College Football 1956
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1956/9/15 and 1956/12/8
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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

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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 Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1956
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1956/9/15 and 1956/12/8
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)