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1957 Year Summary

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National Champions: Ohio State (FWAA, UPI), Auburn (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: John David Crow (Texas A&M)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Woody Hayes (Ohio State)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma ▪ AP Final #1: Auburn

Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS
Overall Bowls SRS Polls
Rk Conference Schs G W L T Pct G W L T Pct SRS SOS Pre Final Champion
1 Big Ten Conference 10 91 49 40 2 .549 1 1 0 0 1.000 10.60 8.65 5 4 Ohio State
2 Southwest Conference 7 73 39 30 4 .562 3 0 3 0 .000 9.82 7.77 2 3 Rice
3 Southeastern Conference 12 120 63 49 8 .558 2 2 0 0 1.000 8.63 6.15 4 5 Auburn
4 Atlantic Coast Conference 8 81 39 37 5 .512 1 0 1 0 .000 6.14 5.78 1 2 North Carolina State
5 Pacific Coast Conference 9 90 44 44 2 .500 1 0 1 0 .000 5.93 5.28 2 0 Oregon
Oregon State
6 Big Seven Conference 7 71 34 32 5 .514 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.95 1.98 1 1 Oklahoma
7 Independent 23 219 113 97 9 .537 2 1 1 0 .500 -0.30 -2.07 5 3
8 Southern Conference 9 87 43 41 3 .511 0 0 0 0 -5.01 -4.32 0 1 Virginia Military Institute
9 Ivy Group 8 71 35 34 2 .507 0 0 0 0 -6.24 -6.33 0 0 Princeton
10 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association 6 59 32 26 1 .551 0 0 0 0 -7.22 -8.45 0 1 Arizona State
11 Missouri Valley Conference 5 50 20 28 2 .420 0 0 0 0 -8.24 -4.76 0 0 Houston
12 Skyline Conference 8 79 32 41 6 .443 0 0 0 0 -12.07 -10.21 0 0 Utah

AP Poll Summary

School Conf Pre 9/23 9/30 10/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25 Final
Auburn SEC 15   7 9 9 5 4 3 3 2 1 1
Ohio State Big Ten 17         12 8 6 6 3 2 2
Michigan State Big Ten 3 4 2 2 1 8 6 4 4 1 3 3
Oklahoma Big 7 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 6 5 4
Navy Ind 12 5 6   15 16 16 7 9 7 8 5
Iowa Big Ten 9 12 8 8 6 3 3 5 5 8 6 6
Mississippi SEC   19 15 14 11 6 14 14 8 5 7 7
Rice SWC   18   15 19 13     20 13 9 8
Texas A&M SWC 2 2 5 3 3 2 1 1 1 4 4 9
Notre Dame Ind 18   16 12 8 7 5 15   9 12 10
Texas SWC   13 20     19 13         11
Arizona State BIAA                   17 11 12
Tennessee SEC 5 8   19     17 9 7 12 18 13
Mississippi State SEC               17 12 14 13 14
North Carolina State ACC     13 13 12 11 10 10 19 20 15 15
Duke ACC 10 7 4 5 5 4 7 16 11 11 16 16
Florida SEC             19       20 17
Army Ind     12 10 19 9 9 8 10 10 10 18
Wisconsin Big Ten       16 13         18 14 19
Virginia Military Institute Southern               20 13 16 17 20
School Conf Pre 9/23 9/30 10/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25 Final
Arkansas SWC       11 10   11 12        
Baylor SWC 7 11 11                  
Clemson ACC                 14      
Colorado Big 7             18          
Dartmouth Ivy             20          
Georgia Tech SEC 11 3 14 17       18        
Houston MVC   14                    
Illinois Big Ten           16     15      
Kentucky SEC 20                      
Louisiana State SEC         17 10            
Miami (FL) Ind 14                      
Michigan Big Ten 6 10 10 6 18 20 12 11 18 19    
Minnesota Big Ten 4 6 3 4 4 14            
Missouri Big 7               19        
North Carolina ACC       18 14              
Oregon PCC           18 15 13 16 15    
Oregon State PCC 13 9 9 7 7           19  
Penn State Ind 16 19                    
Pittsburgh Ind 8 16   20 16              
Southern California PCC 19                      
Southern Methodist SWC   15                    
Stanford PCC   16 17                  
Texas Christian SWC     18           17      
UCLA PCC     19     15            
Washington State PCC         19