1957 NCAA College Division football season

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1957 NCAA College Division football season

Champion(s)| Florida A&M (black)
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The 1957 NCAA College Division football season was the second season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level.

## Conference standings[edit]

1957 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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Luther $  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Upper Iowa | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Parsons | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Simpson | 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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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[1]
1957 Midwest Conference football standings |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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

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1957 Virginia Little Eight Conference football standings |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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

## Undefeated teams[edit]

Team  | Record  | Notes

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1957 Florida A&M Rattlers football team | 9–0 | Black college national champion
1957 Idaho State Bengals football team | 9–0 | Rocky Mountain champion
1957 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team | 10–0 | Ohio Valley champion
1957 Pittsburg State Gorillas football team | 11–0 | NAIA national champion
1957 West Chester Golden Rams football team | 8–0

Other schools that finished their seasons unbeaten and untied were Hobart, Juniata, North Texas (Arlington), Ripon, and St. Norbert.

## See also[edit]

* 1957 NCAA University Division football season
* 1957 NAIA football season

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Fla. A&M Rattlers Top Nation". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 21, 1957. p. 25 - via Newspapers.com.

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