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1953 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
1250.545Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Furman 41–0
2510.605Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–01.0001+1Beat Iowa State 35–0
3100.624Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–01.0001+2Beat Washington & LEE 52–0
440.704Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–01.0001+1BYE
5-10.818Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–01.0001+1Beat Montana 27–7
6-50.823Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–0–10.750430Tied Florida 0–0
790.823LSUSEC1–0–10.75043+1Tied Alabama 7–7
8370.852Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–01.00010Beat Washington 50–0
9-20.917Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR2–01.0001+1Beat UTEP 27–6
10220.941Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–01.0001+1Beat Kansas State 14–13
11260.941George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–01.0001+1Beat Virginia Military Institute 14–13
1220.991Duke (DUKE)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Wake Forest 19–0
13-70.996San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat BYU 28–25
14-31.021USCPAC2–01.0001+1Beat Minnesota 17–7
15-51.046Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC2–01.0001+1Beat Arkansas 7–6
16-11.075Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Tulane 16–14
17-121.085UCLAPAC2–01.00010Beat Kansas 19–7
1811.085Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–01.0001+1Beat New Mexico 6–0
19361.110Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.00010Beat Indiana 36–12
20191.130Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Dartmouth 28–6
21291.130North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–01.00010Beat NC State 29–7
22-131.140Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat Idaho 21–0
23111.150Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Colgate 27–7
24451.150Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.00010Beat Penn State 20–0
25211.209Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–01.00010Beat Iowa 21–7
26-91.219TCUIND SWC1–01.00010BYE
27411.249West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Pittsburgh 17–7
28261.278Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Oklahoma 28–21
29291.288Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Vanderbilt 13–7
30-91.308Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–01.00010BYE
31-81.313Colorado (COLORADO)IND B82–01.00010Beat Arizona 20–14
32-101.328William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–0–10.750430Tied Navy 6–6
33-91.338Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–0–10.750430Tied Houston 14–14
34561.506Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–01.00010Beat Tennessee 26–0
35521.531Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.00010Beat Kentucky 22–6
36551.556Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Davidson 16–0
37601.650Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat Drake 33–14
38581.670Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Virginia 20–6
39-121.734Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–01.00010Beat Stetson 47–0
40241.784Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Temple 42–0
41-131.820Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–0–10.500480Tied Clemson 14–14
42-131.820Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.0001060BYE
43-71.820Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI0–00.0001060BYE
44-61.820Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–00.0001060BYE
45-51.820Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC0–0–10.500480Tied Texas A&M 14–14
46-51.820Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–0–10.500480Tied Nebraska 21–21
4711.820Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–0–10.500480Tied William & Mary 6–6
48141.820Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.0001060BYE
49141.820SMUIND SWC0–00.0001060BYE
50-481.825Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–10.500480Lost to Colorado State 13–14
51411.828Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND MVC2–01.00010Beat Wayne State 48–0
52-491.859Tulane (TULANE)SEC1–10.500480Lost to Georgia 14–16
53171.883Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat UConn 32–0
54321.918Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Cincinnati 31–7
55-111.932Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Florida State 27–0
56371.942Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–0–10.750430Tied Boston College 14–14
57372.052Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–10.50048+1Beat Pacific 26–20
58-252.131Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Lehigh 14–7
5912.141Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 20–14
60232.205Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–10.500480Beat Villanova 41–12
61212.250South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–10.500480Beat Citadel 25–0
62-502.251BYUIND SKY1–10.500480Lost to San José State 25–28
63-382.317Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–10.000760Lost to Oklahoma State 6–7
64122.355Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–10.500480Beat Tulsa 19–10
65352.384California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–10.500480Beat Oregon State 26–0
6682.447Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–1–10.250720Tied Georgia Tech 0–0
67212.462Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–10.500480Beat Purdue 14–7
68-192.533New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY0–10.000760Lost to Utah State 0–6
69-32.533Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–10.000760Lost to Pennsylvania 7–13
70-142.577Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–10.000760Lost to Notre Dame 21–28
7102.641Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–20.000760Lost to Ole Miss 6–22
72-252.706Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–10.000760Lost to USC 7–17
73-142.706Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–10.000760Lost to West Virginia 7–17
74-12.728Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–20.000760Lost to Duke 0–19
7562.814Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–20.000760Lost to UCLA 7–19
7632.851Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–10.500480Lost to George Washington 13–14
77222.858Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR0–20.000760Lost to Colorado 14–20
78-352.879Iowa (IOWA)B100–10.000760Lost to Michigan State 7–21
79-122.879Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–10.000760Lost to Virginia Tech 6–20
80-53.050Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–10.500480Beat Oregon 7–0
81-613.085Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI1–10.500480Lost to Washington State 20–26
82-513.139Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–10.000760Lost to Cornell 7–27
83-263.139Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000760Lost to Wisconsin 0–20
84-493.225Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–10.000760Lost to Holy Cross 6–28
85-343.225NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC0–10.000760Lost to North Carolina 7–29
86123.282Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR1–10.500480Beat Midwestern Texas State 33–7
87-453.312Indiana (INDIANA)B100–10.000760Lost to Ohio State 12–36
88143.333Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–20.000760Lost to Utah 0–21
89-93.365Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–10.500480Lost to Northwestern 0–35
9053.373UTEPIND BOR1–10.500480Lost to Texas Tech 6–27
91-193.377Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–20.000760Lost to Michigan 0–50
92-273.398Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–10.000760Lost to Mississippi State 0–26
9383.398West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–1–10.250720Tied Mcmurry 20–20
94-163.438Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–10.500480Lost to Maryland 0–52
95-103.460Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–10.500480Lost to Army 0–41
96-783.509Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–10.50048-1Lost to Stanford 0–7
97103.766Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–20.000760Lost to Richmond 0–16
9863.845New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–10.500480Beat Colorado College 12–7
9994.951Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–10.500480Beat North Texas 14–0
100-115.041Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY0–20.00076-1Lost to Wyoming 7–27
101-175.214Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–20.00076-1Lost to Texas 12–41
10215.755Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–20.00076-1Lost to California 0–26
10335.798Drake (DRAKE)IND FBSI0–20.00076-1Lost to Denver 14–33
104-436.641Purdue (PURDUE)B100–10.00076-1Lost to Missouri 7–14
105-286.685Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–1–10.25072-1Tied Illinois 21–21
106-546.944North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND FBSI0–10.00076-1Lost to Arizona State 0–14
107-27.917Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–20.00076-2Lost to South Carolina 0–25
10829.409Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–20.00076-1Lost to Wichita State 10–19
109-7911.831Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–10.000760Lost to Amherst 6–7
110-112.047Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–1–10.250720Tied LSU 7–7

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