October 15, 1956 AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

WLT

PTS

CP

Last Week

1

<  1

Oklahoma (67)

Big 7

3-0

1173

W 45-0 vs Texas

2

<  2

Michigan State (45)

Big Ten

3-0

1148

3

<  3

Georgia Tech (5)

SEC

3-0

900

4

<  4

TCU (2)

SWC

3-0

751

W 23-6 at Alabama

5

<  5

Ohio State

Big Ten

3-0

721

6

<  7

Mississippi (7)

SEC

4-0

552

7

<  6

Tennessee (3)

SEC

3-0

531

8

<  12

Michigan

Big Ten

2-1

411

9

<  8

USC

PCC

3-0

272

10

<  10

Baylor

SWC

4-0

168

11

<  11

Miami (FL) (1)

Ind

3-0

139

12

<  NR

Iowa

Big Ten

3-0

72

13

<  NR

Syracuse

Ind

2-1

58

14

<  9

Texas A&M

SWC

3-0-1

41

15

<  NR

Clemson

ACC

3-0-1

32

16

<  NR

Pittsburgh

Ind

2-1

30

17

<  NR

Purdue

Big Ten

2-1

26

18

<  NR

Virginia Tech

Southern

4-1

20

19

<  NR

Tulane (LA)

SEC

3-1

19

W 21-6 vs Navy

20

<  20

South Carolina

ACC

4-1

16

W 27-13 at Virginia

NR

<  15

Army (NY)

Ind

NR

<  16

George Washington (DC)

Southern

NR

<  17

Minnesota

Big Ten

NR

<  14

Navy (MD)

Ind

NR

<  18

Notre Dame

Ind

NR

<  19

SMU

SWC

NR

<  13

Vanderbilt

SEC

NR

<  20

West Virginia

Southern

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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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