College Football 1956
Ranking of Teams in each division

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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No Division Affiliation [NoDivi]	-	College Football 1956

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1956 - Ranking of teams in No Division Affiliation based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Team	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
7	26.43	3	33.16	1	23.33	Minnesota	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	Louisiana State	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	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	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	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	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	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	11	10-1-0	29	11	10-1-0	SEC
17	21.02	22	18.27	30	37.44	Ohio State	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	10	8-1-1	32	10	8-1-1	SWIC
18	19.90	18	20.16	33	39.05	Oregon State	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	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	10	8-2-0	40	10	8-2-0	PCC
8	26.14	14	22.45	41	43.22	Michigan State	9	7-2-0	41	9	7-2-0	BIG 10
6	26.91	5	30.58	42	43.65	Texas A&M	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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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       Soren Sorensen  -  Updated Tue Mar  3 22:04:11 2026

College Football 1956Ranking of Teams in each division

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 Teams in each division

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