Standings
| 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 |
| Oregon State | 7 | 3 | 1 | .682 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .813 | 18.5 | 15.1 | 12.37 | 8.64 | 10 | 10 | ||
| USC | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 21.8 | 12.6 | 14.67 | 5.47 | 15 | 6 | 18 | |
| UCLA | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 14.8 | 12.2 | 10.99 | 7.59 | 17 | 17 | ||
| Oregon | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 13.3 | 10.2 | 9.78 | 7.88 | 18 | |||
| Washington | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 23.2 | 20.6 | 10.10 | 8.20 | ||||
| Stanford | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 21.8 | 21.3 | 6.63 | 7.83 | 14 | 10 | ||
| Washington State | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .313 | 16.3 | 24.7 | -2.48 | 4.92 | ||||
| California | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 13.5 | 18.1 | 4.99 | 10.29 | ||||
| Idaho | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 22.0 | 23.9 | -2.45 | -1.23 | ||||
1 Bowl Game
- Number in parentheses indicates AP rank at time of bowl game
| Date | Bowl | Pts | Pts | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957-01-01 | Rose Bowl | Iowa (3) | 35 | Oregon State (11) | 19 | Pasadena, CA |
1956 Conference Leaders