1955 NCAA football rankings
| 1955 NCAA football rankings | |
|---|---|
| Season | 1955 |
| Bowl season | |
| Preseason #1 | UCLA |
| End of season champions | Oklahoma |
Two human polls comprised the 1955 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.
Legend[]
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AP Poll[]
The final AP Poll was released on November 28, at the end of the 1955 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.
| Preseason Aug[1] | Week 1 Sep 19[2] | Week 2 Sep 26[3] | Week 3 Oct 3[4] | Week 4 Oct 10[5] | Week 5 Oct 17[6] | Week 6 Oct 24[7] | Week 7 Oct 31[8] | Week 8 Nov 7[9] | Week 9 Nov 14[10] | Week 10 Nov 21[11] | Week 11 (Final) Nov 28[12] | ||
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| 1. | UCLA (33) | UCLA (1–0) (34) | Maryland (2–0) (45) | Maryland (3–0) (88) | Michigan (3–0) (80) | Michigan (4–0) (76) | Maryland (6–0) (62) | Maryland (7–0) (74) | Oklahoma (7–0) (115) | Oklahoma (8–0) (103) | Oklahoma (9–0) (114) | Oklahoma (10–0) (218) | 1. |
| 2. | Oklahoma (32) | Georgia Tech (1–0) (3) | Michigan (1–0) (48) | Michigan (2–0) (27) | Maryland (4–0) (45) | Maryland (5–0) (33) | Oklahoma (5–0) (53) | Oklahoma (6–0) (54) | Maryland (8–0) (89) | Maryland (9–0) (46) | Michigan State (8–1) (39) | Michigan State (8–1) (88) | 2. |
| 3. | Michigan (34) | Oklahoma (0–0) (10) | Georgia Tech (2–0) (11) | Oklahoma (2–0) (13) | Oklahoma (3–0) (21) | Oklahoma (4–0) (29) | Michigan (5–0) (39) | Michigan (6–0) (63) | Michigan State (6–1) (44) | Michigan State (7–1) (37) | Maryland (10–0) (35) | Maryland (10–0) (55) | 3. |
| 4. | Ohio State (9) | Michigan (0–0) (6) | Notre Dame (1–0) (3) | Georgia Tech (3–0) (9) | Notre Dame (3–0) (7) | Navy (4–0) (7) | Navy (5–0) (4) | Michigan State (5–1) (7) | UCLA (7–1) (9) | Notre Dame (7–1) (2) | UCLA (9–1) (6) | UCLA (9–1) (9) | 4. |
| 5. | Maryland (8) | Maryland (1–0) (1) | Oklahoma (1–0) (12) | Notre Dame (2–0) (4) | Georgia Tech (4–0) (3) | Duke (4–0) (15) | Michigan State (4–1) (4) | UCLA (6–1) (3) | Notre Dame (6–1) (2) | UCLA (8–1) (6) | Notre Dame (8–1) (3) | Ohio State (7–2) (4) | 5. |
| 6. | Notre Dame (2) | Ohio State (0–0) | Army (1–0) (1) | Army (2–0) (8) | Wisconsin (3–0) (11) | Michigan State (3–1) (4) | UCLA (5–1) (2) | Notre Dame (5–1) (1) | West Virginia (7–0) (18) | Michigan (7–1) (1) | Ohio State (7–2) (5) | TCU (9–1) (9) | 6. |
| 7. | Army | Pittsburgh (1–0) | UCLA (1–1) | UCLA (2–1) | TCU (4–0) (4) | UCLA (4–1) (3) | West Virginia (6–0) (13) | West Virginia (6–0) (16) | Michigan (6–1) | TCU (7–1) (2) | TCU (8–1) (3) | Georgia Tech (8–1–1) | 7. |
| 8. | Navy (1) | Ole Miss (1–0) | Ohio State (1–0) (1) | TCU (3–0) (5) | Navy (3–0) | West Virginia (4–0) (9) | Auburn (4–0–1) (8) | Georgia Tech (6–1) | TCU (6–1) (3) | Texas A&M (7–1–1) | Texas A&M (7–1–1) | Auburn (8–1–1) (6) | 8. |
| 9. | Miami (FL) (5) | Navy (0–0) т | USC (2–0) (3) | Wisconsin (2–0) (11) | UCLA (3–1) (1) | Auburn (3–0–1) (5) | Notre Dame (4–1) | Navy (5–1) | Texas A&M (6–1–1) | Ohio State (6–2) (1) | Georgia Tech (7–1–1) | Notre Dame (8–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Georgia Tech (1) | USC (1–0) (1) т | TCU (2–0) (3) | USC (3–0) (3) | West Virginia (3–0) (11) | USC (4–1) (1) | USC (5–1) | TCU (6–1) (2) | Ohio State (5–2) (1) | Georgia Tech (7–1–1) | Auburn (7–1–1) | Ole Miss (9–1) (1) | 10. |
| 11. | Rice | Notre Dame (0–0) | Rice (1–0) | West Virginia (2–0) (13) | Duke (3–0) (4) | Notre Dame (3–1) | Texas A&M (5–1) | Ohio State (4–2) | Georgia Tech (6–1–1) | Navy (6–1–1) | Navy (6–1–1) | Pittsburgh (7–3) (1) | 11. |
| 12. | Iowa (4) | Texas Tech (1–0) | Pittsburgh (2–0) (1) | Navy (2–0) | Washington (4–0) (4) | Texas A&M (4–1) | Georgia Tech (5–1) | Texas A&M (5–1–1) | Auburn (5–1–1) (2) | Auburn (6–1–1) (4) | Michigan (7–2) | Michigan (7–2) | 12. |
| 13. | USC (2) | Rice (0–0) | West Virginia (1–0) (3) | Duke (2–0) (3) | Michigan State (2–1) | Georgia Tech (4–1) | Holy Cross (4–1) (1) | Miami (OH) (6–0) | Navy (5–1–1) | West Virginia (7–1) (1) | Pittsburgh (7–3) (1) | USC (6–4) | 13. |
