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1955-56 Polls

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National Champion: San Francisco
Final Four: Iowa, San Francisco, Southern Methodist and Temple

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Russell

AP First #1: San Francisco ▪ AP Final #1: San Francisco

AP Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 1955-12-06 1 San Francisco* RFN NA — WCC
1 1955-12-06 2 Kentucky*  NA — SEC
1 1955-12-06 3 North Carolina State* RT NA — ACC
1 1955-12-06 4 Iowa* RF NA — Big Ten
1 1955-12-06 5 Utah* R NA — MSAC
1 1955-12-06 6 Alabama R NA — SEC
1 1955-12-06 7 Dayton  NA — Ind
1 1955-12-06 8 Illinois  NA — Big Ten
1 1955-12-06 9 Duquesne  NA — Ind
1 1955-12-06 10 Brigham Young  NA — MSAC
1 1955-12-06 11 Holy Cross*  NA — Ind
1 1955-12-06 12 Oklahoma City*  NA — Ind
1 1955-12-06 13 George Washington R NA — Southern
1 1955-12-06 14 Marquette  NA — Ind
1 1955-12-06 14 West Virginia* RT NA — Southern
1 1955-12-06 16 Ohio State  NA — Big Ten
1 1955-12-06 16 UCLA* R NA — PCC
1 1955-12-06 18 La Salle  NA — Ind
1 1955-12-06 19 Stanford  NA — PCC
1 1955-12-06 20 Minnesota  NA — Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1955-12-13 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
2 1955-12-13 2 North Carolina State* RT 3 Up 1 ACC
2 1955-12-13 3 Utah* R 5 Up 2 MSAC
2 1955-12-13 4 Iowa* RF 4 NC Big Ten
2 1955-12-13 5 Alabama R 6 Up 1 SEC
2 1955-12-13 6 Duquesne  9 Up 3 Ind
2 1955-12-13 7 Dayton  7 NC Ind
2 1955-12-13 8 Brigham Young  10 Up 2 MSAC
2 1955-12-13 9 Vanderbilt  Up  SEC
2 1955-12-13 10 Holy Cross*  11 Up 1 Ind
2 1955-12-13 11 Temple* RF Up  Ind
2 1955-12-13 12 Kentucky*  2 Down 10 SEC
2 1955-12-13 13 George Washington R 13 NC Southern
2 1955-12-13 14 Cincinnati  Up  Ind
2 1955-12-13 15 West Virginia* RT 14 Down 1 Southern
2 1955-12-13 16 North Carolina R Up  ACC
2 1955-12-13 17 Saint Louis  Up  MVC
2 1955-12-13 18 Kansas  Up  Big 7
2 1955-12-13 19 Indiana  Up  Big Ten
2 1955-12-13 20 Oklahoma City*  12 Down 8 Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1955-12-20 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
3 1955-12-20 2 North Carolina State* RT 2 NC ACC
3 1955-12-20 3 Utah* R 3 NC MSAC
3 1955-12-20 4 Dayton  7 Up 3 Ind
3 1955-12-20 5 Brigham Young  8 Up 3 MSAC
3 1955-12-20 6 North Carolina R 16 Up 10 ACC
3 1955-12-20 7 Holy Cross*  10 Up 3 Ind
3 1955-12-20 8 Vanderbilt  9 Up 1 SEC
3 1955-12-20 9 Kentucky*  12 Up 3 SEC
3 1955-12-20 10 Iowa* RF 4 Down 6 Big Ten
3 1955-12-20 11 George Washington R 13 Up 2 Southern
3 1955-12-20 12 Temple* RF 11 Down 1 Ind
3 1955-12-20 13 Marquette  Up  Ind
3 1955-12-20 14 Duke  Up  ACC
3 1955-12-20 15 Oklahoma City*  20 Up 5 Ind
3 1955-12-20 16 Alabama R 5 Down 11 SEC
3 1955-12-20 17 Illinois  Up  Big Ten
3 1955-12-20 18 Indiana  19 Up 1 Big Ten
3 1955-12-20 18 Memphis*  Up  Ind
3 1955-12-20 20 Duquesne  6 Down 14 Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1955-12-27 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
4 1955-12-27 2 Dayton  4 Up 2 Ind
4 1955-12-27 3 North Carolina State* RT 2 Down 1 ACC
4 1955-12-27 4 North Carolina R 6 Up 2 ACC
4 1955-12-27 5 Vanderbilt  8 Up 3 SEC
4 1955-12-27 6 Iowa* RF 10 Up 4 Big Ten
4 1955-12-27 7 Utah* R 3 Down 4 MSAC
4 1955-12-27 8 Duke  14 Up 6 ACC
4 1955-12-27 9 Illinois  17 Up 8 Big Ten
4 1955-12-27 10 Oklahoma City*  15 Up 5 Ind
4 1955-12-27 11 Louisville  Up  Ind
