1953 Season

1953 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 5, 1954By 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	1	0.835	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	1	+45	BYE
2	1	0.868	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–1–1	0.864	5	+49	Beat Maryland 7–0
3	-2	0.916	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	10–1	0.909	3	+48	Lost to Oklahoma 0–7
4	1	1.017	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	11–1	0.917	2	+46	Beat Auburn 35–13
5	-1	1.087	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	6	+30	BYE
6	2	1.226	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	9–1	0.900	4	+36	Beat UCLA 28–20
7	3	1.286	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	8	+36	Beat Alabama 28–6
8	-1	1.330	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	20	+24	BYE
9	3	1.401	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	9–2–1	0.792	13	+34	Beat West Virginia 42–19
10	-4	1.461	UCLA	PAC	8–2	0.800	9	+28	Lost to Michigan State 20–28
11	0	1.474	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	6	+22	BYE
12	-3	1.576	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	9	+24	Lost to Georgia Tech 19–42
13	0	1.708	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	15	+23	BYE
14	1	1.750	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	7–2–1	0.750	15	+21	BYE
15	-1	1.812	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	15	+18	BYE
16	1	1.884	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	21	+24	BYE
17	1	1.953	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–2–3	0.650	30	+12	BYE
18	2	2.031	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	8–2	0.800	9	+17	BYE
19	0	2.032	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	30	+18	BYE
20	1	2.100	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	7–3	0.700	21	+21	BYE
21	-5	2.113	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	7–3–1	0.682	25	+15	Lost to Texas Tech 13–35
22	0	2.147	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	7–3	0.700	21	+16	BYE
23	1	2.177	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–3	0.667	26	+15	BYE
24	-1	2.178	USC	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	30	+16	BYE
25	1	2.201	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–3	0.667	26	+15	BYE
26	1	2.241	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	21	+17	BYE
27	2	2.261	UTEP	IND BOR	8–2	0.800	9	+8	Beat Southern Miss 37–14
28	2	2.298	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	36	+11	BYE
29	-1	2.300	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	26	+13	BYE
30	1	2.336	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	8–3	0.727	19	+12	BYE
31	1	2.366	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	30	+10	BYE
32	1	2.421	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	6–3–1	0.650	30	+11	BYE
33	1	2.466	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	15	+4	BYE
34	2	2.490	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	36	+6	BYE
35	0	2.490	LSU	SEC	5–3–3	0.591	45	+11	BYE
36	-11	2.503	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	6–3–3	0.625	35	+22	Lost to Rice 6–28
37	0	2.528	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–3–2	0.556	47	+9	BYE
38	0	2.567	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	7–2	0.778	14	+1	BYE
39	0	2.722	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	26	+3	BYE
40	1	2.752	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	4–4–1	0.500	54	+9	BYE
41	-1	2.765	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	5–4–1	0.550	51	+8	BYE
42	0	2.876	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	45	+5	BYE
43	0	2.965	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	36	+6	BYE
44	0	2.984	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	42	+8	BYE
45	1	3.023	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	36	-2	BYE
46	1	3.031	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	42	+3	BYE
47	-2	3.037	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–4–2	0.500	54	+2	BYE
48	2	3.038	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	54	+6	BYE
49	-1	3.042	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–3–2	0.556	47	+6	BYE
50	1	3.046	SMU	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	54	+9	BYE
51	-2	3.064	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	42	+7	BYE
52	0	3.098	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	36	+1	BYE
53	0	3.114	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	5–3–1	0.611	36	0	BYE
54	1	3.244	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–5–1	0.450	65	0	BYE
55	-1	3.299	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	47	0	BYE
56	0	3.515	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–4–1	0.500	54	-6	BYE
57	1	3.621	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	65	+4	BYE
58	-1	3.635	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	4–5	0.444	69	-2	BYE
59	1	3.686	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	6–5	0.545	53	+5	BYE
60	-1	3.698	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	47	0	BYE
61	0	3.709	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	4–4–2	0.500	54	-3	BYE
62	0	3.716	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	80	+2	BYE
63	0	3.877	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	51	+5	BYE
64	0	3.956	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	54	0	BYE
65	1	4.008	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	69	-3	BYE
66	-1	4.048	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	69	-7	BYE
67	1	4.098	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	69	-8	BYE
68	-1	4.126	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	54	-10	BYE
69	0	4.294	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–5–1	0.450	65	-9	BYE
70	0	4.390	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–5–2	0.400	74	-11	BYE
71	0	4.404	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	54	+4	BYE
72	0	4.405	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–6	0.400	74	-9	BYE
73	1	4.474	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	54	-10	BYE
74	-1	4.516	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–5–1	0.389	80	-9	BYE
75	0	4.516	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–7	0.222	98	-4	BYE
76	1	4.594	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	74	-12	BYE
77	-1	4.611	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–6–1	0.350	85	-7	BYE
78	0	4.622	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–6	0.333	89	-8	BYE
79	1	4.734	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	4–5–1	0.450	65	-6	BYE
80	3	4.742	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	91	-11	BYE
81	0	4.763	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–4–2	0.444	69	-9	BYE
82	-3	4.777	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	74	-15	BYE
83	-1	4.820	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	80	-10	BYE
84	0	4.881	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–6	0.400	74	-12	BYE
85	0	4.935	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–5–2	0.400	74	-12	BYE
86	1	4.999	TCU	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	91	-13	BYE
87	-1	5.008	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	3–6–1	0.350	85	-10	BYE
88	0	5.184	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	54	-10	BYE
89	0	5.219	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–6	0.333	89	-10	BYE
90	0	5.420	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–6–1	0.350	85	-14	BYE
91	0	5.500	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	80	-1	BYE
92	1	5.509	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	98	-13	BYE
93	-1	5.589	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–7	0.300	91	-19	BYE
94	0	5.607	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	91	-8	BYE
95	0	5.667	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	3–5	0.375	84	-18	BYE
96	0	5.679	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	85	-15	BYE
97	1	5.798	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–7	0.222	98	-16	BYE
98	-1	5.915	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–8	0.273	95	-13	BYE
99	0	6.253	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	104	-23	BYE
100	0	6.479	BYU	IND SKY	2–7–1	0.250	96	-24	BYE
101	0	6.882	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–8–1	0.150	105	-28	BYE
102	0	6.883	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	96	-21	BYE
103	0	6.887	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	98	-26	BYE
104	0	7.366	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–7	0.222	98	-19	BYE
105	0	7.737	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	98	-33	BYE
106	0	8.032	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	107	-34	BYE
107	0	8.154	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–8	0.111	107	-34	BYE
108	0	8.356	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–9	0.100	109	-30	BYE
109	0	8.670	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–8–1	0.150	105	-31	BYE
110	0	9.680	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–9	0.000	110	-35	BYE

1953 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

December 8, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

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	0.841	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	2	+43	Beat SMU 40–14
3	0	0.996	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–1–1	0.850	7	+39	BYE
4	0	1.121	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	8	+30	BYE
5	0	1.124	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	10–1	0.909	3	+38	BYE
6	0	1.306	UCLA	PAC	8–1	0.889	4	+29	BYE
7	0	1.337	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	21	+25	BYE
8	0	1.378	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–1	0.889	4	+28	BYE
9	0	1.382	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	4	+26	BYE
10	0	1.434	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	10	+30	BYE
11	0	1.489	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	8	+22	BYE
12	0	1.548	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	8–2–1	0.773	14	+27	BYE
13	0	1.705	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	15	+22	BYE
14	1	1.753	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	15	+20	BYE
15	-1	1.759	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	7–2–1	0.750	15	+21	BYE
16	0	1.854	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	15	+17	BYE
17	1	1.925	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	22	+24	BYE
18	-1	1.980	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–2–3	0.650	31	+12	BYE
19	1	2.035	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	31	+18	BYE
20	-1	2.037	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	8–2	0.800	10	+17	BYE
21	2	2.130	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	7–3	0.700	22	+21	BYE
22	-1	2.139	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	7–3	0.700	22	+17	BYE
23	-1	2.171	USC	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	31	+17	BYE
24	1	2.203	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–3	0.667	27	+15	BYE
25	-1	2.205	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	6–2–3	0.682	26	+24	BYE
26	0	2.232	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–3	0.667	27	+15	BYE
27	3	2.283	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	22	+17	BYE
28	-1	2.293	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	27	+14	BYE
29	-1	2.306	UTEP	IND BOR	7–2	0.778	12	+8	BYE
30	-1	2.308	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	36	+11	BYE
31	0	2.362	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	8–3	0.727	20	+12	BYE
32	1	2.384	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	31	+10	BYE
33	1	2.435	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	6–3–1	0.650	31	+11	BYE
34	2	2.486	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	15	+4	BYE
35	0	2.505	LSU	SEC	5–3–3	0.591	45	+11	BYE
36	1	2.506	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	36	+6	BYE
37	1	2.540	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–3–2	0.556	47	+9	BYE
38	1	2.569	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	7–2	0.778	12	+1	BYE
39	1	2.754	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	27	+3	BYE
40	1	2.784	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	5–4–1	0.550	51	+8	BYE
41	14	2.793	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	4–4–1	0.500	54	+9	Beat Tennessee 33–19
42	-10	2.876	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	45	+5	Lost to Houston 19–33
43	0	2.965	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	36	+6	BYE
44	0	2.988	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	42	+8	BYE
45	0	3.024	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–4–2	0.500	54	+3	BYE
46	1	3.033	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	36	-2	BYE
47	5	3.043	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	42	+3	BYE
48	-2	3.054	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–3–2	0.556	47	+6	BYE
49	-1	3.060	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	42	+8	BYE
50	-1	3.062	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	54	+6	BYE
51	-9	3.084	SMU	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	54	+8	Lost to Notre Dame 14–40
52	-2	3.098	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	36	+1	BYE
53	-2	3.124	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	5–3–1	0.611	36	0	BYE
54	0	3.259	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	47	+2	BYE
55	-2	3.273	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–5–1	0.450	65	0	BYE
56	0	3.546	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–4–1	0.500	54	-6	BYE
57	1	3.652	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	4–5	0.444	69	-2	BYE
58	-1	3.656	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	65	+3	BYE
59	0	3.713	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	47	0	BYE
60	0	3.718	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	6–5	0.545	53	+4	BYE
61	0	3.731	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	4–4–2	0.500	54	-3	BYE
62	0	3.752	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	80	+2	BYE
63	0	3.877	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	51	+5	BYE
64	1	3.960	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	54	0	BYE
65	-1	3.990	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	69	-5	BYE
66	0	4.037	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	69	-3	BYE
67	1	4.097	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	54	-9	BYE
68	-1	4.104	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	69	-8	BYE
69	1	4.271	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–5–1	0.450	65	-8	BYE
70	-1	4.326	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–5–2	0.400	74	-10	BYE
71	1	4.375	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	54	+5	BYE
72	-1	4.400	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–6	0.400	74	-8	BYE
73	0	4.459	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–5–1	0.389	80	-7	BYE
74	0	4.480	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	54	-10	BYE
75	0	4.539	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–7	0.222	98	-5	BYE
76	0	4.584	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–6–1	0.350	85	-6	BYE
77	0	4.599	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	74	-12	BYE
78	0	4.668	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–6	0.333	89	-8	BYE
79	0	4.733	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	74	-13	BYE
80	3	4.752	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	4–5–1	0.450	65	-6	BYE
81	0	4.771	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–4–2	0.444	69	-9	BYE
82	0	4.784	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	80	-9	BYE
83	-3	4.786	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	91	-11	BYE
84	0	4.859	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–6	0.400	74	-11	BYE
85	0	4.949	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–5–2	0.400	74	-12	BYE
86	1	5.006	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	3–6–1	0.350	85	-10	BYE
87	-1	5.043	TCU	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	91	-13	BYE
88	1	5.190	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	54	-10	BYE
89	-1	5.192	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–6	0.333	89	-9	BYE
90	0	5.427	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–6–1	0.350	85	-14	BYE
91	1	5.522	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	80	-1	BYE
92	-1	5.545	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–7	0.300	91	-18	BYE
93	0	5.546	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	98	-13	BYE
94	1	5.570	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	91	-7	BYE
95	-1	5.681	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	3–5	0.375	84	-18	BYE
96	0	5.706	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	85	-15	BYE
97	0	5.804	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–8	0.273	95	-10	BYE
98	0	5.820	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–7	0.222	98	-16	BYE
99	0	6.232	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	104	-22	BYE
100	0	6.494	BYU	IND SKY	2–7–1	0.250	96	-24	BYE
101	0	6.831	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–8–1	0.150	105	-27	BYE
102	0	6.891	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	96	-21	BYE
103	0	6.895	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	98	-26	BYE
104	0	7.396	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–7	0.222	98	-19	BYE
105	0	7.745	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	98	-33	BYE
106	0	8.041	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	107	-34	BYE
107	0	8.171	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–8	0.111	107	-34	BYE
108	0	8.317	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–9	0.100	109	-29	BYE
109	0	8.704	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–8–1	0.150	105	-31	BYE
110	0	9.700	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–9	0.000	110	-35	BYE