| 14. | Wisconsin | Army (0–0) | Iowa (1–0) (1) | Auburn (2–0) | Ohio State (2–1) | Colorado (4–0) | TCU (5–1) | Auburn (4–1–1) | Ole Miss (7–1) | Ole Miss (8–1) | Miami (FL) (5–3) (2) | Miami (FL) (6–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Ole Miss | Miami (FL) (0–1) | Navy (1–0) (1) | Miami (FL) (1–1) | Rice (2–0–1) | Wisconsin (3–1) | Ohio State (3–2) | Ole Miss (6–1) | Miami (OH) (7–0) | Pittsburgh (6–3) (1) | Ole Miss (8–1) | Miami (OH) (9–0) | 15. |
| 16. | SMU | LSU (1–0) | Duke (1–0) | Clemson (3–0) | USC (3–1) | Baylor (4–1) | Pittsburgh (4–2) | USC (5–2) | Illinois (4–3) | Miami (OH) (8–0) | Miami (OH) (8–0) | Stanford (6–3–1) | 16. |
| 17. | Auburn | Arkansas (1–0) (1) | Wisconsin (1–0) | Purdue (2–0) | Auburn (2–0–1) | Boston College (3–0) (1) | Duke (4–1) | Kentucky (4–2–1) | Pittsburgh (5–3) | Tennessee (5–2–1) | Stanford (6–3–1) | Texas A&M (7–2–1) | 17. |
| 18. | Duke (1) | Baylor (1–0) | Penn State (1–0) (1) | Washington (3–0) (1) | Army (2–1) | TCU (4–1) | Miami (OH) (5–0) | Syracuse (3–2) | Duke (4–2–1) т | Stanford (5–3–1) | Duke (6–2–1) | Navy (6–2–1) | 18. |
| 19. | West Virginia (1) | Florida (1–0) т | Washington (2–0) (1) | Kentucky (2–1) | Texas A&M (3–1) | Yale (4–0) | Washington (4–1–1) | Army (4–2) | Mississippi State (6–2) т | Oregon State (6–2) | Vanderbilt (7–2) | West Virginia (8–2) | 19. |
| 20. | Purdue (1) | Purdue (0–0) (1) т | Baylor (2–0) | Stanford (2–1) |
| Holy Cross (4–0) | Ole Miss (5–1) | Mississippi State (6–1) |
| Duke (5–2–1) | Syracuse (5–3) | Army (6–3) | 20. |
| Preseason Aug[1] | Week 1 Sep 19[2] | Week 2 Sep 26[3] | Week 3 Oct 3[4] | Week 4 Oct 10[5] | Week 5 Oct 17[6] | Week 6 Oct 24[7] | Week 7 Oct 31[8] | Week 8 Nov 7[9] | Week 9 Nov 14[10] | Week 10 Nov 21[11] | Week 11 (Final) Nov 28[12] | ||
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Final Coaches' Poll[]
The final UP Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on November 28.[13]
Oklahoma received 24 of the 35 first-place votes; Michigan State received seven, and two each to Maryland and UCLA.[13]
| Ranking | Team | Conference | Bowl |
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| 1 | Oklahoma | Big Seven | Won Orange, 20–6 |
| 2 | Michigan State | Big Ten | Won Rose, 17–14 |
| 3 | Maryland | ACC | Lost Orange, 6–20 |
| 4 | UCLA | Pacific Coast | Lost Rose, 14–17 |
| 5 | Ohio State | Big Ten | none |
| 6 | TCU | Southwest | Lost Cotton, 13–14 |
| 7 | Georgia Tech | SEC | Won Sugar, 7–0 |
| 8 | Auburn | SEC | Lost Gator, 13–25 |
| 9 | Ole Miss | SEC | Won Cotton, 14–13 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | Independent | none |
| 11 | Pittsburgh | Independent | Lost Sugar, 0–7 |
| 12 | USC | Pacific Coast | none |
| 13 | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 14 | Texas A&M | Southwest | |
| 15 | Army | Independent | |
| 16 | Duke | ACC | |
| 17 | West Virginia | Southern | |
| 18 | Miami (FL) | Independent | |
| 19 | Iowa | Big Ten | |
| 20 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | |
| Navy | Independent | ||
| Stanford | Pacific Coast | ||
| 23 | Kentucky | SEC | |
| Tennessee | SEC |
- Prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pacific Coast (later AAWU / Pac-8) conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.
- The Ivy League has prohibited its members from participating in postseason football since the league was officially formed in 1954.
References[]
- ^ "1955 Preseason AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "September 19, 1955 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "September 26, 1955 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "October 3, 1955 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "October 10, 1955 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "October 17, 1955 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "October 24, 1955 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "October 31, 1955 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "November 7, 1955 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "November 14, 1955 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "November 21, 1955 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "1955 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Final UP poll". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. November 29, 1955. p. 2B.
- ^ "David Wilson's Homepage".
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