College Football 1956
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1956/9/15 and 1956/12/8
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1956 - Ranking of No Division Affiliation teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
7	26.43	3	33.16	1	23.33	Minnesota	12	10	9	6-1-2	1	9	6-1-2	BIG 10
64	-0.02	66	-1.49	2	23.60	Texas			10	1-9-0	2	10	1-9-0	SWAC
46	7.18	45	6.81	3	25.35	LSU			10	3-7-0	3	10	3-7-0	SEC
35	12.13	43	7.74	4	25.44	Illinois			9	2-5-2	4	9	2-5-2	BIG 10
3	28.20	6	29.39	5	26.22	Michigan	7	12	9	7-2-0	5	9	7-2-0	BIG 10
11	23.08	15	22.00	6	26.75	Florida			10	6-3-1	6	10	6-3-1	SEC
53	3.69	50	4.53	7	27.45	Alabama			10	2-7-1	7	10	2-7-1	SEC
19	18.29	16	20.62	8	27.70	Kentucky			10	6-4-0	8	10	6-4-0	SEC
2	35.62	2	33.66	9	27.85	Georgia Tech	4	2	11	10-1-0	9	11	10-1-0	SEC
44	8.51	51	4.53	11	28.25	California			10	3-7-0	11	10	3-7-0	PCC
10	24.69	11	22.85	12	29.11	Mississippi			10	7-3-0	12	10	7-3-0	SEC
12	22.64	7	29.30	13	30.05	Pittsburgh	13	20	11	7-3-1	13	11	7-3-1	EIC
50	5.75	44	7.54	14	30.30	Georgia			10	3-6-1	14	10	3-6-1	SEC
59	1.35	56	3.63	15	30.40	Notre Dame		16	10	2-8-0	15	10	2-8-0	EIC
45	7.37	53	3.89	16	30.44	Wisconsin			9	1-5-3	16	9	1-5-3	BIG 10
49	6.21	35	10.26	17	31.80	Southern Methodist			10	4-6-0	17	10	4-6-0	SWAC
5	27.21	4	33.14	18	32.12	Iowa	3	3	10	9-1-0	18	10	9-1-0	BIG 10
61	1.28	54	3.75	19	32.55	Maryland			10	2-7-1	19	10	2-7-1	ACC
37	11.08	46	5.97	20	34.39	Mississippi State			10	4-6-0	20	10	4-6-0	SEC
15	21.52	12	22.85	21	34.70	Auburn			10	7-3-0	21	10	7-3-0	SEC
20	18.08	19	18.98	22	35.45	Tulane			10	6-4-0	22	10	6-4-0	SEC
24	15.67	30	12.69	23	35.80	Washington			10	5-5-0	23	10	5-5-0	PCC
32	13.22	32	11.94	24	35.94	Vanderbilt			10	5-5-0	24	10	5-5-0	SEC
34	12.64	38	9.47	25	36.22	Purdue			9	3-4-2	25	9	3-4-2	BIG 10
31	13.54	37	9.78	26	36.50	Oregon			10	4-4-2	26	10	4-4-2	PCC
40	10.20	40	8.85	27	36.50	Rice			10	4-6-0	27	10	4-6-0	SWAC
33	12.69	48	5.02	28	36.80	Stanford			10	4-6-0	28	10	4-6-0	PCC
1	39.45	1	40.21	29	37.30	Tennessee	2	4	11	10-1-0	29	11	10-1-0	SEC
17	21.02	22	18.27	30	37.44	Ohio State	15	15	9	6-3-0	30	9	6-3-0	BIG 10
30	13.73	29	12.80	31	38.00	Northwestern			9	4-4-1	31	9	4-4-1	BIG 10
4	27.44	8	28.62	32	38.15	Miami (FL)	6	6	10	8-1-1	32	10	8-1-1	SWIC
18	19.90	18	20.16	33	39.05	Oregon State	10	5	11	7-3-1	33	11	7-3-1	PCC
29	14.29	25	15.23	34	39.50	Arkansas			10	6-4-0	34	10	6-4-0	SWAC
75	-3.47	60	2.48	35	39.78	Indiana			9	3-6-0	35	9	3-6-0	BIG 10
22	16.54	24	16.47	36	40.65	UCLA			10	7-3-0	36	10	7-3-0	PCC
