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1955 College Football School Ratings

1954 CFB School Ratings 1956 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Howard Cassady (Ohio State)

AP Preseason #1: UCLA

AP Final #1: Oklahoma

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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.

110 Schools

110 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	Michigan State	Big Ten	2	9	1	0	13.63	10.38	24.00	40.10	-5.13
2	UCLA	PCC	4	9	2	0	10.75	12.84	23.59	41.93	-7.11
3	Texas Christian	SWC	6	9	2	0	14.43	7.77	22.19	42.17	-2.96
4	Oklahoma	Big 7	1	11	0	0	11.26	10.36	21.62	45.21	-3.90
5	Ole Miss	SEC	10	10	1	0	10.93	7.95	18.88	36.93	-2.92
6	Maryland	ACC	3	10	1	0	7.41	10.65	18.06	31.97	-5.93
7	USC	PCC	13	6	4	0	13.19	4.19	17.38	39.64	1.40
8	Georgia Tech	SEC	7	9	1	1	4.59	12.77	17.36	31.54	-8.51
9	Texas A&M	SWC	17	7	2	1	5.47	11.26	16.74	31.13	-6.15
10	Notre Dame	Ind	9	8	2	0	9.16	6.70	15.86	34.60	-1.64
11	Stanford	PCC	16	6	3	1	8.98	6.86	15.84	34.74	-1.47
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	5	7	2	0	7.04	7.50	14.53	34.79	-2.04
13	Michigan	Big Ten	12	7	2	0	6.24	7.20	13.43	32.53	-2.71
14	Miami (FL)	Ind	14	6	3	0	4.97	7.85	12.82	33.03	-2.92
15	Pitt	Ind	11	7	4	0	5.21	7.29	12.49	30.50	-3.35
16	Duke	ACC		7	2	1	4.52	7.04	11.56	32.09	-1.50
17	Vanderbilt	SEC		8	3	0	4.48	6.85	11.33	32.61	-2.14
18	Texas	SWC		5	5	0	11.54	-0.36	11.18	35.60	5.17
19	West Virginia	Southern	19	8	2	0	7.50	2.92	10.42	36.71	3.48
20	Washington	PCC		5	4	1	1.64	8.49	10.13	26.03	-3.67
				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	Arkansas	SWC		5	4	1	1.68	8.14	9.82	26.62	-2.56
22	LSU	SEC		3	5	2	5.71	3.91	9.62	31.77	1.13
23	Oregon	PCC		6	4	0	6.32	3.25	9.57	31.10	4.67
24	Navy	Ind	18	6	2	1	1.17	8.35	9.51	29.09	-3.55
25	Auburn	SEC	8	8	2	1	5.20	4.29	9.49	31.23	1.15
26	Kentucky	SEC		6	3	1	4.78	4.71	9.49	30.79	1.13
27	SMU	SWC		4	6	0	1.83	7.21	9.04	27.10	-2.23
28	Illinois	Big Ten		5	3	1	3.16	4.92	8.08	28.67	0.76
29	Baylor	SWC		5	5	0	3.63	4.24	7.87	28.98	1.02
30	Tennessee	SEC		6	3	1	1.97	5.82	7.79	30.70	-0.89
31	Purdue	Big Ten		5	3	1	-0.27	7.95	7.68	24.96	-1.75
32	Texas Tech	BIAA		7	3	1	3.96	3.65	7.60	27.76	3.16
33	Arizona State	BIAA		8	2	1	5.40	2.11	7.51	35.61	3.19
34	Iowa	Big Ten		3	5	1	7.98	-0.53	7.45	33.46	4.74
35	Wisconsin	Big Ten		4	5	0	7.01	0.27	7.28	31.76	4.97
36	Syracuse	Ind		5	3	0	7.25	-0.41	6.84	34.44	4.16
37	Florida	SEC		4	6	0	1.46	4.84	6.30	27.18	-1.47
38	Colorado	Big 7		6	4	0	3.88	2.23	6.11	29.67	4.80
39	Mississippi State	SEC		6	4	0	3.82	2.22	6.05	29.78	2.55
40	Tulane	SEC		5	4	1	1.52	4.26	5.78	26.57	1.02
				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	Army	Ind	20	6	3	0	0.36	5.17	5.53	35.21	-0.19
42	Denver	Skyline		8	2	0	3.52	2.01	5.53	33.53	5.05
43	Oregon State	PCC		6	3	0	0.59	4.86	5.45	23.87	2.78
44	UTEP	BIAA		6	2	2	3.16	1.95	5.11	28.73	2.71
45	Pacific	Ind		5	4	0	1.43	3.42	4.85	25.59	3.74
46	Georgia	SEC		4	6	0	5.01	-0.32	4.69	30.75	5.06
47	Utah	Skyline		6	3	0	3.97	0.01	3.99	27.55	6.21
48	Boston College	Ind		5	2	1	4.16	-0.27	3.89	27.91	6.63
49	Wichita State	MVC		7	2	1	1.87	1.49	3.36	31.24	6.70
50	Clemson	ACC		7	3	0	3.85	-0.50	3.35	27.92	6.93
51	Rice	SWC		2	7	1	0.12	2.66	2.77	25.78	3.63
52	Colorado State	Skyline		8	2	0	0.02	2.71	2.73	22.79	3.83
53	Minnesota	Big Ten		3	6	0	1.55	1.18	2.72	26.57	4.33
54	Wyoming	Skyline		8	3	0	2.47	0.09	2.55	25.52	5.52
55	Houston	MVC		6	4	0	1.65	0.35	2.00	27.06	5.56
