1957 NCAA football season

1957 NCAA University Division football season
Preseason AP #1	Oklahoma Sooners
Regular season	September 20 – November 30, 1957
Number of bowls	6
Bowl games	December 28, 1957 – January 1, 1958
Heisman	John David Crow, Texas A&M HB
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1957 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
NC State $	5	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	2
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

1957 Big 7 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 Oklahoma $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Kansas	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Colorado	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Missouri	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	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 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
#3 Michigan State	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
#6 Iowa	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
#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 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 Navy			–					9	–	1	–	1
#10 Notre Dame			–					7	–	3	–	0
#18 Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
Drake			–					7	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Detroit Mercy			–					6	–	3	–	0
Dayton			–					6	–	3	–	1
Oklahoma State			–					6	–	3	–	1
Boston U			–					5	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Pacific			–					5	–	3	–	2
Rutgers			–					5	–	4	–	0
Miami			–					5	–	4	–	1
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

1957 Border Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#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

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 Rankings from AP Poll

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 State	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1957 MSC 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 Rankings from AP Poll

1957 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Oregon State +	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Oregon * +	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
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 Civil War game over Oregon, but no-repeat rule was in effect

The 1957 NCAA University Division football season saw two different national champions. Auburn University was ranked first in the AP writers' poll taken at season's end, while Ohio State University was first in the UPI coaches' poll. Auburn was ineligible for a bowl game, however, having been placed on probation indefinitely by the Southeastern Conference, after having paid two high school players $500 apiece.

During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the major college football teams in the University Division, later known as Division I-A. The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls. The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual NCAA Football Guide of the "unofficial" national champions. The AP poll in 1957 consisted of the votes of as many as 360 sportswriters. The UPI poll was taken of a panel of 35 coaches. In both cases, the voters would give their opinion of the ten best teams, and under a point system of 10 points for first place, 9 for second, etc., the "overall" ranking was determined. The top teams played on New Year's Day in the four major postseason bowl games: the Rose Bowl (near Los Angeles at Pasadena), the Sugar Bowl (New Orleans), the Orange Bowl (Miami), and the Cotton Bowl Classic (Dallas).

In the preseason poll released on September 16, the defending champion Sooners of the University of Oklahoma—who had won 40 consecutive games in '53, '54, '55, and '56 -- were the first place choice for 127 of 174 writers casting votes, followed by Texas A&M, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Tennessee. As the regular season progressed, a new poll would be issued on the Monday following the weekend's games.

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