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1959 College Football School Ratings

1958 CFB School Ratings 1960 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Syracuse (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Billy Cannon (LSU)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Ben Schwartzwalder (Syracuse)

AP Preseason #1: LSU

AP Final #1: Syracuse

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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.

112 Schools

112 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	Ole Miss	SEC	2	10	1	0	10.39	13.73	24.12	45.99	-8.16
2	Syracuse	Ind	1	11	0	0	13.05	10.32	23.36	48.17	-4.11
3	LSU	SEC	3	9	2	0	5.81	13.85	19.66	31.25	-11.19
4	Texas	SWC	4	9	2	0	9.22	10.35	19.58	34.50	-6.01
5	Washington	AAWU	8	10	1	0	5.65	11.47	17.12	33.17	-6.15
6	Texas Christian	SWC	7	8	3	0	4.28	12.16	16.44	31.56	-6.93
7	Georgia	SEC	5	10	1	0	8.31	7.69	16.00	35.37	-2.42
8	Iowa	Big Ten		5	4	0	9.06	6.77	15.83	40.10	-2.41
9	USC	AAWU	14	8	2	0	5.67	9.19	14.86	32.09	-3.86
10	Arkansas	SWC	9	9	2	0	5.40	9.36	14.75	30.42	-4.79
11	Northwestern	Big Ten		6	3	0	8.63	6.09	14.71	34.89	-1.49
12	Oklahoma	Big 7	15	7	3	0	10.38	4.25	14.63	36.88	1.67
13	Auburn	SEC		7	3	0	4.39	9.91	14.30	30.66	-5.27
14	Purdue	Big Ten		5	2	2	3.03	10.83	13.86	28.62	-6.22
15	Penn State	Ind	12	9	2	0	8.44	4.80	13.24	35.38	0.45
16	Michigan State	Big Ten		5	4	0	6.46	6.60	13.06	32.66	-1.92
17	Clemson	ACC	11	9	2	0	6.16	5.72	11.88	34.76	-0.42
18	Illinois	Big Ten	13	5	3	1	2.19	9.24	11.43	27.81	-4.33
19	Indiana	Big Ten		4	4	1	5.02	6.25	11.27	30.76	-1.27
20	Georgia Tech	SEC		6	5	0	4.69	6.18	10.87	29.22	-2.46
				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	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6	7	3	0	4.93	5.83	10.76	31.09	-0.40
22	Kentucky	SEC		4	6	0	2.26	8.41	10.67	29.80	-3.53
23	Oregon	Ind		8	2	0	4.66	5.46	10.12	28.97	-0.63
24	Notre Dame	Ind	17	5	5	0	8.05	1.60	9.65	33.15	2.58
25	SMU	SWC		5	4	1	5.06	4.45	9.51	30.81	0.51
26	Tennessee	SEC		5	4	1	3.27	5.90	9.17	27.88	-1.04
27	Wyoming	Skyline	16	9	1	0	2.58	6.34	8.92	32.44	0.21
28	Kansas	Big 7		5	5	0	4.98	3.76	8.74	29.69	-0.24
29	Florida	SEC	19	5	4	1	2.87	5.76	8.63	29.39	-0.90
30	Miami (FL)	Ind		6	4	0	5.00	3.49	8.49	29.88	1.11
31	Iowa State	Big 7		7	3	0	1.45	7.00	8.45	31.96	-0.31
32	Ohio State	Big Ten		3	5	1	1.37	6.77	8.13	26.31	-2.12
33	Alabama	SEC	10	7	2	2	-3.32	11.14	7.82	20.91	-5.43
34	UCLA	AAWU		5	4	1	2.77	4.80	7.57	30.09	-0.35
35	Vanderbilt	SEC		5	3	2	0.73	6.64	7.37	26.63	-1.34
36	Pitt	Ind	20	6	4	0	4.02	3.26	7.28	28.37	2.09
37	Missouri	Big 7	18	6	5	0	-0.64	7.49	6.85	24.39	-2.92
38	Washington State	Ind		6	4	0	1.63	4.15	5.78	26.61	1.19
39	Baylor	SWC		4	6	0	2.01	3.38	5.39	27.61	1.63
40	Navy	Ind		5	4	1	4.63	0.52	5.15	30.51	4.42
				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		4	4	1	4.05	1.03	5.08	30.01	5.62
42	Pennsylvania	Ivy		7	1	1	2.77	2.21	4.97	25.94	6.28
43	Michigan	Big Ten		4	5	0	4.09	0.68	4.78	29.93	4.46
44	North Texas	MVC		9	2	0	1.59	3.18	4.78	31.67	3.28
45	New Mexico State	BIAA		8	3	0	7.79	-3.23	4.56	36.56	8.63
46	Minnesota	Big Ten		2	7	0	1.79	2.22	4.01	27.78	3.04
47	Tulane	SEC		3	6	1	-0.49	3.94	3.45	25.64	3.90
48	North Carolina	ACC		5	5	0	0.66	2.67	3.33	29.39	2.67
49	Nebraska	Big 7		4	6	0	0.51	2.60	3.11	24.54	2.39
50	Wake Forest	ACC		6	4	0	7.22	-4.14	3.08	30.05	8.04
51	Air Force	Ind		5	4	1	0.75	2.31	3.06	25.09	2.86
52	Colorado	Big 7		5	5	0	3.45	-0.40	3.04	27.49	6.18
53	Oklahoma State	Ind		6	4	0	2.15	0.88	3.03	27.14	5.03
