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1957 college football season

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The 1957 college football season was the 89th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. It concluded with two teams having claim to the major college national championship:

1957 college football season
Preseason AP No. 1Oklahoma[1]
Regular seasonSeptember 20 – November 30, 1957
Number of bowls6
Bowl gamesDecember 28, 1957 – January 1, 1958
Champion(s)Auburn (AP)
Ohio State (Coaches, FWAA)
HeismanJohn David Crow (halfback, Texas A&M)
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Other notable teams from the 1957 season include: Florida A&M (9–0, black college national champion); Pittsburg State (11–0, NAIA national champion); Arizona State (10–0, top-ranked offense outscored opponents, 397 to 66); and Middle Tennesse (10–0, Ohio Valley champion).

John David Crow of Texas A&M won the Heisman Trophy, and Bob Reifsnyder of Navy won the Maxwell Award. The statistical leaders among the major college teams included Washington State quarterback Bob Newman with 1,444 yards of total offense, Utah quarterback Lee Grosscup with 1,398 passing yards, and Arizona State halfback Leon Burton with 1,126 rushing yards and 96 points scored.

Conference and program changes

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Conference changes

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Membership changes

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School 1956 Conference 1957 Conference
Cincinnati Bearcats Independent Missouri Valley
Detroit Titans Missouri Valley Independent
East Tennessee State Buccaneers VSAC Ohio Valley
North Texas State College Eagles Gulf Coast Missouri Valley
Oklahoma A&M Cowboys Missouri Valley Independent

Season chronology

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September

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In the preseason poll released on September 16, the defending champion Sooners of the University of Oklahoma—who had won 40 consecutive games dating back to 1953—were the first place choice for 127 of 174 writers casting votes, followed by Texas A&M, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Tennessee.[6] As the regular season progressed, a new poll would be issued on the Monday following the weekend's games.

September 20 - Abner Haynes and Leon King suited up for North Texas State College against Texas Western at Kidd Field in El Paso, marking the first time a major college football team based in Texas fielded African-American players. King scored a 33-yard touchdown, while Haynes had a long touchdown run called back "despite never stepping out of bounds and the whistle not blowing until he crossed the goal line." Texas Western escaped with a 14–13 win.[7]

September 20–21 - The U.S. Air Force Academy, founded two years earlier played its first major college schedule in 1957. The Falcons made their debut at UCLA on Friday night and lost 47–0. They would finish their first season 3–6–1, but were undefeated the following year. On Saturday, No. 1 Oklahoma won at No. 8 Pittsburgh 26–0, breaking the all-time record for consecutive wins. No. 2 Texas A&M beat Maryland 21–13 in a game at Dallas. No. 3 Michigan State, No. 4 Minnesota, and No. 5 Tennessee had not yet begun their seasons. No. 11 Georgia Tech beat Kentucky 13–0 and rose to third, while No. 12 Navy won 46–6 at Boston College and rose to fifth. The first AP poll was No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Texas A&M, No. 3 Georgia Tech, No. 4 Michigan State, and No. 5 Navy.

September 28 - No. 1 Oklahoma was idle. No. 2 Texas A&M won at Texas Tech 21–0 and No. 3 Georgia Tech played to a scoreless tie with No. 15 SMU. No. 4 Michigan State beat Indiana 54–0. No. 5 Navy beat visiting William & Mary 33–6. No. 6 Minnesota, which beat Washington 46–7, and No. 7 Duke, which had beaten Virginia 40–0, rose into the top five. The next poll was No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Michigan State, No. 3 Minnesota, No. 4 Duke, and No. 5 Texas A&M.

October

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October 5 - No. 1 Oklahoma beat Iowa State 40–14. No. 2 Michigan State won at California 19–0. No. 3 Minnesota beat visiting Purdue 21–17, No. 4 Duke beat Maryland 14–0, and No. 5 Texas A&M won at Missouri 28–0. The next poll was No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Michigan State, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 Minnesota, and No. 5 Duke.

October 12 - A crowd of 75,504 watched in Dallas as No. 1 Oklahoma had a difficult time with unranked Texas; the Longhorns picked off four passes and the score was 7–7 at the half before the Sooners preserved their winning streak 21–7 in a game that wasn't pretty.[8] At the same time, No. 2 Michigan State won 35–6 at No. 6 Michigan, leading the AP voters to re-evaluate. No. 3 Texas A&M won 28–6 over Houston. No. 4 Minnesota won 41–6 at Northwestern. No. 5 Duke narrowly beat No. 15 Rice in Houston, 7–6. The Spartans took over the top spot in the next poll: No. 1 Michigan State, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 Minnesota, and No. 5 Duke.

October 19 - No. 1 Michigan State lost 20–13 to Purdue and fell out of the top five, while No. 2 Oklahoma beat Kansas 47–0 and reclaimed the top spot. No. 3 Texas A&M won 7–0 at TCU and No. 4 Minnesota lost at Illinois 34–14. No. 5 Duke beat Wake Forest 34–7, and No. 6 Iowa beat No. 13 Wisconsin 21–7, while No. 9 Auburn beat Georgia Tech 3–0 in Atlanta and rose to fifth place in the polls. The next poll: No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Texas A&M, No. 3 Iowa, No. 4 Duke, and No. 5 Auburn.

October 26 - No. 1 Oklahoma edged Colorado 14–13, and lost the top spot again, despite being 5–0. No. 2 Texas A&M beat Baylor 14–0 and replaced the Sooners in the next poll. No. 3 Iowa won 6–0 at Northwestern and rose to third. No. 4 Duke went to neighboring Raleigh to play No. 11 North Carolina State and ended with a 14–14 tie. No. 5 Auburn won at Houston 48–7. No. 7 Notre Dame beat Pittsburgh 13–7 and rose to fifth. The next poll: No. 1 Texas A&M, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Iowa, No. 4 Auburn, and No. 5 Notre Dame.

