1959 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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122 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	★	11–0	349.61	444.28	149.89	—
2	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	10–1	317.83	408.57	148.69	—
3	LSU FBS · SEC	—	9–2	266.28	308.36	167.39	—
4	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	9–2	260.82	309.07	155.37	—
5	Washington FBS · AAWU	—	10–1	260.26	320.38	122.06	▲ 2
6	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	10–1	247.89	300.19	128.05	—
7	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	246.43	284.18	151.25	▼ 2
8	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	8–3	231.55	261.56	163.24	—
9	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	9–2	222.43	237.82	158.96	—
10	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	7–3	212.40	253.82	139.08	—
11	Wyoming FBS · Skyline	—	9–1	198.94	257.18	70.81	—
12	USC FBS · AAWU	—	8–2	196.86	223.06	132.79	—
13	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	7–3	191.61	216.04	137.64	—
14	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	9–2	190.64	231.44	98.42	▲ 1
15	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	189.57	192.01	172.33	▲ 1
16	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	5–3–1	186.27	212.02	146.23	▲ 1
17	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	7–2–2	181.23	198.37	144.02	▲ 2
18	UCLA FBS · AAWU	—	5–4–1	178.05	191.71	157.32	▲ 3
19	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	6–3	176.15	183.27	150.11	▲ 1
20	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	7–3	175.08	179.71	145.35	▼ 6
21	Oregon FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	171.52	195.33	105.67	▲ 2
22	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	5–2–2	169.38	174.59	148.70	—
23	VMI FBS · Southern	—	8–1–1	165.36	200.86	76.73	▲ 1
24	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	5–4–1	163.48	175.69	152.33	▲ 1
25	Arizona State FBS · Border	—	10–1	161.25	196.32	60.22	▲ 4
26	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	7–1–1	161.07	183.39	93.45	▲ 1
27	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	4–6	159.98	160.11	174.76	▲ 1
28	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	5–4	157.94	176.97	136.24	▲ 2
29	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	6–5	156.83	149.87	166.41	▼ 3
30	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	5–4	156.41	175.04	133.53	▲ 1
31	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	154.95	156.22	158.62	▲ 1
32	North Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	9–2	153.71	184.57	75.98	▼ 14
33	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	152.66	160.08	139.18	—
34	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	8–3	150.97	185.24	81.65	▲ 24
35	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	5–5	149.85	146.85	155.66	—
36	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	6–5	146.47	142.49	149.41	▼ 2
37	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	142.41	134.72	145.98	▼ 1
38	New Mexico FBS · Skyline	—	7–3	142.21	168.10	81.12	—
39	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	5–5	140.41	174.39	105.91	▼ 2
40	Oklahoma State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	139.81	147.33	120.34	▼ 1
41	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	5–3–2	138.31	132.89	142.82	—
42	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	137.63	164.63	85.98	▼ 2
43	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	5–3–1	136.50	159.18	98.35	▼ 1
44	Washington State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	133.17	149.32	105.55	▲ 1
45	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	5–4–1	133.11	105.14	174.23	▼ 2
46	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	5–5	131.76	136.02	132.80	—
47	Florida FBS · SEC	—	5–4–1	131.59	132.70	136.14	▼ 3
48	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	1–0	130.12	151.50	76.64	▼ 1
49	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	7–3	129.18	148.17	92.18	▼ 1
50	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	4–4–1	127.61	128.95	133.74	▼ 1
51	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–5	125.72	132.84	120.06	▲ 2
52	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	5–5	125.64	114.02	142.09	—
53	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	125.45	157.88	118.81	▼ 3
54	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	4–6	125.23	107.41	170.05	▼ 3
55	Cincinnati FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–4–1	122.83	136.05	97.95	▼ 1
56	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	3–5–1	120.82	114.43	149.72	▼ 1
57	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	120.50	116.70	121.45	—
58	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	4–5	119.95	117.15	138.94	▼ 2
