1956 independent Year Summary

Record: 97-97-14, .500 W-L% (6th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -2.84 (8th of 12), SOS: -2.59 (7th of 12)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Army, Miami (FL), Notre Dame and Pitt)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Miami (FL), Navy, Pitt and Syracuse)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Miami (FL)	8	1	1	.850					16.1	5.3	16.72	5.92	18	6	6
Navy	6	1	2	.778					23.0	8.4	7.94	-3.39		12	16
Syracuse	7	2	0	.778					25.6	13.0	12.71	3.82		7	8
North Texas	7	2	1	.750					18.8	13.1	-2.23	-6.53
Penn State	6	2	1	.722					19.7	6.7	12.20	3.09		12
Pitt	7	3	1	.682					14.2	10.8	14.55	11.00	10	7	13
Pacific	6	3	1	.650					24.1	14.8	-0.22	-8.02
Army	5	3	1	.611					24.8	17.0	7.00	2.56	11	11
Holy Cross	5	3	1	.611					15.8	13.7	-4.05	-5.72
Boston College	5	4	0	.556					16.6	10.1	-6.58	-9.47
Villanova	5	4	0	.556					16.9	10.2	0.07	-3.93
Florida State	5	4	1	.550					17.8	11.6	3.09	-0.51
Cincinnati	4	5	0	.444					17.3	15.6	-7.94	-9.83
Colgate	4	5	0	.444					22.3	23.8	-4.57	-4.02
Dayton	4	6	0	.400					10.6	16.2	-14.42	-10.12
Drake	3	6	0	.333					18.9	29.2	-22.74	-14.08
Rutgers	3	7	0	.300					11.7	24.0	-20.74	-11.54
Boston University	1	5	2	.250					12.0	20.8	-9.32	-1.70
San Jose State	2	7	1	.250					18.6	30.1	-17.68	-7.48
Texas Tech	2	7	1	.250					11.7	21.6	-2.29	6.81
Notre Dame	2	8	0	.200					13.0	28.9	-1.25	10.46	3	3
Marquette	0	9	0	.000					8.0	33.7	-22.70	-4.37