1956: Week 2
43 games. Three ranked teams lost, all to unranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
The week in review
Upsets
A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.
FBS vs. FBS
| Sep 21, 1956 | 17UCLA 13, Utah 7 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Arizona State 37, Wichita State 9 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Arkansas 21, Hardin Simmons 6 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Baylor 7, California 6 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Dayton 19, Cincinnati 13upset | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Detroit Mercy 20, Marquette 7 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Florida 26, Mississippi State 0 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Florida State 47, Ohio 7 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | George Washington 7, Miami (OH) 6upset | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | 4Georgia Tech 14, Kentucky 6 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | New Mexico 14, New Mexico State 6 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | NC State 26, North Carolina 6 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Oklahoma State 27, Kansas State 7 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Oregon 35, Colorado 0 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Oregon State 19, Missouri 13 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Pacific 39, Colorado State 14 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | 10Pittsburgh 14, West Virginia 13 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Rice 20, Alabama 13 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | San José State 26, Drake 7 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | South Carolina 7, 16Duke 0upset | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | 15USC 44, Texas 20 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | SMU 19, 3Notre Dame 13upset | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | 14Stanford 40, Washington State 26 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Syracuse 26, 6Maryland 12upset | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | 9Texas A&M 19, Villanova 0 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | 7TCU 32, Kansas 0 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | UTEP 17, Texas Tech 13 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Tulane 21, Virginia Tech 14 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Utah State 18, Denver 13 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Vanderbilt 14, Georgia 0 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Virginia 18, VMI 0 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Wake Forest 39, William & Mary 0 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Washington 53, Idaho 21 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Wyoming 26, Arizona 20 | Box score |
Everyone else
| Sep 21, 1956 | Davidson 20, Catawba 6 | Box score |
| Sep 21, 1956 | Richmond 38, Randolph Macon 0 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Clemson 27, Presbyterian 7 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Fresno State 26, BYU 13upset | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | 13Ole Miss 45, North Texas 0 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Nebraska 34, South Dakota 6 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | The Citadel 20, Newberry 20 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | Rutgers 33, Ohio Wesleyan 13 | Box score |
| Sep 22, 1956 | West Texas 33, McMurry 7 | Box score |