1957 College Football School Ratings

1956 CFB School Ratings 1958 CFB School Ratings

Champions:
Ohio State (FWAA, UPI)
Auburn (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: John David Crow (Texas A&M)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Woody Hayes (Ohio State)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma

AP Final #1: Auburn

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	Michigan State	Big Ten	3	8	1	0	12.56	11.24	23.79	43.85	-7.96
2	Oklahoma	Big 7	4	10	1	0	12.69	8.73	21.42	41.95	-2.99
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	2	9	1	0	11.44	9.18	20.62	41.62	-6.42
4	Navy	Ind	5	9	1	1	8.77	10.94	19.71	39.40	-5.67
5	Ole Miss	SEC	7	9	1	1	6.41	11.92	18.33	36.67	-6.66
6	Auburn	SEC	1	10	0	0	5.13	12.50	17.63	33.86	-7.28
7	Iowa	Big Ten	6	7	1	1	10.00	6.85	16.84	40.71	-4.20
8	Notre Dame	Ind	10	7	3	0	8.74	7.55	16.29	35.04	-5.02
9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	19	6	3	0	10.28	5.79	16.07	41.43	-4.07
10	Rice	SWC	8	7	4	0	7.27	7.97	15.24	32.55	-4.85
11	Tennessee	SEC	13	8	3	0	5.48	9.70	15.18	31.10	-5.40
12	Texas A&M	SWC	9	8	3	0	3.26	11.77	15.03	28.55	-7.64
13	Florida	SEC	17	6	2	1	4.51	8.95	13.46	30.71	-4.74
14	Purdue	Big Ten		5	4	0	6.72	6.36	13.08	33.38	-4.45
15	Duke	ACC	16	6	3	2	6.72	6.32	13.04	33.13	-2.71
16	UCLA	PCC		8	2	0	3.92	8.18	12.10	31.53	-3.66
17	Mississippi State	SEC	14	6	2	1	7.58	4.39	11.97	32.83	-0.04
18	Illinois	Big Ten		4	5	0	6.14	5.46	11.60	33.67	-3.50
19	Oregon State	PCC		8	2	0	7.75	3.64	11.39	32.92	0.80
20	Texas	SWC	11	6	4	1	5.32	6.06	11.38	30.35	-1.31
				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	Michigan	Big Ten		5	3	1	8.84	2.45	11.30	34.87	-0.65
22	Army	Ind	18	7	2	0	10.15	1.01	11.16	38.64	2.71
23	Arkansas	SWC		6	4	0	8.84	2.14	10.98	33.78	1.88
24	Oregon	PCC		7	4	0	3.27	7.71	10.98	28.11	-4.89
25	North Carolina State	ACC	15	7	1	2	2.12	8.79	10.90	28.11	-5.09
26	LSU	SEC		5	5	0	5.72	4.89	10.61	31.41	-1.08
27	North Carolina	ACC		6	4	0	4.31	6.12	10.43	30.08	-1.73
28	Arizona State	BIAA	12	10	0	0	6.37	3.90	10.28	42.00	2.31
29	Clemson	ACC		7	3	0	2.61	7.33	9.94	33.39	-2.79
30	Texas Christian	SWC		5	4	1	2.11	7.48	9.59	27.09	-2.50
31	Stanford	PCC		6	4	0	8.84	-0.02	8.82	36.07	3.57
32	Washington State	PCC		6	4	0	8.44	0.28	8.72	33.49	2.90
33	Georgia Tech	SEC		4	4	2	-2.12	10.10	7.99	23.06	-6.36
34	Miami (FL)	Ind		5	4	1	2.44	5.21	7.65	29.31	0.38
35	Vanderbilt	SEC		5	3	2	0.74	6.55	7.29	25.78	-1.38
36	Minnesota	Big Ten		4	5	0	7.58	-0.43	7.15	37.26	3.06
37	West Virginia	Southern		7	2	1	2.38	4.48	6.86	28.41	0.97
38	Maryland	ACC		5	5	0	2.37	4.26	6.64	28.22	0.67
39	Colorado	Big 7		6	3	1	7.58	-1.33	6.25	31.49	5.11
40	Penn State	Ind		6	3	0	5.15	0.41	5.56	29.64	4.58
				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	Holy Cross	Ind		5	3	1	5.25	0.00	5.25	28.01	5.87
42	South Carolina	ACC		5	5	0	5.28	-0.23	5.05	32.33	4.22
43	SMU	SWC		4	5	1	3.89	0.91	4.80	30.11	4.66
44	Syracuse	Ind		5	3	1	3.34	1.33	4.66	27.75	3.59
45	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	20	9	0	1	3.38	1.09	4.47	26.10	5.65
46	Pitt	Ind		4	6	0	1.98	2.05	4.02	27.39	1.19
47	Kentucky	SEC		3	7	0	0.64	3.05	3.69	28.32	1.29
48	Oklahoma State	Ind		6	3	1	-0.28	3.87	3.59	25.01	4.29
49	Boston College	Ind		7	2	0	1.61	1.62	3.23	24.39	5.56
50	Missouri	Big 7		5	4	1	2.42	-0.18	2.25	24.92	5.08
51	Georgia	SEC		3	7	0	0.55	1.62	2.17	26.08	1.38
52	Dartmouth	Ivy		7	1	1	-1.07	3.16	2.10	21.97	4.35
53	Idaho	PCC		4	4	1	-1.72	3.49	1.76	23.10	0.65