59	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	110.03	109.83	110.97	—
60	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	6–4	108.95	121.20	89.74	—
61	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	3–6–1	106.43	82.65	163.02	—
62	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–3	106.35	83.47	159.76	▲ 1
63	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	1–0	106.27	166.32	30.14	▼ 1
64	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	103.29	96.89	92.14	—
65	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	102.38	110.26	84.24	—
66	Utah FBS · Skyline	—	5–5	100.22	90.43	113.92	▲ 2
67	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	99.49	83.36	128.92	—
68	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–4–1	97.92	106.59	87.14	▼ 2
69	BBoston University FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	93.79	84.61	123.54	▲ 2
70	Marshall FBS · Mid-American	—	0–1	93.48	40.59	165.36	▼ 1
71	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	4–5–1	93.35	122.31	68.09	▼ 1
72	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	2–7	90.87	51.99	179.56	—
73	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	90.73	48.69	130.12	—
74	California FBS · AAWU	—	2–8	90.01	65.88	164.86	—
75	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7	88.77	96.48	119.38	—
76	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–2	88.12	99.31	82.02	—
77	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	2–2	87.27	108.17	59.45	—
78	Colorado State FBS · Skyline	—	6–4	86.63	72.31	94.35	—
79	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	4–5	86.54	87.65	94.52	—
80	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	8–2	85.15	83.97	58.89	▲ 1
81	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	1–7–2	84.47	57.38	170.84	▼ 1
82	Texas Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	84.39	76.06	124.18	—
83	South Carolina FBS · ACC	—	6–4	83.04	58.71	110.77	—
84	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	6–4	81.88	88.19	64.35	▲ 1
85	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	2–7	81.16	66.68	146.19	▼ 1
86	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	0–1	80.37	73.30	102.38	—
87	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	5–4	79.53	64.89	95.01	▲ 1
88	Oregon State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	78.96	74.44	120.98	▲ 1
89	Dayton FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	76.64	92.06	83.59	▲ 2
90	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	2–8	76.29	76.94	123.52	—
91	PPacific FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	75.37	77.55	74.19	▲ 1
92	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2	72.98	68.70	86.83	▼ 5
93	West Virginia FBS · Southern	—	3–7	72.44	37.62	148.17	—
94	Buffalo FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
95	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
96	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
97	BYU FBS · Skyline	—	3–7	68.05	73.58	88.60	▲ 1
98	Houston FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7	67.46	33.91	141.50	▼ 1
99	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	4–6	66.56	30.02	137.37	—
100	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	2–7	65.74	73.53	97.05	—
101	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	4–6	65.68	75.00	73.53	—
102	Arizona FBS · Border	—	4–6	62.06	56.55	88.20	—
103	Utah State FBS · Skyline	—	5–6	60.42	51.86	82.03	—
104	Hardin Simmons FBS · Border	—	3–7	58.71	27.48	124.86	▲ 2
105	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	3–7	58.44	20.17	148.59	▼ 1
106	Duke FBS · ACC	—	4–6	57.96	30.42	121.33	▼ 1
107	Stanford FBS · AAWU	—	3–7	57.64	20.48	141.27	—
108	San José State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	53.39	30.32	101.01	—
109	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	2–6–1	50.58	38.09	96.76	—
110	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	49.10	18.85	106.81	—
111	NC State FBS · ACC	—	1–9	39.12	16.32	125.36	—
112	Drake FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–4	30.81	1.00	99.73	—
113	XXavier FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	30.14	1.00	78.01	—
114	Idaho FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–9	29.40	14.00	107.62	—
115	Rutgers FBS · Middle Atlantic University	—	6–3	27.56	1.00	48.89	—
116	UTEP FBS · Border	—	3–7	26.05	1.00	87.80	—
117	DDenver FBS · Skyline	—	2–8	23.86	1.00	99.25	—
118	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	0–10	23.22	1.00	123.15	—
119	GGeorge Washington FBS · Southern	—	1–8	19.41	1.00	97.22	—
120	West Texas FBS · Border	—	1–9	18.12	9.60	86.81	—
121	Montana FBS · Skyline	—	1–8	13.68	1.00	79.47	—
122	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–9	8.20	2.77	76.48	—