Standings
Overall | Conference | Points Per Game | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||
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School | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Off | Def | SRS | SOS | AP Pre | AP High | AP Rank | Notes |
Ole Miss | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 24.1 | 10.0 | 18.88 | 5.70 | 15 | 8 | 10 | |
Auburn | 8 | 2 | 1 | .773 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .786 | 20.4 | 11.2 | 9.49 | 1.67 | 17 | 8 | 8 | |
Georgia Tech | 9 | 1 | 1 | .864 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 17.2 | 4.2 | 17.36 | 6.00 | 10 | 2 | 7 | |
Tennessee | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .583 | 18.8 | 9.2 | 7.79 | 2.09 | 17 | |||
Vanderbilt | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 21.8 | 7.8 | 11.33 | 1.15 | 19 | |||
Kentucky | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .500 | 17.8 | 13.1 | 9.49 | 4.59 | 17 | |||
Mississippi State | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 17.3 | 14.2 | 6.05 | 3.85 | 18 | |||
Tulane | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .500 | 16.3 | 13.6 | 5.78 | 3.08 | ||||
LSU | 3 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .417 | 13.9 | 14.9 | 9.62 | 11.12 | 16 | |||
Florida | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 11.1 | 12.6 | 6.30 | 8.70 | 19 | |||
Georgia | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 17.3 | 17.0 | 4.69 | 5.19 | ||||
Alabama | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 4.8 | 25.6 | -10.57 | 10.03 |
3 Bowl Games
- Number in parentheses indicates AP rank at time of bowl game
Date | Bowl | Pts | Pts | Notes | ||
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1956-01-02 | Cotton Bowl | Mississippi (15) | 14 | Texas Christian (7) | 13 | Dallas, TX |
1956-01-02 | Sugar Bowl | Georgia Tech (9) | 7 | Pittsburgh (13) | 0 | New Orleans, LA |
1955-12-31 | Gator Bowl | Vanderbilt (19) | 25 | Auburn (10) | 13 | Jacksonville, FL |
Award Winners
Award | Name | School |
---|---|---|
SEC Player of the Year | Johnny Majors | Tennessee |
SEC Coach of the Year | John Vaught | Ole Miss |
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