1953 NCAA football rankings

Two human polls comprised the 1953 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  National champion
(#–#)
  Win–loss record
(Italics)
  Number of first place votes
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

The final AP Poll was released on November 30, at the end of the 1953 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.

Preseason
Aug[1]
Week 1
Sep 28[2]
Week 2
Oct 5[3]
Week 3
Oct 12[4]
Week 4
Oct 19[5]
Week 5
Oct 26[6]
Week 6
Nov 2[7]
Week 7
Nov 9[8]
Week 8
Nov 16[9]
Week 9
Nov 23[10]
Week 10 (Final)
Nov 30[11]
1.Notre Dame (84)Notre Dame (1–0) (71)Notre Dame (2–0) (84)Notre Dame (2–0) (74)Notre Dame (3–0) (51)Notre Dame (4–0) (82)Notre Dame (5–0) (90)Notre Dame (6–0) (79)Notre Dame (7–0) (93)Maryland (10–0) (154)Maryland (10–0) (187)1.
2.Michigan State (24)Michigan State (1–0) (6)Michigan State (2–0) (15)Michigan State (3–0) (14)Michigan State (4–0) (31)Maryland (6–0) (18)Maryland (7–0) (21)Maryland (8–0) (24)Maryland (9–0) (42)Notre Dame (7–0–1) (47)Notre Dame (8–0–1) (141)2.
3.Georgia Tech (24)Maryland (2–0) (5)Ohio State (2–0) (11)Maryland (4–0) (21)Maryland (5–0) (27)Baylor (5–0) (2)Baylor (6–0) (7)Illinois (6–0–1) (4)Michigan State (7–1) (3)Michigan State (8–1) (8)Michigan State (8–1) (8)3.
4.UCLA (12)Michigan (1–0) (3)Maryland (3–0) (8)UCLA (4–0) (8)Georgia Tech (4–0–1) (3)Illinois (4–0–1)Illinois (5–0–1)Michigan State (6–1) (1)Oklahoma (6–1–1) (3)Oklahoma (7–1–1) (9)Oklahoma (8–1–1) (10)4.
5.Alabama (18)UCLA (2–0) (3)Michigan (2–0) (4)Michigan (3–0)Michigan (4–0)West Virginia (5–0) (15)Michigan State (5–1)Georgia Tech (6–1–1)UCLA (7–1)UCLA (8–1) (4)UCLA (8–1) (1)5.
6.Oklahoma (3)Ohio State (1–0) (2)UCLA (3–0) (2)Georgia Tech (3–0–1)Baylor (4–0) (1)Michigan State (4–1)Georgia Tech (5–1–1)Oklahoma (5–1–1) (1)Texas (6–3)Illinois (7–1–1)Rice (8–2) (2)6.
7.Ohio State (3)USC (2–0) (1)USC (3–0) (2)Duke (4–0) (3)Illinois (3–0–1) (1)USC (5–0–1)West Virginia (6–0) (10)UCLA (6–1)Illinois (6–1–1)Texas (6–3)Illinois (7–1–1)7.
8.USCOklahoma (0–1)Duke (3–0) (4)Baylor (3–0)West Virginia (4–0) (12)Georgia Tech (4–1–1)Oklahoma (4–1–1) (1)West Virginia (7–0) (11)Wisconsin (6–2) (2)Rice (7–2)Georgia Tech (7–2–1)8.
9.Maryland (1)Georgia Tech (1–0–1)Baylor (2–0)Illinois (2–0–1)Oklahoma (2–1–1)Oklahoma (3–1–1) (1)UCLA (6–1) (1)Baylor (6–1)USC (6–1–1)Iowa (5–3–1) (6)Iowa (5–3–1) (10)9.
10.Duke (2)Baylor (1–0)Georgia Tech (2–0–1)West Virginia (3–0) (9)Navy (3–0–1)UCLA (5–1) (1)Duke (6–1)Texas (5–3)Rice (6–2)Georgia Tech (7–2–1)West Virginia (8–1) (14)10.
11.TexasMississippi State (2–0) (1)Rice (2–0)Rice (3–0)USC (4–0–1)SMU (3–1)Stanford (5–2) (1)Ole Miss (7–1) (2)Alabama (5–1–3) (1)West Virginia (8–1) (17)Texas (7–3)11.
12.RiceDuke (2–0) (1)West Virginia (2–0) (5)Oklahoma (1–1–1) (1)UCLA (4–1)Rice (4–1)Ole Miss (6–1) (1)USC (6–1–1)Georgia Tech (6–2–1)Wisconsin (6–2–1)Texas Tech (10–1)12.
13.NavyWest Virginia (1–0) (4)Mississippi State (3–0) (3)USC (3–0–1)SMU (2–1)Duke (5–1)Minnesota (3–3)Kentucky (5–2–1) (1)Kentucky (6–2–1) (3)Kentucky (7–2–1) (5)Alabama (6–2–3) (1)13.
14.CaliforniaRice (1–0)LSU (2–0–1)Navy (2–0–1)LSU (3–0–2)Minnesota (2–3)Kentucky (4–2–1)Duke (6–1–1)Auburn (6–1–1) (1)Texas Tech (9–1)Army (7–1–1)14.
15.FloridaOle Miss (2–0)Texas (2–1)Pittsburgh (1–1–1)Texas A&M (4–0–1) (1)Army (4–1)Auburn (4–1–1)Minnesota (4–3)Duke (6–1–1)South Carolina (7–2)Wisconsin (6–2–1)15.
16.West VirginiaWisconsin (1–0)Oklahoma (0–1–1)California (3–1)Duke (4–1) тMichigan (4–1) (1)Ohio State (5–1)Rice (5–2) тStanford (6–3)Auburn (7–1–1) (1)Kentucky (7–2–1) (3)16.
17.Pittsburgh тTexas (1–1)Pittsburgh (0–1–1)Ohio State (2–1) тKentucky (2–2–1) тStanford (4–2)Michigan (5–1) тStanford (5–3) тTexas Tech (8–1)Baylor (7–2)Auburn (7–2–1)17.
18.Tennessee тGeorgia (2–0)Northwestern (2–0)Mississippi Southern (4–0) (1) тPittsburgh (1–2–1)Ole Miss (5–1)USC (5–1–1) тTennessee (4–2–1)South Carolina (6–2)Army (6–1–1)Duke (7–2–1)18.
19.PrincetonLSU (1–0–1)Holy Cross (2–0)Auburn (2–0–1)Mississippi Southern (5–0)Kentucky (3–2–1)Texas (4–3)Texas Tech (7–1)West Virginia (7–1) (1)Stanford (6–3–1)Stanford (6–3–1)19.
20.BaylorHoly Cross (1–0)
Mississippi State (3–0–1)Stanford (3–2)Navy (3–1–1)Alabama (3–1–3)Auburn (5–1–1)Iowa (5–3) (1)USC (6–2–1)Michigan (6–3) (1)20.
Preseason
Aug[12]
Week 1
Sep 28[13]
Week 2
Oct 5[14]
Week 3
Oct 12[15]
Week 4
Oct 19[16]
Week 5
Oct 26[17]
Week 6
Nov 2[18]
Week 7
Nov 9[19]
Week 8
Nov 16[20]
Week 9
Nov 23[21]
Week 10 (Final)
Nov 30[22]
Dropped:
  • Alabama
  • California
  • Florida
  • Navy
  • Pittsburgh
  • Princeton
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Georgia
  • Ole Miss
  • Wisconsin
Dropped:
  • Holy Cross
  • LSU
  • Northwestern
  • Penn
  • Texas
Dropped:
  • Auburn
  • California
  • Mississippi State
  • Ohio State
  • Rice
Dropped:
  • LSU
  • Pittsburgh
  • Mississippi Southern
  • Texas A&M
Dropped:
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Rice
  • SMU
Dropped:
  • Alabama
  • Michigan
  • Ohio State
Dropped:
  • Baylor
  • Minnesota
  • Ole Miss
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Alabama
  • Duke
Dropped:
  • Baylor
  • South Carolina
  • USC

