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1959 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	1	LSU (60)	SEC	0-0	1440	DNP
2	<	5	Oklahoma (48)	Big 8	0-0	1370	DNP
3	<	4	Auburn (17)	SEC	0-0	1047	DNP
4	<	18	SMU (6)	Southwest	0-0	720	DNP
5	<	3	Army (4)	Ind	0-0	696	DNP
6	<	7	Wisconsin (10)	Big Ten	0-0	645	DNP
7	<	8	Ohio State (2)	Big Ten	0-0	548	DNP
8	<	11	Mississippi (5)	SEC	0-0	546	DNP
9	<	2	Iowa (4)	Big Ten	0-0	443	DNP
10	<	NR	Northwestern (6)	Big Ten	0-0	441	DNP
11	<	13	Purdue (2)	Big Ten	0-0	394	DNP
12	<	NR	North Carolina (6)	ACC	0-0	388	DNP
13	<	10	TCU (2)	Southwest	0-0	249	DNP
14	<	15	South Carolina (4)	ACC	0-0	228	DNP
15	<	6	Air Force (1)	Ind	0-0	209	DNP
16	<	17	Notre Dame (3)	Ind	0-0	202	DNP
17	<	NR	Texas	Southwest	0-0	105	DNP
18	<	12	Clemson (1)	ACC	0-0	92	DNP
19	<	NR	Michigan State (1)	Big Ten	0-0	51	DNP
20	<	9	Syracuse	Ind	0-0	47	DNP
NR	<	14	Florida	SEC	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	16	California	AAWU	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	19	Oklahoma State	Ind	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	20	Rutgers	MID3	0-0	0	DNP

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	6	10.3	2522
Ind	4	14.0	1154
SEC	3	4.0	3033
Southwest	3	11.3	1074
ACC	3	14.7	708
Big 8	1	2.0	1370

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Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.