1953 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

December 1, 1953By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1953 Season Tags: • No Comments

1953 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.796	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	10–0	1.000	1	+49	BYE
2	0	0.845	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	2	+38	Beat USC 48–14
3	1	1.001	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–1–1	0.850	7	+39	Beat Oklahoma State 42–7
4	-1	1.127	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	8	+30	BYE
5	0	1.162	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	10–1	0.909	3	+37	Beat Hardin Simmons 46–12
6	0	1.306	UCLA	PAC	8–1	0.889	4	+29	BYE
7	0	1.341	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	21	+25	BYE
8	1	1.383	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–1	0.889	4	+28	BYE
9	-1	1.387	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	4	+26	BYE
10	1	1.418	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	10	+31	Beat Baylor 41–19
11	3	1.486	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	8	+22	Beat Navy 20–7
12	-2	1.534	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	8–2–1	0.773	14	+27	Beat Georgia 28–12
13	2	1.655	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	15	+22	BYE
14	4	1.713	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	7–2–1	0.750	15	+21	Beat North Carolina 35–20
15	1	1.757	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	15	+20	Tied Mississippi State 7–7
16	-3	1.851	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	15	+17	Lost to Alabama 7–10
17	4	1.919	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–2–3	0.650	31	+12	Tied Ole Miss 7–7
18	7	1.969	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	22	+23	Beat Texas A&M 21–12
19	4	2.034	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	8–2	0.800	10	+17	Beat BYU 33–32
20	4	2.040	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	31	+18	BYE
21	-9	2.139	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	7–3	0.700	22	+17	Lost to Wake Forest 13–19
22	-2	2.174	USC	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	31	+17	Lost to Notre Dame 14–48
23	-6	2.201	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	7–3	0.700	22	+20	Lost to Oklahoma 7–42
24	15	2.205	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	6–2–3	0.682	26	+24	Beat Auburn 10–7
25	3	2.212	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–3	0.667	27	+15	BYE
26	3	2.235	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–3	0.667	27	+15	BYE
27	3	2.297	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	27	+14	BYE
28	4	2.303	UTEP	IND BOR	7–2	0.778	12	+8	Beat West Texas A&M 27–7
29	2	2.328	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	37	+11	BYE
30	-8	2.329	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	22	+17	Lost to Rice 19–41
31	-12	2.368	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	8–3	0.727	20	+12	Lost to Pacific 14–20
32	6	2.383	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	31	+9	Beat Vanderbilt 33–6
33	1	2.392	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	31	+10	BYE
34	-1	2.447	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	6–3–1	0.650	31	+11	BYE
35	6	2.453	LSU	SEC	5–3–3	0.591	46	+12	Beat Tulane 32–13
36	0	2.478	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	15	+4	BYE
37	-2	2.516	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	37	+6	BYE
38	-12	2.535	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–3–2	0.556	47	+9	Lost to Army 7–20
39	-2	2.569	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	7–2	0.778	12	+1	BYE
40	2	2.749	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	27	+3	BYE
41	-1	2.789	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	5–4–1	0.550	52	+8	Tied Denver 13–13
42	-15	2.932	SMU	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	47	+8	Lost to TCU 0–13
43	16	2.995	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	37	+6	Beat Holy Cross 6–0
44	10	3.000	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	43	+8	Beat Colorado State 13–7
45	0	3.048	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–4–2	0.500	55	+3	BYE
46	-2	3.049	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–3–2	0.556	47	+6	Tied Pennsylvania 7–7
47	15	3.053	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	37	-2	Beat William & Mary 41–14
48	-2	3.058	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	43	+9	BYE
49	-2	3.086	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	55	+6	BYE
50	-1	3.127	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	37	+1	BYE
51	-3	3.129	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	5–3–1	0.611	37	0	BYE
52	4	3.138	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	43	+3	Beat Wichita State 26–6
53	13	3.260	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–5–1	0.450	64	0	Beat Arizona State 35–0
54	-1	3.268	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	47	+2	BYE
55	-4	3.450	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	3–4–1	0.438	73	+3	BYE