November

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November 2 - No. 1 Texas A&M got past No. 11 Arkansas 7–6 in Fayetteville, and No. 2 Oklahoma won at Kansas State 13–0. No. 3 Iowa played No. 12 Michigan to a 21–21 tie, and No. 4 Auburn beat No. 19 Florida 13–0. No. 5 Notre Dame lost 20–6 to visiting No. 16 Navy, and No. 6 Michigan State won 21–7 at Wisconsin to rise into the top five. The next poll: No. 1 Texas A&M, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Auburn, No. 4 Michigan State, and No. 5 Iowa.

November 9 - No. 1 Texas A&M beat SMU 19–6 and No. 2 Oklahoma won at Missouri 39–14. No. 3 Auburn beat No. 17 Mississippi State 15–7 in Birmingham, No. 4 Michigan State beat No. 15 Notre Dame 34–6, and No. 5 Iowa beat Minnesota 44–20. The poll remained unchanged.

November 16 - No. 1 Texas A&M lost 7–6 to No. 20 Rice in Houston. No. 2 Oklahoma had won a record 47 consecutive games when they hosted Notre Dame. The Irish, 4–2 and on a losing streak, were an 18–point underdog coming into Norman. The Sooners, who had scored in 123 consecutive games dating back to 1945, were unable to reach the end zone, but had held off the Irish on two goal line stands. In the final minutes, Notre Dame was on the 3–yard line on fourth down, when Dick Lynch "crossed up the Sooners" and ran around right end for a touchdown. Oklahoma's desperate passing drive at game's end was stopped by a Notre Dame interception, and the crowd of 62,000 was stunned into silence... and then stood up and applauded for both the Sooners and the Irish. Oklahoma's previous defeat, more than four years earlier, had been at the hands of Notre Dame as well.[9] Final score: Notre Dame 7, Oklahoma 0. No. 3 Auburn beat Georgia 6–0 at Columbus, Georgia while No. 4 Michigan State beat Minnesota 42–13. No. 5 Iowa lost 17–13 at No. 6 Ohio State; the 7–1 Buckeyes rose to third, while the 6–1–1 Hawkeyes fell to eighth. No. 8 Mississippi, which beat No. 7 Tennessee 14–7 in Memphis, rose to fifth. The next poll: No. 1 Michigan State, No. 2 Auburn, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Texas A&M, and No. 5 Mississippi.

November 23 - No. 1 Michigan State closed its season with a 27–0 win over Kansas State, but fell to third. No. 2 Auburn won at Florida State 29–7. As the only unbeaten (9–0) school among the majors, Auburn was voted No. 1 in the AP poll. No. 3 Ohio State wrapped up its season with a win 31–14 at No. 19 Michigan and was first in the UPI poll. No. 4 Texas A&M and No. 5 Mississippi were idle, while No. 6 Oklahoma won 53–6 at Nebraska and returned to the top five. The poll: No. 1 Auburn, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan State, No. 4 Texas A&M, and No. 5 Oklahoma.

November 28–30 - Thanksgiving Day saw Bear Bryant's No. 4 Texas A&M team lose 9–7 to Texas. On Saturday, No. 1 Auburn shut out rival Alabama 40–0 at their annual meeting in Birmingham to close its season 10–0, while the Crimson Tide finished at 2–7–1. Bryant, who had transformed the Aggies from a 1–9 team in 1953 to a contender (Texas A&M was undefeated in 1956, and their two losses in 1957 were by a total of three points), would accept the job as head coach at his alma mater Alabama at season's end. No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Michigan State were both 8–1 in the regular season, but Ohio State was 7–0 in Big Ten play, compared to the 5–1 Spartans, and got the Rose Bowl bid against unranked Oregon. No. 5 Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State 53–6 and prepared for the Orange Bowl. No. 8 Navy, which won the Army-Navy game 14–0 in Philadelphia, finished with an 8–1–1 record, a bid to meet SWC champion Rice in the Cotton Bowl, and a fifth-place finish in the final poll.

The services were split as to the national champion. The AP Trophy went to Auburn, the choice of a majority of writers for No. 1, and the only major college program to finish unbeaten (Arizona State, then a lesser power, also finished 10–0). Auburn, however, was on probation and was ineligible for a bowl (conference runner-up Mississippi received the SEC's automatic slot in the Sugar Bowl), and the UPI coaches poll awarded No. 1 to the Ohio State Buckeyes (8–1). Both Auburn and Ohio State are recognized in the NCAA Football Guidebook as unofficial national champions for 1957. The final AP poll was: No. 1 Auburn, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan State, No. 4 Oklahoma, and No. 5 Navy, while the UPI poll was No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Auburn, No. 3 Michigan State, No. 4 Oklahoma, and No. 5 Iowa.

