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- 1956_college_football_season abstract "The 1956 NCAA University Division football season saw the Sooners of the University of Oklahoma finish a third consecutive season unbeaten and untied to again win the national championship. During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls. The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual NCAA Football Guide of the "unofficial" national champions. The AP poll in 1956 consisted of the votes of as many as 198 sportswriters. Though not all writers voted in every poll, each would give their opinion of the twenty best teams. Under a point system of 20 points for first place, 19 for second, etc., the "overall" ranking was determined. Although the rankings were based on the collective opinion of the representative sportswriters, the teams that remained "unbeaten and untied" were generally ranked higher than those that had not. A defeat, even against a strong opponent, tended to cause a team to drop in the rankings, and a team with two or more defeats was unlikely to remain in the Top 20. Generally, the top teams played on New Year's Day in the four major postseason bowl games: the Rose Bowl (near Los Angeles at Pasadena), the Sugar Bowl (New Orleans), the Orange Bowl (Miami), and the Cotton Bowl Classic (Dallas). Because the rules of the time for Oklahoma's conference (at that time, Big 7) did not permit consecutive bowl appearances, #1 Oklahoma did not play in the postseason, with runner up Colorado going to the Orange Bowl instead.".
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- 1956_college_football_season champions 1956_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team.
- 1956_college_football_season hasPhotoCollection 1956_college_football_season.
- 1956_college_football_season heisman "Paul Hornung, Notre Dame QB".
- 1956_college_football_season numberOfBowls "7".
- 1956_college_football_season numberOfTeams "111".
- 1956_college_football_season preseasonAp 1956_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team.
- 1956_college_football_season type "NCAA University Division".
- 1956_college_football_season year "1956".
- 1956_college_football_season subject Category:1956_NCAA_University_Division_football_season.
- 1956_college_football_season comment "The 1956 NCAA University Division football season saw the Sooners of the University of Oklahoma finish a third consecutive season unbeaten and untied to again win the national championship. During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls.".
- 1956_college_football_season label "1956 college football season".
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