54	Texas A&M	SWC		3	7	0	-0.66	3.47	2.80	24.35	1.88
55	Texas Tech	Ind		4	6	0	2.72	-0.29	2.44	27.14	5.46
56	Stanford	AAWU		3	7	0	11.05	-8.67	2.39	36.39	13.74
57	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		8	1	1	0.74	1.60	2.34	26.07	4.78
58	New Mexico	Skyline		7	3	0	4.37	-2.15	2.22	31.17	8.06
59	Maryland	ACC		5	5	0	2.70	-0.73	1.97	28.60	5.52
60	Arizona State	BIAA		10	1	0	3.60	-2.19	1.40	27.37	9.10
				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	Duke	ACC		4	6	0	-2.34	3.73	1.38	22.77	3.51
62	South Carolina	ACC		6	4	0	0.99	-0.26	0.72	25.57	5.85
63	California	AAWU		2	8	0	1.13	-0.56	0.57	26.86	5.86
64	Oregon State	Ind		3	7	0	0.62	-0.82	-0.20	27.96	5.44
65	Rice	SWC		1	7	2	0.82	-1.02	-0.20	26.59	5.80
66	Boston College	Ind		5	4	0	0.07	-0.78	-0.71	24.62	8.81
67	Utah	Skyline		5	5	0	3.37	-4.79	-1.43	31.04	12.77
68	Tulsa	MVC		5	5	0	-1.98	0.30	-1.68	22.87	4.72
69	Harvard	Ivy		6	3	0	0.37	-2.16	-1.79	23.16	10.61
70	Yale	Ivy		6	3	0	-1.62	-0.23	-1.85	20.06	9.15
71	Mississippi State	SEC		2	7	0	0.37	-2.40	-2.02	26.74	9.69
72	Florida State	Ind		4	6	0	-4.66	2.63	-2.03	22.31	4.48
73	Houston	MVC		3	7	0	-1.28	-1.19	-2.47	23.55	5.15
74	Cincinnati	MVC		5	4	1	0.81	-3.82	-3.01	25.64	8.80
75	Holy Cross	Ind		6	4	0	-4.22	0.33	-3.88	18.86	9.22
76	Detroit Mercy	Ind		6	4	0	-0.69	-3.27	-3.96	24.65	9.89
77	Boston University	Ind		4	5	0	-3.75	-0.51	-4.26	19.36	8.31
78	Marquette	Ind		3	7	0	0.40	-5.07	-4.67	26.58	12.77
79	The Citadel	Southern		8	2	0	-1.59	-3.12	-4.70	24.19	11.48
80	Wichita State	MVC		5	4	1	-0.23	-4.53	-4.75	24.12	10.35
				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	Pacific	Ind		5	4	0	-5.79	0.77	-5.02	17.63	5.66
82	Virginia Tech	Southern		6	4	0	1.99	-7.80	-5.81	25.80	13.13
83	Colorado State	Skyline		6	4	0	-4.47	-1.48	-5.95	17.70	7.20
84	Dartmouth	Ivy		5	3	1	-6.10	-0.56	-6.66	15.48	8.99
85	San Jose State	Ind		4	6	0	3.04	-9.73	-6.69	27.48	18.70
86	Kansas State	Big 7		2	8	0	-2.26	-4.99	-7.25	23.08	14.22
87	Princeton	Ivy		4	5	0	-6.42	-0.87	-7.29	16.47	9.19
88	West Virginia	Southern		3	7	0	-6.82	-0.49	-7.31	17.19	8.57
89	North Carolina State	ACC		1	9	0	-2.71	-4.63	-7.34	22.02	8.42
90	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		3	7	0	-1.30	-7.84	-9.14	23.87	14.06
91	Richmond	Southern		4	5	1	-2.65	-6.49	-9.14	22.39	11.46
92	Cornell	Ivy		5	4	0	-5.92	-4.53	-10.45	15.06	13.15
93	Arizona	BIAA		4	6	0	-5.84	-4.80	-10.64	17.05	13.25
94	Utah State	Skyline		5	6	0	-5.51	-5.29	-10.80	19.42	11.57
95	UTEP	BIAA		3	7	0	-4.32	-6.75	-11.07	19.97	11.71
96	Rutgers	Ind		6	3	0	-6.53	-5.27	-11.80	13.47	13.47
97	William & Mary	Southern		4	6	0	-7.75	-4.19	-11.94	16.86	9.75
98	BYU	Skyline		3	7	0	-8.09	-4.33	-12.42	14.14	10.54
99	Denver	Skyline		2	8	0	-7.40	-5.61	-13.01	16.19	14.19
100	Colgate	Ind		2	7	0	-2.71	-10.40	-13.11	19.77	24.25
				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	Furman	Southern		3	7	0	-6.95	-7.87	-14.82	16.90	17.49
102	Xavier	Ind		4	6	0	-4.84	-11.51	-16.35	18.64	20.51
103	Brown	Ivy		2	6	1	-13.12	-3.73	-16.85	8.46	12.75
104	Columbia	Ivy		2	7	0	-7.73	-9.33	-17.07	14.59	19.31
105	Dayton	Ind		3	7	0	-13.19	-4.31	-17.49	9.62	11.30
106	Idaho	Ind		1	9	0	-7.30	-10.84	-18.15	16.47	21.05
107	Virginia	ACC		0	10	0	-6.67	-12.07	-18.74	19.02	27.82
108	West Texas State	BIAA		1	9	0	-7.57	-11.96	-19.53	16.54	17.40
109	George Washington	Southern		1	8	0	-11.78	-8.07	-19.85	12.21	15.00
110	Davidson	Southern		1	8	0	-8.95	-11.84	-20.79	15.77	19.16
111	Montana	Skyline		1	8	0	-10.00	-12.46	-22.46	13.59	25.92
112	Villanova	Ind		1	9	0	-11.14	-11.34	-22.48	12.15	20.93