College Football Conference Standings
1953 Season · 11 conferences · 110 ranked teams
| Place | Conference | Teams | Avg Rating | Avg Rank | NOW | Record | Win % | Non-Conf | NC % | Top Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Ten | 10 | 2.829 | 39.3 | 109 | 50-37 | .575 | 20-7 | .741 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) #5 |
| 2 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 3.117 | 46.0 | 66 | 38-32 | .543 | 17-11 | .607 |  Rice (RICE) #7 |
| 3 | SEC | 12 | 3.303 | 45.8 | 69 | 62-49 | .559 | 31-18 | .633 |  Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH) #9 |
| 4 | Missouri Valley | 5 | 3.401 | 51.2 | 19 | 24-22 | .522 | 15-13 | .536 |  Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE) #20 |
| 5 | Skyline / Mountain States | 8 | 3.870 | 60.0 | -19 | 38-34 | .528 | 14-10 | .583 |  Utah (UTAH) #18 |
| 6 | ACC | 7 | 3.871 | 54.3 | 27 | 35-32 | .522 | 21-18 | .538 |  Maryland (MARYLAND) #3 |
| 7 | FBS Independents | 28 | 3.889 | 60.2 | -32 | 120-114 | .513 | 120-114 | .513 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) #1 |
| 8 | Pac-12 | 9 | 3.985 | 58.4 | -8 | 39-43 | .476 | 12-16 | .429 |  UCLA #10 |
| 9 | Big Eight | 7 | 3.985 | 60.1 | 12 | 34-33 | .507 | 13-12 | .520 |  Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA) #2 |
| 10 | Border Conference | 7 | 4.425 | 62.3 | 3 | 36-33 | .522 | 18-15 | .545 |  Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH) #4 |
| 11 | Southern Conference | 10 | 4.514 | 65.6 | -58 | 46-47 | .495 | 21-22 | .488 |  West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA) #12 |
Conferences are ordered by average Power Up rating (lower is better). Non-conference records exclude games between members of the same conference. Click a conference for full standings.