4 1955-12-27 12 George Washington R 11 Down 1 Southern
4 1955-12-27 13 Kentucky*  9 Down 4 SEC
4 1955-12-27 14 Holy Cross*  7 Down 7 Ind
4 1955-12-27 15 Ohio State  Up  Big Ten
4 1955-12-27 16 Michigan State  Up  Big Ten
4 1955-12-27 17 Rice  Up  SWC
4 1955-12-27 17 Temple* RF 12 Down 5 Ind
4 1955-12-27 19 Alabama R 16 Down 3 SEC
4 1955-12-27 20 Brigham Young  5 Down 15 MSAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1956-01-03 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
5 1956-01-03 2 North Carolina State* RT 3 Up 1 ACC
5 1956-01-03 3 Dayton  2 Down 1 Ind
5 1956-01-03 4 Vanderbilt  5 Up 1 SEC
5 1956-01-03 5 North Carolina R 4 Down 1 ACC
5 1956-01-03 6 Kentucky*  13 Up 7 SEC
5 1956-01-03 7 George Washington R 12 Up 5 Southern
5 1956-01-03 8 Iowa State  Up  Big 7
5 1956-01-03 9 Illinois  9 NC Big Ten
5 1956-01-03 10 Ohio State  15 Up 5 Big Ten
5 1956-01-03 11 Duke  8 Down 3 ACC
5 1956-01-03 12 Memphis*  Up  Ind
5 1956-01-03 13 Indiana  Up  Big Ten
5 1956-01-03 14 Holy Cross*  14 NC Ind
5 1956-01-03 15 Tulsa  Up  MVC
5 1956-01-03 16 Temple* RF 17 Up 1 Ind
5 1956-01-03 17 Alabama R 19 Up 2 SEC
5 1956-01-03 18 Rice  17 Down 1 SWC
5 1956-01-03 19 West Virginia* RT Up  Southern
5 1956-01-03 20 Michigan State  16 Down 4 Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1956-01-10 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
6 1956-01-10 2 Dayton  3 Up 1 Ind
6 1956-01-10 3 North Carolina State* RT 2 Down 1 ACC
6 1956-01-10 4 Vanderbilt  4 NC SEC
6 1956-01-10 5 Kentucky*  6 Up 1 SEC
6 1956-01-10 6 Duke  11 Up 5 ACC
6 1956-01-10 7 Ohio State  10 Up 3 Big Ten
6 1956-01-10 8 Illinois  9 Up 1 Big Ten
6 1956-01-10 9 North Carolina R 5 Down 4 ACC
6 1956-01-10 10 Temple* RF 16 Up 6 Ind
6 1956-01-10 11 Holy Cross*  14 Up 3 Ind
6 1956-01-10 12 Indiana  13 Up 1 Big Ten
6 1956-01-10 13 Louisville  Up  Ind
6 1956-01-10 14 George Washington R 7 Down 7 Southern
6 1956-01-10 15 Iowa State  8 Down 7 Big 7
6 1956-01-10 16 Oklahoma City*  Up  Ind
6 1956-01-10 17 Memphis*  12 Down 5 Ind
6 1956-01-10 18 Wake Forest  Up  ACC
6 1956-01-10 19 Alabama R 17 Down 2 SEC
6 1956-01-10 20 Cincinnati  Up  Ind
6 1956-01-10 20 Utah* R Up  MSAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1956-01-17 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
7 1956-01-17 2 Dayton  2 NC Ind
7 1956-01-17 3 North Carolina State* RT 3 NC ACC
7 1956-01-17 4 Kentucky*  5 Up 1 SEC
7 1956-01-17 5 Vanderbilt  4 Down 1 SEC
7 1956-01-17 6 Illinois  8 Up 2 Big Ten
7 1956-01-17 7 Duke  6 Down 1 ACC
7 1956-01-17 8 Temple* RF 10 Up 2 Ind
7 1956-01-17 9 North Carolina R 9 NC ACC
7 1956-01-17 10 Louisville  13 Up 3 Ind
7 1956-01-17 11 Ohio State  7 Down 4 Big Ten
7 1956-01-17 12 Holy Cross*  11 Down 1 Ind
7 1956-01-17 13 Alabama R 19 Up 6 SEC
7 1956-01-17 14 Oklahoma City*  16 Up 2 Ind
7 1956-01-17 15 Memphis*  17 Up 2 Ind
7 1956-01-17 16 Utah* R 20 Up 4 MSAC
7 1956-01-17 17 Saint Louis  Up  MVC
7 1956-01-17 18 UCLA* R Up  PCC
7 1956-01-17 19 Southern Methodist* RF Up  SWC
7 1956-01-17 20 Iowa* RF Up  Big Ten
7 1956-01-17 20 Oklahoma State  Up  MVC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 1956-01-24 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
8 1956-01-24 2 Dayton  2 NC Ind
8 1956-01-24 3 Kentucky*  4 Up 1 SEC
8 1956-01-24 4 North Carolina State* RT 3 Down 1 ACC
8 1956-01-24 5 Illinois  6 Up 1 Big Ten
8 1956-01-24 6 Temple* RF 8 Up 2 Ind