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.

entries per pageSearch:

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

1953 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 24, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.784	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	10–0	1.000	1	+47	Beat Alabama 21–0
2	0	0.858	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	2	+30	Tied Iowa 14–14
3	0	1.130	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	7	+30	Beat Northwestern 39–14
4	0	1.190	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–1–1	0.833	7	+30	Beat Nebraska 30–7
5	0	1.232	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	9–1	0.900	3	+29	Beat Houston 41–21
6	2	1.304	UCLA	PAC	8–1	0.889	4	+29	Beat USC 13–0
7	-1	1.359	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	23	+25	Tied Minnesota 21–21
8	-1	1.362	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	4	+26	Beat NC State 61–0
9	2	1.400	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–1	0.889	4	+27	Beat Marquette 21–15
10	4	1.459	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	19	+23	Beat Duke 13–10
11	-1	1.517	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	12	+22	Beat TCU 19–6
12	1	1.596	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	7–2	0.778	12	+23	Beat Wofford 49–0
13	2	1.618	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	7–1–1	0.833	7	+18	Beat Clemson 45–19
14	-2	1.628	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	10	+17	BYE
15	7	1.651	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–2–1	0.750	19	+20	Beat Tennessee 27–21
16	1	1.716	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–2	0.778	12	+19	BYE
17	1	1.858	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	7–2	0.778	12	+20	BYE
18	-9	1.864	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	6–2–1	0.722	23	+15	Lost to Georgia Tech 10–13
19	2	1.937	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	8–2	0.800	11	+16	Beat Idaho 19–7
20	-4	1.963	USC	PAC	6–2–1	0.722	23	+17	Lost to UCLA 0–13
21	2	1.991	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–2–2	0.667	26	+10	BYE
22	8	2.037	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	12	+16	Beat SMU 27–21
23	2	2.054	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	7–2	0.778	12	+14	BYE
24	2	2.085	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	32	+19	Tied California 21–21
25	2	2.121	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–3	0.667	26	+16	BYE
26	2	2.128	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–2–2	0.625	36	+10	BYE
27	-3	2.197	SMU	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	36	+14	Lost to Baylor 21–27
28	10	2.212	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–3	0.667	26	+15	Beat Ohio State 20–0
29	-10	2.235	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–3	0.667	26	+15	Lost to Michigan 0–20
30	5	2.308	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	26	+12	Beat Pittsburgh 17–0
31	5	2.352	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	38	+11	Tied Notre Dame 14–14
32	0	2.366	UTEP	IND BOR	6–2	0.750	19	+7	BYE
33	4	2.434	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	6–3–1	0.650	32	+11	Tied Arizona 26–26
34	-3	2.490	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	32	+7	Lost to Michigan State 15–21
35	-15	2.506	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	38	+6	Lost to Villanova 13–14
36	15	2.512	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	19	+4	Beat Yale 13–0
37	7	2.540	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	7–2	0.778	12	+1	Beat Wake Forest 21–10
38	-5	2.571	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–3–1	0.611	38	+5	Lost to Kentucky 21–27
39	-10	2.608	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–2–3	0.650	32	+16	Lost to Maryland 0–21
40	1	2.656	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	5–4	0.556	50	+9	BYE
41	1	2.681	LSU	SEC	4–3–3	0.550	57	+8	Beat Arkansas 9–8
42	-8	2.804	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	26	+3	Lost to Harvard 0–13
43	5	2.933	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–3–1	0.563	46	0	BYE
44	6	2.938	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	46	+7	BYE
45	-2	2.978	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–4–2	0.500	58	+5	Tied Stanford 21–21
46	6	3.035	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	44	+9	Beat Kansas 10–6
47	-1	3.067	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	58	+7	Tied Wisconsin 21–21
48	-9	3.089	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	5–3–1	0.611	38	+2	Lost to Colorado State 3–9
49	-9	3.149	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	38	+1	Lost to George Washington 7–35
50	15	3.196	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	4–4	0.500	58	+3	Beat New Mexico 9–3
51	-4	3.214	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	3–4–1	0.438	73	+4	Lost to Texas Tech 21–41
52	2	3.248	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–4–1	0.500	58	+7	BYE
53	11	3.292	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	50	+2	Beat Richmond 35–7
54	1	3.376	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–4	0.556	50	+2	BYE
55	4	3.382	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	6–4	0.600	44	+6	Beat North Texas 14–10
56	2	3.506	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	50	-1	Beat Tulsa 33–0
57	-12	3.526	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	38	+7	Lost to Washington & LEE 7–33
58	4	3.596	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	82	+2	BYE
59	-2	3.630	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	46	-1	BYE
60	0	3.633	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–4–2	0.444	67	-3	BYE
61	-12	3.651	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	50	+1	Lost to Dartmouth 12–34
62	6	3.657	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	46	-7	Beat Temple 20–0
63	-10	3.697	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	58	-3	Lost to Holy Cross 7–20
64	6	3.733	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	50	+2	Beat Fordham 20–7
65	-4	3.760	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	50	-3	BYE
66	-3	3.898	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–5–1	0.389	76	-4	Tied Kansas State 26–26
67	5	3.975	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	67	-2	Beat Rutgers 27–13
68	10	4.112	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–5	0.444	67	-4	Beat Virginia 33–7
69	-2	4.246	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	82	-5	BYE
70	-4	4.248	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	4–4–1	0.500	58	0	Tied Midwestern Texas State 12–12
71	-15	4.279	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–5–1	0.450	66	-8	Lost to Oregon State 0–7
72	2	4.420	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–5–1	0.389	76	-6	Lost to Auburn 19–45
73	10	4.590	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–7	0.222	96	-5	Beat Indiana 30–0
74	3	4.617	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	58	-10	BYE
75	17	4.638	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	74	-11	Beat William & Mary 33–7
76	3	4.678	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–4–2	0.444	67	-8	Tied Brown 7–7
77	-8	4.683	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–6–1	0.350	85	-7	Lost to Washington State 20–25
78	-3	4.689	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–6	0.333	87	-9	Lost to Illinois 14–39
79	2	4.706	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	3–4–2	0.444	67	-10	Tied Fresno State 21–21
80	-9	4.772	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	76	-9	Lost to Penn State 0–17
81	3	4.787	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–5–1	0.389	76	-10	BYE
82	-6	4.833	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	76	-13	Lost to Hardin Simmons 10–14
83	-1	4.916	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	96	-11	Lost to LSU 8–9
84	6	4.944	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–6	0.400	74	-11	Beat Washington 25–20
85	-12	5.023	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	87	0	Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–33
86	-1	5.052	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	67	0	BYE
87	6	5.152	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–6	0.333	87	-13	Beat Middle Tennessee 31–13
88	6	5.184	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–6	0.333	87	-8	Beat Oregon 7–0
89	-2	5.194	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	58	-9	BYE
90	9	5.404	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	96	-11	Beat Princeton 34–12
91	10	5.475	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	87	-16	Beat Syracuse 14–13
92	-3	5.491	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	76	-1	Tied Colgate 7–7
93	-2	5.509	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	3–5	0.375	82	-16	BYE
94	-6	5.561	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–6–1	0.350	85	-15	Lost to Oklahoma 7–30
95	1	5.620	TCU	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	96	-16	Lost to Rice 6–19
96	-16	5.773	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–7	0.222	96	-15	Lost to Purdue 0–30
97	-11	5.778	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–7	0.300	92	-6	Lost to Southern Miss 0–14
98	-1	6.022	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–6–1	0.278	93	-16	Lost to Furman 10–21
99	-4	6.130	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	104	-20	Lost to Missouri 6–10
100	0	6.426	BYU	IND SKY	2–6–1	0.278	93	-19	BYE
101	1	6.655	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–7–1	0.167	105	-21	BYE
102	-4	6.722	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	95	-20	Lost to Columbia 13–27
103	0	6.991	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	96	-26	BYE
104	2	7.470	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–7	0.222	96	-18	Beat West Texas A&M 19–13
105	4	7.606	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	96	-29	Beat Davidson 38–14
106	-2	7.717	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–8	0.111	107	-27	Lost to West Virginia 0–61
107	-2	8.010	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	107	-30	Lost to North Carolina 7–33
108	0	8.281	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–8	0.111	107	-32	Lost to Utah State 7–19
109	-2	8.916	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–7–1	0.167	105	-26	Lost to New Mexico State 13–19
110	0	9.729	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–9	0.000	110	-34	Lost to Citadel 14–38

