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.
FBS vs. FBS
| Nov 29, 1956 | 5Texas A&M 34, Texas 21 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | Auburn 34, Alabama 7 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | 15Baylor 46, Rice 13 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | Clemson 28, Furman 7 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | Colorado State 28, New Mexico 27 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | 4Georgia Tech 35, Georgia 0 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | Hardin Simmons 41, Texas Tech 14 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | Holy Cross 7, Boston College 0 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | Houston 39, Detroit Mercy 7 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | LSU 7, Tulane 6upset | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | 6Miami 20, 18Florida 7 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | Ole Miss 13, Mississippi State 7 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | Missouri 15, Kansas 13 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | 13Navy 7, Army 7 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | 1Oklahoma 53, Oklahoma State 0 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | 17USC 28, Notre Dame 20 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | 2Tennessee 27, Vanderbilt 7 | Box score |
| Dec 1, 1956 | 14TCU 21, SMU 6 | Box score |