16	21.51	13	22.60	38	40.95	Texas Christian	14	14	11	8-3-0	38	11	8-3-0	SWAC
28	15.19	28	13.43	39	41.25	Duke			10	5-4-1	39	10	5-4-1	ACC
13	21.80	10	23.20	40	42.60	Southern California	18	17	10	8-2-0	40	10	8-2-0	PCC
8	26.14	14	22.45	41	43.22	Michigan State	9	8	9	7-2-0	41	9	7-2-0	BIG 10
6	26.91	5	30.58	42	43.65	Texas A&M	5	7	10	9-0-1	42	10	9-0-1	SWAC
71	-2.29	72	-3.22	43	45.70	North Carolina			10	2-7-1	43	10	2-7-1	ACC
65	-0.69	64	-0.97	44	45.85	Washington State			10	3-6-1	44	10	3-6-1	PCC
14	21.79	17	20.51	45	46.00	Baylor	11	11	11	9-2-0	45	11	9-2-0	SWAC
78	-4.26	89	-9.19	46	46.20	Texas Tech			10	2-7-1	46	10	2-7-1	SWIC
73	-2.63	75	-4.15	47	50.05	North Carolina State			10	3-7-0	47	10	3-7-0	ACC
27	15.29	23	18.07	48	50.22	Penn State			9	6-2-1	48	9	6-2-1	EIC
79	-4.59	70	-2.61	49	52.50	Virginia			10	3-7-0	49	10	3-7-0	ACC
51	4.86	58	2.94	50	54.06	Florida State			10	5-4-1	50	10	5-4-1	SWIC
43	8.68	31	12.59	51	54.94	Army			9	5-3-1	52	9	5-3-1	EIC
84	-6.38	71	-2.92	52	54.94	Nebraska			10	4-6-0	51	10	4-6-0	BIG 7
21	17.78	9	23.61	53	55.06	Syracuse	8	13	9	7-2-0	53	9	7-2-0	EIC
57	1.84	69	-2.33	54	55.83	Missouri			10	4-5-1	54	10	4-5-1	BIG 7
36	12.11	26	14.55	55	56.70	South Carolina			10	7-3-0	55	10	7-3-0	ACC
66	-0.97	77	-4.38	56	57.05	Wake Forest			10	2-5-3	56	10	2-5-3	ACC
95	-13.36	90	-9.42	57	57.06	Furman			10	2-8-0	57	10	2-8-0	SoCon
26	15.36	27	13.52	58	57.90	Houston			10	7-2-1	58	10	7-2-1	MVC
67	-1.23	80	-5.74	59	58.05	Kansas			10	3-6-1	59	10	3-6-1	BIG 7
25	15.38	20	18.90	60	58.35	Clemson	19		11	7-2-2	60	11	7-2-2	ACC
56	1.87	47	5.51	61	59.17	North Texas			10	7-2-1	61	10	7-2-1	SWIC
52	4.58	39	9.38	62	60.15	West Virginia			10	6-4-0	62	10	6-4-0	SoCon
72	-2.33	82	-6.74	63	63.15	Oklahoma State			10	3-5-2	63	10	3-5-2	MVC
87	-9.39	93	-11.37	64	64.15	Kansas State			10	3-7-0	64	10	3-7-0	BIG 7
74	-3.12	76	-4.25	66	64.39	Idaho			9	4-5-0	66	9	4-5-0	PCC
90	-11.38	91	-10.01	68	66.31	Colgate			9	4-5-0	68	9	4-5-0	EIC
38	10.96	33	11.71	69	67.39	Navy	16	19	9	6-1-2	69	9	6-1-2	EIC
54	3.52	73	-3.53	70	67.83	Southern Mississippi			4	1-2-1	70	4	1-2-1	Major-Ind
114	-26.81	116	-31.00	71	68.64	New Mexico State			10	1-9-0	71	10	1-9-0	BC
101	-17.13	103	-17.85	72	69.50	Iowa State			10	2-8-0	72	10	2-8-0	BIG 7
89	-10.50	63	-0.16	73	69.50	Pennsylvania			9	4-5-0	73	9	4-5-0	Ivy
93	-12.05	98	-15.30	74	70.78	Arizona			10	4-6-0	74	10	4-6-0	BC
41	8.98	42	7.99	75	71.39	Virginia Tech			10	7-2-1	75	10	7-2-1	SoCon
9	26.10	21	18.87	77	72.55	Oklahoma	1	1	10	10-0-0	77	10	10-0-0	BIG 7