8 1956-01-24 7 Vanderbilt  5 Down 2 SEC
8 1956-01-24 8 North Carolina R 9 Up 1 ACC
8 1956-01-24 9 Louisville  10 Up 1 Ind
8 1956-01-24 10 Duke  7 Down 3 ACC
8 1956-01-24 11 Holy Cross*  12 Up 1 Ind
8 1956-01-24 12 Alabama R 13 Up 1 SEC
8 1956-01-24 13 Iowa* RF 20 Up 7 Big Ten
8 1956-01-24 14 Cincinnati  Up  Ind
8 1956-01-24 15 St. Francis (NY) R Up  Metro NY
8 1956-01-24 16 Oklahoma City*  14 Down 2 Ind
8 1956-01-24 17 Saint Louis  17 NC MVC
8 1956-01-24 18 Southern Methodist* RF 19 Up 1 SWC
8 1956-01-24 19 Memphis*  15 Down 4 Ind
8 1956-01-24 20 Oklahoma State  20 NC MVC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
9 1956-01-31 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
9 1956-01-31 2 Dayton  2 NC Ind
9 1956-01-31 3 Vanderbilt  7 Up 4 SEC
9 1956-01-31 4 North Carolina State* RT 4 NC ACC
9 1956-01-31 5 Louisville  9 Up 4 Ind
9 1956-01-31 6 Illinois  5 Down 1 Big Ten
9 1956-01-31 7 Temple* RF 6 Down 1 Ind
9 1956-01-31 8 Kentucky*  3 Down 5 SEC
9 1956-01-31 9 North Carolina R 8 Down 1 ACC
9 1956-01-31 10 Duke  10 NC ACC
9 1956-01-31 11 Saint Louis  17 Up 6 MVC
9 1956-01-31 12 Alabama R 12 NC SEC
9 1956-01-31 13 St. Francis (NY) R 15 Up 2 Metro NY
9 1956-01-31 14 Holy Cross*  11 Down 3 Ind
9 1956-01-31 15 Oklahoma City*  16 Up 1 Ind
9 1956-01-31 16 Memphis*  19 Up 3 Ind
9 1956-01-31 17 Southern Methodist* RF 18 Up 1 SWC
9 1956-01-31 18 Marshall* R Up  MAC
9 1956-01-31 19 Iowa* RF 13 Down 6 Big Ten
9 1956-01-31 20 UCLA* R Up  PCC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
10 1956-02-07 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
10 1956-02-07 2 Dayton  2 NC Ind
10 1956-02-07 3 Vanderbilt  3 NC SEC
10 1956-02-07 4 North Carolina State* RT 4 NC ACC
10 1956-02-07 5 Louisville  5 NC Ind
10 1956-02-07 6 Illinois  6 NC Big Ten
10 1956-02-07 7 Kentucky*  8 Up 1 SEC
10 1956-02-07 8 Duke  10 Up 2 ACC
10 1956-02-07 9 Temple* RF 7 Down 2 Ind
10 1956-02-07 10 Alabama R 12 Up 2 SEC
10 1956-02-07 11 Saint Louis  11 NC MVC
10 1956-02-07 12 North Carolina R 9 Down 3 ACC
10 1956-02-07 13 Holy Cross*  14 Up 1 Ind
10 1956-02-07 14 Oklahoma City*  15 Up 1 Ind
10 1956-02-07 15 Southern Methodist* RF 17 Up 2 SWC
10 1956-02-07 16 St. Francis (NY) R 13 Down 3 Metro NY
10 1956-02-07 17 Iowa* RF 19 Up 2 Big Ten
10 1956-02-07 18 UCLA* R 20 Up 2 PCC
10 1956-02-07 19 George Washington R Up  Southern
10 1956-02-07 20 Cincinnati  Up  Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
11 1956-02-14 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
11 1956-02-14 2 Dayton  2 NC Ind
11 1956-02-14 3 Illinois  6 Up 3 Big Ten
11 1956-02-14 4 Louisville  5 Up 1 Ind
11 1956-02-14 5 North Carolina State* RT 4 Down 1 ACC
11 1956-02-14 6 Vanderbilt  3 Down 3 SEC
11 1956-02-14 7 Kentucky*  7 NC SEC
11 1956-02-14 8 Alabama R 10 Up 2 SEC
11 1956-02-14 9 Temple* RF 9 NC Ind
11 1956-02-14 10 North Carolina R 12 Up 2 ACC
11 1956-02-14 11 Duke  8 Down 3 ACC
11 1956-02-14 12 Southern Methodist* RF 15 Up 3 SWC
11 1956-02-14 13 St. Francis (NY) R 16 Up 3 Metro NY
11 1956-02-14 14 Oklahoma City*  14 NC Ind
11 1956-02-14 15 Iowa* RF 17 Up 2 Big Ten
11 1956-02-14 16 Holy Cross*  13 Down 3 Ind
11 1956-02-14 17 Saint Louis  11 Down 6 MVC
11 1956-02-14 18 Houston* R Up  MVC
11 1956-02-14 19 Memphis*  Up  Ind
11 1956-02-14 20 UCLA* R 18 Down 2 PCC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
12 1956-02-21 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