Final Coaches Poll

The final UP Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on November 30.[23]
Maryland received 20 of the 35 first-place votes; Notre Dame received thirteen, and one each went to Michigan State and UCLA.[23]

Ranking Team Conference Bowl
1 Maryland ACC Lost Orange, 0–7
2 Notre Dame Independent none
3 Michigan State Big Ten Won Rose, 28–20
4 UCLA Pacific Coast Lost Rose, 20–28
5 Oklahoma Big Seven Won Orange, 7–0
6 Rice Southwest Won Cotton, 28–6
7 Illinois Big Ten none
8 Texas Southwest
9 Georgia Tech SEC Won Sugar, 42–19
10 Iowa Big Ten none
11 Alabama SEC Lost Cotton, 6–26
12 Texas Tech Border Won Gator, 35–13
13 West Virginia Southern Lost Sugar, 19–42
14 Wisconsin Big Ten none
15 Kentucky SEC
16 Army Independent
17 Stanford Pacific Coast
18 Duke ACC
19 Michigan Big Ten
20 Ohio State Big Ten

Litkenhous Ratings

The Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December 1953 provided numerical rankings to over 683 college football programs. The top 50 ranked teams were:[24]

1. Notre Dame
2. Maryland
3. Oklahoma
4. Rice
5. Michigan State
6. Wisconsin
7. Iowa
8. UCLA
9. Illinois
10. Texas Tech
11. Ole Miss
12. Michigan
13. Texas
14. Georgia Tech
15. Kentucky
16. Auburn
17. Mississippi State
18. Baylor
19. Ohio State
20. West Virginia
21. SMU
22. Minnesota
23. LSU
24. Marquette
25. Florida
26. Stanford
27. Penn State
28. Duke
29. California
30. Cincinnati
31. Alabama
32. Miami (FL)
33. Army
34. USC
35. Syracuse
36. Tennessee
37. Missouri
38. Navy
39. Purdue
40. TCU
41. Arkansas
42. Texas A&M
43. Oklahoma A&M
44. Houston
45. Northwestern
46. Kansas State
47. Miami (OH)
48. Pittsburgh
49. Detroit
50. Penn

References

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  14. "October 5, 1953 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
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  23. "Maryland keeps top spot in nation's college ratings". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. December 1, 1953. p. 24.
  24. "Notre Dame Tagged national Champ In Litkenhous' Final Grid Ratings". The Chattanooga Times. December 15, 1953. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.
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