1956 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 9, 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	4	0.673	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Purdue 21–14
2	1	0.820	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Stanford 32–20
3	28	0.850	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Penn State 14–7
4	17	0.879	TCU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Arkansas 41–6
5	11	0.963	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	BYE
6	11	0.966	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Houston 14–0
7	17	0.987	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Duke 33–20
8	-2	1.036	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Boston College 27–6
9	-1	1.075	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Michigan 9–0
10	-8	1.115	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–0–1	0.833	25	+2	Beat Stetson 40–6
11	-4	1.129	USC	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Wisconsin 13–6
12	7	1.287	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 66–0
13	-9	1.292	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Columbia 39–0
14	0	1.339	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas Tech 40–7
15	24	1.349	UTEP	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico 34–0
16	-15	1.376	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–1	0.500	50	+2	Lost to Michigan State 0–9
17	16	1.388	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Maryland 14–0
18	8	1.418	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico State 28–7
19	10	1.439	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	25	+1	Beat Cincinnati 21–15
20	5	1.454	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oregon State 14–13
21	30	1.478	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Brown 20–2
22	8	1.512	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Colorado State 20–12
23	-1	1.539	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Alabama 32–7
24	4	1.596	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell 14–0
25	21	1.670	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–0–1	0.833	25	+1	Beat NC State 13–7
26	-6	1.695	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	50	+1	Lost to Army 7–14
27	10	1.709	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 23–14
28	-19	1.713	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	32	+3	Lost to TCU 6–41
29	11	1.738	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Hardin Simmons 13–7
30	12	1.882	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
31	23	1.931	UCLA	PAC	2–1	0.667	32	+3	Beat Oregon 6–0
32	26	1.944	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Illinois 28–13
33	-20	1.969	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	32	+3	Lost to UTEP 0–34
34	26	2.034	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Missouri 33–27
35	-23	2.069	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Lost to UCLA 0–6
36	12	2.072	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	28	0	Tied William & Mary 18–18
37	32	2.183	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Beat Northwestern 20–13
38	14	2.204	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	50	+1	BYE
39	6	2.264	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–2	0.333	71	+2	Lost to Ohio State 20–32
40	27	2.304	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	28	+1	Beat Florida State 20–7
41	-31	2.335	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Lost to California 0–14
42	-4	2.357	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Texas 7–6
43	14	2.358	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	28	+2	Beat Arizona 12–7
44	11	2.367	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–1	0.750	28	+1	Beat North Carolina 14–0
45	-10	2.497	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	50	+1	Lost to Ole Miss 0–14
46	-31	2.524	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1	0.500	50	0	Lost to USC 6–13
47	28	2.576	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Iowa State 9–7
48	17	2.587	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–2	0.333	71	+1	Lost to Tennessee 20–33
49	17	2.591	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	50	0	Beat Colgate 20–6
50	34	2.680	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat BYU 41–6
51	8	2.747	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat Wichita State 32–6
52	29	2.755	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–2	0.333	71	+1	Beat Florida 17–8
53	37	2.777	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1	0.500	50	0	Beat Furman 41–0
54	38	2.846	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Wake Forest 7–6
55	-8	2.858	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	71	+1	Lost to Pacific 15–21
56	-20	2.877	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	50	0	Lost to Minnesota 14–21
57	-25	2.888	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	50	0	Lost to Yale 2–20
58	14	2.900	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat Idaho 33–19
59	5	2.980	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat Kansas 26–25
60	-7	2.987	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	71	+1	Lost to West Virginia 6–7
61	22	3.027	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	32	-2	Beat Marquette 54–0
62	18	3.030	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat Presbyterian 26–6
63	7	3.107	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–2	0.333	71	+1	Beat Pittsburgh 14–0
64	-8	3.114	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	50	-1	Lost to Utah State 7–12
65	-24	3.127	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	50	0	BYE
66	33	3.197	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	50	0	Beat Richmond 35–20
67	-4	3.241	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–2	0.333	71	0	Lost to Iowa 13–14
68	-34	3.246	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–1	0.500	50	0	Lost to Washington 13–28
69	-1	3.250	LSU	SEC	0–2	0.000	95	0	Lost to Rice 14–23
70	-59	3.271	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–1	0.500	50	0	Lost to Tulane 13–20
71	-53	3.335	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Lost to Southern Miss 6–23
72	24	3.500	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	50	0	Beat Dartmouth 14–7
73	33	3.557	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	50	-1	Beat Indiana 20–6
74	13	3.610	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	50	-1	BYE
75	-4	3.679	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–2	0.000	95	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 7–32
76	19	3.696	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	71	0	Beat SAN Diego Navy 65–6
77	9	3.700	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–2–1	0.167	91	0	Lost to Wyoming 12–20
78	-16	3.875	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	71	0	Lost to George Washington 7–13
79	-36	3.893	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	95	0	Lost to Miami 6–27
80	-4	3.907	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	95	0	Lost to Texas A&M 7–40
81	8	3.927	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to Clemson 7–13
82	-59	3.933	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	50	-1	Lost to Holy Cross 6–20
83	2	3.942	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	50	-1	BYE
84	-57	3.959	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1–1	0.500	50	-1	Lost to Kentucky 8–17
85	-11	4.038	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–2	0.333	71	0	Lost to Baylor 0–14
86	-36	4.462	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to Mississippi State 7–19
87	-38	4.478	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	50	-1	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–14
88	-27	4.759	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to Nebraska 7–9
89	-11	4.925	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–2	0.333	71	-3	Lost to Virginia 6–7
90	3	5.029	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–2–1	0.167	91	-1	Lost to Colorado 25–26
91	-12	5.045	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Beat Georgia 19–7
92	5	5.217	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	71	-3	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 20–35
93	1	5.327	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	71	-3	Lost to Virginia Tech 7–20
94	8	5.350	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–3	0.250	89	-3	Beat Montana 22–13
95	3	5.632	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	89	-3	Lost to Oklahoma State 6–32
96	-8	5.971	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–2	0.000	95	-1	Lost to Notre Dame 6–20
97	-6	5.993	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	95	-1	Lost to Navy 0–14
98	-21	6.025	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	71	0	Lost to UConn 7–27
99	-26	6.186	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	95	-1	Lost to Auburn 0–41
100	-18	6.357	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	95	-1	Lost to Princeton 0–39
101	0	6.407	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–3	0.000	95	-3	Lost to Washington State 19–33
102	6	6.479	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	95	-2	Lost to Oklahoma 0–66
103	1	6.793	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–3	0.000	95	-3	Lost to South Carolina 0–14
104	1	7.364	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–2–1	0.167	91	-2	Tied Boston University 18–18
105	4	7.504	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–4	0.000	95	-2	Lost to Arizona State 7–28
106	-6	7.579	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	95	-4	Lost to SMU 27–33
107	-4	8.221	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	95	-3	Lost to Tulsa 0–54
108	-1	8.421	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–3	0.000	95	-6	Lost to Denver 13–22
109	1	10.300	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	95	-2	Lost to Bowling Green State 7–46
110	1	10.436	BYU	IND SKY	0–3–1	0.125	94	-4	Lost to Utah 6–41
111	-67	12.764	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	95	0	Lost to Tufts 13–19