1953 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

November 17, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	3	0.894	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	9–0	1.000	1	+37	Beat Ole Miss 38–0
2	0	0.917	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+26	Beat North Carolina 34–14
3	-2	1.061	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	7	+25	Lost to Wisconsin 7–34
4	-1	1.185	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–1–1	0.813	7	+26	Beat Iowa State 47–0
5	1	1.200	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	8–1	0.889	3	+25	Beat Tulsa 49–7
6	7	1.299	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	6–2	0.750	17	+23	Beat Illinois 34–7
7	-2	1.411	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	7–1	0.875	4	+22	Lost to South Carolina 14–20
8	0	1.440	UCLA	PAC	7–1	0.875	4	+21	Beat Washington 22–6
9	0	1.508	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	6–1–1	0.813	7	+15	BYE
10	5	1.512	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	17	+20	Beat Texas A&M 34–7
11	6	1.552	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	7–1	0.875	4	+19	Beat Michigan 14–6
12	-2	1.562	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	7	+15	Beat Pennsylvania 21–14
13	9	1.589	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	6–2	0.750	17	+20	Beat West Virginia 20–14
14	-7	1.610	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	6–2–1	0.722	25	+16	Lost to Alabama 6–13
15	-3	1.664	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–1–1	0.813	7	+15	Beat Georgia 39–18
16	-2	1.667	USC	PAC	6–1–1	0.813	7	+17	BYE
17	-6	1.776	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–2	0.778	13	+16	Lost to Maryland 0–38
18	2	1.797	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	7–2	0.778	13	+19	Beat Kansas 41–14
19	-3	1.823	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–2	0.750	17	+17	Beat Purdue 21–6
20	6	1.902	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	31	+11	Beat Colgate 34–18
21	3	1.932	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	7–2	0.778	13	+14	Beat Denver 21–12
22	-3	1.962	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	6–2–1	0.722	25	+12	Beat Memphis 20–7
23	10	2.015	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–2–2	0.667	36	+9	Beat LSU 26–13
24	-3	2.024	SMU	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	29	+14	Beat Arkansas 13–7
25	3	2.064	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	7–2	0.778	13	+13	Beat Colorado State 35–14
26	8	2.106	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3	0.667	36	+17	Beat San José State 54–0
27	4	2.227	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–3	0.667	36	+14	Beat TCU 13–3
28	2	2.258	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–2–2	0.625	40	+8	Beat Columbia 14–6
29	15	2.261	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–1–3	0.722	25	+14	Beat Georgia Tech 13–6
30	-12	2.262	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	17	+11	Lost to Houston 7–37
31	8	2.294	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	25	+6	Beat Holy Cross 13–7
32	8	2.334	UTEP	IND BOR	6–2	0.750	17	+6	Beat Arizona 28–20
33	3	2.340	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–2–1	0.688	31	+6	Beat Florida 9–7
34	8	2.395	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–1–2	0.750	17	+4	Beat Princeton 26–24
35	8	2.460	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	40	+8	Beat Rutgers 54–26
36	5	2.505	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–3	0.625	40	+9	Beat Minnesota 27–0
37	-14	2.537	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	36	+11	Lost to Missouri 6–16
38	-13	2.568	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–3	0.625	40	+9	Lost to Michigan State 6–14
39	9	2.634	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	5–2–1	0.688	31	+5	Beat Wyoming 9–7
40	-13	2.659	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–2–1	0.688	31	+5	Lost to William & Mary 0–21
41	-6	2.716	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	5–4	0.556	49	+7	Lost to New Mexico 7–9
42	-13	2.742	LSU	SEC	3–3–3	0.500	54	+7	Lost to Mississippi State 13–26
43	-5	2.760	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–4–1	0.500	54	+6	Tied Oregon 0–0
44	2	2.761	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	6–2	0.750	17	-2	Beat Florida State 14–7
45	10	2.847	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–2–1	0.688	31	+12	Beat Richmond 21–0
46	-14	2.880	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–4	0.500	54	+7	Lost to Iowa 0–27
47	25	2.882	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	3–3–1	0.500	54	+4	Beat Baylor 37–7
48	1	2.931	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–3–1	0.563	46	0	Beat South Dakota State 39–13
49	-12	2.969	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	40	+7	Lost to Yale 24–26
50	-3	2.983	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	46	+6	Beat Dartmouth 28–26
51	0	3.021	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	29	-1	Beat Brown 27–20
52	10	3.087	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–4	0.556	49	+7	Beat Kansas State 16–6
53	5	3.149	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	45	+1	Beat Temple 28–0
54	-9	3.179	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–4–1	0.500	54	+7	Lost to Rice 7–34
55	1	3.314	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–4	0.556	49	+3	Beat Nebraska 14–10
56	-2	3.469	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–4–1	0.500	54	-1	Tied California 0–0
57	12	3.583	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	46	-1	Beat Detroit Mercy 33–20
58	-1	3.623	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	54	-2	Lost to Boston College 20–33
59	8	3.642	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	5–4	0.556	49	+3	Beat New Mexico State 39–0
60	-8	3.647	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–4–2	0.444	67	-3	Lost to Tennessee 7–9
61	-11	3.695	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	49	-3	Lost to Miami 0–26
62	-2	3.717	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	78	+1	Lost to Army 14–21
63	-2	3.760	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–5	0.375	78	-4	Lost to UTEP 20–28
64	6	3.776	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	4–4	0.500	54	-2	Beat Davidson 33–0
65	-12	3.877	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	3–4	0.429	74	-2	Lost to Utah 14–35
66	14	4.004	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	4–4	0.500	54	+1	Beat BYU 26–18
67	19	4.045	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	78	-3	Beat Virginia Tech 26–0
68	15	4.049	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	54	-7	Beat Villanova 31–19
69	-3	4.123	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–5–1	0.389	75	-2	Lost to UCLA 6–22
70	-6	4.132	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	54	-2	Lost to Marquette 7–13
71	5	4.205	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	69	-5	Beat NC State 40–6
72	-9	4.292	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	78	-4	Lost to Navy 6–14
73	2	4.300	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–5	0.375	78	+4	Lost to Texas Tech 7–49
74	11	4.330	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–4–1	0.438	69	-6	Beat Citadel 34–13
75	-16	4.340	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–5	0.375	78	-6	Lost to Indiana 6–14
76	11	4.424	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	69	-9	Beat West Texas A&M 38–6
77	-9	4.429	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	54	-9	Lost to Stanford 0–54
78	-4	4.441	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–5	0.375	78	-4	Lost to Notre Dame 14–34
79	-8	4.675	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	69	-8	Lost to Syracuse 18–34
80	9	4.675	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–6	0.250	93	-6	Beat Northwestern 14–6
81	7	4.681	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	69	-9	Beat Idaho 33–0
82	-9	4.690	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	93	-7	Lost to SMU 7–13
83	-4	4.746	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–7	0.125	103	-6	Lost to Ohio State 6–21
84	-6	4.791	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–5–1	0.389	75	-9	Lost to Utah State 12–21
85	-20	5.004	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	67	0	Lost to Cincinnati 0–67
86	-9	5.057	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–6	0.333	87	-7	Lost to Auburn 18–39
87	7	5.177	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	54	-9	Beat Northern Iowa 27–20
88	-4	5.306	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–5–1	0.389	75	-12	Lost to Colorado 10–14
89	-8	5.364	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	78	0	Lost to Harvard 20–27
90	-8	5.456	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–6	0.333	87	-12	Lost to Oregon State 0–7
91	-1	5.462	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	3–5	0.375	78	-15	BYE
92	6	5.537	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	87	-15	Beat Virginia 27–13
93	2	5.567	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–6	0.250	93	-12	Beat Tulane 21–7
94	8	5.779	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–6	0.250	93	-11	Beat Washington State 7–0
95	-2	5.802	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	99	-13	Lost to Oklahoma State 14–41
96	-5	5.802	TCU	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	93	-14	Lost to Texas 3–13
97	2	5.883	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–5–1	0.313	90	-12	BYE
98	-6	6.185	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	91	-13	Lost to Penn State 26–54
99	1	6.379	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	103	-16	Lost to Cornell 26–28
100	-3	6.381	BYU	IND SKY	2–6–1	0.278	92	-19	Lost to Arizona State 18–26
101	0	6.584	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	93	-19	Lost to Boston University 19–31
102	-6	6.880	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–7–1	0.167	102	-21	Lost to Vanderbilt 7–21
103	0	6.926	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	99	-24	Lost to Oklahoma 0–47
104	0	7.480	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–7	0.125	103	-22	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–40
105	0	7.675	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	103	-24	Lost to Washington & LEE 13–27
106	1	8.252	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–7	0.125	103	-18	Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–39
107	1	8.331	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–6–1	0.188	101	-18	Lost to North Texas 6–38
108	1	8.529	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–7	0.125	103	-29	Lost to Pacific 0–33
109	-3	8.533	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–7	0.125	103	-28	Lost to Clemson 13–34
110	0	9.604	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–8	0.000	110	-25	Lost to George Washington 0–33

