| Sep 28, 1956 | Miami 14, 17South Carolina 6upset | Box score |
| Sep 28, 1956 | 6USC 21, Oregon State 13 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Arkansas 19, Oklahoma State 7 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | 16Army 32, VMI 12 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Baylor 27, Texas Tech 0 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Colorado State 0, BYU 0 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Brown 20, Columbia 0 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Cincinnati 7, Tulsa 6 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | 19Florida 20, Clemson 20 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Colgate 34, Cornell 6 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Colorado 34, Kansas State 0 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Duke 40, Virginia 7 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | George Washington 10, Furman 0 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Georgia 3, Florida State 0 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | 2Georgia Tech 9, 5SMU 7 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Hardin Simmons 20, Wichita State 7upset | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Houston 18, Mississippi State 7 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Illinois 32, California 20 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Iowa 27, Indiana 0 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Maryland 6, Wake Forest 0 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | 13Michigan 42, UCLA 13 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | 3Michigan State 21, 12Stanford 7 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Minnesota 34, Washington 14 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | 9Ole Miss 37, Kentucky 7 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Navy 39, William & Mary 14 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | New Mexico 27, Utah State 19 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Northwestern 14, Iowa State 13 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | 8Ohio State 34, Nebraska 7 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | 1Oklahoma 36, North Carolina 0 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | 18Oregon 21, Idaho 14 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Kansas 27, Pacific 27 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Penn State 34, Pennsylvania 0 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | 10Pittsburgh 14, 7Syracuse 7upset | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Princeton 28, Rutgers 6 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Purdue 16, Missouri 7 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Tennessee 35, Auburn 7 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Texas 7, Tulane 6 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | 11Texas A&M 9, LSU 6 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Utah 26, Montana 6 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Virginia Tech 35, 20NC State 6upset | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Washington State 33, San José State 18 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | West Virginia 30, Richmond 6 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Wisconsin 41, Marquette 0 | Box score |
| Sep 29, 1956 | Wyoming 27, Denver 0 | Box score |
| Sep 30, 1956 | Dayton 14, Holy Cross 13upset | Box score |
| Sep 30, 1956 | Villanova 8, Detroit Mercy 7upset | Box score |