12 1956-02-21 2 Illinois  3 Up 1 Big Ten
12 1956-02-21 3 Louisville  4 Up 1 Ind
12 1956-02-21 4 Dayton  2 Down 2 Ind
12 1956-02-21 5 Vanderbilt  6 Up 1 SEC
12 1956-02-21 6 North Carolina State* RT 5 Down 1 ACC
12 1956-02-21 7 Alabama R 8 Up 1 SEC
12 1956-02-21 8 Kentucky*  7 Down 1 SEC
12 1956-02-21 9 North Carolina R 10 Up 1 ACC
12 1956-02-21 10 Temple* RF 9 Down 1 Ind
12 1956-02-21 11 Duke  11 NC ACC
12 1956-02-21 12 Southern Methodist* RF 12 NC SWC
12 1956-02-21 13 Iowa* RF 15 Up 2 Big Ten
12 1956-02-21 14 Houston* R 18 Up 4 MVC
12 1956-02-21 15 UCLA* R 20 Up 5 PCC
12 1956-02-21 16 St. Francis (NY) R 13 Down 3 Metro NY
12 1956-02-21 17 Holy Cross*  16 Down 1 Ind
12 1956-02-21 18 Oklahoma City*  14 Down 4 Ind
12 1956-02-21 19 George Washington R Up  Southern
12 1956-02-21 20 Iowa State  Up  Big 7
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
13 1956-02-28 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
13 1956-02-28 2 Illinois  2 NC Big Ten
13 1956-02-28 3 Dayton  4 Up 1 Ind
13 1956-02-28 4 Alabama R 7 Up 3 SEC
13 1956-02-28 5 North Carolina State* RT 6 Up 1 ACC
13 1956-02-28 6 Louisville  3 Down 3 Ind
13 1956-02-28 7 Vanderbilt  5 Down 2 SEC
13 1956-02-28 8 North Carolina R 9 Up 1 ACC
13 1956-02-28 9 Southern Methodist* RF 12 Up 3 SWC
13 1956-02-28 10 Iowa* RF 13 Up 3 Big Ten
13 1956-02-28 11 Duke  11 NC ACC
13 1956-02-28 12 Kentucky*  8 Down 4 SEC
13 1956-02-28 13 UCLA* R 15 Up 2 PCC
13 1956-02-28 14 Temple* RF 10 Down 4 Ind
13 1956-02-28 15 Holy Cross*  17 Up 2 Ind
13 1956-02-28 16 Oklahoma City*  18 Up 2 Ind
13 1956-02-28 17 Kansas State* R Up  Big 7
13 1956-02-28 18 Houston* R 14 Down 4 MVC
13 1956-02-28 19 Saint Louis  Up  MVC
13 1956-02-28 20 Wake Forest  Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
14 1956-03-06 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
14 1956-03-06 2 North Carolina State* RT 5 Up 3 ACC
14 1956-03-06 3 Dayton  3 NC Ind
14 1956-03-06 4 Alabama R 4 NC SEC
14 1956-03-06 5 Iowa* RF 10 Up 5 Big Ten
14 1956-03-06 6 Louisville  6 NC Ind
14 1956-03-06 7 Illinois  2 Down 5 Big Ten
14 1956-03-06 8 Southern Methodist* RF 9 Up 1 SWC
14 1956-03-06 9 Kentucky*  12 Up 3 SEC
14 1956-03-06 10 UCLA* R 13 Up 3 PCC
14 1956-03-06 11 Vanderbilt  7 Down 4 SEC
14 1956-03-06 12 Holy Cross*  15 Up 3 Ind
14 1956-03-06 13 Temple* RF 14 Up 1 Ind
14 1956-03-06 14 West Virginia* RT Up  Southern
14 1956-03-06 15 North Carolina R 8 Down 7 ACC
14 1956-03-06 16 Oklahoma City*  16 NC Ind
14 1956-03-06 17 Houston* R 18 Up 1 MVC
14 1956-03-06 18 Wake Forest  20 Up 2 ACC
14 1956-03-06 19 Duke  11 Down 8 ACC
14 1956-03-06 20 Utah* R Up  MSAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
15 Final 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
15 Final 2 North Carolina State* RT 2 NC ACC
15 Final 3 Dayton  3 NC Ind
15 Final 4 Iowa* RF 5 Up 1 Big Ten
15 Final 5 Alabama R 4 Down 1 SEC
15 Final 6 Louisville  6 NC Ind
15 Final 7 Southern Methodist* RF 8 Up 1 SWC
15 Final 8 UCLA* R 10 Up 2 PCC
15 Final 9 Kentucky*  9 NC SEC
15 Final 10 Illinois  7 Down 3 Big Ten
15 Final 11 Oklahoma City*  16 Up 5 Ind
15 Final 12 Vanderbilt  11 Down 1 SEC
15 Final 13 North Carolina R 15 Up 2 ACC
15 Final 14 Holy Cross*  12 Down 2 Ind
15 Final 15 Temple* RF 13 Down 2 Ind
15 Final 16 Wake Forest  18 Up 2 ACC
15 Final 17 Duke  19 Up 2 ACC
15 Final 18 Utah* R 20 Up 2 MSAC
15 Final 19 Oklahoma State  Up  MVC
