AP Poll Preseason College Football Rankings: 1950 to 1959 Top 25
Take all the AP Poll preseason rankings and use our CFN scoring system – the AP Poll preseason No. 1 gets 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom.
1 Oklahoma 230
2 Notre Dame 187
3 Michigan State 176
4 Ohio State 165
5 Maryland 126
6 Georgia Tech 118
7 Texas 112
8 Tennessee 111
9 Army 109
10 Michigan 93
11 Wisconsin 91
T12 Illinois 82
T12 UCLA 82
T12 USC 82
T15 Duke 78
T15 Ole Miss 78
17 Cal 77
18 Iowa 76
T19 TCU 67
T19 Texas A&M 67
21 Auburn 64
22 Navy 64
23 SMU 57
T24 Alabama 50
T24 Pitt 50
Also Receiving Votes/Points: Miami 47; Stanford 44; Kentucky 39; Rice 39; Baylor 38; North Carolina 36; Minnesota 30; Oregon State 27; Princeton 27; LSU 25; Cornell 23; Pennsylvania 21; Purdue 21; Washington 18; West Virginia 17; Clemson 16; Northwestern 16; Nebraska 14; South Carolina 12; Air Force 11; Florida 11; Mississippi State 11; Washington State 11; Penn State 10; Kansas 9; Missouri 9; Oregon 8; Texas Tech 7; Yale 7; Syracuse 6
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USA TODAY Coaches Poll, All-Time Final Rankings
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