1956: Week 12

20 games. One ranked team lost. One game matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Dec 1, 19566Miami 20, 18Florida 7Box score

FBS vs. FBS

Nov 29, 19565Texas A&M 34, Texas 21Box score
Dec 1, 1956Auburn 34, Alabama 7Box score
Dec 1, 195615Baylor 46, Rice 13Box score
Dec 1, 1956Clemson 28, Furman 7Box score
Dec 1, 1956Colorado State 28, New Mexico 27Box score
Dec 1, 19564Georgia Tech 35, Georgia 0Box score
Dec 1, 1956Hardin Simmons 41, Texas Tech 14Box score
Dec 1, 1956Holy Cross 7, Boston College 0Box score
Dec 1, 1956Houston 39, Detroit Mercy 7Box score
Dec 1, 1956LSU 7, Tulane 6upsetBox score
Dec 1, 19566Miami 20, 18Florida 7Box score
Dec 1, 1956Ole Miss 13, Mississippi State 7Box score
Dec 1, 1956Missouri 15, Kansas 13Box score
Dec 1, 195613Navy 7, Army 7Box score
Dec 1, 19561Oklahoma 53, Oklahoma State 0Box score
Dec 1, 195617USC 28, Notre Dame 20Box score
Dec 1, 19562Tennessee 27, Vanderbilt 7Box score
Dec 1, 195614TCU 21, SMU 6Box score

Everyone else

Nov 30, 1956Hawai’i 20, San José State 0upsetBox score
Dec 1, 1956West Texas 41, Midwestern Texas State 14Box score