54	Baylor	SWC		3	6	1	-2.59	4.31	1.72	22.41	0.59
55	California	PCC		1	9	0	0.44	1.10	1.54	26.45	0.54
56	Princeton	Ivy		7	2	0	1.83	-0.48	1.35	26.04	7.27
57	Washington	PCC		3	6	1	-0.03	1.18	1.15	26.86	4.48
58	Virginia	ACC		3	6	1	-1.28	2.33	1.04	24.89	3.27
59	Yale	Ivy		6	2	1	1.15	-0.29	0.86	26.36	7.26
60	Houston	MVC		5	4	1	-0.38	1.02	0.64	23.83	5.72
				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	Utah	Skyline		6	4	0	2.27	-1.98	0.28	30.19	8.09
62	Boston University	Ind		5	3	0	2.53	-2.53	0.00	31.02	11.69
63	Kansas	Big 7		5	4	1	0.78	-1.34	-0.56	23.55	11.07
64	Pacific	Ind		5	3	2	-1.62	0.19	-1.43	22.39	6.35
65	Alabama	SEC		2	7	1	-2.72	1.12	-1.61	22.38	5.88
66	William & Mary	Southern		4	6	0	-2.16	0.35	-1.81	21.38	4.47
67	Kansas State	Big 7		3	6	1	-1.38	-0.62	-2.00	22.38	6.24
68	Detroit Mercy	Ind		6	3	0	-0.71	-1.72	-2.44	23.62	8.30
69	USC	PCC		1	9	0	-2.83	-0.24	-3.07	24.11	4.71
70	Tulane	SEC		2	8	0	-2.25	-0.85	-3.10	23.06	7.12
71	Drake	Ind		7	2	0	0.16	-3.52	-3.36	22.32	10.47
72	Iowa State	Big 7		4	5	1	-2.90	-0.55	-3.45	21.96	7.04
73	Brown	Ivy		5	4	0	-1.25	-2.69	-3.94	20.30	10.69
74	Villanova	Ind		3	6	0	-4.58	0.59	-3.99	18.35	4.58
75	Virginia Tech	Southern		4	6	0	-3.63	-0.62	-4.26	21.51	6.83
76	Pennsylvania	Ivy		3	6	0	-2.40	-2.27	-4.66	20.22	8.09
77	UTEP	BIAA		6	3	0	0.37	-5.44	-5.07	25.11	12.01
78	West Texas State	BIAA		7	3	0	-1.93	-3.68	-5.60	21.17	11.00
79	Florida State	Ind		4	6	0	-1.77	-4.00	-5.77	22.07	10.37
80	Cincinnati	MVC		5	4	1	-5.72	-0.14	-5.85	16.56	6.12
				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	Northwestern	Big Ten		0	9	0	-4.14	-2.43	-6.57	23.54	8.81
82	Dayton	Ind		6	3	1	-0.19	-6.43	-6.62	23.83	14.06
83	Davidson	Southern		5	3	0	-2.44	-4.41	-6.85	19.35	11.31
84	Rutgers	Ind		5	4	0	-2.17	-5.34	-7.51	21.77	12.73
85	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		5	5	0	3.37	-10.99	-7.62	27.15	15.64
86	Tulsa	MVC		4	6	0	-5.91	-1.86	-7.77	17.28	7.59
87	George Washington	Southern		2	7	0	-6.08	-1.71	-7.80	16.84	9.07
88	Indiana	Big Ten		1	8	0	-4.77	-3.10	-7.86	22.34	16.16
89	Wake Forest	ACC		0	10	0	-3.66	-4.23	-7.89	21.97	8.99
90	Texas Tech	Ind		2	8	0	-3.48	-4.64	-8.12	20.87	9.54
91	North Texas	MVC		5	5	0	-2.92	-5.77	-8.69	22.23	11.92
92	The Citadel	Southern		5	4	1	-7.04	-1.74	-8.78	15.86	9.87
93	Wyoming	Skyline		4	3	3	-5.87	-3.01	-8.88	16.65	9.84
94	Nebraska	Big 7		1	9	0	-7.20	-3.05	-10.25	17.96	10.52
95	Richmond	Southern		4	6	0	-4.77	-5.52	-10.29	20.77	13.39
96	Denver	Skyline		6	4	0	-4.07	-6.38	-10.45	17.19	12.56
97	Cornell	Ivy		3	6	0	-6.18	-4.76	-10.94	15.83	12.62
98	BYU	Skyline		5	3	2	-8.05	-3.14	-11.19	14.38	10.87
99	San Jose State	Ind		3	7	0	-7.68	-3.63	-11.31	18.43	12.11
100	Air Force	Ind		3	6	1	-7.01	-4.66	-11.67	18.18	14.35
				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
101	Colgate	Ind		3	6	0	-6.62	-5.51	-12.13	17.18	18.32
102	Marquette	Ind		0	10	0	-8.11	-5.61	-13.72	16.39	13.79
103	New Mexico	Skyline		4	6	0	-8.72	-5.45	-14.17	13.86	12.03
104	Harvard	Ivy		3	5	0	-8.00	-6.59	-14.59	14.65	18.41
105	Utah State	Skyline		2	7	1	-3.34	-11.78	-15.12	20.44	20.85
106	New Mexico State	BIAA		3	7	0	-6.43	-9.78	-16.22	18.16	16.33
107	Furman	Southern		3	7	0	-8.03	-8.61	-16.64	14.62	18.61
108	Colorado State	Skyline		3	7	0	-9.70	-8.52	-18.22	13.50	18.46
109	Montana	Skyline		2	7	0	-6.17	-12.65	-18.82	16.94	19.57
110	Arizona	BIAA		1	8	1	-5.59	-13.48	-19.07	18.25	21.70
111	Wichita State	MVC		1	9	0	-9.76	-9.75	-19.51	14.23	16.49
112	Columbia	Ivy		1	8	0	-11.34	-8.74	-20.08	10.76	18.98