1956 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 25, 1956By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1956 Season Tags: • No Comments

1956 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	52	0.501	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 45–0
2	93	0.560	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 39–0
3	4	0.589	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wichita State 37–9
4	63	0.599	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 35–0
5	77	0.629	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 32–0
6	90	0.629	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 53–21
7	22	0.688	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mississippi State 26–0
8	86	0.688	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 18–0
9	60	0.697	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 39–14
10	79	0.707	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas 44–20
11	-10	0.737	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
12	48	0.746	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Carolina 26–6
13	53	0.746	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 27–7
14	64	0.756	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Drake 26–7
15	70	0.756	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Villanova 19–0
16	-8	0.796	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hardin Simmons 21–6
17	70	0.796	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 21–14
18	62	0.805	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 40–26
19	62	0.805	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland 26–12
20	72	0.805	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia 14–0
21	6	0.815	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marquette 20–7
22	12	0.864	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kentucky 14–6
23	35	0.864	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico State 14–6
24	51	0.874	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Alabama 20–13
25	1	0.884	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cincinnati 19–13
26	42	0.884	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 19–13
27	52	0.884	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Notre Dame 19–13
28	60	0.884	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 13–7
29	-25	0.889	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Denver 18–13
30	61	0.904	UTEP	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Tech 17–13
31	-26	0.913	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
32	-21	0.933	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 7–6
33	39	0.933	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia 14–13
34	75	1.370	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arizona 26–20
35	-26	1.393	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
36	-26	1.393	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
37	-25	1.393	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
38	-25	1.393	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
39	-25	1.393	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
40	-23	1.393	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	44	0	Tied Newberry 20–20
41	-22	1.393	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
42	-20	1.393	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
43	-20	1.393	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
44	-20	1.393	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
45	-14	1.393	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
46	-10	1.393	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
47	-10	1.393	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
48	-10	1.393	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
49	-9	1.393	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
50	-9	1.393	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
51	-9	1.393	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
52	-6	1.393	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
53	-4	1.393	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
54	-4	1.393	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
55	-4	1.393	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
56	-4	1.393	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
57	-1	1.393	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
58	4	1.393	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
59	5	1.393	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
60	5	1.393	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
61	9	1.393	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
62	9	1.393	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
63	10	1.393	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
64	10	1.393	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
65	18	1.393	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
66	34	1.393	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
67	34	1.393	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	80	0	BYE
68	43	1.473	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Duke 7–0
69	-54	1.654	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Baylor 6–7
70	28	1.654	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 13–14
71	-69	1.744	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Wyoming 20–26
72	30	1.782	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	49	0	Lost to Utah State 13–18
73	13	1.782	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to UTEP 13–17
74	-44	1.807	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 47–7
75	1	1.827	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 38–0
76	-60	1.868	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Dayton 13–19
77	-22	1.868	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Oregon State 13–19
78	-15	1.868	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to SMU 13–19
79	11	1.868	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to UCLA 7–13
80	-74	1.911	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Rice 13–20
81	-53	1.911	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to South Carolina 0–7
82	-25	1.925	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 34–6
83	-38	1.954	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–14
84	26	1.959	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mcmurry 33–7
85	-67	2.004	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 27–7
86	-9	2.004	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio Wesleyan 33–13
87	-84	2.031	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Arizona State 9–37
88	-63	2.063	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Catawba 20–6
89	14	2.146	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	49	0	Lost to San José State 7–26
90	-43	2.168	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Detroit Mercy 7–20
91	-59	2.190	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 7–6
92	-59	2.211	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–14
93	-45	2.211	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Syracuse 12–26
94	3	2.211	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Stanford 26–40
95	11	2.232	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	49	0	Lost to New Mexico 6–14
96	-61	2.254	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Arkansas 6–21
97	-4	2.425	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Texas A&M 0–19
98	-54	2.468	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–27
99	-40	2.468	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to NC State 6–26
100	-16	2.639	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to USC 20–44
101	-80	2.682	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Pacific 14–39
102	-48	2.725	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Florida 0–26
103	5	2.949	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Tulane 14–21
104	-65	2.982	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Washington 21–53
105	-62	2.982	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to TCU 0–32
106	1	3.016	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Virginia 0–18
107	-87	3.111	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Oregon 0–35
108	-9	3.282	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Wake Forest 0–39
109	-48	3.539	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	49	0	Lost to Ole Miss 0–45
110	-5	5.939	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	49	-1	BYE
111	-7	8.768	BYU	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	49	-1	Lost to Fresno State 13–26