1953 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

November 10, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.712	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	6–0–1	0.929	4	+24	Beat Michigan 19–3
2	0	0.872	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat Pennsylvania 28–20
3	2	1.108	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–1–1	0.786	13	+21	Beat Missouri 14–7
4	-1	1.122	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	8–0	1.000	1	+24	Beat George Washington 27–6
5	3	1.227	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	7–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat Virginia Tech 12–7
6	-2	1.247	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	7–1	0.875	5	+19	Beat Arizona 52–27
7	3	1.430	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	6–1–1	0.813	10	+13	Beat Clemson 20–7
8	3	1.487	UCLA	PAC	6–1	0.857	7	+16	BYE
9	5	1.524	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	6–1–1	0.813	10	+13	Tied Navy 0–0
10	2	1.540	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–1–1	0.786	13	+12	Beat NC State 27–7
11	2	1.559	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–1	0.875	5	+13	Beat North Texas 40–7
12	5	1.614	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–1–1	0.786	13	+12	Beat Miami 29–20
13	5	1.662	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–2	0.714	21	+14	Beat Northwestern 34–13
14	6	1.670	USC	PAC	6–1–1	0.813	10	+14	Beat Stanford 23–20
15	11	1.682	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	21	+13	Beat Arkansas 47–0
16	-9	1.726	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–2	0.714	21	+15	Lost to Michigan State 13–28
17	12	1.754	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	6–1	0.857	7	+11	Beat Ohio State 28–13
18	-12	1.765	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	7	+12	Lost to Texas 20–21
19	0	1.794	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–2–1	0.688	30	+11	Beat Vanderbilt 40–14
20	2	1.847	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	6–2	0.750	17	+15	Beat Wyoming 20–14
21	13	1.922	SMU	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	33	+11	Beat Texas A&M 23–0
22	9	1.956	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–2	0.714	21	+11	Beat North Carolina 18–0
23	7	1.993	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	6–2	0.750	17	+13	Beat Kansas 7–0
24	0	2.007	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	6–2	0.750	17	+10	Beat Fresno State 46–6
25	-10	2.030	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–2	0.714	21	+11	Lost to Illinois 3–19
26	9	2.060	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	35	+7	Beat Cornell 26–0
27	6	2.103	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–1–1	0.786	13	+6	BYE
28	-19	2.111	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–2	0.750	17	+10	Lost to Colorado 0–21
29	-13	2.242	LSU	SEC	3–2–3	0.563	50	+8	Lost to Tennessee 14–32
30	-7	2.249	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–2–2	0.571	44	+5	Tied Duke 0–0
31	8	2.282	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	39	+11	Beat Baylor 21–20
32	0	2.355	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–3	0.571	44	+9	Beat Indiana 28–20
33	4	2.374	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–2–2	0.625	39	+4	Beat Tulane 21–0
34	-13	2.390	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–3	0.625	39	+12	Lost to USC 20–23
35	-8	2.412	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	5–3	0.625	39	+8	Lost to Oklahoma State 14–20
36	10	2.442	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–2–1	0.643	35	+3	Beat LSU 32–14
37	21	2.572	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	21	+7	Beat Harvard 6–0
38	6	2.606	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–4	0.500	53	+6	Beat Washington 53–25
39	10	2.645	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	30	+1	Beat Detroit Mercy 19–0
40	-15	2.654	UTEP	IND BOR	5–2	0.714	21	+1	Lost to Hardin Simmons 13–14
41	-3	2.707	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–3	0.571	44	+5	Beat Purdue 26–0
42	12	2.708	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	4–1–2	0.714	21	0	Beat Temple 32–6
43	5	2.726	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	44	+5	Beat Fordham 28–21
44	1	2.753	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–1–3	0.688	30	+7	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 21–14
45	-17	2.758	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–3–1	0.563	50	+9	Lost to SMU 0–23
46	10	2.888	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	21	-2	Beat Presbyterian 19–0
47	-7	2.903	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	53	+5	Lost to Syracuse 0–26
48	9	2.941	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	4–2–1	0.643	35	+1	Beat New Mexico State 28–6
49	4	2.990	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–3–1	0.500	53	0	Tied Denver 12–12
50	-8	3.007	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	39	+3	Lost to West Virginia 7–12
51	-8	3.078	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	33	-2	Lost to Princeton 0–6
52	19	3.222	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–3–2	0.500	53	-1	Beat Georgia 21–7
53	13	3.241	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	3–3	0.500	53	+1	Beat BYU 34–12
54	6	3.285	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–4	0.500	53	+1	Beat Idaho 26–6
55	-19	3.354	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–2–1	0.643	35	+7	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 19–20
56	12	3.401	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	4–4	0.500	53	+1	Beat Utah 21–0
57	-16	3.425	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	4–3	0.571	44	0	Lost to Marquette 0–19
58	-7	3.474	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	53	0	Lost to Penn State 21–28
59	-12	3.515	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–4	0.429	69	0	Lost to Wisconsin 13–34
60	-5	3.532	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	69	0	Lost to Notre Dame 20–28
61	-2	3.557	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–4	0.429	69	-3	Lost to Texas Tech 27–52
62	-1	3.559	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–4	0.500	53	0	Lost to Oklahoma 7–14
63	9	3.903	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	69	-2	Beat Dartmouth 25–19
64	18	3.909	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	44	0	Beat Boston University 20–7
65	12	3.913	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–4	0.500	53	+1	Beat William & Mary 20–19
66	-14	3.914	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–4–1	0.438	66	-2	Lost to California 25–53
67	21	3.986	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	4–4	0.500	53	+1	Beat UTEP 14–13
68	12	4.063	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	50	-7	Beat Pacific 7–6
69	4	4.079	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	53	-3	Beat Wake Forest 20–7
70	-7	4.088	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	3–4	0.429	69	-1	Lost to Maryland 6–27
71	5	4.177	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	53	-5	Beat Bucknell 19–12
72	-22	4.197	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	2–3–1	0.417	79	-2	Lost to Tulsa 21–23
73	-9	4.285	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–5	0.286	91	-3	Lost to Rice 0–47
74	-9	4.327	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–4	0.429	69	-4	Lost to South Carolina 0–18
75	17	4.471	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	69	+2	Beat Houston 23–21
76	11	4.536	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	84	-3	Beat Virginia 26–0
77	-15	4.629	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–5	0.375	81	-3	Lost to Florida 7–21
78	0	4.648	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–4–1	0.438	66	-7	Tied Wichita State 12–12
79	-9	4.656	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–6	0.143	100	-4	Lost to Iowa 0–26
80	-6	4.776	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	3–4	0.429	69	-2	BYE
81	16	4.901	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	69	+3	Beat UConn 42–7
82	-15	4.940	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–5	0.375	81	-6	Lost to TCU 7–21
83	-14	4.952	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	79	-8	Lost to Holy Cross 7–20
84	12	4.952	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–4–1	0.438	66	-8	Beat Iowa State 27–19
85	-2	5.002	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–4–1	0.357	84	-6	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–20
86	-5	5.002	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	91	-7	Lost to Auburn 20–29
87	-2	5.235	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	84	-9	Lost to Ole Miss 7–40
88	-9	5.284	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	84	-8	Lost to San José State 6–7
89	-5	5.316	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–6	0.143	100	-9	Lost to Minnesota 20–28
90	8	5.379	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	3–5	0.375	81	-12	Beat Montana State 32–13
91	4	5.386	TCU	IND SWC	2–5	0.286	91	-8	Beat Washington State 21–7
92	9	5.388	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	88	-7	Beat Lafayette 14–13
93	1	5.549	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	95	-9	Lost to Kansas State 0–7
94	-19	5.652	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	69	-7	Lost to Wayne State 19–25
95	-5	5.703	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–6	0.143	100	-9	Lost to Kentucky 14–40
96	-5	5.760	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–6–1	0.188	99	-11	Lost to Mississippi State 0–21
97	-8	5.784	BYU	IND SKY	2–5–1	0.313	89	-11	Lost to Colorado State 12–34
98	1	5.887	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	95	-12	Beat Davidson 34–7
99	-13	5.982	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–5–1	0.313	89	-11	Lost to Boston College 7–20
100	-7	6.055	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	100	-11	Lost to Columbia 19–25
101	1	6.294	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	91	-15	BYE
102	2	6.450	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–6	0.143	100	-13	BYE
103	-3	6.730	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	95	-20	Lost to Nebraska 19–27
104	1	7.122	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–6	0.143	100	-17	Lost to Army 7–27
105	-2	7.277	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	100	-17	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–26
106	2	7.893	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–6	0.143	100	-20	BYE
107	-1	7.951	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–6	0.143	100	-12	Lost to New Mexico 6–28
108	2	8.030	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–5–1	0.214	98	-13	Beat Midwestern Texas State 20–14
109	-2	8.160	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–6	0.143	100	-22	Lost to Oregon 6–26
110	-1	9.412	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–7	0.000	110	-18	Lost to Washington & LEE 7–34

1953 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

November 3, 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	0.731	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–0–1	0.917	5	+17	Beat Purdue 21–0
2	1	0.852	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Navy 38–7
3	1	1.041	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	7–0	1.000	1	+19	Beat South Carolina 24–6
4	5	1.228	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	6–1	0.857	6	+14	Beat Mississippi State 27–20
5	15	1.289	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	4–1–1	0.750	19	+14	Beat Kansas State 34–0
6	-1	1.335	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat TCU 25–7
7	3	1.369	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–1	0.833	11	+14	Beat Northwestern 27–13
8	5	1.387	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	6–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat Penn State 20–19
9	-3	1.444	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–1	0.857	6	+14	Lost to Washington 14–21
10	1	1.450	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	5–1–1	0.786	16	+9	Beat Vanderbilt 43–0
11	7	1.501	UCLA	PAC	6–1	0.857	6	+14	Beat California 20–7
12	2	1.502	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	19	+10	Tied Tulane 0–0
13	11	1.521	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	6–1	0.857	6	+10	Beat LSU 27–16
14	-2	1.537	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	6–1	0.857	6	+11	Beat Virginia 48–6
15	6	1.569	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–1	0.833	11	+10	Beat Pennsylvania 24–14
16	-14	1.628	LSU	SEC	3–1–3	0.643	36	+8	Lost to Ole Miss 16–27
17	8	1.734	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–1–1	0.750	19	+8	Beat Florida 16–7
18	12	1.842	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–2	0.667	29	+9	Beat Iowa 10–6
19	9	1.969	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–2–1	0.643	36	+8	Beat Rice 19–13
20	-12	1.986	USC	PAC	5–1–1	0.786	16	+7	Lost to Oregon 7–13
21	17	1.996	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–2	0.714	23	+13	Beat Washington State 48–19
22	13	2.013	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	5–2	0.714	23	+9	Beat Tulsa 28–14
23	-4	2.029	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	43	+5	Lost to Notre Dame 7–38
24	5	2.059	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	5–2	0.714	23	+9	Beat Montana 33–14
25	1	2.070	UTEP	IND BOR	5–1	0.833	11	+5	Beat Midwestern Texas State 27–7
26	-10	2.095	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	29	+8	Lost to Kentucky 13–19
27	4	2.138	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	5–2	0.714	23	+8	Beat BYU 27–0
28	-21	2.151	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–2–1	0.643	36	+10	Lost to Arkansas 14–41
29	5	2.176	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	5–1	0.833	11	+4	Beat Oregon State 34–6
30	-8	2.209	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	23	+9	Lost to Oklahoma 0–34
31	-8	2.209	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–2	0.667	29	+7	Lost to Maryland 6–24
32	0	2.212	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–3	0.500	51	+7	Beat Pittsburgh 35–14
33	4	2.214	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–1–1	0.786	16	+4	Beat Boston College 14–0
34	-17	2.403	SMU	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	41	+6	Lost to Texas 7–16
35	14	2.421	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	43	+3	Beat Holy Cross 21–0
36	6	2.465	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–1–1	0.750	19	+11	Beat NC State 7–6
37	-4	2.548	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–2–2	0.571	48	+2	Lost to Texas Tech 20–27
38	-11	2.564	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–3	0.500	51	+5	Lost to Wisconsin 6–10
39	6	2.634	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	48	+5	Beat SMU 16–7
40	4	2.722	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	43	+4	Beat Columbia 27–13
41	6	2.768	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	4–2	0.667	29	+3	BYE
42	4	2.771	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	23	+3	Beat Citadel 22–0
43	9	2.792	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	15	-1	Beat Davidson 42–6
44	-8	2.875	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–4	0.429	66	+4	Lost to UCLA 7–20
45	17	2.908	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	3–1–3	0.643	36	+6	Beat Georgia 33–12
46	13	2.921	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–2–1	0.583	43	0	Beat North Carolina 20–6
47	-6	2.933	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–3	0.500	51	+2	Lost to Ohio State 13–27
48	-8	2.944	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	51	+1	Lost to West Virginia 19–20
49	15	2.962	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	36	-2	Beat Boston University 7–6
50	-2	3.002	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	2–2–1	0.500	51	+2	BYE
51	4	3.042	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	41	+2	Beat Miami 20–0
52	30	3.112	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–3–1	0.500	51	+3	Beat Utah 21–14
53	-2	3.132	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	51	-1	BYE
54	-39	3.158	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–1–2	0.667	29	-1	Lost to Dartmouth 0–32
55	-16	3.165	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	51	+1	Lost to Michigan 14–24
56	-3	3.225	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	29	-2	Beat Wofford 7–6
57	12	3.228	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	3–2–1	0.583	43	0	Beat Denver 20–18
58	3	3.274	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	29	+1	Beat Brown 27–13
59	11	3.378	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–3	0.500	51	-3	Beat West Texas A&M 39–6
60	23	3.434	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–4	0.429	66	0	Beat USC 13–7
61	4	3.558	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–3	0.571	48	0	Beat Indiana 14–7
62	-19	3.639	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–4	0.429	66	+2	Lost to Alabama 12–33
63	9	3.809	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	51	-1	Beat Washington & LEE 25–7
64	23	3.828	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	85	-1	Beat Texas A&M 41–14
65	-15	3.839	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–3	0.500	51	-2	Lost to Tennessee 6–20
66	-6	3.956	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–3	0.400	81	-1	BYE
67	-10	3.998	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–4	0.429	66	-1	Lost to Stanford 19–48
68	16	4.090	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	3–4	0.429	66	-3	Beat Iowa State 41–34
69	-15	4.139	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	51	-5	Lost to Marquette 6–7
70	3	4.147	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–5	0.167	97	-1	Lost to Illinois 0–21
71	-15	4.203	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–3–2	0.429	66	-4	Lost to Auburn 7–16
72	-14	4.299	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	85	-2	Lost to Cornell 13–27
73	-6	4.596	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	76	-4	Lost to Richmond 0–14
74	-8	4.619	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	3–4	0.429	66	-2	Lost to Hardin Simmons 20–27
75	10	4.635	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	51	-7	Beat Bradley 21–13
76	22	4.669	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	76	-4	Beat Rutgers 33–13
77	-14	4.684	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–4	0.429	66	-2	Lost to Florida State 7–12
78	-10	4.692	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–4	0.429	66	-6	Lost to New Mexico 18–20
79	-3	4.693	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	76	-4	BYE
80	-1	4.693	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	51	-9	Tied North Texas 13–13
81	-4	4.761	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	85	-4	Lost to Fordham 0–20
82	-8	4.775	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	51	-3	Lost to Syracuse 0–21
83	11	4.817	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–3–1	0.417	76	-4	Beat Wake Forest 18–0
84	-9	4.977	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–5	0.167	97	-5	Lost to Missouri 7–14
85	-5	4.991	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	76	-7	Tied San José State 13–13
86	-15	5.105	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–4–1	0.357	82	-5	Lost to Clemson 0–18
87	-9	5.167	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–4–1	0.250	94	-4	Lost to Minnesota 14–35
88	11	5.268	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	3–4	0.429	66	-5	Beat Arizona State 27–20
89	-8	5.295	BYU	IND SKY	2–4–1	0.357	82	-8	Lost to Wyoming 0–27
90	-2	5.368	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–5	0.167	97	-5	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–43
91	1	5.368	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–5–1	0.214	95	-7	Tied Army 0–0
92	-2	5.414	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	85	-1	Lost to Oklahoma State 14–28
93	13	5.759	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	97	-7	Beat Yale 32–0
94	-8	5.833	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	90	-8	Lost to Nebraska 0–9
95	2	5.918	TCU	IND SWC	1–5	0.167	97	-8	Lost to Baylor 7–25
96	8	5.930	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–4–1	0.357	82	-9	Beat Kansas 9–0
97	-8	5.977	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	85	+1	Lost to Princeton 13–27
98	-2	6.051	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	90	-10	Lost to Utah State 14–33
99	-4	6.111	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–6	0.143	106	-9	Lost to George Washington 7–25
100	-9	6.144	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	90	-13	Lost to Colorado 34–41
101	-8	6.290	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	96	-6	Lost to Colgate 13–33
102	0	6.336	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	90	-13	Beat Xavier 21–14
103	-3	6.455	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	97	-11	Lost to Duke 6–48
104	-3	6.517	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–6	0.143	106	-11	Lost to Michigan State 6–34
105	-2	6.641	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–5	0.167	97	-12	Lost to William & Mary 6–7
106	1	7.497	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–5	0.167	97	-7	BYE
107	-2	7.811	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–5	0.167	97	-16	BYE
108	0	8.468	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–6	0.143	106	-18	Lost to Virginia Tech 0–22
109	0	8.692	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–6	0.000	110	-10	Lost to Harvard 6–42
110	0	9.554	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–5–1	0.083	109	-12	Lost to Arizona 6–39

