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1959 Year Summary

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National Champion: Syracuse (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Billy Cannon (Louisiana State)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Ben Schwartzwalder (Syracuse)

AP Preseason #1: Louisiana State ▪ AP Final #1: Syracuse

Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS
Overall Bowls SRS Polls
Rk Conference Schs G W L T Pct G W L T Pct SRS SOS Pre Final Champion
1 Southeastern Conference 12 124 73 44 7 .617 5 2 3 0 .400 10.84 6.76 3 5 Georgia
2 Big Ten Conference 10 91 46 40 5 .533 1 0 1 0 .000 10.78 9.42 6 2 Wisconsin
3 Southwest Conference 7 73 39 31 3 .555 3 1 2 0 .333 9.75 8.88 3 3 Arkansas
Texas
Texas Christian
4 Athletic Association of Western Universities 5 51 28 22 1 .559 1 1 0 0 1.000 8.50 6.28 0 2 Southern California
UCLA
Washington
5 Big Seven Conference 7 71 36 35 0 .507 1 0 1 0 .000 5.37 4.95 1 2 Oklahoma
6 Atlantic Coast Conference 8 81 36 45 0 .444 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.46 1.60 3 1 Clemson
7 Independent 27 266 132 131 3 .502 2 2 0 0 1.000 -1.26 -1.15 4 4
8 Missouri Valley Conference 5 51 27 22 2 .549 1 0 1 0 .000 -1.43 -3.23 0 0 Houston
North Texas
9 Skyline Conference 8 80 38 42 0 .475 0 0 0 0 -6.87 -6.14 0 1 Wyoming
10 Ivy Group 8 72 37 32 3 .535 0 0 0 0 -7.12 -7.85 0 0 Pennsylvania
11 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association 6 62 29 33 0 .468 1 1 0 0 1.000 -7.40 -6.38 0 0 Arizona State
12 Southern Conference 9 88 38 48 2 .443 0 0 0 0 -10.22 -8.21 0 0 Virginia Military Institute

AP Poll Summary

School Conf Pre 9/21 9/28 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/9 11/16 11/23 11/30 Final
Syracuse Ind 20   20 12 8 6 5 4 1 1 1 1 1
Mississippi SEC 8 4 3 5 5 4 3 5 5 2 2 2 2
Louisiana State SEC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3
Texas SWC 17 15 10 4 3 3 4 3 2 5 4 4 4
Georgia SEC   17 13       14 11 12 6 6 5 5
Wisconsin Big Ten 6 8 12 9   12 10 9 7 9 5 6 6
Texas Christian SWC 13 9       16 15 17 18 10 8 7 7
Washington AAWU         18   17 12 13 14 9 8 8
Arkansas SWC       19 12 10 17 16 20 13 10 9 9
Alabama SEC                   17 19 11 10
Clemson ACC 18 5 6   15 17 12 10 11 19 14 10 11
Penn State Ind   18   16 10 8 7 7 10 7 15 14 12
Illinois Big Ten       20 13 13         13 12 13
Southern California AAWU   11 11 6 7 5 6 6 4 4 7 13 14
Oklahoma Big 7 2 2   13   18 19       17 15 15
Wyoming Skyline                       16 16
Notre Dame Ind 16   8                 19 17
Missouri Big 7                     18 20 18
Florida SEC   19 19 17 19             18 19
Pittsburgh Ind         20           16   20
School Conf Pre 9/21 9/28 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/9 11/16 11/23 11/30 Final
Air Force Ind 15   18 18 17     18          
Army Ind 5 7 4                    
Auburn SEC 3 3 17 14 11 7 8 8 8 12 11    
Georgia Tech SEC   16 7 3 4 9 9 19 15        
Iowa Big Ten 9 13 5 10 9 15     16 16      
Miami (FL) Ind                   18 12    
Michigan State Big Ten 19               19 11      
Navy Ind   13 15                    
North Carolina ACC 12                        
North Texas MVC               20 16        
Northwestern Big Ten 10 10 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 8      
Ohio State Big Ten 7 12 14     20              
Oregon Ind           11 16 15 14 15      
Purdue Big Ten 11     7 6 14 11 14          
South Carolina ACC 14 20 16 11                  
Southern Methodist SWC 4 6   15 15                
Tennessee SEC     9 8 14   20 13 9 20      
UCLA AAWU                     20 17  
Yale Ivy           19 13