1956 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

119 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	10–1	305.43	375.47	159.01	—
2	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	9–0–1	273.62	339.05	132.87	▲ 1
3	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	10–1	269.15	315.94	151.02	▼ 1
4	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1–1	260.95	316.46	144.88	—
5	Oklahoma FBS · Big 7	★	10–0	256.55	346.51	77.64	—
6	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	7–2	255.02	292.53	170.36	—
7	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	9–1	254.76	296.32	152.97	▲ 1
8	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	6–1–2	238.37	271.72	165.56	▼ 1
9	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	9–2	228.06	267.52	138.69	▲ 5
10	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	218.99	260.05	137.34	▼ 1
11	Wyoming FBS · Skyline	—	10–0	215.77	283.36	66.99	—
12	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2–1	211.49	259.09	130.12	—
13	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3–1	211.01	206.43	188.55	—
14	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	7–3–1	204.98	225.38	154.84	▼ 4
15	USC FBS · Pacific	—	8–2	199.49	237.98	122.21	▲ 1
16	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	8–3	198.46	215.23	149.68	▲ 11
17	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	7–2	195.47	231.60	125.57	▲ 1
18	Arizona State FBS · Border	—	9–1	195.18	235.92	86.81	▼ 1
19	Florida FBS · SEC	—	6–3–1	192.16	201.16	164.32	—
20	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	7–3	191.31	196.81	160.26	—
21	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	6–3	190.26	215.68	143.47	—
22	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	7–2–2	190.26	223.30	117.60	▼ 7
23	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	8–1	185.75	230.18	82.49	—
24	Houston FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–2–1	184.09	208.29	121.64	▲ 1
25	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	7–3	183.71	197.83	146.36	▼ 1
26	Colorado FBS · Big 7	—	8–2–1	183.58	211.92	107.77	▲ 6
27	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	7–3	181.54	193.24	145.76	▼ 1
28	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	6–4	174.91	176.26	166.25	—
29	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	7–2–1	170.72	217.64	82.28	—
30	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–2	169.31	208.82	92.53	—
31	Duke FBS · ACC	—	5–4–1	167.17	186.90	140.40	—
32	UTEP FBS · Border	—	9–2	167.15	192.66	93.72	▼ 10
33	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	4–4–2	164.05	176.43	155.38	—
34	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	158.63	163.72	139.91	—
35	GGeorge Washington FBS · Southern	—	8–1–1	158.37	180.93	84.17	▲ 8
36	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	5–5	158.08	166.74	152.60	▼ 1
37	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–2–1	155.56	189.15	79.89	▼ 1
38	West Virginia FBS · Southern	—	6–4	153.49	158.92	133.53	▼ 1
39	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	139.00	156.77	114.85	▼ 1
40	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	6–4	135.48	122.08	143.81	▼ 1
41	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	6–4	132.62	119.45	147.38	—
42	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	5–3–1	131.55	159.44	88.03	▼ 2
43	Hardin Simmons FBS · Border	—	4–6	131.34	146.60	123.64	▼ 1
44	LSU FBS · SEC	—	3–7	129.25	127.56	165.32	—
45	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	7–2	127.28	141.20	78.87	—
46	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	125.79	97.03	183.71	▲ 1
47	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	4–4–1	123.53	126.62	134.26	▲ 1
48	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	2–5–2	122.51	116.50	159.52	▲ 1
49	PPacific FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3–1	122.10	132.56	89.51	▲ 1
50	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	2–1	121.02	136.09	93.82	▲ 3
51	South Carolina FBS · ACC	—	7–3	120.82	114.82	108.73	—
52	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	4–5	118.22	125.81	119.54	—
53	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	4–6	113.14	100.01	149.92	▲ 1
54	Utah FBS · Skyline	—	5–5	110.53	111.19	109.18	▲ 1
55	West Texas FBS · Border	—	8–2	107.88	111.24	75.47	▲ 18
56	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	5–5	107.76	104.27	130.75	—
57	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	107.28	109.28	94.22	—
58	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	4–6	106.76	91.66	152.39	▲ 2