1953 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

October 27, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.679	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–0–1	0.900	7	+12	Beat Syracuse 20–13
2	2	0.823	LSU	SEC	3–0–3	0.750	21	+8	Tied Florida 21–21
3	7	0.954	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Georgia Tech 27–14
4	1	1.046	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	6–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Miami 30–0
5	4	1.110	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat Texas A&M 14–13
6	5	1.110	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Wyoming 13–12
7	-4	1.201	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–1–1	0.750	21	+12	Lost to Baylor 13–14
8	6	1.272	USC	PAC	5–0–1	0.917	6	+10	Beat California 32–20
9	-1	1.312	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	5–1	0.833	8	+10	Beat New Mexico State 71–0
10	9	1.389	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	4–1	0.800	13	+10	Beat Wisconsin 20–19
11	-4	1.409	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	4–1–1	0.750	21	+7	Lost to Notre Dame 14–27
12	8	1.435	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–1	0.833	8	+9	Beat NC State 31–0
13	3	1.437	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	5–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Virginia Military Institute 52–20
14	9	1.461	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	13	+8	Beat Columbia 40–7
15	3	1.477	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–0–2	0.800	13	+4	Tied Colgate 7–7
16	13	1.485	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	13	+8	Beat Texas 18–13
17	-2	1.494	SMU	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	21	+8	Beat Kansas 14–6
18	7	1.613	UCLA	PAC	5–1	0.833	8	+9	Beat Washington State 44–7
19	-17	1.709	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	27	+3	Lost to Pennsylvania 6–9
20	-3	1.803	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–1–1	0.700	27	+7	Beat Colorado 27–20
21	-15	1.869	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–1	0.800	13	+6	Lost to Minnesota 0–22
22	6	1.878	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	5–1	0.833	8	+7	Beat Wichita State 21–0
23	9	1.928	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–1	0.800	13	+5	Beat Clemson 14–7
24	11	1.934	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–1	0.833	8	+5	Beat Arkansas 28–0
25	-3	1.941	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–1–1	0.700	27	+5	Beat Tulane 34–7
26	8	2.007	UTEP	IND BOR	4–1	0.800	13	+5	Beat North Texas 26–21
27	-15	2.049	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–2	0.600	39	+6	Beat Indiana 19–13
28	-4	2.066	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–2–1	0.583	48	+4	Beat Villanova 19–0
29	2	2.086	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–2	0.667	31	+7	Beat Colorado State 14–13
30	-4	2.100	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–2	0.600	39	+5	Lost to Ohio State 19–20
31	-10	2.187	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	4–2	0.667	31	+7	Lost to Utah 12–13
32	17	2.193	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–3	0.400	73	+6	Beat Michigan 22–0
33	5	2.245	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–1–2	0.667	31	+2	Tied Alabama 7–7
34	-21	2.246	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–1	0.800	13	+3	Lost to Purdue 0–6
35	-8	2.297	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	4–2	0.667	31	+5	Lost to Detroit Mercy 14–18
36	-3	2.334	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–3	0.500	51	+6	Lost to USC 20–32
37	-1	2.362	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–1–1	0.750	21	+2	Tied Wake Forest 13–13
38	5	2.385	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	4–2	0.667	31	+7	Beat Washington 13–7
39	21	2.529	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	39	+3	Beat Navy 9–6
40	-1	2.628	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	39	+1	Beat TCU 27–21
41	4	2.666	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–2	0.600	39	+3	Beat Pittsburgh 27–21
42	13	2.720	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	3–1–1	0.700	27	+8	Beat George Washington 12–7
43	14	2.865	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–3	0.500	51	+4	Beat North Carolina 27–14
44	24	2.906	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	51	+2	Beat Princeton 26–19
45	-3	2.910	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	51	+2	Lost to Rice 13–18
46	2	2.930	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	31	+2	Beat Washington & LEE 32–12
47	25	2.932	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	4–2	0.667	31	+1	Beat Oklahoma State 18–14
48	17	2.932	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	2–2–1	0.500	51	+2	Beat Arizona State 24–20
49	-3	2.993	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	51	0	Lost to Illinois 13–20
50	-20	2.998	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–2	0.600	39	+1	Lost to Georgia 14–27
51	-7	3.137	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	51	-1	Lost to Kansas State 0–21
52	2	3.205	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	21	-2	Beat Dartmouth 20–14
53	14	3.213	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	39	-1	Beat Davidson 34–0
54	27	3.314	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	38	-2	Beat Lehigh 52–12
55	28	3.329	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	51	+1	Beat Rutgers 40–13
56	8	3.433	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–2–2	0.500	51	-2	Tied LSU 21–21
57	-7	3.450	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–3	0.500	51	+2	Lost to UCLA 7–44
58	-18	3.518	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	73	0	Lost to Army 7–40
59	21	3.547	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–2–1	0.500	51	-2	Beat Louisville 59–6
60	-19	3.577	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–3	0.400	73	0	Lost to Utah State 13–14
61	-24	3.580	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	39	0	Lost to Cornell 19–26
62	1	3.587	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–1–3	0.583	48	+3	Tied Mississippi State 7–7
63	-12	3.725	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	51	-2	Lost to West Virginia 20–52
64	-5	3.730	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	48	-4	Tied Pacific 20–20
65	9	3.777	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–3	0.500	51	-1	Beat Nebraska 23–7
66	-19	3.874	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	3–3	0.500	51	+2	Lost to Houston 20–24
67	25	4.063	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	51	-3	Beat Xavier 31–14
68	18	4.086	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–3	0.500	51	-3	Beat BYU 27–19
69	26	4.114	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	2–2–1	0.500	51	-3	Beat Montana 41–13
70	3	4.205	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–3	0.400	73	-3	BYE
71	-2	4.209	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–3–1	0.417	69	-2	Tied Richmond 13–13
72	-14	4.236	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	73	-1	Lost to William & Mary 7–12
73	24	4.308	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–4	0.200	94	-2	Beat Michigan State 6–0
74	-21	4.330	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	39	-2	Lost to Brown 0–6
75	-14	4.367	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–4	0.200	94	-1	Lost to Iowa 13–19
76	0	4.368	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	69	-3	Tied Marquette 20–20
77	-11	4.376	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	73	-3	Lost to Maryland 0–30
78	-22	4.377	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–3–1	0.300	89	-1	Lost to Northwestern 21–27
79	-27	4.528	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	51	-7	Lost to Oregon 13–26
80	-10	4.572	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	73	-5	Lost to UTEP 21–26
81	-19	4.711	BYU	IND SKY	2–3–1	0.417	69	-5	Lost to Denver 19–27
82	-11	4.801	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–3–1	0.417	69	-4	Lost to Stanford 7–13
83	11	4.802	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–4	0.333	83	-5	Beat San José State 26–13
84	-9	4.901	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–4	0.333	83	-5	Lost to Oklahoma 20–27
85	16	4.985	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	73	-5	Beat Iowa State 12–7
86	-8	5.097	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–4	0.333	83	-3	Lost to SMU 6–14
87	-10	5.142	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	94	-5	Lost to Ole Miss 0–28
88	12	5.168	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–4	0.200	94	-3	Beat Virginia 28–13
89	14	5.185	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	73	+4	Beat Holy Cross 6–0
90	1	5.245	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–3	0.400	73	0	BYE
91	-6	5.456	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–4	0.333	83	-7	Lost to Drake 7–12
92	-2	5.494	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–5	0.167	101	-6	Lost to Auburn 7–34
93	-11	5.503	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	92	-3	Lost to Fordham 13–40
94	-5	5.507	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–3–1	0.300	89	-4	Lost to South Carolina 7–14
95	-7	5.599	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–5	0.167	101	-5	Lost to Virginia Tech 12–32
96	-17	5.723	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	2–4	0.333	83	-7	Lost to New Mexico 13–41
97	-13	5.858	TCU	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	94	-6	Lost to Penn State 21–27
98	-2	5.897	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–3–1	0.300	89	-5	Tied Yale 7–7
99	5	6.228	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	2–4	0.333	83	-6	Beat West Texas A&M 26–14
100	-13	6.338	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	94	-8	Lost to Vanderbilt 13–28
101	4	6.588	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–5	0.167	101	-8	Beat Idaho 19–0
102	0	6.705	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	101	-11	Lost to Kentucky 0–19
103	-5	6.807	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–4	0.200	94	-9	Lost to Duke 0–31
104	-5	6.899	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–4–1	0.250	92	-9	Lost to Missouri 7–23
105	-12	7.406	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–5	0.167	101	-12	Lost to Oregon State 0–19
106	0	7.818	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	109	-8	Lost to Harvard 14–20
107	0	8.018	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–5	0.167	101	-7	Lost to Texas Tech 0–71
108	2	8.049	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–5	0.167	101	-13	Beat Presbyterian 20–14
109	0	9.297	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–5	0.000	109	-8	Lost to Furman 0–34
110	-2	9.701	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–4–1	0.100	108	-8	Lost to Hardin Simmons 14–26

