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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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

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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)