Conference standings

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Major conference standings

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1957 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 NC State $ 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
No. 16 Duke 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 2
Clemson 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
North Carolina 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Maryland 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Virginia 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
South Carolina 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Wake Forest 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[10]
1957 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Oklahoma $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Kansas 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Missouri 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Colorado 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Iowa State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Kansas State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Nebraska 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1957 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Ohio State $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Michigan State 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Iowa 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
No. 19 Wisconsin 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Purdue 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Michigan 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Illinois 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Indiana 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Northwestern 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1957 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Arizona State $ 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
West Texas State 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Texas Western 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Hardin–Simmons 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
New Mexico A&M 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Arizona 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1957 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Yale 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Brown 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Cornell 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Penn 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Harvard 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lehigh $ 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Rutgers 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Lafayette 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Houston $ 3 – 0 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
North Texas State 1 – 0 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Tulsa 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Cincinnati 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Wichita 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oregon State + 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Oregon ^ + 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 19 UCLA 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Washington State 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Stanford 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Washington 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
California 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
USC 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Idaho 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    Oregon State won the rivalry game over Oregon,
    but no-repeat rule was in effect
Rankings from Coaches Poll
1957 Skyline Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
BYU 5 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 2
Denver 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wyoming 3 – 2 – 2 4 – 3 – 3
New Mexico 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Colorado State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Montana 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Utah State 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Auburn $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 7 Ole Miss 5 – 0 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
No. 14 Mississippi State 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 17 Florida 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 13 Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 2
LSU 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Georgia 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Tulane 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Alabama 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Kentucky 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1957 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 20 VMI $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 1
West Virginia 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
The Citadel 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Furman 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Richmond 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Davidson 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
VPI 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
George Washington 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Washington and Lee 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1957 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Rice $ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 11 Texas 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
No. 9 Texas A&M 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
SMU 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Arkansas 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
TCU 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Baylor 0 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1957 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Navy   –   9 – 1 – 1
No. 10 Notre Dame   –   7 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Drake   –   7 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Detroit   –   6 – 3 – 0
Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 1
Oklahoma State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
Pacific (CA)   –   5 – 3 – 2
Miami (FL)   –   5 – 4 – 1
Xavier   –   5 – 5 – 0
Florida State   –   4 – 6 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 6 – 0
Air Force   –   3 – 6 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 6 – 0
San Jose State   –   3 – 7 – 0
Texas Tech   –   2 – 8 – 0
Marquette   –   0 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Minor conference standings

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1957 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cal Poly 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
UC Santa Barbara 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Fresno State 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Los Angeles State 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
San Diego State 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Long Beach State 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • No champion named for the 1957 season
1957 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland State $ 6 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Elizabeth City State 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Delaware State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Bluefield State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
North Carolina A&T 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Morgan State 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Winston-Salem State 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Virginia Union 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Shaw 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
North Carolina College 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Virginia State 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Hampton 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
St. Augustine's 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Howard 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Lincoln (PA) 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Fayetteville State 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Johnson C. Smith 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburg State $^ 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
St. Benedict's 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Fort Hays State 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Washburn 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Emporia State 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Southwestern (KS) 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
1957 College Conference of Illinois football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wheaton (IL) + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Lake Forest + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
North Central (IL) 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Millikin 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Augustana (IL) 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Carroll (WI) 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Illinois Wesleyan 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Elmhurst 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1957 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Francisco State $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Chico State 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Humboldt State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Sacramento State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Nevada 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Cal Aggies 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
McNeese State + 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Northwestern State + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Louisiana Tech + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Southeastern Louisiana 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Northeast Louisiana State 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1957 Hoosier Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hanover + 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Anderson (IN) + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Taylor 3 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Indiana Central 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Franklin (IN) 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Manchester (IN) 0 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1957 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Joseph's (IN) $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Butler 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
DePauw 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Ball State 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Valparaiso 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 2
Evansville 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Indiana State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Michigan $ 6 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Western Illinois 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Central Michigan 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Illinois State Normal 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Southern Illinois 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Northern Illinois 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Eastern Illinois 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Luther $ 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Upper Iowa 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Parsons 5 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Simpson (IA) 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wartburg 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Buena Vista 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Central (IA) 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Dubuque 1 – 5 – 2 1 – 5 – 2
