October 8, 1956 AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)		Conf		WLT		PTS		CP		Last Week
1	<  1		Oklahoma (76)		Big 7		2-0		1185				W 66-0 vs Kansas State
2	<  2		Michigan State (32)		Big Ten		2-0		1065
3	<  3		Georgia Tech (4)		SEC		2-0		793
4	<  8		TCU (7)		SWC		2-0		740				W 41-6 vs Arkansas
5	<  4		Ohio State (1)		Big Ten		2-0		735
6	<  9		Tennessee (5)		SEC		2-0		588
7	<  6		Mississippi (2)		SEC		3-0		483
8	<  10		USC		PCC		3-0		313
9	<  11		Texas A&M		SWC		3-0		165
10	<  16		Baylor		SWC		3-0		150
11	<  13		Miami (FL) (1)		Ind		2-0		137
12	<  5		Michigan		Big Ten		1-1		109
13	<  18		Vanderbilt		SEC		3-0		107				W 32-7 at Alabama
14	<  NR		Navy (MD)		Ind		2-0		83
15	<  15		Army (NY)		Ind		2-0		82
16	<  NR		George Washington (DC) (1)		Southern		3-0		79				W 13-7 vs Hardin-Simmons
17	<  NR		Minnesota		Big Ten		2-0		75
18	<  17		Notre Dame		Ind		1-1		55
19	<  12		SMU		SWC		2-1		53
20	<  NR		South Carolina		ACC		3-1		21				W 14-0 vs North Carolina
20	<  NR		West Virginia		Southern		2-1		21
NR	<  13		Illinois		Big Ten
NR	<  20		Iowa		Big Ten
NR	<  7		Pittsburgh		Ind
NR	<  18		Syracuse		Ind

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NOTES
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- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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