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1956: Week 7

57 games. Seven ranked teams lost, four to unranked teams. Three 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 27, 19567Texas A&M 19, 8Baylor 13Box score
Oct 27, 19563Georgia Tech 40, 15Tulane 0Box score
Oct 27, 195619Miami 14, 10TCU 0upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 27, 1956Illinois 20, 1Michigan State 13upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1956Minnesota 20, 5Michigan 7upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1956Stanford 27, 6USC 19upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1956Arkansas 14, 10Ole Miss 0upsetBox score
Oct 27, 195619Miami 14, 10TCU 0upsetBox 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 25, 195620Clemson 7, South Carolina 0Box score
Oct 26, 1956Denver 20, New Mexico 14Box score
Oct 26, 195617George Washington 16, William & Mary 14Box score
Oct 26, 1956Kansas 21, Oklahoma State 13upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1956Alabama 13, Mississippi State 12upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1956Arizona State 47, San José State 13Box score
Oct 27, 1956Arkansas 14, 10Ole Miss 0upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1956Army 60, Columbia 0Box score
Oct 27, 1956Auburn 12, Houston 0Box score
Oct 27, 1956California 16, Washington 7upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1956Cincinnati 33, Marquette 13Box score
Oct 27, 1956Colgate 14, Yale 6Box score
Oct 27, 1956Colorado 16, Nebraska 0Box score
Oct 27, 1956Colorado State 34, Montana 20Box score
Oct 27, 1956Duke 42, NC State 0Box score
Oct 27, 1956Florida 21, LSU 6Box score
Oct 27, 1956Florida State 20, Villanova 13Box score
Oct 27, 1956Furman 7, The Citadel 0Box score
Oct 27, 19563Georgia Tech 40, 15Tulane 0Box score
Oct 27, 1956Harvard 28, Dartmouth 21Box score
Oct 27, 1956Idaho 27, Utah 21upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1956Illinois 20, 1Michigan State 13upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1956Indiana 19, Northwestern 13Box score
Oct 27, 195612Iowa 21, Purdue 20Box score
Oct 27, 1956Kentucky 14, Georgia 7Box score
Oct 27, 195619Miami 14, 10TCU 0upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1956Minnesota 20, 5Michigan 7upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1956Missouri 34, Iowa State 0Box score
Oct 27, 1956Navy 54, Pennsylvania 6Box score
Oct 27, 19569Ohio State 21, Wisconsin 0Box score
Oct 27, 19562Oklahoma 40, Notre Dame 0Box score
Oct 27, 1956Oregon State 21, UCLA 7Box score
Oct 27, 1956Pacific 33, Washington State 12Box score
Oct 27, 195618Penn State 16, West Virginia 6Box score
Oct 27, 195613Pittsburgh 14, Oregon 7Box score
Oct 27, 1956Princeton 32, Cornell 21Box score
Oct 27, 1956Rice 28, Texas 7Box score
Oct 27, 1956Stanford 27, 6USC 19upsetBox score
Oct 27, 195614Syracuse 21, Boston University 7Box score
Oct 27, 19564Tennessee 34, Maryland 7Box score
Oct 27, 19567Texas A&M 19, 8Baylor 13Box score
Oct 27, 1956Texas Tech 21, Arizona 7Box score
Oct 27, 1956UTEP 51, New Mexico State 7Box score
Oct 27, 1956Tulsa 27, Hardin Simmons 0Box score
Oct 27, 1956Utah State 33, BYU 7Box score
Oct 27, 195616Virginia Tech 14, Virginia 7Box score
Oct 27, 1956North Carolina 6, Wake Forest 6Box score
Oct 27, 1956Wyoming 27, Kansas State 15Box score
Oct 28, 1956Detroit Mercy 12, Boston College 7Box score

Everyone else

Oct 26, 1956North Texas 19, Youngstown State 12Box score
Oct 27, 1956Brown 27, Rhode Island 7Box score
Oct 27, 1956Drake 55, Bradley 47Box score
Oct 27, 1956Holy Cross 13, Quantico Marines 0Box score
Oct 27, 1956Lehigh 27, Rutgers 13Box score
Oct 27, 1956Vanderbilt 23, Middle Tennessee 13Box score
Oct 27, 1956Davidson 13, VMI 13Box score
Oct 27, 1956Xavier 26, Dayton 13Box score