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1956 College Football School Ratings

1955 CFB School Ratings 1957 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Paul Hornung (Notre Dame)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma

AP Final #1: Oklahoma

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

111 Schools

111 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Georgia Tech	SEC	4	10	1	0	8.94	14.87	23.80	38.34	-8.58
2	Tennessee	SEC	2	10	1	0	13.87	9.39	23.26	40.14	-3.79
3	Michigan	Big Ten	7	7	2	0	15.62	7.10	22.71	42.58	-1.09
4	Oklahoma	Big 7	1	10	0	0	10.29	10.79	21.08	54.48	-4.46
5	Texas A&M	SWC	5	9	0	1	9.51	10.68	20.18	35.64	-4.32
6	Iowa	Big Ten	3	9	1	0	8.03	11.47	19.50	35.15	-4.81
7	Minnesota	Big Ten	12	6	1	2	6.51	12.56	19.07	31.23	-6.87
8	Michigan State	Big Ten	9	7	2	0	8.68	10.29	18.97	38.27	-4.41
9	Baylor	SWC	11	9	2	0	5.51	12.40	17.91	31.67	-6.57
10	Miami (FL)	Ind	6	8	1	1	5.68	11.04	16.72	31.50	-4.83
11	Ohio State	Big Ten	15	6	3	0	5.91	10.73	16.64	31.66	-5.33
12	Texas Christian	SWC	14	8	3	0	5.98	9.44	15.42	34.40	-3.40
13	USC	PCC	18	8	2	0	7.95	6.72	14.67	33.75	-0.50
14	Ole Miss	SEC		7	3	0	5.27	9.34	14.62	33.87	-2.85
15	Florida	SEC		6	3	1	5.40	9.17	14.57	31.73	-2.71
16	Pitt	Ind	13	7	3	1	5.75	8.79	14.55	31.12	-3.89
17	Syracuse	Ind	8	7	2	0	9.60	3.11	12.71	37.49	2.16
18	Duke	ACC		5	4	1	4.85	7.62	12.47	33.82	-1.47
19	Oregon State	PCC	10	7	3	1	7.31	5.06	12.37	32.12	0.08
20	Penn State	Ind		6	2	1	2.57	9.63	12.20	30.73	-3.29
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Auburn	SEC		7	3	0	4.92	6.72	11.65	32.32	-0.30
22	UCLA	PCC		7	3	0	1.38	9.61	10.99	27.16	-3.14
23	Washington	PCC		5	5	0	10.43	-0.33	10.10	37.45	6.82
24	Houston	MVC		7	2	1	3.75	6.34	10.09	30.15	-0.04
25	Kentucky	SEC		6	4	0	1.09	8.86	9.95	26.91	-2.30
26	Oregon	PCC		4	4	2	-1.28	11.06	9.78	25.96	-5.18
27	Arkansas	SWC		6	4	0	4.21	5.35	9.56	29.83	2.29
28	Purdue	Big Ten		3	4	2	4.41	5.11	9.52	29.71	-0.37
29	Colorado	Big 7	20	8	2	1	5.71	3.72	9.43	35.59	2.09
30	Arizona State	BIAA		9	1	0	3.34	5.63	8.97	34.61	0.63
31	UTEP	BIAA		9	2	0	2.52	6.44	8.96	33.89	-0.37
32	Northwestern	Big Ten		4	4	1	2.20	6.38	8.57	26.46	-0.23
33	Illinois	Big Ten		2	5	2	4.75	3.68	8.43	31.03	1.17
34	Clemson	ACC	19	7	2	2	2.34	5.68	8.01	27.49	0.28
35	Navy	Ind	16	6	1	2	2.28	5.66	7.94	29.31	1.56
36	Virginia Tech	Southern		7	2	1	4.93	2.91	7.84	34.85	3.72
37	Tulane	SEC		6	4	0	0.76	6.55	7.31	26.25	-0.69
38	Army	Ind		5	3	1	5.15	1.85	7.00	33.56	5.56
39	Stanford	PCC		4	6	0	9.71	-3.08	6.63	35.62	7.44
40	Rice	SWC		4	6	0	3.96	2.58	6.54	29.95	3.84
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	South Carolina	ACC		7	3	0	-1.04	7.18	6.14	24.30	-0.61
42	Yale	Ivy		8	1	0	5.00	0.64	5.64	27.16	9.48
43	West Texas State	BIAA		8	2	0	3.10	2.40	5.50	32.88	4.64
44	Wisconsin	Big Ten		1	5	3	-1.34	6.63	5.30	26.04	0.61
45	Vanderbilt	SEC		5	5	0	0.49	4.57	5.06	27.24	1.91
46	California	PCC		3	7	0	3.21	1.78	4.99	29.16	3.34
47	SMU	SWC		4	6	0	3.88	0.40	4.28	27.82	4.76
48	Missouri	Big 7		4	5	1	2.36	1.52	3.88	30.30	5.98
49	West Virginia	Southern		6	4	0	-0.97	4.48	3.51	23.45	1.20
50	Florida State	Ind		5	4	1	1.21	1.88	3.09	28.31	4.19
51	LSU	SEC		3	7	0	2.31	0.72	3.03	27.23	5.98
52	George Washington	Southern	17	8	1	1	-1.17	3.93	2.77	22.32	2.56
53	Mississippi State	SEC		4	6	0	1.48	0.63	2.11	26.85	5.69
54	Wyoming	Skyline		10	0	0	1.31	0.36	1.67	25.41	7.16
55	Georgia	SEC		3	6	1	-2.72	3.58	0.87	22.42	3.65