15 Final 20 West Virginia* RT 14 Down 6 Southern

Coaches' Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Preseason 1 San Francisco* RFN NA — WCC
1 Preseason 2 Kentucky*  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 3 Utah* R NA — MSAC
1 Preseason 4 North Carolina State* RT NA — ACC
1 Preseason 5 Iowa* RF NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 6 Dayton  NA — Ind
1 Preseason 7 Illinois  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 7 UCLA* R NA — PCC
1 Preseason 9 Duquesne  NA — Ind
1 Preseason 10 George Washington R NA — Southern
1 Preseason 11 Holy Cross*  NA — Ind
1 Preseason 12 Marquette  NA — Ind
1 Preseason 13 Fordham  NA — Metro NY
1 Preseason 14 Washington  NA — PCC
1 Preseason 15 Alabama R NA — SEC
1 Preseason 16 Indiana  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 16 Saint Louis  NA — MVC
1 Preseason 18 Oregon State  NA — PCC
1 Preseason 18 Southern Methodist* RF NA — SWC
1 Preseason 20 Kansas  NA — Big 7
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1955-12-06 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
2 1955-12-06 2 Kentucky*  2 NC SEC
2 1955-12-06 3 North Carolina State* RT 4 Up 1 ACC
2 1955-12-06 4 Utah* R 3 Down 1 MSAC
2 1955-12-06 5 Iowa* RF 5 NC Big Ten
2 1955-12-06 6 Dayton  6 NC Ind
2 1955-12-06 7 Illinois  7 NC Big Ten
2 1955-12-06 8 Duquesne  9 Up 1 Ind
2 1955-12-06 9 Holy Cross*  11 Up 2 Ind
2 1955-12-06 10 Brigham Young  Up  MSAC
2 1955-12-06 11 George Washington R 10 Down 1 Southern
2 1955-12-06 12 Indiana  16 Up 4 Big Ten
2 1955-12-06 13 Saint Louis  16 Up 3 MVC
2 1955-12-06 14 UCLA* R 7 Down 7 PCC
2 1955-12-06 15 Marquette  12 Down 3 Ind
2 1955-12-06 16 Stanford  Up  PCC
2 1955-12-06 17 Kansas  20 Up 3 Big 7
2 1955-12-06 18 Alabama R 15 Down 3 SEC
2 1955-12-06 19 Seton Hall  Up  Ind
2 1955-12-06 20 Louisville  Up  Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1955-12-13 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
3 1955-12-13 2 North Carolina State* RT 3 Up 1 ACC
3 1955-12-13 3 Utah* R 4 Up 1 MSAC
3 1955-12-13 4 Iowa* RF 5 Up 1 Big Ten
3 1955-12-13 5 Alabama R 18 Up 13 SEC
3 1955-12-13 6 Duquesne  8 Up 2 Ind
3 1955-12-13 7 Dayton  6 Down 1 Ind
3 1955-12-13 8 Brigham Young  10 Up 2 MSAC
3 1955-12-13 9 Vanderbilt  Up  SEC
3 1955-12-13 10 Holy Cross*  9 Down 1 Ind
3 1955-12-13 11 Temple* RF Up  Ind
3 1955-12-13 12 Kentucky*  2 Down 10 SEC
3 1955-12-13 13 George Washington R 11 Down 2 Southern
3 1955-12-13 14 Cincinnati  Up  Ind
3 1955-12-13 15 West Virginia* RT Up  Southern
3 1955-12-13 16 North Carolina R Up  ACC
3 1955-12-13 17 Saint Louis  13 Down 4 MVC
3 1955-12-13 18 Kansas  17 Down 1 Big 7
3 1955-12-13 19 Indiana  12 Down 7 Big Ten
3 1955-12-13 20 Oklahoma City*  Up  Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1955-12-20 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
4 1955-12-20 2 Utah* R 3 Up 1 MSAC
4 1955-12-20 3 North Carolina State* RT 2 Down 1 ACC
4 1955-12-20 4 Dayton  7 Up 3 Ind
4 1955-12-20 5 Brigham Young  8 Up 3 MSAC
4 1955-12-20 6 Iowa* RF 4 Down 2 Big Ten
4 1955-12-20 7 Holy Cross*  10 Up 3 Ind
4 1955-12-20 8 North Carolina R 16 Up 8 ACC
4 1955-12-20 9 Kentucky*  12 Up 3 SEC
4 1955-12-20 10 Marquette  Up  Ind
4 1955-12-20 11 George Washington R 13 Up 2 Southern
4 1955-12-20 12 Southern Methodist* RF Up  SWC
4 1955-12-20 13 Illinois  Up  Big Ten
4 1955-12-20 13 Saint Louis  17 Up 4 MVC