1953 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 20, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.816	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–0–1	0.875	11	+7	Beat Minnesota 27–7
2	18	0.938	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–0–1	0.875	11	+4	Beat Princeton 65–7
3	0	1.023	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–0–1	0.900	8	+9	Beat TCU 20–7
4	5	1.034	LSU	SEC	3–0–2	0.800	14	+6	Beat Georgia 14–6
5	-1	1.041	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	5–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat North Carolina 26–0
6	9	1.060	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Northwestern 20–12
7	10	1.078	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	4–0–1	0.900	8	+5	Beat Auburn 36–6
8	13	1.155	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	4–1	0.800	14	+9	Beat Pacific 34–7
9	-7	1.202	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Vanderbilt 47–6
10	1	1.268	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Pittsburgh 23–14
11	-1	1.278	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	5–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Denver 40–6
12	24	1.317	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–2	0.500	52	+7	Beat Wyoming 21–7
13	-1	1.375	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Indiana 47–18
14	-7	1.387	USC	PAC	4–0–1	0.900	8	+5	Beat Oregon State 37–0
15	12	1.432	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	33	+5	Beat Rice 12–7
16	7	1.464	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat George Washington 27–6
17	16	1.476	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–1–1	0.625	35	+5	Beat Kansas 45–0
18	8	1.483	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–0–1	0.875	11	+3	Tied Cornell 0–0
19	10	1.593	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–1	0.750	23	+6	Beat Pennsylvania 12–6
20	-7	1.717	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–1	0.800	14	+5	Lost to Army 13–14
21	-16	1.764	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	4–1	0.800	14	+6	Lost to Iowa 7–21
22	-16	1.787	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–1–1	0.625	35	+4	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–36
23	17	1.831	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	23	+4	Beat Duke 14–13
24	38	1.856	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–2–1	0.500	52	+4	Beat Mississippi State 32–13
25	-17	1.858	UCLA	PAC	4–1	0.800	14	+4	Lost to Stanford 20–21
26	5	1.859	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–1	0.750	23	+4	Beat Purdue 28–19
27	8	1.928	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	4–1	0.800	14	+5	Beat Houston 14–7
28	10	1.969	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–1	0.800	14	+4	Beat Colorado 28–14
29	-13	2.086	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	23	+3	Lost to SMU 7–12
30	-8	2.086	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–1	0.750	23	+4	Lost to Maryland 0–26
31	14	2.098	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–2	0.600	39	+5	Beat BYU 14–7
32	0	2.119	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–1	0.750	23	+2	BYE
33	13	2.162	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–2	0.600	39	+4	Beat San José State 34–14
34	15	2.187	UTEP	IND BOR	3–1	0.750	23	+3	Beat New Mexico State 39–0
35	4	2.200	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–1	0.800	14	+2	Beat Tulane 45–14
36	7	2.303	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	14	+2	Beat Washington & LEE 27–19
37	-12	2.365	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	23	+3	Lost to Navy 7–65
38	-14	2.398	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–1–1	0.700	32	+1	Lost to Kentucky 13–32
39	48	2.762	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	52	0	Beat Syracuse 20–14
40	30	2.767	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	52	+1	Beat Harvard 6–0
41	-27	2.771	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–2	0.500	52	+2	Lost to Montana 31–32
42	6	2.776	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	39	+2	Beat Arkansas 16–7
43	18	2.819	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–2	0.600	39	+2	Beat UCLA 21–20
44	25	2.836	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–2	0.600	39	0	Beat Drake 27–0
45	2	2.858	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–2	0.500	52	+2	Lost to Michigan 12–20
46	-28	3.092	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	35	-1	Lost to Penn State 14–20
47	19	3.102	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	3–2	0.600	39	+4	Beat West Texas A&M 39–20
48	-11	3.120	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	39	+2	Lost to William & Mary 7–13
49	-7	3.208	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–3	0.250	88	+2	Lost to Illinois 7–27
50	14	3.211	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–2	0.600	39	+2	Beat Idaho 30–13
51	16	3.265	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	39	-2	Beat Virginia 21–6
52	-8	3.308	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	39	-1	Lost to California 14–34
53	-23	3.337	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	23	+1	Lost to Quantico Marines 0–17
54	-20	3.379	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	33	-1	Lost to Columbia 0–6
55	41	3.407	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–1–1	0.625	35	+5	Beat Virginia Tech 13–7
56	-2	3.430	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	78	+1	Lost to Notre Dame 14–23
57	-5	3.453	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–3	0.400	67	+2	Lost to LSU 6–14
58	-8	3.460	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	52	+1	Lost to West Virginia 6–27
59	19	3.519	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	39	-2	Beat Arizona 14–0
60	-3	3.618	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	52	-1	Lost to Ohio State 6–12
61	2	3.635	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–3	0.250	88	+2	Lost to Michigan State 18–47
62	-11	3.651	BYU	IND SKY	2–2–1	0.500	52	-1	Lost to Utah State 7–14
63	11	3.707	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–1–2	0.600	39	+2	Tied Tennessee 0–0
64	22	3.727	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–2–1	0.500	52	-3	Beat Citadel 60–0
65	-10	3.737	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	1–2–1	0.375	78	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–14
66	-25	3.821	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	52	-2	Lost to Nebraska 16–20
67	6	3.856	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	52	-2	BYE
68	0	3.981	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	78	0	Tied Yale 0–0
69	12	4.023	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–3	0.400	67	-1	Beat NC State 20–7
70	15	4.056	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	52	-3	Beat Midwestern Texas State 39–7
71	12	4.077	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–2–1	0.500	52	-2	Beat Oregon 14–6
72	3	4.094	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	3–2	0.600	39	-3	Beat Villanova 27–0
73	-14	4.221	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–3	0.400	67	-3	Lost to Marquette 0–14
74	-21	4.272	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–3	0.400	67	-2	Lost to Iowa State 6–13
75	-17	4.315	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–3	0.400	67	-3	Lost to Kansas State 14–28
76	0	4.321	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	67	-3	Lost to Texas Tech 7–34
77	-17	4.411	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	88	-2	Lost to Texas 7–16
78	-22	4.417	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–3	0.400	67	-1	Lost to Oklahoma 0–45
79	10	4.527	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	2–3	0.400	67	-3	Beat Colorado State 32–31
80	-9	4.572	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–2–1	0.375	78	-2	Tied Alabama 0–0
81	29	4.618	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	52	-2	Beat Brandeis 40–14
82	-63	4.639	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	85	-1	Lost to Brown 20–27
83	-55	4.645	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	85	0	Lost to Boston College 13–20
84	-12	4.691	TCU	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	88	-1	Lost to Texas A&M 7–20
85	10	4.764	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–3	0.400	67	-4	Beat Missouri 13–6
86	-6	4.854	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–3	0.400	67	-4	Lost to Utah 6–40
87	-22	4.937	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	88	-3	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–21
88	-6	5.023	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	97	-2	Lost to Richmond 19–27
89	-5	5.057	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–2–1	0.375	78	-2	BYE
90	-11	5.130	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–4	0.200	97	-4	Lost to Ole Miss 14–45
91	6	5.216	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–3	0.400	67	0	Beat Hardin Simmons 14–13
92	13	5.446	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	78	-3	Beat Fordham 20–13
93	-5	5.640	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–4	0.200	97	-4	Lost to Washington State 13–30
94	-3	5.827	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–4	0.200	97	-6	Lost to Washington 6–14
95	8	5.850	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	1–2–1	0.375	78	-5	Beat San Diego State 41–12
96	-2	6.086	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	88	-4	Beat Dartmouth 24–14
97	-7	6.209	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–4	0.000	105	-5	Lost to Wisconsin 19–28
98	-21	6.250	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–3	0.250	88	-6	Lost to Wake Forest 7–20
99	7	6.336	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–3–1	0.300	87	-5	Beat Miami 20–16
100	-1	6.382	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–4	0.000	105	-4	Lost to Baylor 6–47
101	-9	6.438	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	88	-6	Lost to Wichita State 0–27
102	-2	6.937	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	97	-9	Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–27
103	6	7.064	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	88	+1	Beat Rutgers 27–20
104	-6	7.217	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–4	0.200	97	-5	Lost to Tulsa 13–14
105	-1	7.238	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–5	0.000	105	-7	Lost to USC 0–37
106	-13	7.409	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	105	-5	Lost to Colgate 14–24
107	-6	7.856	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–4	0.200	97	-5	Lost to UTEP 0–39
108	0	8.905	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–3–1	0.125	104	-3	Lost to Arizona State 20–39
109	-7	8.955	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–4	0.000	105	-4	Lost to Presbyterian 18–19
110	-3	9.426	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–5	0.000	105	-11	Lost to Florida 0–60