109	-23.72	109	-21.98	78	73.11	Cornell			9	1-8-0	78	9	1-8-0	Ivy
48	6.54	49	4.55	80	74.80	Colorado	20	18	11	8-2-1	80	11	8-2-1	BIG 7
76	-3.79	67	-1.50	81	76.38	Holy Cross			9	5-3-1	81	9	5-3-1	EIC
104	-20.06	92	-11.07	82	76.94	Columbia			9	3-6-0	82	9	3-6-0	Ivy
100	-16.77	96	-14.86	85	77.57	Harvard			8	2-6-0	85	8	2-6-0	Ivy
96	-13.66	99	-15.50	86	78.28	Dayton			10	4-6-0	86	10	4-6-0	EIC
83	-5.98	88	-8.99	87	78.85	Utah			10	5-5-0	87	10	5-5-0	MSC
85	-7.35	94	-12.53	89	79.17	Cincinnati			9	4-5-0	89	9	4-5-0	EIC
122	-37.05	122	-37.86	90	79.17	Presbyterian			3	0-3-0	90	3	0-3-0	Major-Ind
23	15.95	36	10.05	91	79.22	Texas El Paso			11	9-2-0	91	11	9-2-0	BC
81	-5.12	68	-2.03	92	79.75	Dartmouth			9	5-3-1	92	9	5-3-1	Ivy
86	-8.77	81	-5.91	94	81.00	Brown			9	5-4-0	94	9	5-4-0	Ivy
110	-24.10	114	-27.95	95	81.69	San Jose State			10	2-7-1	95	10	2-7-1	SWIC
58	1.64	74	-4.01	98	83.17	Miami (OH)			3	2-1-0	98	3	2-1-0	Major-Ind
39	10.89	41	8.13	101	84.65	Arizona State		9	10	9-1-0	101	10	9-1-0	BC
88	-9.50	85	-8.00	104	85.64	Boston College			9	5-4-0	104	9	5-4-0	EIC
113	-26.11	111	-23.25	105	85.85	Colorado State			10	2-7-1	105	10	2-7-1	MSC
69	-1.98	59	2.87	106	86.67	Princeton			9	7-2-0	106	9	7-2-0	Ivy
63	0.92	62	0.32	108	86.70	Tulsa			10	7-2-1	108	10	7-2-1	MVC
121	-34.37	121	-33.57	109	87.17	San Diego State			3	0-2-1	109	3	0-2-1	Major-Ind
115	-27.90	110	-23.10	110	90.83	Rutgers			10	3-7-0	110	10	3-7-0	EIC
91	-11.88	102	-17.49	112	93.88	Fresno State			4	2-2-0	112	4	2-2-0	Major-Ind
119	-30.71	117	-31.80	113	94.39	Montana			10	1-9-0	113	10	1-9-0	MSC
105	-20.90	108	-21.87	114	95.50	Citadel			9	3-5-1	114	9	3-5-1	SoCon
94	-12.54	87	-8.91	115	96.00	Lehigh			3	2-1-0	115	3	2-1-0	Major-Ind
107	-22.43	112	-24.81	116	96.30	New Mexico			10	4-6-0	116	10	4-6-0	MSC
117	-29.24	120	-33.31	117	96.94	Brigham Young			10	2-7-1	117	10	2-7-1	MSC
97	-15.28	95	-13.70	118	99.10	Utah State			10	6-4-0	118	10	6-4-0	MSC
60	1.34	52	3.92	120	102.94	Wyoming			10	10-0-0	120	10	10-0-0	MSC
111	-24.80	106	-20.86	121	103.36	Davidson			9	5-3-1	121	9	5-3-1	SoCon
120	-31.23	119	-32.77	122	103.60	Drake			9	3-6-0	122	9	3-6-0	SWIC

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College Football 1956Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1956/9/15 and 1956/12/8Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1956
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1956/9/15 and 1956/12/8
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)