1955 college football rankings

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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.

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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]
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) тUSC (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) тStanford (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) тBaylor (2–0) Stanford (2–1)
  • Colorado (3–0) т
  • Kentucky (2–1–1) т
 Holy Cross (4–0)Ole Miss (5–1) Mississippi State (6–1)
  • Iowa (3–3–1) т
  • Miami (FL) (3–3) т
Duke (5–2–1)Syracuse (5–3)Army (6–3)20.
Preseason
Aug [13] 		Week 1
Sep 19 [14] 		Week 2
Sep 26 [15] 		Week 3
Oct 3 [16] 		Week 4
Oct 10 [17] 		Week 5
Oct 17 [18] 		Week 6
Oct 24 [19] 		Week 7
Oct 31 [20] 		Week 8
Nov 7 [21] 		Week 9
Nov 14 [22] 		Week 10
Nov 21 [23] 		Week 11 (Final)
Nov 28 [24]
Dropped:
  • Auburn
  • Duke
  • Iowa
  • SMU
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • LSU
  • Miami (FL)
  • Ole Miss
  • Purdue
  • Texas Tech
Dropped:
  • Baylor
  • Iowa
  • Ohio State
  • Penn State
  • Pittsburgh
  • Rice
Dropped:
  • Clemson
  • Miami (FL)
  • Purdue
  • Stanford
Dropped:
  • Army
  • Kentucky
  • Ohio State
  • Rice
  • Washington
Dropped:
  • Baylor
  • Boston College
  • Colorado
  • Wisconsin
  • Yale
Dropped:
  • Duke
  • Holy Cross
  • Pittsburgh
  • Washington
Dropped:
  • Army
  • Kentucky
  • Syracuse
  • USC
Dropped:
  • Illinois
  • Iowa
  • Miami (FL)
  • Mississippi State
Dropped:
  • Oregon State
  • Tennessee
  • West Virginia
Dropped:
  • Duke
  • Syracuse
  • Vanderbilt

Final Coaches Poll

The final UP Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on November 28. [25]
Oklahoma received 24 of the 35 first-place votes; Michigan State received seven, and two each to Maryland and UCLA. [25]

RankingTeamConferenceBowl
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 Tennone
6 TCU Southwest Lost Cotton, 13–14
7 Georgia Tech SEC Won Sugar, 7–0
8 Auburn SECLost Gator, 13–25
9 Ole Miss SECWon Cotton, 14–13
10 Notre Dame Independent none
11 Pittsburgh IndependentLost Sugar, 0–7
12 USC Pacific Coastnone
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

[25]

Litkenhous Ratings

The top 25 ranked teams in the Litkenhous Ratings were: [26]

1. Oklahoma
2. UCLA
3. TCU
4. Maryland
5. Michigan State
6. Georgia Tech
7. Ohio State
8. Ole Miss
9. USC
10. Notre Dame
11. Michigan
12. Stanford
13. Texas A&M
14. Miami (FL)
15. Vanderbilt
16. Tennessee
17. Army
18. Pittsburgh
19. Duke
20. Navy
21. Iowa
22. West Virginia
23. Auburn
24. LSU
25. Texas

HBCU rankings

The Pittsburgh Courier , a leading African American newspaper, ranked the top 1955 teams from historically black colleges and universities in an era when college football was largely segregated. The rankings were published on December 10: [27]

The Associated Negro Press also published rankings on December 8: [28]

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