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November 12, 1956 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 3 Tennessee (58) SEC 7-0 1446 W 6-0 A #2 Georgia Tech
2 < 1 Oklahoma (92) Big 7 7-0 1444 W 44-0 A Iowa State
3 < 4 Michigan State (3) Big Ten 6-1 993  
4 < 2 Georgia Tech SEC 6-1 949  
5 < 5 Texas A&M (1) Southwest 7-0-1 902  
6 < 7 Ohio State (1) Big Ten 6-1 720  
7 < 15 Iowa Big Ten 6-1 483  
8 < 8 Miami (FL) (1) Ind 5-0-1 433  
9 < 9 Syracuse Ind 6-1 246  
10 < 10 Michigan Big Ten 5-2 240  
11 < 14 Oregon State (1) PCC 6-2 202  
12 < 13 Florida (2) SEC 6-1-1 178  
13 < 11 Clemson ACC 5-0-2 88  
14 < 16 USC PCC 6-1 78  
15 < 12 Navy Ind 5-1-1 68  
16 < 20 Pittsburgh Ind 5-2 58  
17 < 6 Minnesota Big Ten 5-1-1 52  
18 < NR George Washington Southern 6-1-1 47 W 32-6 H Richmond
19 < NR Mississippi SEC 6-2 22  
20 < NR Princeton Ivy 7-0 20 W 35-20 H Harvard
NR < 17 TCU Southwest 0  
NR < 18 Colorado Big 7 0  
NR < 19 UCLA PCC 0  
NR < 20 Stanford PCC 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 5 8.6 2488
SEC 4 9.0 2595
Ind 4 12.0 805
PCC 2 12.5 280
Big 7 1 2.0 1444
Southwest 1 5.0 902
ACC 1 13.0 88
Southern 1 18.0 47
Ivy 1 20.0 20

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.