1956 NCAA Football Rankings

  # Team                        W      L     Rating 
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  1 Texas A&M                   9.5 -  0.5   2.2850 
  2 Georgia Tech               10   -  1     2.2476 
  3 Tennessee                   9   -  1     2.0807 
  4 Oklahoma                   10   -  0     1.7805 
  5 Iowa                        8   -  1     1.7183 
  6 Miami (Florida)             8.5 -  1.5   1.4249 
  7 Baylor                      9   -  2     1.3954 
  8 Wyoming                     9   -  0     1.3810 
  9 Michigan                    7   -  2     1.2120 
 10 Minnesota                   7   -  2     1.1642 

 11 Arizona State               8   -  1     1.0626 
 12 Pittsburgh                  7.5 -  3.5   1.0400 
 13 Texas Christian             8   -  3     1.0388 
 14 Syracuse                    7   -  2     1.0105 
 15 Southern California         8   -  2     0.9226 
 16 Auburn                      7   -  3     0.9225 
 17 Yale                        7   -  1     0.8994 
 18 Oregon State                7.5 -  3.5   0.8847 
 19 Houston                     7.5 -  2.5   0.8796 
 20 Michigan State              7   -  2     0.8662 

 21 Penn State                  6.5 -  2.5   0.8652 
 22 Texas-El Paso               7   -  2     0.8374 
 23 Colorado                    8.5 -  2.5   0.7965 
 24 UCLA                        7   -  3     0.7756 
 25 Mississippi                 6   -  3     0.7669 
 26 Florida                     6.5 -  3.5   0.7567 
 27 Clemson                     7   -  3     0.7420 
 28 George Washington           7.5 -  1.5   0.7386 
 29 Kentucky                    6   -  4     0.7044 
 30 Navy                        7   -  2     0.6859 

 31 Ohio State                  6   -  3     0.6646 
 32 Princeton                   7   -  2     0.6529 
 33 Arkansas                    6   -  4     0.6119 
 34 Army                        5.5 -  3.5   0.5980 
 35 South Carolina              7   -  3     0.5845 
 36 Xavier                      3   -  1     0.5446 
 37 Tulsa                       7.5 -  2.5   0.5433 
 38 Virginia Tech               6.5 -  2.5   0.5275 
 39 Tulane                      6   -  4     0.5089 
 40 West Virginia               6   -  4     0.5046 

 41 Duke                        5.5 -  4.5   0.4936 
 42 Oregon                      5   -  5     0.4834 
 43 Wofford                     3   -  1     0.4811 
 44 West Texas A&M              4   -  2     0.4661 
 45 Pacific                     6.5 -  3.5   0.4334 
 46 Washington                  5   -  5     0.4129 
 47 Dartmouth                   4.5 -  3.5   0.4041 
 48 North Texas                 1   -  2     0.3939 
 49 Holy Cross                  4.5 -  3.5   0.3748 
 50 Northwestern                4.5 -  4.5   0.3729 

 51 Southern Methodist          4   -  6     0.3535 
 52 Villanova                   5   -  4     0.3516 
 53 Florida State               4.5 -  4.5   0.3457 
 54 Purdue                      4   -  5     0.3283 
 55 Utah State                  6   -  4     0.3271 
 56 Brown                       4   -  4     0.3234 
 57 Stanford                    4   -  6     0.3135 
 58 Rice                        4   -  6     0.3120 
 59 Utah                        5   -  5     0.3106 
 60 Hardin-Simmons              4   -  6     0.3066 

 61 Idaho                       4   -  5     0.3041 
 62 Boston College              4   -  3     0.3034 
 63 Vanderbilt                  3   -  5     0.2902 
 64 Pennsylvania                4   -  5     0.2889 
 65 Colgate                     3   -  5     0.2807 
 66 Cincinnati                  4   -  4     0.2727 
 67 Illinois                    3   -  6     0.2697 
 68 Louisiana State             3   -  7     0.2681 
 69 Georgia                     3.5 -  6.5   0.2663 
 70 California                  3   -  7     0.2539 

 71 Denver                      5   -  4     0.2539 
 72 Southern Mississippi        1.5 -  2.5   0.2536 
 73 Washington State            3.5 -  6.5   0.2528 
 74 Fresno State                2   -  2     0.2521 
 75 Oklahoma State              4   -  6     0.2514 
 76 Missouri                    3.5 -  5.5   0.2493 
 77 Kansas                      3.5 -  6.5   0.2375 
 78 Indiana                     3   -  6     0.2328 
 79 Texas Tech                  2.5 -  7.5   0.2245 
 80 Mississippi State           2   -  6     0.2244 

 81 Maryland                    2.5 -  7.5   0.2197 
 82 Nebraska                    3   -  6     0.2165 
 83 Arizona                     3   -  6     0.2151 
 84 Wisconsin                   2.5 -  6.5   0.2094 
 85 Alabama                     2.5 -  7.5   0.2020 
 86 Wichita State               4   -  6     0.1976 
 87 North Carolina State        3   -  7     0.1884 
 88 Dayton                      3   -  5     0.1875 
 89 Columbia                    3   -  6     0.1866 
 90 Wake Forest                 3.5 -  6.5   0.1784 

 91 Harvard                     2   -  5     0.1764 
 92 Notre Dame                  2   -  8     0.1741 
 93 Virginia Military Institute 2.5 -  5.5   0.1707 
 94 Kansas State                3   -  7     0.1702 
 95 Furman                      2   -  7     0.1598 
 96 North Carolina              2.5 -  7.5   0.1440 
 97 New Mexico                  3   -  6     0.1429 
 98 Davidson                    1.5 -  3.5   0.1429 
 99 Texas                       1   -  9     0.1422 
100 Virginia                    2   -  7     0.1347 

101 Colorado State              2.5 -  7.5   0.1343 
102 Richmond                    2   -  5     0.1339 
103 Boston University           1   -  6     0.1212 
104 Iowa State                  2   -  8     0.1198 
105 Citadel                     1   -  5     0.1179 
106 Rutgers                     1   -  4     0.1144 
107 San Jose State              1   -  6     0.1067 
108 Drake                       1   -  4     0.1061 
109 Cornell                     1   -  8     0.1001 
110 Detroit Mercy               2   -  8     0.0940 

111 Brigham Young               1.5 -  7.5   0.0879 
112 New Mexico State            0   -  6     0.0843 
113 Montana                     1   -  8     0.0725 
114 William & Mary              0.5 -  9.5   0.0564 
115 Marquette                   0   -  9     0.0461 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.1996