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1956 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	1	Oklahoma (111)	Big 7	0-0	1427	DNP
2	<	2	Michigan State (20)	Big Ten	0-0	1000	DNP
3	<	9	Notre Dame (5)	Ind	0-0	882	DNP
4	<	7	Georgia Tech (3)	SEC	0-0	793	DNP
5	<	5	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0	703	DNP
6	<	3	Maryland	ACC	0-0	664	DNP
7	<	6	TCU (2)	Southwest	0-0	649	DNP
8	<	12	Michigan (2)	Big Ten	0-0	477	DNP
9	<	17	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-0	276	DNP
10	<	11	Pittsburgh (2)	Ind	0-0	217	DNP
11	<	20	Army	Ind	0-0	143	DNP
12	<	NR	Tennessee (2)	SEC	0-0	122	DNP
13	<	10	Mississippi	SEC	0-0	101	DNP
14	<	16	Stanford	PCC	0-0	92	DNP
15	<	13	USC (2)	PCC	0-0	78	DNP
16	<	NR	Duke	ACC	0-0	77	DNP
17	<	4	UCLA	PCC	0-0	53	DNP
18	<	14	Miami (FL)	Ind	0-0	46	DNP
19	<	NR	Yale	Ivy	0-0	43	DNP
20	<	NR	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0	31	DNP
NR	<	8	Auburn	SEC	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	15	Miami (OH)	MAC	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	18	Navy	Ind	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	19	West Virginia	Southern	0-0	0	DNP

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	4	8.8	2211
Ind	4	10.5	1288
SEC	3	9.7	1016
PCC	3	15.3	223
Southwest	2	8.0	925
ACC	2	11.0	741
Big 7	1	1.0	1427
Ivy	1	19.0	43

* = 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.