56	Tulsa	MVC		7	2	1	-5.40	5.50	0.10	20.77	1.13
57	Villanova	Ind		5	4	0	-1.69	1.75	0.07	24.82	4.30
58	Pacific	Ind		6	3	1	2.22	-2.43	-0.22	26.64	8.29
59	Maryland	ACC		2	7	1	-2.58	2.22	-0.36	23.44	4.60
60	Oklahoma State	MVC		3	5	2	-2.64	2.27	-0.37	23.02	5.86
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Princeton	Ivy		7	2	0	2.72	-3.85	-1.13	26.09	14.05
62	Kansas	Big 7		3	6	1	3.45	-4.61	-1.16	28.20	8.45
63	Notre Dame	Ind		2	8	0	2.54	-3.78	-1.25	28.51	12.38
64	Utah	Skyline		5	5	0	1.40	-3.08	-1.68	26.90	9.91
65	Texas	SWC		1	9	0	1.92	-3.67	-1.76	27.31	11.02
66	Nebraska	Big 7		4	6	0	-1.23	-0.57	-1.79	23.02	7.46
67	Wake Forest	ACC		2	5	3	-6.27	4.38	-1.89	20.83	0.98
68	North Carolina	ACC		2	7	1	-2.07	-0.12	-2.19	23.79	5.60
69	North Carolina State	ACC		3	7	0	-2.73	0.52	-2.21	23.09	7.21
70	North Texas	Ind		7	2	1	-4.19	1.97	-2.23	23.99	7.82
71	Texas Tech	Ind		2	7	1	0.75	-3.04	-2.29	26.43	8.65
72	Idaho	PCC		4	5	0	2.81	-5.26	-2.45	29.98	14.13
73	Washington State	PCC		3	6	1	2.09	-4.58	-2.48	27.31	11.32
74	Alabama	SEC		2	7	1	-1.53	-1.56	-3.10	23.48	7.87
75	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		4	6	0	1.56	-4.83	-3.27	26.59	11.75
76	Indiana	Big Ten		3	6	0	2.75	-6.51	-3.76	27.27	15.70
77	Virginia	ACC		3	7	0	-3.62	-0.36	-3.98	21.27	7.01
78	Holy Cross	Ind		5	3	1	-4.48	0.43	-4.05	20.73	8.25
79	Colgate	Ind		4	5	0	1.56	-6.13	-4.57	27.20	17.98
80	Dartmouth	Ivy		5	3	1	-7.00	2.20	-4.81	14.28	7.88
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Kansas State	Big 7		3	7	0	-0.85	-4.06	-4.91	23.80	13.34
82	Brown	Ivy		5	4	0	-7.53	2.37	-5.16	13.39	7.62
83	Arizona	BIAA		4	6	0	-3.51	-2.92	-6.42	25.41	8.76
84	Boston College	Ind		5	4	0	-7.15	0.57	-6.58	19.75	7.31
85	Davidson	Southern		5	3	1	-4.33	-3.60	-7.93	22.65	12.28
86	Cincinnati	Ind		4	5	0	-2.64	-5.30	-7.94	20.97	13.03
87	Denver	Skyline		6	4	0	0.89	-9.99	-9.10	24.81	17.55
88	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		3	6	1	-2.81	-6.43	-9.24	23.74	15.54
89	Boston University	Ind		1	5	2	-3.48	-5.85	-9.32	21.64	13.60
90	Richmond	Southern		4	5	0	-5.78	-4.20	-9.98	21.32	12.40
91	The Citadel	Southern		3	5	1	-6.24	-3.89	-10.13	19.49	13.73
92	Furman	Southern		2	8	0	-8.47	-1.71	-10.19	16.59	11.62
93	Utah State	Skyline		6	4	0	-3.35	-7.47	-10.82	21.85	14.59
94	Pennsylvania	Ivy		4	5	0	-6.56	-4.43	-10.99	15.63	19.61
95	Iowa State	Big 7		2	8	0	-7.50	-3.57	-11.07	17.40	13.46
96	Harvard	Ivy		2	6	0	-0.28	-13.28	-13.56	20.92	23.97
97	Wichita State	MVC		4	6	0	-7.19	-6.77	-13.96	17.25	14.32
98	New Mexico	Skyline		4	6	0	-5.97	-8.41	-14.39	18.05	15.40
99	Dayton	Ind		4	6	0	-8.98	-5.45	-14.42	14.21	13.96
100	Cornell	Ivy		1	8	0	-7.35	-9.12	-16.47	13.65	19.00
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Columbia	Ivy		3	6	0	-8.73	-7.85	-16.58	12.59	23.18
102	William & Mary	Southern		0	9	1	-7.70	-9.02	-16.71	16.98	16.77
103	Detroit Mercy	MVC		2	8	0	-8.85	-8.40	-17.25	14.81	15.35
104	San Jose State	Ind		2	7	1	-3.72	-13.97	-17.68	21.15	23.19
105	New Mexico State	BIAA		1	9	0	-6.93	-11.17	-18.10	19.67	20.81
106	BYU	Skyline		2	7	1	-9.00	-10.75	-19.75	15.29	19.70
107	Colorado State	Skyline		2	7	1	-5.47	-14.54	-20.01	18.81	25.39
108	Rutgers	Ind		3	7	0	-10.27	-10.47	-20.74	12.00	22.00
109	Marquette	Ind		0	9	0	-9.23	-13.47	-22.70	15.23	27.87
110	Drake	Ind		3	6	0	-5.05	-17.69	-22.74	19.04	28.13
111	Montana	Skyline		1	9	0	-10.27	-13.02	-23.29	14.07	21.40