1953 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 13, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	13	0.619	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–0–1	0.833	21	+4	Beat Ohio State 41–20
2	9	0.852	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Arkansas 14–7
3	7	0.879	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–0–1	0.875	17	+6	Beat Texas Tech 27–14
4	0	0.944	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Georgia 40–13
5	4	1.053	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Colorado State 21–14
6	10	1.060	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–0–1	0.833	21	+3	Tied Mississippi State 21–21
7	19	1.093	USC	PAC	3–0–1	0.875	17	+4	Tied Washington 13–13
8	10	1.115	UCLA	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Wisconsin 13–0
9	-1	1.174	LSU	SEC	2–0–2	0.750	25	+2	Tied Kentucky 6–6
10	12	1.216	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Utah State 33–13
11	17	1.234	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
12	5	1.249	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat TCU 26–19
13	-1	1.264	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Purdue 20–14
14	-12	1.267	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	34	+5	Lost to Wyoming 14–21
15	-8	1.268	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Iowa 14–13
16	4	1.285	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Hardin Simmons 40–0
17	7	1.292	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–0–1	0.875	17	+2	Beat Tulane 27–13
18	18	1.303	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	21	+1	Beat Fordham 20–13
19	-16	1.327	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	45	+3	Lost to Princeton 7–9
20	-1	1.328	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	21	+1	Beat Cornell 26–6
21	-16	1.369	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–1	0.750	25	+5	Lost to Texas A&M 14–27
22	-7	1.394	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Wake Forest 18–13
23	12	1.394	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Washington & LEE 40–14
24	9	1.430	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–0–1	0.875	17	+2	Tied Auburn 21–21
25	6	1.463	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Rutgers 9–7
26	8	1.675	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Columbia 13–7
27	30	1.684	SMU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	45	+2	Beat Missouri 20–7
28	-27	1.734	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	45	+2	Lost to Syracuse 13–20
29	-8	1.744	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–1	0.667	34	+3	Lost to Illinois 20–41
30	-1	1.780	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bucknell 40–0
31	-18	1.787	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–1	0.667	34	+3	Lost to UCLA 0–13
32	14	1.806	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–1	0.750	25	+3	Beat Furman 27–13
33	26	1.834	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–1–1	0.500	45	+2	Beat Texas 19–14
34	8	1.982	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colgate 28–26
35	3	2.052	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–1	0.750	25	+3	Beat Wichita State 14–7
36	7	2.134	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–2	0.333	74	+2	Lost to Michigan 13–14
37	16	2.195	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	25	+3	Beat Richmond 21–7
38	-1	2.255	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	25	+1	Beat Iowa State 20–12
39	8	2.267	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–1	0.750	25	+1	Beat Vanderbilt 28–6
40	-13	2.268	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	34	+1	Beat Dartmouth 27–0
41	21	2.312	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	34	+1	Beat Clemson 39–7
42	29	2.321	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–2	0.333	74	+2	Beat Northwestern 30–13
43	-13	2.370	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	25	+1	Lost to Virginia Tech 7–21
44	-21	2.414	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	25	+1	Lost to Arizona State 20–35
45	-6	2.487	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–2	0.500	45	+2	Lost to Utah 13–33
46	14	2.544	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–2	0.500	45	+1	Beat Pennsylvania 40–0
47	-41	2.614	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–1	0.667	34	+1	Lost to Minnesota 13–30
48	-3	2.639	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	45	+1	Lost to Oklahoma 14–19
49	1	2.651	UTEP	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	34	+1	BYE
50	-25	2.660	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	34	+1	Lost to Virginia 20–24
51	0	2.748	BYU	IND SKY	2–1–1	0.625	43	+1	Beat Idaho 20–14
52	-8	2.834	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–2	0.500	45	+2	Lost to Maryland 13–40
53	-13	2.995	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	45	+1	Lost to SMU 7–20
54	10	3.019	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat Nebraska 14–6
55	50	3.064	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	1–1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat Detroit Mercy 25–19
56	20	3.103	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	45	+1	Beat Colorado 27–21
57	-25	3.205	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	34	-1	Lost to California 0–40
58	-10	3.218	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	45	-1	Lost to Kansas 21–27
59	4	3.234	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	45	-1	Beat New Mexico 20–0
60	-2	3.344	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	74	0	Lost to Baylor 7–14
61	20	3.346	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–2	0.500	45	-1	Beat Oregon State 21–0
62	15	3.379	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–2–1	0.375	70	0	Tied LSU 6–6
63	11	3.391	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–2	0.333	74	+1	Beat Marquette 21–20
64	19	3.392	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–2	0.500	45	+1	Beat Oregon 7–0
65	38	3.462	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	74	0	Beat George Washington 24–20
66	32	3.486	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	45	+3	Beat San José State 35–20
67	-6	3.556	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	45	-2	Beat Citadel 14–0
68	-12	3.569	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	74	0	Lost to Navy 6–26
69	-17	3.576	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	45	-2	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–14
70	-5	3.586	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	74	0	Lost to Yale 7–13
71	4	3.678	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	74	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 40–7
72	1	3.771	TCU	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	74	0	Lost to Michigan State 19–26
73	-4	3.837	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	45	-2	Lost to South Carolina 13–27
74	19	3.885	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–1–1	0.625	43	+1	Beat Tulsa 41–13
75	-21	4.050	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	45	-2	Lost to Houston 19–25
76	14	4.085	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	45	-3	Beat Hawai'i 26–8
77	-5	4.169	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–2	0.333	74	-1	Beat Davidson 27–7
78	-23	4.217	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	45	-3	Lost to Indiana 20–21
79	-9	4.267	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–3	0.250	87	-2	Lost to Georgia Tech 13–27
80	-31	4.273	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–2	0.500	45	-3	Lost to Montana 13–22
81	1	4.344	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–3	0.250	87	0	Lost to North Carolina 13–18
82	-2	4.422	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	87	0	Lost to West Virginia 14–40
83	-4	4.476	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–2–1	0.375	70	-2	Tied USC 13–13
84	-17	4.523	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–2–1	0.375	70	-1	Lost to Miami 7–39
85	15	4.614	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	74	-2	Beat SAN Diego Navy 27–12
86	13	4.719	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–2–1	0.375	70	-2	Beat Stetson 45–0
87	-21	4.721	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	74	-2	Beat Boston University 35–13
88	-20	4.800	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–3	0.250	87	-1	Lost to BYU 14–20
89	15	5.058	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	1–3	0.250	87	-2	Beat Denver 22–13
90	-1	5.135	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–3	0.000	103	-2	Lost to Duke 14–20
91	-5	5.224	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–3	0.250	87	-4	Lost to Washington State 0–7
92	0	5.487	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	74	-3	BYE
93	-8	5.596	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	103	-1	Lost to Army 0–27
94	3	5.741	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	103	-2	Lost to Harvard 26–28
95	-7	5.779	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	87	-4	Lost to Kansas State 12–20
96	0	6.003	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	45	+1	BYE
97	-2	6.200	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	87	-1	Lost to Alabama 13–41
98	4	6.394	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–3	0.250	87	-1	Lost to Rice 0–40
99	-8	6.404	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–3	0.000	103	-3	Lost to Ole Miss 6–28
100	6	6.830	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	87	-7	Beat Boston College 15–7
101	-7	7.149	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–3	0.250	87	-2	Lost to Mcmurry 12–26
102	-18	7.240	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	103	-3	Lost to NC State 7–27
103	-2	7.614	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	0–2–1	0.167	99	-4	Lost to Arizona 0–20
104	3	7.896	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–4	0.000	103	-6	Lost to Stanford 0–21
105	-18	7.917	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	99	-3	Lost to Villanova 7–15
106	2	8.335	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–3–1	0.125	102	-5	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–14
107	3	8.782	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–4	0.000	103	-8	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–14
108	-30	9.820	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–2–1	0.167	99	-1	Lost to Trinity (TEXAS) 6–14
109	0	9.877	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	103	0	Lost to Rhode Island 13–19
110	-69	10.166	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	87	-2	Lost to Penn State 13–35

1953 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 6, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	42	0.595	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Detroit Mercy 21–7
2	8	0.654	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Denver 21–6
3	45	0.664	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Virginia Tech 20–13
4	-1	0.733	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Clemson 20–0
5	4	0.842	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Oklahoma State 27–13
6	-4	0.922	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Army 33–20
7	1	0.927	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Tulane 26–7
8	-1	0.956	LSU	SEC	2–0–1	0.833	31	+2	Beat Boston College 42–6
9	-4	0.978	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Utah State 20–13
10	23	0.986	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0–1	0.833	31	+3	Beat Georgia 14–12
11	-7	0.996	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Miami 21–13
12	0	1.070	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Tennessee 21–7
13	11	1.090	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Marquette 13–11
14	32	1.150	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0–1	0.750	34	+1	Beat Stanford 33–21
15	6	1.164	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington & LEE 39–0
16	23	1.169	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Ole Miss 13–0
17	8	1.184	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Minnesota 21–0
18	-1	1.186	UCLA	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oregon 12–0
19	28	1.189	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	34	0	Beat Dartmouth 55–7
20	10	1.234	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Cornell 28–7
21	-2	1.278	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat California 33–19
22	0	1.364	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Hawai'i 47–24
23	-10	1.384	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Fresno State 27–21
24	-18	1.392	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	2–0–1	0.833	31	0	Beat SMU 6–4
25	-14	1.397	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 20–7
26	-12	1.404	USC	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Indiana 27–14
27	-26	1.468	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	+2	Lost to Northwestern 20–33
28	0	1.482	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 37–7
29	-9	1.491	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colgate 19–6
30	6	1.546	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 13–7
31	28	1.591	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Columbia 20–19
32	-3	1.605	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Penn State 13–7
33	1	1.615	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 21–6
34	19	1.709	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Brown 13–0
35	-8	1.744	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 47–19
36	4	1.784	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	34	0	Tied Boston University 14–14
37	13	1.817	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Beat Nebraska 27–0
38	-23	1.865	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	37	+2	Lost to Texas Tech 13–27
39	-21	1.914	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	37	+2	Lost to Wyoming 13–20
40	27	1.929	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	37	+2	Beat Colorado 27–16
41	1	1.964	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	53	0	Tied Syracuse 14–14
42	2	2.041	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 16–0
43	35	2.071	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	53	+1	Beat Washington State 54–12
44	-28	2.187	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Lost to Texas A&M 12–14
45	15	2.287	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	37	0	Beat Houston 28–7
46	15	2.322	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–1	0.667	37	0	Beat Virginia 19–0
47	-12	2.375	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Lost to Auburn 0–13
48	-17	2.518	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Lost to Missouri 16–27
49	-12	2.529	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Lost to Colorado State 6–21
50	40	2.597	UTEP	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Beat Arizona State 28–27
51	11	2.695	BYU	IND SKY	1–1–1	0.500	53	0	Tied New Mexico 12–12
52	12	2.710	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	37	0	Beat Bradley 55–0
53	-15	2.736	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	37	0	Lost to Rutgers 13–20
54	-3	2.781	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	37	0	Lost to Fordham 7–21
55	-1	2.810	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	37	0	Lost to Wisconsin 11–13
56	-33	2.847	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to Rice 7–28
57	-8	2.879	SMU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	93	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 4–6
58	5	2.933	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	53	0	Beat TCU 13–6
59	11	3.095	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–1–1	0.250	85	0	Tied Pittsburgh 7–7
60	5	3.106	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–2	0.333	65	0	Lost to Ohio State 19–33
61	15	3.116	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	65	0	Lost to Richmond 7–13
62	-7	3.213	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to Baylor 13–21
63	14	3.221	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	65	0	Beat New Mexico State 46–7
64	9	3.225	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	85	0	Tied Oklahoma 7–7
65	-7	3.351	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to Princeton 19–20
66	17	3.355	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	93	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–13
67	-11	3.370	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to Maryland 0–20
68	20	3.372	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–2	0.333	65	0	Beat Montana 20–12
69	26	3.391	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	37	-1	Beat Citadel 27–0
70	-18	3.445	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Lost to Michigan 7–26
71	1	3.463	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–2	0.000	93	0	Lost to Michigan State 0–21
72	13	3.550	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–2	0.000	93	0	Lost to George Washington 7–20
73	-47	3.574	TCU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	53	0	Lost to Arkansas 6–13
74	13	3.593	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–2	0.000	93	0	Lost to USC 14–27
75	17	3.658	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–2	0.000	93	0	Lost to Duke 7–21
76	-1	3.668	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	65	0	Beat Iowa State 23–0
77	-6	3.726	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Beat Florida 26–13
78	15	3.917	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–1–1	0.250	85	0	BYE
79	12	3.929	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Beat Oregon State 28–0
80	14	3.930	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	65	0	Lost to North Carolina 0–39
81	-1	3.955	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Lost to Illinois 21–33
82	-8	4.151	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Beat Villanova 18–12
83	-26	4.154	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–2	0.333	65	0	Lost to Iowa 12–54
84	13	4.285	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	93	0	BYE
85	-1	4.306	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	93	0	Lost to Navy 7–55
86	10	4.333	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	65	-2	Lost to UCLA 0–12
87	-46	4.350	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	85	0	Lost to LSU 6–42
88	1	4.971	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	65	-2	Lost to Kansas 0–23
89	15	5.150	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–2	0.000	93	-1	Lost to Notre Dame 7–37
90	-9	5.214	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	65	-3	Lost to Tulsa 13–22
91	-22	5.366	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–2	0.000	93	-1	Lost to Alabama 12–21
92	11	5.417	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	65	-2	Beat South Dakota 18–0
93	17	5.463	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–1–1	0.500	53	0	Beat Vanderbilt 21–12
94	4	5.526	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	65	-2	Lost to Arizona 7–46
95	13	5.588	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	65	0	Beat Pacific 22–13
96	-64	5.630	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	53	+1	Lost to Cincinnati 7–57
97	-15	5.755	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	93	-1	Lost to Holy Cross 6–19
98	1	5.809	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Lost to UTEP 27–28
99	-33	5.885	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–2–1	0.167	91	-2	Lost to Kentucky 13–26
100	6	6.144	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	93	-2	Lost to Mississippi State 6–21
101	-33	6.166	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	0–1–1	0.250	85	-1	Tied BYU 12–12
102	-16	6.395	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	65	-1	Lost to Trinity (TEXAS) 21–27
103	-24	6.620	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	93	-2	Lost to South Carolina 0–19
104	-4	6.714	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–3	0.000	93	-3	Lost to Idaho 12–20
105	-60	6.814	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	0–1–1	0.250	85	-1	Lost to Texas 7–28
106	-5	7.377	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	93	-4	Lost to Wake Forest 12–18
107	-5	7.795	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–3	0.000	93	-4	Lost to Washington 0–28
108	-3	7.831	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–2–1	0.167	91	-3	Lost to Kansas State 0–27
109	0	7.852	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	93	0	Lost to Yale 0–13
110	-3	8.126	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	93	-4	Lost to Furman 0–27

