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October 22, 1956 AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

WLT

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  2

 

Michigan State (96)

 

Big Ten

 

4-0

 

1459

 

 

W 47-14 at Notre Dame

2

  <  1

 

Oklahoma (44)

 

Big 7

 

4-0

 

1356

 

 

W 34-12 at Kansas

3

  <  3

 

Georgia Tech (9)

 

SEC

 

4-0

 

1182

 

 

 

4

  <  7

 

Tennessee (4)

 

SEC

 

4-0

 

861

 

 

 

5

  <  8

 

Michigan

 

Big Ten

 

3-1

 

717

 

 

 

6

  <  9

 

USC (2)

 

PCC

 

4-0

 

646

 

 

 

7

  <  14

 

Texas A&M (1)

 

SWC

 

4-0-1

 

461

 

 

 

8

  <  10

 

Baylor

 

SWC

 

4-0

 

293

 

 

 

9

  <  5

 

Ohio State

 

Big Ten

 

3-1

 

210

 

 

 

10

  <  6

 

Mississippi

 

SEC

 

4-1

 

183

 

 

 

10

  <  4

 

TCU

 

SWC

 

3-1

 

183

 

 

L 7-6 at Texas A&M

12

  <  12

 

Iowa

 

Big Ten

 

4-0

 

145

 

 

 

13

  <  16

 

Pittsburgh

 

Ind

 

3-1

 

131

 

 

 

14

  <  13

 

Syracuse

 

Ind

 

3-1

 

125

 

 

 

15

  <  19

 

Tulane (LA)

 

SEC

 

4-1

 

121

 

 

W 10-3 at Mississippi

16

  <  18

 

Virginia Tech

 

Southern

 

5-1

 

74

 

 

 

17

  <  NR

 

George Washington (DC)

 

Southern

 

4-0-1

 

73

 

 

W 40-14 vs VMI

18

  <  NR

 

Penn State

 

Ind

 

3-1

 

59

 

 

 

19

  <  11

 

Miami (FL)

 

Ind

 

3-0-1

 

54

 

 

 

20

  <  15

 

Clemson

 

ACC

 

3-0-1

 

47

 

 

 

NR

  <  17

 

Purdue

 

Big Ten

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  20

 

South Carolina

 

ACC

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTES
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- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
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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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