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1956: Week 5

59 games. Six ranked teams lost, four to unranked teams. Two games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 13, 19567Ole Miss 16, 13Vanderbilt 0Box score
Oct 13, 195612Michigan 48, 15Army 14Box score

Upsets

Oct 13, 1956Tulane 21, 14Navy 6upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1956Purdue 28, 18Notre Dame 14upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1956Duke 14, 19SMU 6upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1956Syracuse 27, 20West Virginia 20upsetBox score

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

Oct 12, 195611Miami 13, Maryland 6Box score
Oct 12, 1956Richmond 7, The Citadel 3Box score
Oct 13, 1956Arizona State 41, Idaho 0Box score
Oct 13, 1956Auburn 13, Kentucky 0Box score
Oct 13, 195610Baylor 14, Arkansas 7Box score
Oct 13, 1956Boston College 26, Marquette 19Box score
Oct 13, 1956Clemson 17, Wake Forest 0Box score
Oct 13, 1956Colgate 48, Rutgers 6Box score
Oct 13, 1956Colorado 47, Colorado State 7Box score
Oct 13, 1956Dartmouth 14, Brown 7Box score
Oct 13, 1956Duke 14, 19SMU 6upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1956Florida 7, Rice 0Box score
Oct 13, 1956Florida State 14, NC State 0Box score
Oct 13, 1956Boston University 20, 16George Washington 20Box score
Oct 13, 1956Georgia 26, North Carolina 12Box score
Oct 13, 19563Georgia Tech 39, LSU 7Box score
Oct 13, 1956Harvard 32, Cornell 7upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1956Iowa 13, Wisconsin 7Box score
Oct 13, 1956Kansas 25, Iowa State 14Box score
Oct 13, 1956Kansas State 10, Nebraska 7upsetBox score
Oct 13, 195612Michigan 48, 15Army 14Box score
Oct 13, 19562Michigan State 53, Indiana 6Box score
Oct 13, 19567Ole Miss 16, 13Vanderbilt 0Box score
Oct 13, 195617Minnesota 0, Northwestern 0Box score
Oct 13, 19565Ohio State 26, Illinois 6Box score
Oct 13, 19561Oklahoma 45, Texas 0Box score
Oct 13, 1956Tulsa 14, Oklahoma State 14Box score
Oct 13, 1956Oregon State 21, California 13Box score
Oct 13, 1956Penn State 43, Holy Cross 0Box score
Oct 13, 1956Princeton 34, Pennsylvania 0Box score
Oct 13, 1956Purdue 28, 18Notre Dame 14upsetBox score
Oct 13, 195620South Carolina 27, Virginia 13Box score
Oct 13, 1956Stanford 40, San José State 20Box score
Oct 13, 1956Syracuse 27, 20West Virginia 20upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1956Houston 14, 9Texas A&M 14Box score
Oct 13, 19564TCU 23, Alabama 6Box score
Oct 13, 1956UTEP 28, Arizona 6Box score
Oct 13, 1956Tulane 21, 14Navy 6upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1956UCLA 28, Washington State 0Box score
Oct 13, 1956Utah 27, Denver 13Box score
Oct 13, 1956Utah State 27, Montana 13Box score
Oct 13, 1956Villanova 13, Dayton 0Box score
Oct 13, 1956Virginia Tech 34, William & Mary 7Box score
Oct 13, 1956Washington 20, Oregon 7Box score
Oct 13, 1956West Texas 34, Texas Tech 14upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1956Wichita State 19, Detroit Mercy 13Box score
Oct 13, 1956Wyoming 20, New Mexico 13Box score
Oct 13, 1956Yale 33, Columbia 19Box score

Everyone else

Oct 13, 1956Davidson 48, Washington and Lee 6upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1956Drake 14, Washington St. Louis 6Box score
Oct 13, 1956Lehigh 27, VMI 20upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1956McMurry 14, New Mexico State 13Box score
Oct 13, 1956Mississippi State 18, Trinity (Texas) 6Box score
Oct 13, 1956Missouri 42, North Dakota State 0Box score
Oct 13, 1956North Texas 14, Midwestern Texas State 7Box score
Oct 13, 1956Pacific 21, Fresno State 14Box score
Oct 13, 19566Tennessee 42, Chattanooga 20Box score
Oct 13, 1956Wofford 18, Furman 6upsetBox score
Oct 13, 1956Xavier 34, Cincinnati 14upsetBox score