Iowa Wesleyan 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lamar Tech $ 5 – 0 – 2 8 – 0 – 2
East Texas State 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Stephen F. Austin 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Sam Houston State 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Southwest Texas State 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Texas A&I 2 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Howard Payne 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Sul Ross 0 – 7 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hampden–Sydney $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Randolph–Macon 1 – 1 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Johns Hopkins 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
Bridgewater 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Western Maryland 0 – 2 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Gallaudet 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Conference standings were based on the Dickinson Scoring System.
1957 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hillsdale $^ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Hope 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Albion 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Alma 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Kalamazoo 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Adrian 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Olivet 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
1957 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH) $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Bowling Green 3 – 1 – 2 6 – 1 – 2
Marshall 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Toledo 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Western Michigan 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Ohio 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Kent State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Mid-Ohio League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bluffton $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Ashland 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Defiance 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Findlay 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Ohio Northern 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Wilmington (OH) 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tennessee A&I + 3 – 0 – 0 5 – 0 – 1
No. 22 Jackson State + 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Lincoln (MO) 2 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Kentucky State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Grambling 0 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Central State (OH) 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier[11]
1957 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ripon $ 8 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Carleton 6 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Coe 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Cornell (IA) 3 – 3 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Grinnell 3 – 3 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
St. Olaf 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Knox 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Lawrence 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Monmouth (IL) 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Concordia (MN) $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Macalester 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Gustavus Adolphus 5 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Saint John's (MN) 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Augsburg 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Minnesota–Duluth 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
St. Thomas (MN) 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Hamline 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Minnesota State College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Winona State + 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Bemidji State + 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Moorhead State 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Mankato State 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
St. Cloud State 0 – 3 – 1 0 – 7 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1957 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
SE Missouri State $ 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Missouri–Rolla 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
NE Missouri State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
SW Missouri State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Central Missouri State 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
NW Missouri State 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
South Dakota State $ 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Morningside 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Iowa State Teachers 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
South Dakota 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
North Dakota State 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Augustana (SD) 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
North Dakota 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Denison + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Wittenberg + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Akron 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Capital 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Heidelberg 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Otterbein 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Muskingum 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Hiram 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Kenyon 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 3 – 1
Wooster 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Mount Union 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Marietta 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Oberlin 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1957 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Tennessee Tech 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Eastern Kentucky 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Western Kentucky 1 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Murray State 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Morehead State 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lock Haven + 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Shippensburg + 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 1
West Chester 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Edinboro 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Slippery Rock 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Kutztown 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Bloomsburg 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
East Stroudsburg 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Indiana (PA) 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Mansfield 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
California (PA) 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Millersville 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Clarion 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Cheyney 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • Conference standings were based on the Saylor system of ratings.
1957 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
John Carroll $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Wayne State (MI) 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Western Reserve 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Case Tech 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Idaho State $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Western State (CO) 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Colorado State–Greeley 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Colorado College 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Colorado Mines 0 – 3 – 2 0 – 6 – 3
Adams State 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 9 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Whittier $ 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Pomona-Claremont 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Redlands 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Caltech 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Occidental 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wiley $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 1
Texas Southern 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Prairie View A&M 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Southern 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Arkansas AM&N 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Texas College 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Langston 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Virginia Little Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hampden–Sydney $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Emory and Henry 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Randolph–Macon 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 2
Bridgewater 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Wisconsin State College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Platteville State $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
River Falls State 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Whitewater State 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Oshkosh State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Eau Claire State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Superior State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
La Crosse State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Stevens Point State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Stout State 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Milwaukee 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rhode Island + 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Connecticut + 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Maine 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
UMass 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
Vermont 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
New Hampshire 0 – 3 – 1 0 – 7 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1957 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Norbert   –   8 – 0 – 0
Juniata   –   7 – 0 – 0
Hobart   –   6 – 0 – 0
Hofstra   –   9 – 1 – 0
Louisville   –   9 – 1 – 0
Rose Poly   –   7 – 1 – 0
Cal Poly Pomona   –   7 – 1 – 1
Montana State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Northern Michigan   –   6 – 2 – 0
Mississippi Southern   –   8 – 3 – 0
Sewanee   –   5 – 2 – 1
Tampa   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 2 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 2 – 1
Washington University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Abilene Christian   –   5 – 3 – 1
Delaware   –   4 – 3 – 0
Carthage   –   4 – 3 – 1
Memphis State   –   6 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wabash   –   5 – 4 – 0
Hawaii   –   4 – 4 – 1
Chattanooga   –   4 – 5 – 1
Arkansas State   –   4 – 5 – 0
Howard (AL)   –   4 – 5 – 0
Trinity (TX)   –   3 – 5 – 0
Bucknell   –   3 – 6 – 0
Pepperdine   –   3 – 6 – 0
La Verne   –   3 – 7 – 1
UC Riverside   –   1 – 4 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace   –   1 – 6 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   1 – 6 – 1
Drexel   –   1 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 7 – 0
Washington and Lee   –   0 – 8 – 0