4 1955-12-20 15 Louisville  Up  Ind
4 1955-12-20 16 Duquesne  6 Down 10 Ind
4 1955-12-20 16 Ohio State  Up  Big Ten
4 1955-12-20 16 Temple* RF 11 Down 5 Ind
4 1955-12-20 19 Vanderbilt  9 Down 10 SEC
4 1955-12-20 20 Indiana  19 Down 1 Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1955-12-27 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
5 1955-12-27 2 Dayton  4 Up 2 Ind
5 1955-12-27 3 North Carolina State* RT 3 NC ACC
5 1955-12-27 4 North Carolina R 8 Up 4 ACC
5 1955-12-27 5 Iowa* RF 6 Up 1 Big Ten
5 1955-12-27 6 Utah* R 2 Down 4 MSAC
5 1955-12-27 7 Holy Cross*  7 NC Ind
5 1955-12-27 8 Louisville  15 Up 7 Ind
5 1955-12-27 8 Illinois  13 Up 5 Big Ten
5 1955-12-27 10 Marquette  10 NC Ind
5 1955-12-27 11 Brigham Young  5 Down 6 MSAC
5 1955-12-27 12 Kentucky*  9 Down 3 SEC
5 1955-12-27 13 Vanderbilt  19 Up 6 SEC
5 1955-12-27 14 Rice  Up  SWC
5 1955-12-27 15 Duke  Up  ACC
5 1955-12-27 16 Saint Louis  13 Down 3 MVC
5 1955-12-27 17 Indiana  20 Up 3 Big Ten
5 1955-12-27 18 Alabama R Up  SEC
5 1955-12-27 19 Southern Methodist* RF 12 Down 7 SWC
5 1955-12-27 19 George Washington R 11 Down 8 Southern
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1956-01-03 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
6 1956-01-03 2 Dayton  2 NC Ind
6 1956-01-03 3 North Carolina State* RT 3 NC ACC
6 1956-01-03 4 North Carolina R 4 NC ACC
6 1956-01-03 5 Illinois  8 Up 3 Big Ten
6 1956-01-03 6 Kentucky*  12 Up 6 SEC
6 1956-01-03 7 Iowa State  Up  Big 7
6 1956-01-03 8 Utah* R 6 Down 2 MSAC
6 1956-01-03 9 Holy Cross*  7 Down 2 Ind
6 1956-01-03 10 Southern Methodist* RF 19 Up 9 SWC
6 1956-01-03 10 George Washington R 19 Up 9 Southern
6 1956-01-03 12 Louisville  8 Down 4 Ind
6 1956-01-03 13 Rice  14 Up 1 SWC
6 1956-01-03 14 Indiana  17 Up 3 Big Ten
6 1956-01-03 14 UCLA* R Up  PCC
6 1956-01-03 16 Iowa* RF 5 Down 11 Big Ten
6 1956-01-03 17 Tulsa  Up  MVC
6 1956-01-03 18 Duke  15 Down 3 ACC
6 1956-01-03 19 Temple* RF Up  Ind
6 1956-01-03 20 Stanford  Up  PCC
6 1956-01-03 21 Ohio State  Up  Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1956-01-10 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
7 1956-01-10 2 Dayton  2 NC Ind
7 1956-01-10 3 North Carolina State* RT 3 NC ACC
7 1956-01-10 4 Kentucky*  6 Up 2 SEC
7 1956-01-10 5 Illinois  5 NC Big Ten
7 1956-01-10 6 Indiana  14 Up 8 Big Ten
7 1956-01-10 7 Southern Methodist* RF 10 Up 3 SWC
7 1956-01-10 8 Duke  18 Up 10 ACC
7 1956-01-10 8 Vanderbilt  Up  SEC
7 1956-01-10 10 North Carolina R 4 Down 6 ACC
7 1956-01-10 11 Holy Cross*  9 Down 2 Ind
7 1956-01-10 12 Utah* R 8 Down 4 MSAC
7 1956-01-10 13 Louisville  12 Down 1 Ind
7 1956-01-10 14 Temple* RF 19 Up 5 Ind
7 1956-01-10 15 Ohio State  21 Up 6 Big Ten
7 1956-01-10 16 Iowa State  7 Down 9 Big 7
7 1956-01-10 17 UCLA* R 14 Down 3 PCC
7 1956-01-10 18 Marquette  Up  Ind
7 1956-01-10 18 Saint Louis  Up  MVC
7 1956-01-10 20 Michigan  Up  Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 1956-01-17 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
8 1956-01-17 2 Dayton  2 NC Ind
8 1956-01-17 3 North Carolina State* RT 3 NC ACC
8 1956-01-17 4 Illinois  5 Up 1 Big Ten
8 1956-01-17 5 Kentucky*  4 Down 1 SEC
8 1956-01-17 6 Vanderbilt  8 Up 2 SEC
8 1956-01-17 7 Duke  8 Up 1 ACC
8 1956-01-17 7 Southern Methodist* RF 7 NC SWC
8 1956-01-17 9 Temple* RF 14 Up 5 Ind
8 1956-01-17 10 Louisville  13 Up 3 Ind
8 1956-01-17 11 North Carolina R 10 Down 1 ACC
