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1956: Week 8

59 games. Seven ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. Four games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Nov 3, 19568Minnesota 9, 11Pittsburgh 6Box score
Nov 3, 195617Michigan 17, 7Iowa 14upsetBox score
Nov 3, 195613Clemson 21, 15Virginia Tech 6Box score
Nov 3, 195617Syracuse 13, 12Penn State 9upsetBox score

Upsets

Nov 3, 195617Michigan 17, 7Iowa 14upsetBox score
Nov 3, 1956UCLA 14, 10Stanford 13upsetBox score
Nov 3, 195617Syracuse 13, 12Penn State 9upsetBox score
Nov 3, 1956West Virginia 14, 14George Washington 0upsetBox score
Nov 3, 1956TCU 7, 15Baylor 6upsetBox 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

Nov 2, 1956Boston College 7, Villanova 6Box score
Nov 2, 19569Miami 20, Florida State 7Box score
Nov 3, 1956Arizona 20, West Texas 13Box score
Nov 3, 1956Army 55, Colgate 46Box score
Nov 3, 1956BYU 33, New Mexico 12Box score
Nov 3, 1956Cincinnati 33, Detroit Mercy 7Box score
Nov 3, 195613Clemson 21, 15Virginia Tech 6Box score
Nov 3, 1956Columbia 25, Cornell 19Box score
Nov 3, 1956Dayton 7, Louisville 6upsetBox score
Nov 3, 1956Denver 35, San José State 26Box score
Nov 3, 1956Florida 20, Auburn 0Box score
Nov 3, 1956Georgia 16, Alabama 13Box score
Nov 3, 19562Georgia Tech 7, Duke 0Box score
Nov 3, 1956Holy Cross 21, Boston University 12Box score
Nov 3, 1956Houston 41, Wichita State 16Box score
Nov 3, 1956Purdue 7, Illinois 7Box score
Nov 3, 1956Indiana 19, Marquette 13Box score
Nov 3, 1956Iowa State 39, Drake 14Box score
Nov 3, 1956Kansas 20, Kansas State 15Box score
Nov 3, 1956Kentucky 14, Maryland 0Box score
Nov 3, 195617Michigan 17, 7Iowa 14upsetBox score
Nov 3, 19564Michigan State 33, Wisconsin 0Box score
Nov 3, 19568Minnesota 9, 11Pittsburgh 6Box score
Nov 3, 1956Ole Miss 46, LSU 17Box score
Nov 3, 1956Navy 33, Notre Dame 7Box score
Nov 3, 1956Nebraska 15, Missouri 14Box score
Nov 3, 19566Ohio State 6, Northwestern 2Box score
Nov 3, 19561Oklahoma 27, Colorado 19Box score
Nov 3, 1956Texas Tech 13, Oklahoma State 13Box score
Nov 3, 1956Oregon 28, California 6Box score
Nov 3, 195617Oregon State 28, Washington 20Box score
Nov 3, 1956Pennsylvania 28, Harvard 14upsetBox score
Nov 3, 1956Princeton 21, Brown 7Box score
Nov 3, 1956Rice 27, Utah 0Box score
Nov 3, 1956South Carolina 13, Furman 6Box score
Nov 3, 195620USC 28, Washington State 12Box score
Nov 3, 1956SMU 20, Texas 19Box score
Nov 3, 195617Syracuse 13, 12Penn State 9upsetBox score
Nov 3, 19563Tennessee 20, North Carolina 0Box score
Nov 3, 19565Texas A&M 27, Arkansas 0Box score
Nov 3, 1956TCU 7, 15Baylor 6upsetBox score
Nov 3, 1956UTEP 51, Hardin Simmons 13Box score
Nov 3, 1956Tulane 20, Mississippi State 14Box score
Nov 3, 1956Tulsa 14, Pacific 13Box score
Nov 3, 1956UCLA 14, 10Stanford 13upsetBox score
Nov 3, 1956Vanderbilt 6, Virginia 2Box score
Nov 3, 1956VMI 20, William & Mary 6Box score
Nov 3, 1956Wake Forest 13, NC State 0Box score
Nov 3, 1956West Virginia 14, 14George Washington 0upsetBox score
Nov 3, 1956Wyoming 21, Utah State 0Box score
Nov 3, 1956Yale 19, Dartmouth 0Box score

Everyone else

Nov 3, 1956Arizona State 61, San Diego State 0Box score
Nov 3, 1956The Citadel 20, Presbyterian 13Box score
Nov 3, 1956Davidson 7, Richmond 0Box score
Nov 3, 1956Idaho 24, Fresno State 12Box score
Nov 3, 1956Montana State 33, Montana 14upsetBox score
Nov 3, 1956Rutgers 20, Lafayette 19Box score
Nov 3, 1956North Texas 7, Trinity (Texas) 7Box score
Nov 3, 1956Xavier 27, Colorado State 14Box score