October 5, 1959 AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

WLT

PTS

CP

Last Week

1

<  1

LSU (69)

SEC

3-0

1064

W 22-0 at Baylor

2

<  2

Northwestern (30)

Big Ten

2-0

1041

3

<  7

Georgia Tech

SEC

3-0

665

4

<  10

Texas

SWC

3-0

656

5

<  3

Mississippi (2)

SEC

3-0

601

6

<  11

USC (9)

Pac-10

3-0

575

7

<  NR

Purdue

Big Ten

1-0-1

446

8

<  9

Tennessee

SEC

2-0

429

9

<  12

Wisconsin

Big Ten

2-0

233

10

<  5

Iowa

Big Ten

1-1

182

11

<  16

South Carolina (3)

ACC

3-0

155

W 30-14 vs Georgia

12

<  20

Syracuse (1)

Ind

2-0

132

13

<  NR

Oklahoma (2)

Big 8

1-1

110

W 42-12 vs Colorado

14

<  17

Auburn

SEC

1-1

88

15

<  NR

SMU

SWC

1-1

63

16

<  NR

Penn State (2)

Ind

3-0

60

17

<  19

Florida

SEC

3-0

56

18

<  18

Air Force

Ind

2-0

35

19

<  NR

Arkansas

SWC

3-0

34

20

<  NR

Illinois

Big Ten

1-1

33

NR

<  4

Army (NY)

Ind

NR

<  6

Clemson

ACC

NR

<  13

Georgia

SEC

NR

<  15

Navy (MD)

Ind

NR

<  8

Notre Dame

Ind

NR

<  14

Ohio State

Big Ten

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NOTES
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- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
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- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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