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1954 College Football School Ratings

1953 CFB School Ratings 1955 CFB School Ratings

Champions:
UCLA (FWAA, UPI)
Ohio State (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Alan Ameche (Wisconsin)

AP Preseason #1: Notre Dame

AP Final #1: Ohio State

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

111 Schools

111 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	1	10	0	0	13.39	13.69	27.08	43.33	-8.68
2	Notre Dame	Ind	4	9	1	0	12.74	9.36	22.11	41.63	-4.35
3	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9	7	2	0	9.16	11.26	20.42	38.83	-6.36
4	UCLA	PCC	2	9	0	0	7.65	12.30	19.95	50.29	-6.87
5	Oklahoma	Big 7	3	10	0	0	7.14	12.45	19.59	42.45	-6.82
6	Navy	Ind	5	8	2	0	9.01	9.73	18.74	39.82	-4.35
7	Maryland	ACC	8	7	2	1	6.89	11.11	18.00	41.18	-7.68
8	Auburn	SEC	13	8	3	0	8.97	8.72	17.69	40.09	-3.34
9	Purdue	Big Ten		5	3	1	7.35	8.88	16.23	35.99	-4.37
10	Iowa	Big Ten		5	4	0	10.12	5.74	15.86	39.71	-2.33
11	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	8	1	0	8.50	6.83	15.33	40.71	-1.86
12	Michigan	Big Ten	15	6	3	0	3.28	11.37	14.65	32.06	-7.37
13	Rice	SWC	19	7	3	0	8.79	5.59	14.38	36.81	0.33
14	Army	Ind	7	7	2	0	11.70	2.51	14.22	45.31	4.77
15	Minnesota	Big Ten		7	2	0	7.34	6.76	14.10	37.26	-0.16
16	Georgia Tech	SEC		8	3	0	6.98	7.05	14.03	34.73	-2.37
17	Ole Miss	SEC	6	9	2	0	4.71	8.92	13.62	36.75	-2.35
18	SMU	SWC		6	3	1	5.73	7.88	13.61	33.11	-2.78
19	Arkansas	SWC	10	8	3	0	3.87	9.60	13.47	32.46	-4.48
20	USC	PCC	17	8	4	0	5.93	7.30	13.22	35.91	-1.86
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Duke	ACC	14	8	2	1	7.47	5.02	12.49	37.13	1.17
22	Baylor	SWC	18	7	4	0	9.28	3.13	12.41	38.82	1.54
23	Penn State	Ind	20	7	2	0	5.29	5.90	11.19	31.75	1.98
24	West Virginia	Southern	12	8	1	0	5.48	5.46	10.94	32.10	1.69
25	Texas	SWC		4	5	1	5.41	5.04	10.45	32.99	-0.28
26	Colorado	Big 7		7	2	1	2.48	7.92	10.40	33.82	-2.38
27	Texas Christian	SWC		4	6	0	5.49	4.31	9.80	32.44	-0.69
28	Michigan State	Big Ten		3	6	0	5.50	4.20	9.69	36.38	0.11
29	California	PCC		5	5	0	8.97	0.49	9.46	38.65	2.55
30	Texas Tech	BIAA		7	2	1	10.39	-1.47	8.92	44.10	8.32
31	Virginia Tech	Southern	16	8	0	1	3.03	4.18	7.21	31.44	2.45
32	Wichita State	MVC		9	1	0	3.26	3.92	7.17	37.14	3.45
33	Florida	SEC		5	5	0	0.92	6.09	7.00	28.23	-1.49
34	Kentucky	SEC		7	3	0	2.17	4.65	6.81	28.39	0.50
35	Pitt	Ind		4	5	0	1.12	5.33	6.45	27.57	2.42
36	Mississippi State	SEC		6	4	0	3.97	2.06	6.03	31.41	4.14
37	Northwestern	Big Ten		2	7	0	1.77	4.02	5.79	29.36	0.07
38	Indiana	Big Ten		3	6	0	1.20	4.31	5.51	28.38	1.34
39	Oregon	PCC		6	4	0	4.64	0.80	5.44	32.20	4.84
40	Georgia	SEC		6	3	1	-3.30	8.64	5.34	23.19	-2.79
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Nebraska	Big 7		6	5	0	3.68	1.25	4.93	31.56	6.07
42	South Carolina	ACC		6	4	0	2.61	2.32	4.93	28.65	2.29
43	Missouri	Big 7		4	5	1	7.49	-2.73	4.76	35.25	11.29
44	Clemson	ACC		5	5	0	0.88	3.83	4.70	32.00	2.06
45	Denver	Skyline		9	1	0	1.94	2.16	4.11	32.39	4.92
46	Boston University	Ind		7	2	0	4.12	-0.82	3.31	29.26	8.43
47	Illinois	Big Ten		1	8	0	1.48	1.69	3.17	29.28	4.41
48	Cincinnati	Ind		8	2	0	1.43	0.88	2.32	28.33	6.93
49	LSU	SEC		5	6	0	0.54	1.61	2.15	26.79	3.20
50	Arizona	BIAA		7	3	0	10.04	-7.95	2.09	43.42	14.99
51	Alabama	SEC		4	5	2	-5.05	7.03	1.98	23.74	-1.08
52	Boston College	Ind		8	1	0	-2.42	4.00	1.59	22.96	4.62
53	Oklahoma State	MVC		5	4	1	-3.25	3.99	0.74	24.01	0.78
54	Brown	Ind		6	2	1	3.82	-3.13	0.69	27.77	12.29