8 1956-01-17 12 Utah* R 12 NC MSAC
8 1956-01-17 13 Holy Cross*  11 Down 2 Ind
8 1956-01-17 14 UCLA* R 17 Up 3 PCC
8 1956-01-17 15 Ohio State  15 NC Big Ten
8 1956-01-17 16 Brigham Young  Up  MSAC
8 1956-01-17 17 Oklahoma City*  Up  Ind
8 1956-01-17 17 Stanford  Up  PCC
8 1956-01-17 17 Iowa State  16 Down 1 Big 7
8 1956-01-17 20 Marquette  18 Down 2 Ind
8 1956-01-17 20 Saint Louis  18 Down 2 MVC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
9 1956-01-24 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
9 1956-01-24 2 Dayton  2 NC Ind
9 1956-01-24 3 Illinois  4 Up 1 Big Ten
9 1956-01-24 4 Kentucky*  5 Up 1 SEC
9 1956-01-24 5 North Carolina State* RT 3 Down 2 ACC
9 1956-01-24 6 North Carolina R 11 Up 5 ACC
9 1956-01-24 7 Temple* RF 9 Up 2 Ind
9 1956-01-24 8 Vanderbilt  6 Down 2 SEC
9 1956-01-24 9 Southern Methodist* RF 7 Down 2 SWC
9 1956-01-24 10 Louisville  10 NC Ind
9 1956-01-24 11 Duke  7 Down 4 ACC
9 1956-01-24 12 Utah* R 12 NC MSAC
9 1956-01-24 13 Holy Cross*  13 NC Ind
9 1956-01-24 13 Iowa* RF Up  Big Ten
9 1956-01-24 15 UCLA* R 14 Down 1 PCC
9 1956-01-24 16 Cincinnati  Up  Ind
9 1956-01-24 17 Saint Louis  20 Up 3 MVC
9 1956-01-24 18 Alabama R Up  SEC
9 1956-01-24 18 Marquette  20 Up 2 Ind
9 1956-01-24 20 Stanford  17 Down 3 PCC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
10 1956-01-31 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
10 1956-01-31 2 Dayton  2 NC Ind
10 1956-01-31 3 Illinois  3 NC Big Ten
10 1956-01-31 4 North Carolina State* RT 5 Up 1 ACC
10 1956-01-31 5 Vanderbilt  8 Up 3 SEC
10 1956-01-31 6 Louisville  10 Up 4 Ind
10 1956-01-31 7 Temple* RF 7 NC Ind
10 1956-01-31 8 North Carolina R 6 Down 2 ACC
10 1956-01-31 9 Kentucky*  4 Down 5 SEC
10 1956-01-31 10 Southern Methodist* RF 9 Down 1 SWC
10 1956-01-31 11 Duke  11 NC ACC
10 1956-01-31 12 Iowa* RF 13 Up 1 Big Ten
10 1956-01-31 13 UCLA* R 15 Up 2 PCC
10 1956-01-31 14 Saint Louis  17 Up 3 MVC
10 1956-01-31 15 Holy Cross*  13 Down 2 Ind
10 1956-01-31 16 Utah* R 12 Down 4 MSAC
10 1956-01-31 17 Alabama R 18 Up 1 SEC
10 1956-01-31 18 St. Francis (NY) R Up  Metro NY
10 1956-01-31 19 Brigham Young  Up  MSAC
10 1956-01-31 20 Canisius* R Up  WNY3
10 1956-01-31 20 Cincinnati  16 Down 4 Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
11 1956-02-07 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
11 1956-02-07 2 Dayton  2 NC Ind
11 1956-02-07 3 Illinois  3 NC Big Ten
11 1956-02-07 4 North Carolina State* RT 4 NC ACC
11 1956-02-07 5 Louisville  6 Up 1 Ind
11 1956-02-07 6 Vanderbilt  5 Down 1 SEC
11 1956-02-07 7 Kentucky*  9 Up 2 SEC
11 1956-02-07 8 Temple* RF 7 Down 1 Ind
11 1956-02-07 9 Southern Methodist* RF 10 Up 1 SWC
11 1956-02-07 10 Duke  11 Up 1 ACC
11 1956-02-07 11 Saint Louis  14 Up 3 MVC
11 1956-02-07 12 North Carolina R 8 Down 4 ACC
11 1956-02-07 13 UCLA* R 13 NC PCC
11 1956-02-07 14 Alabama R 17 Up 3 SEC
11 1956-02-07 14 Holy Cross*  15 Up 1 Ind
11 1956-02-07 16 Iowa* RF 12 Down 4 Big Ten
11 1956-02-07 17 Brigham Young  19 Up 2 MSAC
11 1956-02-07 18 St. Francis (NY) R 18 NC Metro NY
11 1956-02-07 19 Utah* R 16 Down 3 MSAC
11 1956-02-07 20 Stanford  Up  PCC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
12 1956-02-14 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
12 1956-02-14 2 Dayton  2 NC Ind
12 1956-02-14 3 Illinois  3 NC Big Ten
12 1956-02-14 4 North Carolina State* RT 4 NC ACC
12 1956-02-14 5 Louisville  5 NC Ind