59	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	3–4–2	106.59	99.65	136.84	▼ 1
60	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	1–0	105.50	120.82	50.08	▼ 1
61	California FBS · Pacific	—	3–7	105.23	86.52	166.13	—
62	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	4–6	104.67	76.39	164.11	—
63	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2–1	104.25	124.21	93.31	▼ 17
64	Texas Tech FBS · Border	—	2–7–1	97.66	78.41	157.39	▼ 1
65	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	5–4	94.96	102.77	85.21	—
66	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	2–7–1	94.65	72.00	162.64	▼ 2
67	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	4–6	93.87	91.61	127.59	▼ 1
68	DDenver FBS · Skyline	—	6–4	92.68	109.05	63.49	—
69	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	2–7–1	91.30	71.88	159.52	▼ 2
70	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8	90.27	68.52	162.51	▼ 1
71	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	88.03	91.87	88.59	▼ 1
72	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	83.88	79.55	88.86	▼ 1
73	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	4–5	82.75	99.16	75.56	▲ 1
74	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	3–6–1	82.71	44.90	161.58	▼ 2
75	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	0–1	80.62	45.55	139.00	—
76	Nebraska FBS · Big 7	—	4–6	79.57	64.34	119.37	▲ 1
77	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	3–6–1	78.49	55.25	138.84	▼ 1
78	Missouri FBS · Big 7	—	4–5–1	75.46	59.72	112.59	—
79	Arizona FBS · Border	—	4–6	73.10	58.42	109.34	—
80	Kansas State FBS · Big 7	—	3–7	73.05	60.92	116.42	—
81	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
82	Marshall FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
83	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
84	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
85	Furman FBS · Southern	—	2–8	69.95	70.22	112.59	—
86	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	3–6	69.09	67.00	95.67	—
87	Kansas FBS · Big 7	—	3–6–1	68.59	46.79	125.38	—
88	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	3–6	68.16	31.11	144.58	—
89	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–6	66.77	54.80	95.77	—
90	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	66.23	63.63	68.62	▲ 1
91	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	65.68	38.59	108.90	▼ 1
92	Colorado State FBS · Skyline	—	2–7–1	65.42	65.87	98.66	▲ 2
93	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	1–8	65.14	74.00	103.46	▼ 1
94	Utah State FBS · Skyline	—	6–4	64.92	42.66	81.64	▼ 1
95	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	1–9	63.22	20.22	178.92	▲ 1
96	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	1–5–3	63.09	15.13	159.64	▼ 1
97	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	3–7	60.34	42.57	112.88	—
98	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	2–7–1	59.13	43.81	124.58	—
99	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	2–5–3	58.41	44.93	106.53	—
100	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–5–2	54.66	23.64	117.95	—
101	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	4–5	50.29	1.00	121.31	—
102	Drake FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	50.08	74.00	48.27	—
103	BYU FBS · Skyline	—	2–7–1	48.37	54.49	76.64	—
104	NC State FBS · ACC	—	3–7	45.71	10.67	124.67	—
105	VMI FBS · Southern	—	3–6–1	41.10	22.63	87.71	—
106	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	2–6	37.23	12.94	97.94	—
107	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	36.20	54.84	35.06	▲ 1
108	BBoston University FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–5–2	35.41	1.00	110.14	▲ 1
109	Dayton FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	35.06	17.45	77.49	▼ 2
110	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	1–9	33.11	33.47	87.67	—
111	Iowa State FBS · Big 7	—	2–8	28.85	1.00	108.70	▲ 1
112	New Mexico FBS · Skyline	—	4–6	27.76	1.00	79.90	▼ 1
113	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	3–5–1	22.08	3.94	64.68	▲ 1
114	San José State FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7–1	21.61	1.00	88.89	▼ 1
115	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	0–9–1	17.46	1.00	103.83	—
116	DDetroit Mercy FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–8	15.38	1.00	79.01	—
117	Montana FBS · Skyline	—	1–9	14.49	1.00	87.22	—
118	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	10.16	1.00	52.11	—
119	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–9	5.75	1.00	84.32	—