55	Kansas State	Big 7		7	3	0	-1.07	1.41	0.34	24.79	4.62
56	Stanford	PCC		4	6	0	0.16	0.18	0.34	26.49	8.42
57	Texas A&M	SWC		1	9	0	-1.68	1.81	0.13	26.19	2.96
58	Yale	Ind		5	3	1	0.53	-0.55	-0.02	23.13	11.07
59	San Jose State	Ind		7	3	0	-0.32	0.10	-0.21	26.60	9.62
60	Cornell	Ind		5	4	0	3.27	-3.70	-0.43	26.35	12.50
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Richmond	Southern		5	4	0	-6.03	5.45	-0.58	23.31	1.59
62	North Carolina	ACC		4	5	1	2.02	-2.96	-0.93	29.68	11.07
63	Wake Forest	ACC		2	7	1	-0.92	-0.13	-1.06	26.68	5.13
64	UTEP	BIAA		8	3	0	3.44	-4.72	-1.28	27.58	11.95
65	Vanderbilt	SEC		2	7	0	1.97	-4.05	-2.08	29.25	8.84
66	Colgate	Ind		5	2	2	-3.99	1.89	-2.10	19.12	7.70
67	Washington State	PCC		4	6	0	-0.04	-2.13	-2.17	26.98	12.11
68	Princeton	Ind		5	3	1	-1.61	-0.67	-2.27	23.23	10.21
69	Florida State	Ind		8	4	0	0.23	-2.53	-2.31	27.77	11.28
70	Wyoming	Skyline		6	4	0	1.94	-4.41	-2.47	27.38	10.46
71	Houston	MVC		5	5	0	-2.80	0.01	-2.79	23.43	7.97
72	Virginia	ACC		3	6	0	-2.41	-0.47	-2.88	22.34	6.23
73	Iowa State	Big 7		3	6	0	-2.10	-1.44	-3.54	25.20	8.64
74	Syracuse	Ind		4	4	0	-1.86	-2.39	-4.25	21.91	11.38
75	Tennessee	SEC		4	6	0	-4.14	-0.30	-4.44	22.27	6.04
76	Pacific	Ind		4	5	0	-6.52	1.88	-4.64	18.16	4.01
77	Harvard	Ind		4	3	1	-5.32	0.64	-4.68	15.24	8.07
78	Tulane	SEC		1	6	3	-8.34	3.53	-4.80	18.65	2.47
79	William & Mary	Southern		4	4	2	-6.87	2.02	-4.86	18.14	4.74
80	Davidson	Southern		6	3	0	-6.44	1.16	-5.28	17.61	7.26
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	North Carolina State	ACC		2	8	0	-3.66	-2.35	-6.02	23.29	7.73
82	George Washington	Southern		1	7	1	-3.16	-3.35	-6.51	22.63	9.80
83	Washington	PCC		2	8	0	-5.51	-1.03	-6.53	20.86	6.48
84	Holy Cross	Ind		3	7	0	1.96	-9.31	-7.35	24.36	17.15
85	Dartmouth	Ind		3	6	0	-2.99	-4.47	-7.46	20.56	19.36
86	Furman	Southern		5	5	0	-3.29	-4.75	-8.04	21.47	13.13
87	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		4	6	0	-3.56	-4.53	-8.09	23.52	16.16
88	Marquette	Ind		3	5	1	-0.75	-7.74	-8.49	23.69	16.67
89	Utah	Skyline		4	7	0	-2.97	-5.56	-8.53	22.40	10.80
90	North Texas	Ind		4	6	0	-4.10	-4.72	-8.82	20.04	11.79
91	Rutgers	Ind		3	6	0	-4.46	-5.50	-9.96	18.91	13.79
92	New Mexico	Skyline		5	5	0	-6.91	-3.21	-10.12	17.11	10.45
93	Utah State	Skyline		4	6	0	-4.93	-5.32	-10.25	20.95	12.29
94	Arizona State	BIAA		5	5	0	-3.03	-7.57	-10.60	21.30	16.97
95	Idaho	PCC		4	5	0	-10.77	-0.30	-11.07	15.96	9.65
96	Pennsylvania	Ind		0	9	0	-5.06	-6.20	-11.26	21.34	19.84
97	Detroit Mercy	MVC		2	7	0	-6.59	-5.18	-11.77	18.08	10.84
98	Montana	Skyline		3	6	0	-0.65	-11.37	-12.02	24.48	20.15
99	Oregon State	PCC		1	8	0	-6.66	-5.42	-12.07	20.32	18.08
100	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		4	6	0	-6.59	-5.77	-12.35	18.40	14.31
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Kansas	Big 7		0	10	0	-2.12	-12.33	-14.44	25.41	21.79
102	Tulsa	MVC		0	11	0	-4.51	-10.07	-14.59	22.40	20.64
103	Colorado State	Skyline		3	7	0	-7.74	-7.14	-14.88	17.46	18.49
104	Fordham	Ind		1	7	1	-7.55	-8.22	-15.77	17.61	24.08
105	Columbia	Ind		1	8	0	-8.16	-8.08	-16.24	15.51	24.61
106	Drake	Ind		2	7	0	-3.66	-12.67	-16.33	20.48	28.05
107	The Citadel	Southern		2	8	0	-8.15	-9.03	-17.18	15.58	21.32
108	West Texas State	BIAA		1	8	0	-7.87	-10.45	-18.32	17.08	18.29
109	BYU	Skyline		1	8	0	-10.23	-8.42	-18.65	15.31	16.07
110	Villanova	Ind		1	9	0	-9.90	-10.11	-20.01	17.01	22.05
111	New Mexico State	BIAA		0	9	0	-12.66	-16.39	-29.05	11.53	29.89

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