12 1956-02-14 6 Vanderbilt  6 NC SEC
12 1956-02-14 7 Kentucky*  7 NC SEC
12 1956-02-14 8 Southern Methodist* RF 9 Up 1 SWC
12 1956-02-14 9 Temple* RF 8 Down 1 Ind
12 1956-02-14 10 North Carolina R 12 Up 2 ACC
12 1956-02-14 11 Alabama R 14 Up 3 SEC
12 1956-02-14 12 UCLA* R 13 Up 1 PCC
12 1956-02-14 13 Iowa* RF 16 Up 3 Big Ten
12 1956-02-14 14 Duke  10 Down 4 ACC
12 1956-02-14 15 Saint Louis  11 Down 4 MVC
12 1956-02-14 16 Holy Cross*  14 Down 2 Ind
12 1956-02-14 17 Brigham Young  17 NC MSAC
12 1956-02-14 17 Utah* R 19 Up 2 MSAC
12 1956-02-14 19 Houston* R Up  MVC
12 1956-02-14 20 Iowa State  Up  Big 7
12 1956-02-14 20 Xavier  Up  Ind
12 1956-02-14 20 Cincinnati  Up  Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
13 1956-02-21 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
13 1956-02-21 2 Illinois  3 Up 1 Big Ten
13 1956-02-21 3 Dayton  2 Down 1 Ind
13 1956-02-21 4 Louisville  5 Up 1 Ind
13 1956-02-21 5 North Carolina State* RT 4 Down 1 ACC
13 1956-02-21 6 Vanderbilt  6 NC SEC
13 1956-02-21 7 Southern Methodist* RF 8 Up 1 SWC
13 1956-02-21 8 Temple* RF 9 Up 1 Ind
13 1956-02-21 9 North Carolina R 10 Up 1 ACC
13 1956-02-21 10 Kentucky*  7 Down 3 SEC
13 1956-02-21 11 Alabama R 11 NC SEC
13 1956-02-21 12 Iowa* RF 13 Up 1 Big Ten
13 1956-02-21 13 UCLA* R 12 Down 1 PCC
13 1956-02-21 14 Houston* R 19 Up 5 MVC
13 1956-02-21 15 Holy Cross*  16 Up 1 Ind
13 1956-02-21 15 Utah* R 17 Up 2 MSAC
13 1956-02-21 17 St. Francis (NY) R Up  Metro NY
13 1956-02-21 18 Iowa State  20 Up 2 Big 7
13 1956-02-21 19 Xavier  20 Up 1 Ind
13 1956-02-21 19 Cincinnati  20 Up 1 Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
14 1956-02-28 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
14 1956-02-28 2 Dayton  3 Up 1 Ind
14 1956-02-28 3 Illinois  2 Down 1 Big Ten
14 1956-02-28 4 North Carolina State* RT 5 Up 1 ACC
14 1956-02-28 5 Louisville  4 Down 1 Ind
14 1956-02-28 6 Alabama R 11 Up 5 SEC
14 1956-02-28 7 Southern Methodist* RF 7 NC SWC
14 1956-02-28 8 North Carolina R 9 Up 1 ACC
14 1956-02-28 9 Iowa* RF 12 Up 3 Big Ten
14 1956-02-28 10 UCLA* R 13 Up 3 PCC
14 1956-02-28 11 Vanderbilt  6 Down 5 SEC
14 1956-02-28 12 Temple* RF 8 Down 4 Ind
14 1956-02-28 13 Kentucky*  10 Down 3 SEC
14 1956-02-28 14 Utah* R 15 Up 1 MSAC
14 1956-02-28 15 Duke  Up  ACC
14 1956-02-28 15 Saint Louis  Up  MVC
14 1956-02-28 15 Cincinnati  19 Up 4 Ind
14 1956-02-28 18 Houston* R 14 Down 4 MVC
14 1956-02-28 19 Kansas State* R Up  Big 7
14 1956-02-28 20 Holy Cross*  15 Down 5 Ind
14 1956-02-28 20 Ohio State  Up  Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
15 1956-03-06 1 San Francisco* RFN 1 NC WCC
15 1956-03-06 2 North Carolina State* RT 4 Up 2 ACC
15 1956-03-06 3 Dayton  2 Down 1 Ind
15 1956-03-06 4 Iowa* RF 9 Up 5 Big Ten
15 1956-03-06 5 Alabama R 6 Up 1 SEC
15 1956-03-06 6 Southern Methodist* RF 7 Up 1 SWC
15 1956-03-06 7 Louisville  5 Down 2 Ind
15 1956-03-06 8 Illinois  3 Down 5 Big Ten
15 1956-03-06 9 UCLA* R 10 Up 1 PCC
15 1956-03-06 10 Vanderbilt  11 Up 1 SEC
15 1956-03-06 11 North Carolina R 8 Down 3 ACC
15 1956-03-06 12 Kentucky*  13 Up 1 SEC
15 1956-03-06 13 Utah* R 14 Up 1 MSAC
15 1956-03-06 14 Temple* RF 12 Down 2 Ind
15 1956-03-06 15 Holy Cross*  20 Up 5 Ind
15 1956-03-06 16 Saint Louis  15 Down 1 MVC
15 1956-03-06 16 Oklahoma City*  Up  Ind
15 1956-03-06 18 Canisius* R Up  WNY3
15 1956-03-06 18 Duke  15 Down 3 ACC
15 1956-03-06 18 Seattle*  Up  Ind