NAIA standings

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1957 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburg State $^ 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
St. Benedict's 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Fort Hays State 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Washburn 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Emporia State 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Southwestern (KS) 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
1957 Central Church College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dana $ 3 – 0 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Westmar 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Tarkio 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Concordia (NE) 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 College Conference of Illinois football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wheaton (IL) + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Lake Forest + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
North Central (IL) 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Millikin 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Augustana (IL) 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Carroll (WI) 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Illinois Wesleyan 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Elmhurst 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1957 Evergreen Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Washington $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Puget Sound 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Western Washington 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Eastern Washington 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Whitworth 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Pacific Lutheran 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
UBC 0 – 6 – 0 ? – ? – ?
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Frontier Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arizona State–Flagstaff $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
New Mexico Highlands 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
New Mexico Western 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Panhandle A&M 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
New Mexico Military 0 – 2 – 1 1 – 2 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Joseph's (IN) $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Butler 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
DePauw 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Ball State 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Valparaiso 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 2
Evansville 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Indiana State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Luther $ 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Upper Iowa 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Parsons 5 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Simpson (IA) 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wartburg 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Buena Vista 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Central (IA) 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Dubuque 1 – 5 – 2 1 – 5 – 2
Iowa Wesleyan 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kansas Wesleyan $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Baker 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
McPherson 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Bethel (KS) 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ottawa 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
College of Emporia 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Friends 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Bethany (KS) 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hillsdale $^ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Hope 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Albion 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Alma 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Kalamazoo 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Adrian 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Olivet 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
1957 Mid-Ohio League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bluffton $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Ashland 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Defiance 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Findlay 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Ohio Northern 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Wilmington (OH) 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ripon $ 8 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Carleton 6 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Coe 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Cornell (IA) 3 – 3 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Grinnell 3 – 3 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
St. Olaf 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Knox 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Lawrence 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Monmouth (IL) 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Concordia (MN) $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Macalester 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Gustavus Adolphus 5 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Saint John's (MN) 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Augsburg 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Minnesota–Duluth 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
St. Thomas (MN) 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Hamline 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Minnesota State College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Winona State + 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Bemidji State + 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Moorhead State 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Mankato State 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
St. Cloud State 0 – 3 – 1 0 – 7 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1957 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Culver–Stockton $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
William Jewell 1 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 2
Tarkio 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Central (MO) 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Missouri Valley 0 – 0 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • A game between Missouri Valley and William Jewell scheduled for October 26 was cancelled when more than 20 players on each team were stricken by the flu.
1957 Montana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carroll (MT) $ 2 – 0 – 1 3 – 3 – 2
Eastern Montana 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Western Montana 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Rocky Mountain 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 2 – 1
Montana Mines 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
Northern Montana * 0 – 0 – 0 2 – 3 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Northern Montana was not a full conference member in football until 1958.
1957 Nebraska College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hastings $ 7 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Peru State 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Doane 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Kearney State 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Nebraska Wesleyan 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Chadron State 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Midland 1 – 5 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Wayne State (NE) 0 – 6 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Kearney State forfeited conference wins over Peru State and Doane.
1957 North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Jamestown $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
Minot State 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Valley City State 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Wahpeton Science 4 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Dickinson State 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Mayville State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Ellendale 2 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Bismarck JC 1 – 5 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Bottineau 0 – 6 – 0 ? – ? – ?
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 North State Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lenoir Rhyne $ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 1
Elon 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0
Catawba 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Western Carolina 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Appalachian State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Guilford 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
East Carolina 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Linfield $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Willamette 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
College of Idaho 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Whitman 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Lewis & Clark 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Pacific (OR) 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
SW Oklahoma State $ 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Northeastern State 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|NW Oklahoma State]] 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Central State (OK)]] 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|SE Oklahoma State]] 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|East Central]] 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Oregon Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
[[{{{school}}}|Southern Oregon]] $ 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Oregon College]] 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Oregon Tech]] 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Portland State]] 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Eastern Oregon]] 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lock Haven + 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Shippensburg + 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 1
West Chester 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Edinboro 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Slippery Rock 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Kutztown 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Bloomsburg 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
East Stroudsburg 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Indiana (PA) 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Mansfield 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
California (PA) 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Millersville 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Clarion 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Cheyney 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • Conference standings were based on the Saylor system of ratings.
1957 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Idaho State $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Western State (CO) 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Colorado State–Greeley 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Colorado College 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Colorado Mines 0 – 3 – 2 0 – 6 – 3
Adams State 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 9 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
[[{{{school}}}|Huron]] $ 7 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Northern State]] 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|General Beadle]] 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Southern State (SD)]] 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|South Dakota Mines]] 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
[[{{{school}}}|Yankton]] 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Black Hills]] 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Sioux Falls]] 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Dakota Wesleyan]] 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wiley $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 1
Texas Southern 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Prairie View A&M 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Southern 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Arkansas AM&N 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Texas College 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Langston 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1957 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fairmont State $ 7 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|West Virginia Tech]] 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|West Virginia State]] 2 – 1 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
[[{{{school}}}|Glenville State]] 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Concord]] 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Shepherd]] 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|West Liberty State]] 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Potomac State]] 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Salem]] 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|West Virginia Wesleyan]] 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Davis & Elkins]] 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Bluefield State * 1 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Bethany (WV)]] * 1 – 0 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Conference standings based on power ratings
1957 Wisconsin State College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Platteville State $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
River Falls State 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Whitewater State 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Oshkosh State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Eau Claire State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Superior State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
La Crosse State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Stevens Point State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Stout State 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Milwaukee 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Bowl games

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Main article: 1957–58 NCAA football bowl games

Major bowls

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Wednesday, January 1, 1958

Bowl Winner Runner-up
Orange No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners 48 No. 16 Duke Blue Devils 21
Sugar No. 7 Mississippi Rebels 39 No. 11 Texas Longhorns 7
Cotton No. 5 Navy Midshipmen 20 No. 8 Rice Owls 7
Rose No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes 10 No. 17 Oregon Ducks 7

Other bowls

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Bowl Location Date Winner Score Runner-up
Sun El Paso, TX January 1 Louisville 34–20 Drake
Gator Jacksonville, FL December 28 No. 13 Tennessee 3–0 No. 9 Texas A&M

Small college

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Bowl Location Date Winner Score Runner-up
Tangerine Orlando, FL January 1 East Texas State 10–9 Mississippi Southern

NAIA postseason

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The 1957 NAIA football season was the second season of college football sponsored by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The season culminated in the second annual NAIA Football National Championship, played in 1957 at Stewart Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.[12] During its four years in St. Petersburg, the game was also called the Holiday Bowl.

Championship
December 21, 1957
Holiday Bowl[13]
   
Pittsburg State 27
Hillsdale 26

Final polls

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Main article: 1957 NCAA University Division football rankings

Final polls were released in the first week of December.

Undefeated teams

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Thirteen college football teams finished the 1957 season with unbeaten and untied records:

Team Record Points
for 		Points
against 		Notes
Arlington State 12–0 425 62 Pioneer Conference and Junior Rose Bowl champion
Pittsburg 11–0 347 79 Central Intercollegiate, Holiday Bowl, and NAIA national champion
Arizona State 10–0 397 66 Border Conference champion, AP/UP No. 12
Auburn 10–0 207 28 SEC and AP poll national champion
Middle Tennessee 10–0 241 40 Ohio Valley Conference champion
Florida A&M 9–0 343 42 SIAC and black college national champion
Idaho State 9–0 280 85 Rocky Mountain Conference champion
Ripon 8–0 270 77 Midwest Conference champion
St. Norbert 8–0 250 84 Independent
West Chester 8–0 326 40 PSTCC champion
Fairmont State 7–0 147 42 WVIAC champion
Juniata 7–0 253 27 Independent
Hobart 6–0 141 50 Independent

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Heisman Trophy voting

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The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player

