2   -  2     0.2615 
 78 Memphis                     1   -  3     0.2512 
 79 Princeton                   4   -  5     0.2471 
 80 Pacific                     4   -  4     0.2455 

 81 Houston                     3   -  7     0.2383 
 82 Texas A&M                   3   -  7     0.2298 
 83 Utah State                  4   -  6     0.2289 
 84 Richmond                    4.5 -  5.5   0.2254 
 85 Florida State               3   -  6     0.2251 
 86 West Virginia               3   -  7     0.2189 
 87 San Jose State              3   -  6     0.2177 
 88 Boston University           2   -  5     0.2134 
 89 Furman                      3   -  5     0.2128 
 90 Hardin-Simmons              3   -  7     0.2105 

 91 Lehigh                      1   -  3     0.2100 
 92 Xavier                      2   -  4     0.2098 
 93 Stanford                    3   -  7     0.2055 
 94 Brigham Young               3   -  6     0.2012 
 95 Oregon State                3   -  7     0.1975 
 96 Trinity (Texas)             2   -  3     0.1952 
 97 Mississippi State           1   -  7     0.1951 
 98 William & Mary              4   -  6     0.1938 
 99 Arizona                     4   -  6     0.1933 
100 Rice                        2   -  8     0.1916 

101 Dayton                      3   -  5     0.1849 
102 Minnesota                   2   -  7     0.1772 
103 California                  2   -  8     0.1721 
104 Marquette                   2   -  7     0.1721 
105 Texas-El Paso               2   -  6     0.1544 
106 Columbia                    2   -  7     0.1535 
107 Colgate                     1   -  7     0.1453 
108 Brown                       1.5 -  6.5   0.1303 
109 Denver                      2   -  8     0.1268 
110 North Carolina State        1   -  9     0.1115 

111 Kansas State                1   -  8     0.1084 
112 Villanova                   1   -  8     0.1031 
113 Montana                     1   -  6     0.1030 
114 Drake                       0   -  4     0.1000 
115 Hawaii                      0   -  4     0.0938 
116 Idaho                       1   -  9     0.0912 
117 George Washington           1   -  8     0.0887 
118 Davidson                    0   -  6     0.0734 
119 West Texas A&M              1   -  9     0.0684 
120 Virginia                    0   - 10     0.0629 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.3822