1956 NCAA University Division football rankings

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1956 NCAA University Division football rankings
Season1956
Bowl season1956–57 bowl games
Preseason No. 1
Oklahoma
End of season championsOklahoma
NCAA University Division football rankings
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Two human polls comprised the 1956 NCAA University Division football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a

AP Poll and the Coaches Poll
.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  National champion
(#–#)
   Win–loss record
(Italics)
   Number of first place votes
т
 Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

The final AP Poll was released on December 3, at the end of the 1956 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.

Preseason
Aug
Oregon (1–0)
Syracuse (1–0) тNotre Dame (1–1)Virginia Tech (4–1)Penn State (3–1)Oregon State (4–2) тColorado (5–2)George Washington (6–1–1)TCU (5–3)Florida (6–2–1)USC (8–2)18.
19.YaleFlorida (1–0) (2)Vanderbilt (2–0) тSMU (2–1)Tulane (3–1)Miami (FL) (3–0–1)Syracuse (4–1) тUCLA (5–2) (1)Ole Miss (6–2)Wyoming (10–0)Colorado (7–2–1)Clemson (7–1–2)19.
20.IllinoisNC State (1–0)Iowa (1–0)
South Carolina (4–1)Clemson (3–0–1)USC (4–1)
  • Pittsburgh (4–2) т
  • Stanford (4–3) т
Princeton (7–0)Colorado (6–2–1)Ohio State (6–3)Colorado (7–2–1)20.
Preseason
Aug[1]		Week 1
Sep 24[2]		Week 2
Oct 1[3]		Week 3
Oct 8[4]		Week 4
Oct 15[5]		Week 5
Oct 22[6]		Week 6
Oct 29[7]		Week 7
Nov 5[8]		Week 8
Nov 12[9]		Week 9
Nov 19[10]		Week 10
Nov 26[11]		Week 11 (Final)
Dec 3[12]
Dropped:
  • Duke
  • Illinois
  • Maryland
  • Miami (FL)
  • Tennessee
  • UCLA
  • Yale
Dropped:
  • Florida
  • NC State
  • Oregon
  • South Carolina
  • Stanford
Dropped:
  • Illinois
  • Iowa
  • Pittsburgh
  • Syracuse
Dropped:
  • Army
  • George Washington
  • Minnesota
  • Navy
  • Notre Dame
  • SMU
  • Vanderbilt
  • West Virginia
Dropped:
  • Purdue
  • South Carolina
Dropped:
  • Ole Miss
  • TCU
  • Tulane
Dropped:
  • Baylor
  • George Washington
  • Penn State
  • Virginia Tech
Dropped:
  • Colorado
  • Stanford
  • TCU
  • UCLA
Dropped:
  • Clemson
  • Ole Miss
  • Princeton
  • USC
Dropped:
  • Wyoming
Dropped:
  • Florida

Final Coaches Poll

The final

UP Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on December 4.[13]

Oklahoma received 26 of the 35 first-place votes; Tennessee received five, Iowa three, and Miami one.[14]

Ranking Team Conference Bowl
1 Oklahoma Big Seven none
2 Tennessee SEC Lost Sugar, 7–13
3 Iowa Big Ten Won Rose, 35–19
4 Georgia Tech SEC Won Gator, 21–14
5 Texas A&M Southwest none
6 Miami (FL) Independent
7 Michigan Big Ten
8 Syracuse Independent Lost Cotton, 27–28
9 Minnesota Big Ten none
10 Michigan State Big Ten
11 Baylor Southwest Won Sugar, 13–7
12 Pittsburgh Independent Lost Gator, 14–21
13 Oregon State Pacific Coast Lost Rose, 19–35
14 TCU Southwest Won Cotton, 28–27
15 USC Pacific Coast none
16 Wyoming
Skyline
17 Yale Ivy
18 Colorado Big Seven Won Orange, 27–21
19 Navy Independent none
20 Duke ACC

[13][14]

Litkenhous Ratings

The final Litkenhous Ratings, released in December 1956, ranked over 600 teams. The top 100 teams as ranked by Litkenhous were:[15]

1. Oklahoma
2. Tennessee
3. Georgia Tech
4. Michigan State
5. Michigan
6. Iowa
7. Texas A&M
8. TCU
9. Ohio State
10. Minnesota
11. Ole Miss
12. Baylor
13. Florida
14. Miami (FL)
15. Duke
16. Texas Western
17. Auburn
18. USC
19. Pittsburgh
20. Oregon State
21. Kentucky
22. Syracuse
23. Penn State
24. Washington University
25. Arizona State
26. Houston
27. Illinois
28. Purdue
29. UCLA
30. Oregon
31. Colorado
32. Stanford
33. Mississippi Southern
34. Vanderbilt
35. Tulane
36. Northwestern
37. Arkansas
38. Rice
39. Wisconsin
40. California
41. Navy
42. Virginia Tech
43. Clemson
44. Florida State
45. Army
46. South Carolina
47. Mississippi State
48. LSU
49. SMU
50. Southeastern Louisiana
51. Georgia
52. Missouri
53. West Texas
54. Alabama
55. Villanova
56. Pacific
57. Texas
58. Wake Forest
59. Maryland
60. Tulsa
61. North Carolina
62.
63.
64. Kansas
65. West Virginia
66. Washington State
67. Oklahoma A&M
68. Yale
69. Texas Tech
70. Notre Dame
71. Xavier
72. NC State
73. Wyoming
74.
75. Utah
76.
77.
78. Virginia
79.
80. Hardin Simmons
81. Arizona
82. George Washington
83. Boston College
84. Miami (OH)
85. Nebraska
86. Indiana
87.
88. Bowling Green
89.
90.
91.
92. Memphis State
93. Holy Cross
94. Cincinnati
95.
96. Princeton
97. Chattanooga

References

  1. ^ "1956 Preseason AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "September 24, 1956 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "October 1, 1956 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "October 8, 1956 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "October 15, 1956 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  6. ^ "October 22, 1956 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  7. ^ "October 29, 1956 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  8. ^ "November 5, 1956 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  9. ^ "November 12, 1956 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  10. ^ "November 19, 1956 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  11. ^ "November 26, 1956 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  12. ^ "1956 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  13. ^ a b "Final UP poll". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. December 4, 1956. p. 3B.
  14. ^ a b Miller, Norman (December 4, 1956). "Oklahoma voted grid champion in final AP and UP polls". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). United Press. p. 23.
  15. Newspapers.com
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