Player School Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total
John David Crow Texas A&M HB 241 176 108 1,183
Alex Karras Iowa DT 128 109 91 693
Walt Kowalczyk Michigan State HB 116 93 96 630
Lou Michaels Kentucky OT 60 57 36 330
Tom Forrestal Navy QB 34 42 46 216
Bob Anderson Army HB 25 45 39 204
Dan Currie Michigan State C 49 16 18 197
Clendon Thomas Oklahoma HB 21 39 44 185
Lee Grosscup Utah QB 21 28 28 147

Source: [15][16]

Statistical leaders

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Individual

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Total offense

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The following players were the individual leaders in total offense during the 1957 season:

Major college

Rank Player Team Games Plays Total Yds TdR[17]
1 Bob Newman Washington State 10 263 1444 16
2 Bill Austin Rutgers 9 273 1425 15
3 Dwight Nichols Iowa State 10 311 1419 12
4 Bob Stransky Colorado 10 215 1387 15
5 Tom Greene Holy Cross 9 212 1381 16
6 Lee Grosscup Utah 10 182 1274 15
7 Ken Ford Hardin-Simmons 10 228 1247 18
8 King Hill Rice 10 172 1244 10
9 Randy Duncan Iowa 9 154 1183 15
10 Tom Forrestal Navy 10 191 1169 10

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Small college

Rank Player Team Games Plays Total Yds
1 Stan Jackson Cal Poly Pomona 9 301 2145
2 Terry Stevens Upper Iowa 9 271 1914
3 Norm Jarock St. Ambrose 8 187 1558
4 Jack Redwine Florence State 10 189 1438
5 Bowlen Oregon College of Education 8 156 1428
6 Brad Hustad Luther 9 219 1401
6 Webb St. Ambrose 8 228 1401
8 Fields Whittier 9 148 1355
9 Lenny Lyles Louisville 9 132 1346
10 Larry Magilligan Hofstra 10 220 1343

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Passing

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The following players were the individual leaders in pass completions during the 1957 season:

Major college

Rank Player Team Games Compl. Att. Pct.
Compl. 		Yds. Int. TDs
1 Ken Ford Hardin-Simmons 10 115 205 .561 1254 11 14
2 Bob Newman Washington State 10 104 188 .553 1391 13 13
3 Lee Grosscup Utah 10 94 137 .686 1398 2 10
4 Bob Winters Utah State 10 92 179 .514 1139 9 7
5 Billy Baker Furman 10 88 150 .587 846 5 6
6 Tom Flores Pacific 10 82 184 .446 980 10 5
7 Tom Forrestal Navy 10 80 159 .503 1117 17 8
8 Jon Douglas Stanford 10 78 146 .534 957 6 10
9 Roger LaBrasca Drake 8 74 145 .510 1054 10 12
9 Tom Greene Holy Cross 9 74 159 .465 1297 12 11

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Small college

Rank Player Team Games Compl. Att. Pct.
Compl. 		Yds. Int. TDs
1 Jay Roelen Pepperdine 9 106 214 .495 1428 16 13
2 Stan Jackson Cal Poly Pomona 9 105 231 .455 1869 8 18
3 Ken Fujii Nevada 9 102 205 498 1116 7 6
4 Larry Magilligan Hofstra 10 93 189 .492 1303 12 15
5 Webb St. Ambrose 8 88 168 .524 1433 6 13
6 Green Chattanooga 10 87 175 497 1191 19 7
7 Ayling Alma 9 81 158 .513 1091 8 11
8 Vick Evansville 7 79 152 .520 1180 12 7
9 Parrish Linfield 9 76 160 .475 1102 12 17
10 Sochor San Francisco State 10 72 124 .581 1050 11 15
17 Bobby Beathard Cal Poly 9 63 126 .500 884 8 3
18 Goodnight DePauw 8 62 99 .626 946 4 11

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Rushing

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The following players were the individual leaders in rushing yards during the 1957 season:
Major college

Rank Player Team Games Yds Rushes Avg
1 Leon Burton Arizona State 10 1126 117 9.62
2 Bob Stransky Colorado 10 1097 183 5.99
3 Bob Anderson Army 9 983 153 6.42
4 Bill Austin Rutgers 9 946 193 4.90
5 Chuck Shea Stanford 10 840 163 5.15
6 Jim Bakhtiar Virginia 10 822 194 4.24
7 Clendon Thomas Oklahoma 10 816 130 6.28
8 Jim Taylor LSU 10 762 162 4.70
9 Nub Beamer Oregon State 10 760 173 4.39
10 Wray Carlton Duke 10 749 143 5.24
11 Don Perkins New Mexico 10 744 112 6.64
12 Bob McAniff Cornell 9 700 140 5.00
13 Jim Shofner TCU 10 682 131 5.21
14 Bobby Mulgado Arizona State 10 681 121 5.63
15 Pete Hart Hardin-Simmons 10 669 120 5.58
16 Bobby Cravens Kentucky 10 669 141 4.74
17 Dwight Nichols Iowa State 10 668 211 3.17
18 Pete Dawkins Army 9 665 124 5.36
19 Jim Pace Michigan 9 664 123 5.40
20 Jim Shanley Oregon 10 664 168 3.95

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Small college

Rank Player Team Games Yds Rushes Avg
1 Brad Hustad Luther 9 1401 219 6.40
2 Fields Whittier 9 1355 148 9.16
3 Norm Jarock St. Norbert 8 1306 148 8.82
4 Lenny Lyles Louisville 9 1201 123 9.76
5 Walter Beach Central Michigan 10 1084 140 7.74
6 Dick Maggard College of Idaho 10 1049 176 5.96
7 Tom Dingle Wooster 9 1022 179 5.71
8 Polkinghorne Washington U. 8 1009 156 6.47
9 Smith Denison 9 996 151 6.60
10 Fingerhut Saint Joseph's 9 982 133 7.38

