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Top 25 College Football Games of 1959

Every completed game in the season, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games
25
Top score
77/100
Overtime
0

National ranking

The season's top 25

25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

  1. 1959Week 8

    Ole Miss at LSU

    Ole Miss 3, LSU 7

    No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 1 LSU · 4-point margin

    Ranking 46/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    77

    Game score

  2. 1959Week 9

    Syracuse at Penn State

    Syracuse 20, Penn State 18

    No. 1 Syracuse vs. No. 10 Penn State · 2-point margin

    Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    74

    Game score

  3. 1959Week 9

    LSU at Tennessee

    LSU 13, Tennessee 14

    No. 3 LSU vs. No. 9 Tennessee · 1-point margin

    Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    74

    Game score

  4. 1959PostseasonNeutral site

    Texas vs. Syracuse

    Texas 14, Syracuse 23

    No. 4 Texas vs. No. 1 Syracuse · 9-point margin

    Ranking 47/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15

    73

    Game score

  5. 1959Week 6

    Texas at Arkansas

    Texas 13, Arkansas 12

    No. 3 Texas vs. No. 10 Arkansas · 1-point margin

    Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    73

    Game score

  6. 1959Week 4

    Northwestern at Iowa

    Northwestern 14, Iowa 10

    No. 2 Northwestern vs. No. 10 Iowa · 4-point margin

    Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    71

    Game score

  7. 1959Week 6

    Auburn at Georgia Tech

    Auburn 7, Georgia Tech 6

    No. 7 Auburn vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech · 1-point margin

    Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    70

    Game score

  8. 1959Week 9

    Wisconsin at Northwestern

    Wisconsin 24, Northwestern 19

    No. 7 Wisconsin vs. No. 6 Northwestern · 5-point margin

    Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    69

    Game score

  9. 1959Week 10

    Auburn at Georgia

    Auburn 13, Georgia 14

    No. 12 Auburn vs. No. 6 Georgia · 1-point margin

    Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    68

    Game score

  10. 1959Week 10

    TCU at Texas

    TCU 14, Texas 9

    No. 10 TCU vs. No. 5 Texas · 5-point margin

    Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    67

    Game score

  11. 1959Week 10

    Northwestern at Michigan State

    Northwestern 10, Michigan State 15

    No. 8 Northwestern vs. No. 11 Michigan State · 5-point margin

    Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    63

    Game score

  12. 1959Week 5

    Georgia Tech at Tennessee

    Georgia Tech 14, Tennessee 7

    No. 4 Georgia Tech vs. No. 14 Tennessee · 7-point margin

    Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    62

    Game score

  13. 1959PostseasonNeutral site

    LSU vs. Ole Miss

    LSU 0, Ole Miss 21

    No. 3 LSU vs. No. 2 Ole Miss · 21-point margin

    Ranking 47/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15

    61

    Game score

  14. 1959Week 3

    Auburn at Tennessee

    Auburn 0, Tennessee 3

    No. 17 Auburn vs. No. 9 Tennessee · 3-point margin

    Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    58

    Game score

  15. 1959Week 9

    Baylor at Texas

    Baylor 12, Texas 13

    Unranked Baylor vs. No. 2 Texas · 1-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    58

    Game score

  16. 1959PostseasonNeutral site

    Georgia Tech vs. Arkansas

    Georgia Tech 7, Arkansas 14

    No. 15 Georgia Tech vs. No. 9 Arkansas · 7-point margin

    Ranking 28/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    56

    Game score

  17. 1959PostseasonNeutral site

    Alabama vs. Penn State

    Alabama 0, Penn State 7

    No. 11 Alabama vs. No. 14 Penn State · 7-point margin

    Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  18. 1959PostseasonNeutral site

    TCU vs. Clemson

    TCU 7, Clemson 23

    No. 7 TCU vs. No. 10 Clemson · 16-point margin

    Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  19. 1959Week 12

    Texas at Texas A&M

    Texas 20, Texas A&M 17

    No. 4 Texas vs. Unranked Texas A&M · 3-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  20. 1959Week 2

    Clemson at North Carolina

    Clemson 20, North Carolina 18

    No. 5 Clemson vs. Unranked North Carolina · 2-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  21. 1959Week 11

    UCLA at USC

    UCLA 10, USC 3

    No. 20 UCLA vs. No. 7 USC · 7-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  22. 1959Week 7

    Northwestern at Notre Dame

    Northwestern 30, Notre Dame 24

    No. 2 Northwestern vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 6-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  23. 1959Week 5

    Minnesota at Northwestern

    Minnesota 0, Northwestern 6

    Unranked Minnesota vs. No. 2 Northwestern · 6-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  24. 1959Week 7

    Stanford at USC

    Stanford 28, USC 30

    Unranked Stanford vs. No. 6 USC · 2-point margin

    Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  25. 1959Week 7

    Washington at Oregon

    Washington 13, Oregon 12

    No. 17 Washington vs. No. 16 Oregon · 1-point margin

    Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Historical seasons may have less complete period and box-score data.