1956

85.2Power Index · Rank #1

Bud Wilkinson · 10-0-0 · Big Seven

Tier 3 · record vs. rank proxyTEXOSU

Performance: 100.0
Accomplishment: 75.0
Talent: 59.5
Pt Diff/Game: 41.5

Heisman finalists Tommy McDonald; Jerry Tubbs

Consensus All-Americans Tommy McDonald (HB); Jerry Tubbs (C)

Other honors mentioned Jerry Tubbs (Heisman finalist); Bill Krisher; Tommy McDonald; Ed Gray

NFL draft picks Jerry Tubbs (R1); Tommy McDonald (R3); Jimmy Harris (R5); Billy Pricer (R6); Ed Gray (R7); Bob Derrick (R12); Tom Emerson (R28)

National title claim Consensus

Iconic moment

Draft — needs Matt’s voice pass

Forty and Counting, No Bowl Required

Somehow OU got even better, running the win streak to forty and finishing consensus national champions without playing a single postseason game — the Big Seven's no-repeat rule sent Colorado to the Orange Bowl instead. Jerry Tubbs, a Heisman finalist at center of all places, headlined an All-America class that made the Sooners nearly impossible to stop. It's the strangest kind of dominance: too good for your own conference's rules to let you finish the job on the field.

NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: source page table was truncated after 2 games (only Texas and North Carolina scores captured) -- points_for/against and full opponent list not computable from what was pulled. No bowl game (Big Seven no-repeat rule).