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Receiving

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The following players were the individual leaders in receptions during the 1957 season:

Major college

Rank Player Team Games Receptions Receiving
Yards 		Touchdowns
1 Stuart Vaughan Utah 10 53 756 5
2 Gary Kapp Utah State 10 45 633 4
3 Don Ellingsen Washington State 10 45 559 4
4 Fred Dugan Dayton 10 37 546 3
5 Jim Gibbons Iowa 9 36 587 4
6 Al Jamison Colgate 9 33 420 6
7 Jerry Mertens Drake 8 29 509 6
8 Gene Leek Arizona 10 29 310 1
9 Chuck Chatfield Pacific 10 28 404 1
10 Pete Jokanovich Navy 28 339 9

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Small college

Rank Player Team Games Receptions Receiving
Yards 		Touchdowns
1 Jim Whitaker Nevada 9 40 527 4
2 Donald Baldwin Hofstra 10 39 479 6
3 Lawson Persley Mississippi Vocational 8 36 667 7
4 Ron Crecco Marietta 8 36 580 2
5 Don Hogan Cal Poly Pomona 9 35 660 7
6 Larry Gates Evansville 7 33 556 4
7 Bob Herrick North Dakota 8 33 542 6
8 Walker San Diego 9 33 452 6
9 Rudy Osuna Pepperdine 9 33 346 3
10 Clint Westemeyer St. Ambrose 8 31 553 4

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Scoring

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The following players were the individual leaders in scoring during the 1957 season:

Major college

Rank Player Team Pts TD PAT FG
1 Leon Burton Arizona State 96 16 0 0
2 Bobby Mulgado Arizona State 93 9 36 1
3 Jim Taylor LSU 86 12 14 0
4 Bob Anderson Army 84 14 0 0
5 Dick Christy NC State 83 13 2 1
6 Billy Atkins Auburn 82 11 13 1
7 Joe Belland Arizona State 78 13 0 0
8 Bob Stransky Colorado 77 12 5 0
9 Bill Austin Rutgers 74 12 2 0
10 Wray Carlton Duke 71 10 11 0
11 Pete Dawkins Army 66 11 0 0
11 Merrill Douglas Utah 66 11 0 0
13 Overton Curtis Utah State 63 9 6 1
14 Jim Wiggins Oklahoma State 62 10 2 0
15 Oldham Navy 61 7 19 0
16 Albert Korpak Detroit 60 8 12 0
16 Jim Pace Michigan 60 10 0 0
17 Maynard Texas Western 59 8 11 0
18 Bobby Jordan VMI 56 9 2 0
19 Jim Shanley Oregon 54 9 0 0
19 Bobby Gordon Tennessee 54 9 0 0
19 Eddie Dove Colorado 54 9 0 0
19 Don Clark Ohio State 54 9 0 0
19 Walt Kowalczyk Michigan State 54 9 0 0
19 Joe Francis Oregon State 54 9 0 0
19 Claude Chaney Dayton 54 9 0 0
19 Jack Fanning Washington State 54 9 0 0
19 Clendon Thomas Oklahoma 54 9 0 0

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Small college

Rank Player Team Pts TD PAT FG
1 Lenny Lyles Louisville 132 21 6 0
2 Bill Groman Heidelberg 114 19 0 0
3 Mohlman St. Benedict's 109 16 13 0
4 Bullard Lenoir Rhyne 102 17 0 0
4 Jarock St. Norbert 102 17 0 0
4 Herakovich Rose Poly 102 17 0 0
7 Iglehart Wiley 97 12 25 0
8 Henley Huron 96 16 0 0
9 Philpott Fresno State 94 14 10 0
10 Abrahamian Tufts 92 14 8 0

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Team

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Total offense

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The following teams were the leaders in total offense during the 1957 season:

Major college

Rank Team Games
played 		Total
plays 		Yards
gained 		Yards
per game
1 Arizona State 10 672 4449 444.9
2 Colorado 10 743 4152 415.2
3 Navy 10 719 3844 384.4
4 Iowa 9 599 3459 384.3
5 Michigan State 9 669 3455 383.9
6 Army 9 648 3376 375.1
7 Oklahoma 10 776 3600 360.0
8 Ole Miss 10 673 3556 355.6
9 Utah 10 628 3476 347.6
9 Rice 10 672 3476 347.6

Small college

Rank Team Games
played 		Total
plays 		Yards
gained 		Yards
per game
1 Denison 9 631 3877 430.8
2 Ripon 8 485 3418 427.3
3 Florida A&M 7 399 2913 416.1
4 Saint Joseph's 9 620 3700 411.1
5 St. Norbert 8 547 3242 405.3
6 Lincoln (MO) 9 564 3523 391.4
7 Amherst 8 594 3120 390.0
8 Williams 7 459 2712 387.4
9 William Jewell 9 574 3482 386.9
10 Tufts 8 540 3033 379.1

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Rushing offense

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The following teams were the leaders in rushing offense during the 1957 season:

Major college

Rank Team Yards
per game
1 Colorado 322.4
2 Ole Miss 305.7
3 Ohio State 297.9
4 Army 297.1
5 Oklahoma 297.0
6 Arizona State 292.2
7 Wisconsin 270.8
8 Michigan State 263.0
9 Princeton 258.1
10 Miami (FL) 254.0