56	Nebraska	Big 7		5	5	0	0.94	0.32	1.26	24.04	6.53
57	Arizona	BIAA		5	4	1	2.35	-1.45	0.89	26.94	7.81
58	Yale	Ind		7	2	0	-0.03	0.88	0.85	25.02	4.33
59	Wake Forest	ACC		5	4	1	-2.56	3.06	0.50	21.89	5.02
60	Colgate	Ind		6	3	0	1.28	-1.27	0.01	25.96	5.81
				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	West Texas State	BIAA		4	4	1	-0.33	0.05	-0.28	26.38	4.65
62	Penn State	Ind		5	4	0	1.69	-2.02	-0.33	26.83	6.84
63	San Jose State	Ind		5	3	1	-0.20	-0.70	-0.90	23.39	6.83
64	Indiana	Big Ten		3	6	0	-2.35	1.20	-1.15	22.05	4.40
65	California	PCC		2	7	1	-0.14	-1.07	-1.20	23.80	8.61
66	George Washington	Southern		5	4	0	-5.47	3.79	-1.68	18.62	2.52
67	Virginia Tech	Southern		6	3	1	0.25	-2.57	-2.31	24.12	9.02
68	North Carolina	ACC		3	7	0	-0.89	-1.89	-2.78	24.06	8.38
69	North Carolina State	ACC		4	5	1	3.00	-6.48	-3.48	26.50	12.63
70	Oklahoma State	MVC		2	8	0	-4.45	0.95	-3.50	19.65	6.90
71	Detroit Mercy	MVC		5	3	1	-8.54	4.95	-3.58	16.07	1.43
72	Kansas State	Big 7		4	6	0	-1.29	-2.60	-3.90	25.75	9.86
73	Missouri	Big 7		1	9	0	-2.57	-1.75	-4.32	21.52	7.21
74	North Texas	Ind		5	4	1	-1.87	-2.55	-4.42	24.11	9.87
75	Richmond	Southern		4	3	2	-4.69	0.27	-4.42	19.04	5.36
76	Utah State	Skyline		4	6	0	-0.46	-4.27	-4.72	22.71	10.86
77	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		5	5	0	3.74	-8.54	-4.80	29.06	17.36
78	Princeton	Ind		7	2	0	-6.18	1.29	-4.89	18.36	4.51
79	Kansas	Big 7		3	6	1	-3.28	-1.76	-5.04	19.98	11.21
80	Washington State	PCC		1	7	2	-5.25	-1.94	-7.19	18.63	14.11
				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	Florida State	Ind		5	5	0	-3.95	-3.29	-7.23	20.47	12.53
82	Idaho	PCC		2	7	0	-4.08	-3.61	-7.69	21.13	11.75
83	Holy Cross	Ind		6	4	0	-4.20	-3.69	-7.89	19.22	11.72
84	Marquette	Ind		2	6	1	-6.83	-1.51	-8.34	17.24	11.58
85	Tulsa	MVC		2	7	1	-2.14	-6.43	-8.56	21.08	15.70
86	Cornell	Ind		5	4	0	-2.96	-5.68	-8.64	21.74	12.27
87	Iowa State	Big 7		1	7	1	-6.76	-1.98	-8.74	16.78	12.35
88	South Carolina	ACC		3	6	0	-1.09	-7.87	-8.96	22.37	15.49
89	William & Mary	Southern		1	7	1	-5.41	-4.02	-9.43	18.95	11.52
90	Northwestern	Big Ten		0	8	1	-4.42	-5.53	-9.95	20.50	15.74
91	Drake	Ind		4	4	0	0.15	-10.16	-10.01	22.72	20.28
92	Alabama	SEC		0	10	0	-4.72	-5.86	-10.57	21.18	10.21
93	Davidson	Southern		5	4	0	-7.34	-3.45	-10.78	16.96	10.58
94	Harvard	Ind		3	4	1	-4.76	-6.12	-10.88	21.73	12.48
95	Virginia	ACC		1	9	0	-5.89	-5.55	-11.43	18.59	11.67
96	Boston University	Ind		2	6	0	-6.02	-5.58	-11.60	18.37	14.02
97	Villanova	Ind		1	9	0	-5.85	-6.60	-12.45	17.92	12.93
98	Dartmouth	Ind		3	6	0	-8.77	-4.32	-13.09	14.96	9.52
99	New Mexico State	BIAA		3	7	0	-6.30	-8.87	-15.17	17.93	17.47
100	The Citadel	Southern		5	4	0	-7.28	-8.44	-15.72	12.59	16.69
				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	Cincinnati	Ind		1	6	2	-6.17	-9.59	-15.75	15.12	17.23
102	Montana	Skyline		3	7	0	-6.59	-9.42	-16.02	16.44	21.76
103	Brown	Ind		2	7	0	-10.21	-6.54	-16.75	13.78	12.05
104	New Mexico	Skyline		2	8	0	-11.58	-6.11	-17.69	11.53	13.84
105	Rutgers	Ind		3	5	0	-7.58	-10.84	-18.42	14.13	18.98
106	BYU	Skyline		1	9	0	-7.39	-11.49	-18.88	16.60	23.94
107	Pennsylvania	Ind		0	9	0	-9.61	-9.75	-19.35	15.46	20.23
108	Columbia	Ind		1	8	0	-8.14	-11.62	-19.75	16.42	22.31
109	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		1	9	0	-8.29	-11.65	-19.95	15.72	21.08
110	Furman	Southern		1	9	0	-10.75	-10.71	-21.46	12.35	25.34

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