56	-13	3.575	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–4–1	0.500	55	-6	Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–26
57	-5	3.608	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	64	+4	Lost to Texas 12–21
58	-8	3.645	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	4–5	0.444	68	-2	Lost to Colorado 7–13
59	2	3.708	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	47	0	BYE
60	-5	3.731	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	6–5	0.545	54	+4	Lost to Texas Tech 12–46
61	18	3.755	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	4–4–2	0.500	55	-3	Beat Utah State 20–14
62	-4	3.759	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	80	+2	Tied Cornell 7–7
63	-6	3.896	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	52	+5	Lost to Boston University 14–41
64	5	3.971	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	68	-5	Beat Florida 14–10
65	-1	3.983	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	55	0	Lost to Boston College 0–6
66	1	4.018	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	68	-3	BYE
67	-4	4.102	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	68	-8	Lost to Villanova 13–20
68	-3	4.119	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	55	-9	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 13–28
69	-9	4.219	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–5–2	0.400	74	-9	Lost to Miami 10–14
70	1	4.257	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–5–1	0.450	64	-8	BYE
71	-3	4.322	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–6	0.400	74	-7	Lost to Duke 20–35
72	14	4.402	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	55	+5	Beat Virginia Tech 28–13
73	-1	4.452	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–5–1	0.389	80	-7	BYE
74	0	4.497	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	55	-10	BYE
75	-2	4.554	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–7	0.222	98	-5	BYE
76	1	4.592	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–6–1	0.350	85	-6	BYE
77	14	4.615	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	74	-12	Beat Fordham 20–13
78	0	4.675	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–6	0.333	89	-8	BYE
79	-4	4.744	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	74	-13	BYE
80	3	4.755	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	91	-10	Beat Tulsa 27–7
81	-5	4.767	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–4–2	0.444	68	-9	BYE
82	-2	4.791	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	80	-9	BYE
83	-13	4.843	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	4–5–1	0.450	64	-6	Lost to Arizona 0–35
84	0	4.864	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–6	0.400	74	-11	BYE
85	-4	4.956	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–5–2	0.400	74	-12	Tied Wyoming 13–13
86	9	5.008	TCU	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	91	-13	Beat SMU 13–0
87	11	5.013	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	3–6–1	0.350	85	-10	Beat South Carolina 19–13
88	0	5.193	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–6	0.333	89	-9	BYE
89	0	5.214	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	55	-10	BYE
90	4	5.427	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–6–1	0.350	85	-14	BYE
91	-4	5.458	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–7	0.300	91	-17	Lost to Tennessee 6–33
92	0	5.528	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	80	-1	BYE
93	-3	5.538	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	98	-13	BYE
94	-1	5.681	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	3–5	0.375	84	-18	BYE
95	-10	5.697	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	91	-8	Lost to Arkansas 7–27
96	-14	5.706	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	85	-15	Lost to Trinity (TEXAS) 6–14
97	0	5.804	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–8	0.273	95	-10	Lost to Georgia Tech 12–28
98	-2	5.843	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–7	0.222	98	-16	BYE
99	0	6.211	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	104	-21	BYE
100	0	6.486	BYU	IND SKY	2–7–1	0.250	96	-24	Lost to Utah 32–33
101	0	6.839	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–8–1	0.150	105	-27	Lost to LSU 13–32
102	0	6.874	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	96	-21	BYE
103	0	6.917	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	98	-26	BYE
104	0	7.404	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–7	0.222	98	-19	BYE
105	0	7.760	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	98	-33	BYE
106	1	8.058	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	107	-34	BYE
107	1	8.180	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–8	0.111	107	-34	BYE
108	-2	8.317	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–9	0.100	109	-29	Lost to Florida State 13–23
109	0	8.696	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–8–1	0.150	105	-31	Lost to UTEP 7–27
110	0	9.709	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–9	0.000	110	-35	BYE