Small college

Rank Team Yards
per game
1 Denison 372.1
2 Florida A&M 359.7
3 Lincoln (MO) 351.8
4 Saint Joseph's 350.9
5 Tufts 339.3
6 Luther 329.4
7 St. Norbert 310.6
8 Whittier 304.1
9 William Jewell 302.9
10 Louisville 298.9

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Passing offense

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The following teams were the leaders in passing offense during the 1957 season:

Major college

Rank Team Yards
per game
1 Utah 195.2
2 Washington State 180.8
3 Holy Cross 167.6
4 Arizona 154.0
5 Drake 153.9
6 Arizona State 152.7
7 Hardin-Simmons 151.0
8 Navy 146.9
9 Iowa 143.2
10 Penn State 131.9

Small college

Rank Team Yards
per game
1 Cal Poly Pomona 236.0
2 St. Ambrose 191.5
3 Mississippi Vocational 182.6
4 Hillsdale 169.6
5 Evansville 168.7
6 Pepperdine 166.8
7 Ripon 160.5
8 Grambling 158.3
9 North Dakota 157.5
10 Upper Iowa 153.9

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Total defense

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The following teams were the leaders in total defense during the 1957 season:

Major college

Rank Team Games
played 		Total
plays 		Yards
gained 		Yards
per game
1 Auburn 10 529 1330 133.0
2 Navy 10 554 1626 162.6
3 Georgia Tech 10 546 1778 177.8
4 Tennessee 10 574 1847 184.7
5 Michigan State 9 556 1724 191.6
6 Miami (FL) 10 579 2002 200.2
7 TCU 10 570 2022 202.2
8 Florida 9 494 1822 202.4
9 Cincinnati 10 556 2065 206.5
10 Ole Miss 10 561 2074 207.4

Small college

Rank Team Games
played 		Total
plays 		Yards
gained 		Yards
per game
1 West Chester 9 462 812 90.2
2 Florida A&M 7 319 739 105.6
3 Livingstone 9 428 1059 117.7
4 Saint Joseph's 9 463 1073 119.2
5 Susquehanna 6 284 724 120.7
6 Norfolk State 6 250 751 125.2
7 Juniata 7 378 905 129.3
8 Shaw 8 399 1077 134.6
9 St. Augustine's 7 299 976 139.4
10 North Carolina A&T 8 414 1154 144.3

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Rushing defense

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The following teams were the leaders in rushing defense during the 1957 season:

Major college

Rank Team Yards
per game
1 Auburn 67.4
2 Miami (FL) 99.8
3 Arizona State 103.5
4 Princeton 108.2
5 Navy 109.6
6 Iowa 112.7
7 Boston College 114.7
8 Michigan State 117.2
9 Cincinnati 122.0
10 Syracuse 123.0

Small college

Rank Team Yards
per game
1 West Chester 27.9
2 Florida A&M 48.1
3 Allen 71.6
4 Prairie View 73.0
5 South Carolina State 74.3
6 Juniata 75.6
7 Norfolk State 77.5
8 Saint Joseph's 77.9
9 Buffalo 78.1
10 Livingstone 81.8

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Passing defense

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The following teams were the leaders in passing defense during the 1957 season:

Major college

Rank Team Yards
per game
1 Georgia Tech 33.4
2 Missouri 40.3
3 Tulane 41.3
4 VPI 48.5
5 Ole Miss 50.0
6 Tennessee 50.1
7 Navy 53.0
7 Florida 53.0
9 Kentucky 53.1
10 Texas A&M 53.4

Small college

Rank Team Yards
per game
1 Lake Forest 25.0
2 North Carolina College 29.7
3 Haverford 31.7
4 Livingstone 34.1
5 South Carolina State 34.9
6 Vermont 35.8
7 Howard 36.6
8 Susquehanna 37.5
9 Coe 38.9
10 Wilkes 40.1

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 16, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. pp. 113, 120. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Auburn Barred From Bowl Games, Placed on Probation by S.E.C.," Charleston Gazette, February 14, 1956, p13
  4. ^ "Auburn or Ohio State-Which Is Grid Champ?", Montana Standard (Butte, MT), December 3, 1957, p11
  5. ^ Written at New York City. "Ohio State Is Winner Of Grantland Rice Award". The Buffalo News. Buffalo. International News Service. January 4, 1958. Retrieved June 10, 2024. The Buckeyes received two of the five first-place votes in the balloting conducted by Look Magazine. In the voting by a five-man panel, Ohio State got eight points to five apiece for Auburn, Navy, and Michigan State.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "The 1957 North Texas/Texas Western Game and the Integration of Texas College Football". The SWC Round-Up. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019.
  8. ^ "Sooners Pressed in 21–7 Triumph," Oakland Tribune, October 13, 1957, p61
  9. ^ "Irish Down Sooners In Stunning 7–0 Upset," Ada (Okla.) Evening News, November 17, 1957, p9
  10. ^ "1957 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  11. ^ "Fla. A&M Rattlers Top Nation". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 21, 1957. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  13. ^ "1957 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  14. ^ "16 Collegiate Elevens Enjoy Perfect Seasons", The New York Times. December 2, 1957. Page 44. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  15. ^ "Heisman vote goes to Crow by wide edge". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 4, 1957. p. 2D.
  16. ^ "John David Crow". Heisman Trophy. 1957. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  17. ^ Touchdowns-for-which-responsible is player's total of touchdowns scored and touchdown passes thrown
  18. ^ a b c Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1958. p. 67.
  19. ^ a b Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1958. p. 75.
  20. ^ a b Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1958. p. 76.
  21. ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1958. p. 69.
  22. ^ a b Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1958. p. 72.
  23. ^ a b c d e f Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1958. p. 77.
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