Standings
| Overall | Conference | Points Per Game | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Off | Def | SRS | SOS | AP Pre | AP High | AP Rank | Notes |
| Texas A&M | 9 | 0 | 1 | .950 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 22.3 | 8.1 | 20.18 | 6.28 | 9 | 4 | 5 | |
| Texas Christian | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 21.0 | 10.0 | 15.42 | 7.24 | 7 | 4 | 14 | |
| Baylor | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 18.4 | 6.6 | 17.91 | 7.09 | 8 | 11 | ||
| Arkansas | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 9.56 | 7.66 | ||||
| SMU | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 12.5 | 20.2 | 4.28 | 10.68 | 5 | |||
| Rice | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 6.54 | 7.84 | ||||
| Texas | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 10.1 | 27.2 | -1.76 | 12.05 | ||||
2 Bowl Games
- Number in parentheses indicates AP rank at time of bowl game
| Date | Bowl | Pts | Pts | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957-01-01 | Cotton Bowl | Texas Christian (14) | 28 | Syracuse (8) | 27 | Dallas, TX |
| 1957-01-01 | Sugar Bowl | Baylor (15) | 13 | Tennessee (2) | 7 | New Orleans, LA |
1956 Conference Leaders