1953 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 29, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	25	0.545	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Furman 41–0
2	51	0.605	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 35–0
3	10	0.624	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Washington & LEE 52–0
4	4	0.704	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
5	-1	0.818	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Montana 27–7
6	-5	0.823	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	43	0	Tied Florida 0–0
7	9	0.823	LSU	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	43	+1	Tied Alabama 7–7
8	37	0.852	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 50–0
9	-2	0.917	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UTEP 27–6
10	22	0.941	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kansas State 14–13
11	26	0.941	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 14–13
12	2	0.991	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wake Forest 19–0
13	-7	0.996	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat BYU 28–25
14	-3	1.021	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Minnesota 17–7
15	-5	1.046	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Arkansas 7–6
16	-1	1.075	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tulane 16–14
17	-12	1.085	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 19–7
18	1	1.085	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat New Mexico 6–0
19	36	1.110	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 36–12
20	19	1.130	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dartmouth 28–6
21	29	1.130	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NC State 29–7
22	-13	1.140	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 21–0
23	11	1.150	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colgate 27–7
24	45	1.150	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Penn State 20–0
25	21	1.209	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa 21–7
26	-9	1.219	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
27	41	1.249	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 17–7
28	26	1.278	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma 28–21
29	29	1.288	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vanderbilt 13–7
30	-9	1.308	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
31	-8	1.313	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona 20–14
32	-10	1.328	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	43	0	Tied Navy 6–6
33	-9	1.338	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0–1	0.750	43	0	Tied Houston 14–14
34	56	1.506	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee 26–0
35	52	1.531	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kentucky 22–6
36	55	1.556	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davidson 16–0
37	60	1.650	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Drake 33–14
38	58	1.670	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 20–6
39	-12	1.734	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stetson 47–0
40	24	1.784	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Temple 42–0
41	-13	1.820	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Clemson 14–14
42	-13	1.820	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	106	0	BYE
43	-7	1.820	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	106	0	BYE
44	-6	1.820	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	106	0	BYE
45	-5	1.820	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	0–0–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Texas A&M 14–14
46	-5	1.820	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	48	0	Tied Nebraska 21–21
47	1	1.820	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	48	0	Tied William & Mary 6–6
48	14	1.820	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	106	0	BYE
49	14	1.820	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	106	0	BYE
50	-48	1.825	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Colorado State 13–14
51	41	1.828	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wayne State 48–0
52	-49	1.859	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Georgia 14–16
53	17	1.883	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UConn 32–0
54	32	1.918	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cincinnati 31–7
55	-11	1.932	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida State 27–0
56	37	1.942	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0–1	0.750	43	0	Tied Boston College 14–14
57	37	2.052	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Pacific 26–20
58	-25	2.131	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lehigh 14–7
59	1	2.141	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 20–14
60	23	2.205	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Villanova 41–12
61	21	2.250	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Citadel 25–0
62	-50	2.251	BYU	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to San José State 25–28
63	-38	2.317	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 6–7
64	12	2.355	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Tulsa 19–10
65	35	2.384	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Oregon State 26–0
66	8	2.447	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	72	0	Tied Georgia Tech 0–0
67	21	2.462	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Purdue 14–7
68	-19	2.533	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Utah State 0–6
69	-3	2.533	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–13
70	-14	2.577	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Notre Dame 21–28
71	0	2.641	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Ole Miss 6–22
72	-25	2.706	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to USC 7–17
73	-14	2.706	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to West Virginia 7–17
74	-1	2.728	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Duke 0–19
75	6	2.814	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to UCLA 7–19
76	3	2.851	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to George Washington 13–14
77	22	2.858	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Colorado 14–20
78	-35	2.879	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Michigan State 7–21
79	-12	2.879	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 6–20
80	-5	3.050	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Oregon 7–0
81	-61	3.085	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Washington State 20–26
82	-51	3.139	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Cornell 7–27
83	-26	3.139	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Wisconsin 0–20
84	-49	3.225	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Holy Cross 6–28
85	-34	3.225	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to North Carolina 7–29
86	12	3.282	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Midwestern Texas State 33–7
87	-45	3.312	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Ohio State 12–36
88	14	3.333	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Utah 0–21
89	-9	3.365	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Northwestern 0–35
90	5	3.373	UTEP	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Texas Tech 6–27
91	-19	3.377	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Michigan 0–50
92	-27	3.398	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Mississippi State 0–26
93	8	3.398	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–1–1	0.250	72	0	Tied Mcmurry 20–20
94	-16	3.438	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Maryland 0–52
95	-10	3.460	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Army 0–41
96	-78	3.509	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Stanford 0–7
97	10	3.766	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Richmond 0–16
98	6	3.845	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Colorado College 12–7
99	9	4.951	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat North Texas 14–0
100	-11	5.041	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Wyoming 7–27
101	-17	5.214	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Texas 12–41
102	1	5.755	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–2	0.000	76	-1	Lost to California 0–26
103	3	5.798	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Denver 14–33
104	-43	6.641	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Missouri 7–14
105	-28	6.685	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1–1	0.250	72	-1	Tied Illinois 21–21
106	-54	6.944	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Arizona State 0–14
107	-2	7.917	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	76	-2	Lost to South Carolina 0–25
108	2	9.409	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Wichita State 10–19
109	-79	11.831	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Amherst 6–7
110	-1	12.047	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	72	0	Tied LSU 7–7

1953 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 22, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	0	0.228	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Davidson 53–0
2	-1	0.258	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Drake 50–0
3	-2	0.277	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Citadel 54–6
4	-3	0.287	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico State 47–0
5	-4	0.347	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon State 41–0
6	-5	0.476	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Idaho 34–6
7	-6	0.495	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Texas A&M 40–14
8	-7	0.505	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat California 25–0
9	-8	0.545	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Arizona 28–7
10	-9	0.555	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hardin Simmons 20–0
11	-10	0.595	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington State 29–13
12	-11	0.614	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana 27–13
13	-12	0.614	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Missouri 20–6
14	-13	0.624	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Carolina 20–7
15	-14	0.624	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Villanova 32–19
16	-15	0.624	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas 20–7
17	-16	0.624	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas 13–0
18	-17	0.674	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Nebraska 20–12
19	-18	0.684	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wichita State 14–7
20	-19	0.704	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Stanford 25–20
21	-20	0.714	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Florida 20–16
22	-21	0.733	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wake Forest 16–14
23	-22	0.743	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington 21–20
24	-23	0.743	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kentucky 7–6
25	-24	1.153	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
26	-25	1.153	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
27	-26	1.153	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
28	-27	1.153	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
29	-28	1.153	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
30	-29	1.153	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
31	-30	1.153	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
32	-31	1.153	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
33	-32	1.153	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
34	-33	1.153	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
35	-34	1.153	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
36	-35	1.153	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
37	-36	1.153	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
38	-37	1.153	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
39	-38	1.153	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
40	-39	1.153	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
41	-40	1.153	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
42	-41	1.153	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
43	-42	1.153	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
44	-43	1.153	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
45	-44	1.153	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
46	-45	1.153	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
47	-46	1.153	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
48	-47	1.153	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
49	-48	1.153	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
50	-49	1.153	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
51	-50	1.153	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
52	-51	1.153	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
53	-52	1.153	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
54	-53	1.153	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
55	-54	1.153	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
56	-55	1.153	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
57	-56	1.153	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
58	-57	1.153	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
59	-58	1.153	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
60	-59	1.153	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
61	-60	1.153	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
62	-61	1.153	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
63	-62	1.153	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
64	-63	1.153	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
65	-64	1.153	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
66	-65	1.153	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
67	-66	1.153	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
68	-67	1.153	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
69	-68	1.153	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
70	-69	1.153	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
71	-70	1.344	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Texas A&M 6–7
72	-71	1.344	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Colorado 20–21
73	-72	1.387	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to William & Mary 14–16
74	-73	1.474	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Rice 16–20
75	-74	1.517	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Pacific 20–25
76	-75	1.604	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Utah State 7–14
77	-76	1.647	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Oregon 12–20
78	-77	1.734	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Shepherd 47–0
79	-78	1.764	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Catawba 44–0
80	-79	1.853	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Dakota 35–0
81	-80	1.863	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to TCU 0–13
82	-81	1.863	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Duke 7–20
83	-82	1.863	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to LSU 7–20
84	-83	1.863	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Georgia 19–32
85	-84	1.873	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Newberry 33–0
86	-85	1.873	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Dakota State 46–13
87	-86	1.873	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 39–6
88	-87	1.906	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Maryland 6–20
89	-88	1.906	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to BYU 13–27
90	-89	1.923	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Memphis 34–6
91	-90	1.923	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Randolph Macon 28–0
92	-91	1.932	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Dakota State 33–6
93	-92	1.942	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Presbyterian 33–7
94	-93	1.993	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to USC 13–29
95	-94	2.012	UTEP	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat SUL Ross State 26–7
96	-95	2.131	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Marshall 7–0
97	-96	2.141	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado College 19–13
98	-97	2.166	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–20
99	-98	2.209	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Utah 7–28
100	-99	2.382	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Baylor 0–25
101	-100	2.425	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Texas Tech 14–40
102	-101	2.512	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to San José State 6–34
103	-102	3.074	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to UCLA 0–41
104	-103	3.333	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Wyoming 0–47
105	-104	3.377	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Tulane 6–54
106	-105	3.463	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Kansas State 0–50
107	-106	3.593	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–53
108	-107	11.031	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to SAN Diego Navy 14–19
109	-108	11.074	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Southern Miss 19–25
110	-109	11.117	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Cincinnati 7–14

1953 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

September 15, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Team	Conf	Record	Place	Game Status
1	10	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	35	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	27	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	96	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	39	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	87	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	59	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	73	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	57	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	101	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	75	BYU	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	21	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	83	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	89	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	42	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	20	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	41	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	93	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	86	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	90	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	108	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	100	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	77	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	112	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	6	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	22	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	95	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	58	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	32	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	33	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	0	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	46	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	65	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	28	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	16	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	76	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	66	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	99	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	97	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	82	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	29	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	110	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	55	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	64	LSU	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	69	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	11	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	81	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	45	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	1	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	49	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	7	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	48	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	50	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	103	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	15	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	47	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	25	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	109	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	72	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	98	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	91	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	5	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	34	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	2	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	80	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	92	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	84	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	44	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	8	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	43	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	23	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	13	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	37	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	61	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	111	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	67	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	38	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	56	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	54	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	53	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	26	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	52	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	12	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	14	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	74	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	78	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	60	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	18	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	3	UCLA	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	4	USC	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	36	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	85	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	70	UTEP	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	62	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	9	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	19	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	88	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	71	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	40	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	24	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	94	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	68	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	104	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	17	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	102	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	63	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	31	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	51	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	30	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason