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1953 College Football Rankings
Team Rankings | Conference Rankings
STRENGTH OF
AVERAGE OVERALL CONF SCHEDULE AP
RANK TEAM CONF SCORE W- L-T W- L-T AVG RANK RANK
1 Notre Dame IND 96.73 9- 0-1 0- 0-0 72.34 15 2
2 Oklahoma BG7 96.66 9- 1-1 6- 0-0 66.92 20 4
3 Michigan State B10 96.63 9- 1-0 5- 1-0 74.63 9 3
4 Illinois B10 95.15 7- 1-1 5- 1-0 75.86 7 7
5 Wisconsin B10 94.90 6- 2-1 4- 1-1 81.60 2 15
6 Maryland ACC 94.89 10- 1-0 3- 0-0 52.94 51 1
7 Rice SWC 94.28 9- 2-0 5- 1-0 66.33 23 6
8 UCLA PCC 92.95 8- 2-0 6- 1-0 65.28 24 5
9 Iowa B10 92.62 5- 3-1 3- 3-0 75.94 6 9
10 Texas SWC 89.77 7- 3-0 5- 1-0 71.87 16 11
11 Texas Tech BRD 89.02 11- 1-0 5- 0-0 47.82 59 12
12 Michigan B10 88.97 6- 3-0 3- 3-0 72.35 14 20
13 Ohio State B10 88.80 6- 3-0 4- 3-0 76.52 5
14 Georgia Tech SEC 86.27 9- 2-1 4- 1-1 54.13 46 8
15 Baylor SWC 85.30 7- 3-0 4- 2-0 66.67 21
16 Mississippi SEC 84.51 7- 2-1 4- 1-1 54.50 45
17 Kentucky SEC 83.96 7- 2-1 4- 1-1 59.05 36 16
18 Minnesota B10 83.92 4- 4-1 3- 3-1 79.88 4
19 Southern California PCC 82.64 6- 3-1 4- 2-1 66.56 22
20 Southern Methodist SWC 80.98 5- 5-0 3- 3-0 75.59 8
21 Stanford PCC 80.82 6- 3-1 5- 1-1 59.28 35 19
22 Duke ACC 79.29 7- 2-1 4- 0-0 49.72 53 18
23 Mississippi State SEC 78.91 5- 2-3 3- 1-3 59.59 34
24 Auburn SEC 78.55 7- 3-1 4- 2-1 55.48 43 17
25 Army IND 77.47 7- 1-1 0- 0-0 41.26 67 14
26 Oklahoma State MVC 76.87 7- 3-0 3- 1-0 56.32 40
27 Penn State IND 76.57 6- 3-0 0- 0-0 55.90 42
28 Missouri BG7 76.19 6- 4-0 4- 2-0 64.49 27
29 Marquette IND 73.25 6- 3-1 0- 0-0 48.78 56
30 Louisiana State SEC 72.55 5- 3-3 2- 3-3 62.01 30
31 California PCC 71.56 4- 4-2 2- 2-2 65.26 25
32 West Virginia SOU 71.00 8- 2-0 4- 0-0 36.67 77 10
33 Kansas State BG7 70.84 6- 3-1 4- 2-0 48.34 57
34 Purdue B10 70.19 2- 7-0 2- 4-0 86.01 1
35 Houston MVC 69.12 4- 4-1 1- 2-0 64.64 26
36 Texas A&M SWC 68.86 4- 5-1 1- 5-0 74.26 10
37 Tennessee SEC 67.39 6- 4-1 3- 2-1 53.52 49
38 Syracuse IND 66.91 5- 3-1 0- 0-0 44.83 62
39 Alabama SEC 66.50 6- 3-3 4- 0-3 55.96 41 13
40 Colorado BG7 66.02 6- 4-0 2- 4-0 55.24 44
41 Navy IND 65.03 4- 3-2 0- 0-0 47.59 61
42 Utah SKY 64.87 8- 2-0 5- 0-0 34.76 83
43 Texas Christian SWC 61.75 3- 7-0 1- 5-0 73.37 12
44 Northwestern B10 60.95 3- 6-0 0- 6-0 73.35 13
45 South Carolina ACC 60.62 7- 3-0 2- 3-0 39.93 70
46 Detroit Mercy MVC 59.51 6- 4-0 3- 1-0 41.40 65
47 Florida SEC 56.67 3- 5-2 1- 3-2 57.39 37
48 Pennsylvania IND 56.56 3- 5-1 0- 0-0 70.58 17
49 Arkansas SWC 56.33 3- 7-0 2- 4-0 73.90 11
50 Indiana B10 53.80 2- 7-0 1- 5-0 80.58 3
51 Wyoming SKY 53.68 5- 4-1 4- 2-1 40.82 68
52 Pittsburgh IND 53.28 3- 5-1 0- 0-0 60.19 32
53 Washington PCC 51.55 3- 6-1 2- 4-1 68.21 19
54 Utah State SKY 50.08 8- 3-0 5- 2-0 29.97 91
55 Boston University IND 50.03 5- 3-1 0- 0-0 36.17 81
56 Oregon PCC 49.64 4- 5-1 2- 5-1 54.08 47
57 Texas-El Paso BRD 49.26 8- 2-0 4- 2-0 24.23 103
58 Miami (Florida) IND 47.62 4- 5-0 0- 0-0 51.95 52
59 Nebraska BG7 47.28 3- 6-1 2- 4-0 61.97 31
60 Washington State PCC 44.62 4- 6-0 3- 4-0 59.73 33
61 Cornell IND 43.67 4- 3-2 0- 0-0 43.23 63
62 Arizona BRD 43.41 4- 5-1 3- 2-0 47.94 58
63 Fordham IND 42.15 4- 5-0 0- 0-0 41.35 66
64 Furman SOU 41.36 7- 2-0 2- 0-0 21.85 105
65 Boston College IND 41.01 5- 3-1 0- 0-0 36.46 78
66 Kansas BG7 40.41 2- 8-0 2- 4-0 69.34 18
67 Pacific IND 40.31 4- 4-2 0- 0-0 40.74 69
68 Oregon State PCC 40.00 3- 6-0 3- 5-0 63.94 28
69 North Carolina ACC 39.16 4- 6-0 2- 3-0 47.77 60
70 Wichita State MVC 38.53 4- 4-1 1- 2-0 36.75 76
71 Colorado State SKY 37.29 4- 5-0 3- 4-0 43.05 64
72 New Mexico SKY 36.61 5- 3-1 3- 2-1 26.93 99
73 Hardin-Simmons BRD 35.80 6- 5-0 4- 1-0 36.33 80
74 Clemson ACC 35.69 3- 5-1 1- 2-0 49.19 55
75 Holy Cross IND 33.13 5- 5-0 0- 0-0 33.97 85
76 Villanova IND 32.85 4- 6-0 0- 0-0 49.60 54
77 Georgia SEC 32.06 3- 8-0 1- 5-0 57.21 38
78 Harvard IND 31.20 6- 2-0 0- 0-0 15.81 111
79 Yale IND 28.53 5- 2-2 0- 0-0 20.02 107
80 George Washington SOU 27.66 5- 4-0 4- 2-0 27.38 96
81 Vanderbilt SEC 26.42 3- 7-0 1- 5-0 56.77 39
82 Tulane SEC 24.98 1- 8-1 0- 7-0 62.89 29
83 San Jose State IND 24.35 4- 4-1 0- 0-0 34.42 84
84 Tulsa MVC 24.13 3- 7-0 1- 3-0 54.00 48
85 Iowa State BG7 23.87 2- 7-0 1- 5-0 53.35 50
86 Wake Forest ACC 22.51 3- 6-1 2- 3-0 37.48 74
87 Colgate IND 21.89 3- 4-2 0- 0-0 27.37 97
88 Columbia IND 21.85 4- 5-0 0- 0-0 32.72 87
89 Richmond SOU 21.72 5- 3-1 3- 3-0 18.72 109
90 Arizona State BRD 20.90 4- 5-1 1- 3-0 27.56 95
91 North Texas IND 20.40 3- 6-1 0- 0-0 32.20 89
92 Denver SKY 19.40 3- 5-2 1- 5-1 32.88 86
93 Virginia Tech SOU 19.01 5- 5-0 3- 3-0 21.18 106
94 William & Mary SOU 18.70 5- 4-1 3- 2-0 24.93 102
95 Princeton IND 17.11 5- 4-0 0- 0-0 25.91 101
96 Dartmouth IND 16.91 2- 7-0 0- 0-0 37.76 72
97 Washington & Lee SOU 15.63 4- 6-0 2- 4-0 30.50 90
98 Virginia Military Institute SOU 15.19 5- 5-0 3- 3-0 18.96 108
99 Drake IND 13.80 4- 4-0 0- 0-0 23.11 104
100 Brigham Young SKY 13.07 2- 7-1 1- 5-1 32.51 88
101 Montana SKY 12.88 3- 5-0 2- 4-0 27.90 94
102 Brown IND 11.42 3- 5-1 0- 0-0 18.06 110
103 Minor Teams 8.05 17-63-3 0- 0-0 34.77 82
104 Rutgers IND 6.53 2- 6-0 0- 0-0 27.26 98
105 Idaho PCC 5.02 1- 8-0 0- 3-0 37.76 73
106 New Mexico State BRD 4.56 2- 7-0 1- 4-0 36.44 79
107 North Carolina State ACC 4.42 1- 9-0 0- 3-0 39.78 71
108 Virginia IND 4.15 1- 8-0 0- 0-0 37.36 75
109 West Texas A&M BRD 4.07 1- 8-1 0- 6-0 28.75 93
110 Citadel SOU 3.19 2- 7-0 1- 3-0 29.14 92
111 Davidson SOU 0.70 0- 9-0 0- 5-0 26.61 100
Team Rankings | Conference Rankings
# OF AVERAGE AVERAGE OVERALL NON-CONF
CONFERENCE ABBREV TEAMS SCORE RANK W- L- T W- L- T BEST TEAM RANK SCORE
Big 10 B10 10 82.59 19.20 50- 37- 4 20- 7- 2 Michigan State 3 96.63
Southwest SWC 7 76.75 25.71 38- 32- 1 17- 11- 1 Rice 7 94.28
Southeastern SEC 12 63.23 40.58 62- 49-17 31- 18- 1 Georgia Tech 14 86.27
Big 7 BG7 7 60.18 44.71 34- 33- 3 13- 12- 3 Oklahoma 2 96.66
Pacific Coast PCC 9 57.65 46.78 39- 43- 6 12- 16- 0 UCLA 8 92.95
Missouri Valley MVC 5 53.63 52.20 24- 22- 2 15- 13- 2 Oklahoma State 26 76.87
Atlantic Coast ACC 7 48.08 58.43 35- 32- 3 21- 18- 3 Maryland 6 94.89
Independent IND 28 39.81 67.54 120-114-21 120-114-21 Notre Dame 1 96.73
Skyline SKY 8 35.98 72.88 38- 34- 5 14- 10- 1 Utah 42 64.87
Border BRD 7 35.29 72.57 36- 33- 3 18- 15- 3 Texas Tech 11 89.02
Southern SOU 10 23.42 86.80 46- 47- 2 21- 22- 2 West Virginia 32 71.00
The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on
James Howell's website.
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