Record: 43-41-5, .511 W-L% (6th of 11) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 7.32 (4th of 11) ▪ SOS: 6.25 (3rd of 11)
Conference Champion: UCLA
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Southern California and UCLA)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Southern California, Stanford and UCLA)
| Overall | Conference | Pts/G | SRS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| UCLA | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 27.2 | 6.7 | 23.59 | 10.14 | |
| Oregon State | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 5.45 | 3.22 | |
| Stanford | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .583 | 19.8 | 13.5 | 15.84 | 10.74 | |
| Oregon | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 20.4 | 15.8 | 9.57 | 4.37 | |
| Washington | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | 14.1 | 9.3 | 10.13 | 6.63 | |
| Southern California | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 26.5 | 15.8 | 17.38 | 8.78 | |
| California | 2 | 7 | 1 | .250 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .214 | 10.7 | 21.6 | -1.20 | 7.60 | |
| Washington State | 1 | 7 | 2 | .200 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .214 | 6.7 | 25.7 | -7.19 | 5.61 | |
| Idaho | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 14.2 | 19.3 | -7.69 | -0.80 | |
| School | Pre | 9/19 | 9/26 | 10/3 | 10/10 | 10/17 | 10/24 | 10/31 | 11/7 | 11/14 | 11/21 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Southern California | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 13 | |||
| Stanford | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | ||||||||
| Oregon State | 19 | |||||||||||
| Washington | 19 | 18 | 12 | 19 |
| Date | Bowl | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956-01-02 | Rose Bowl | Michigan State | 17 | UCLA | 14 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) |