1951

1952 Rankings
​Final

1953

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia Tech	(12-0-0)		0.8452	Southeastern
2	Michigan State	(9-0-0)		0.8370	Independent
3	Notre Dame	(7-2-1)		0.7651	Independent
4	Oklahoma	(8-1-1)		0.7572	Big Seven
5	UCLA	(8-1-0)		0.7535	Pacific Coast
6	Southern California	(10-1-0)		0.7412	Pacific Coast
7	Texas	(9-2-0)		0.6763	Southwest
8	Maryland	(7-2-0)		0.6124	Southern
9	Penn State	(7-2-1)		0.6101	Independent
10	Duke	(8-2-0)		0.6099	Southern
11	Mississippi	(8-1-2)		0.5956	Southeastern
12	Alabama	(10-2-0)		0.5944	Southeastern
13	Navy	(6-2-1)		0.5860	Independent
14	Tennessee	(8-2-1)		0.5499	Southeastern
15	Houston	(8-2-0)		0.5081	Missouri Valley
16	Pittsburgh	(6-3-0)		0.5052	Independent
17	California	(7-3-0)		0.4944	Pacific Coast
18	Kansas	(7-3-0)		0.4820	Big Seven
19	Princeton	(8-1-0)		0.4793	Independent
20	Colorado	(6-2-2)		0.4678	Big Seven
21	Florida	(8-3-0)		0.4595	Southeastern
22	Washington	(7-3-0)		0.4491	Pacific Coast
23	West Virginia	(7-2-0)		0.4459	Southern
24	Purdue	(4-3-2)		0.4452	Big Ten
25	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.4442	Big Ten
26	Wisconsin	(6-3-1)		0.4336	Big Ten
27	Villanova	(7-1-1)		0.4301	Independent
27=	Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4301	Independent
29	Pennsylvania	(4-3-2)		0.4231	Independent
30	Georgia	(7-4-0)		0.4054	Southeastern
31	Syracuse	(7-3-0)		0.3972	Independent
32	Tulsa	(8-2-1)		0.3885	Missouri Valley
33	Minnesota	(4-3-2)		0.3647	Big Ten
34	Missouri	(5-5-0)		0.3485	Big Seven
35	Nebraska	(5-4-1)		0.3484	Big Seven
36	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.3425	Independent
37	Southern Methodist	(4-5-1)		0.3417	Southwest
38	Texas Christian	(4-4-2)		0.3384	Southwest
39	Michigan	(5-4-0)		0.3343	Big Ten
40	Holy Cross	(8-2-0)		0.3286	Independent
41	Army	(4-4-1)		0.3143	Independent
42	New Mexico	(7-2-0)		0.3133	Border
43	Baylor	(4-4-2)		0.3062	Southwest
44	Mississippi State	(5-4-0)		0.2876	Southeastern
45	Wake Forest	(5-4-1)		0.2810	Southern
46	Stanford	(5-5-0)		0.2776	Pacific Coast
47	Rice	(5-5-0)		0.2700	Southwest
48	Colgate	(6-3-0)		0.2672	Independent
49	Texas A&M	(3-6-1)		0.2486	Southwest
50	Kentucky	(5-4-2)		0.2458	Southeastern
51	San Jose State	(6-3-0)		0.2455	Independent
52	Illinois	(4-5-0)		0.2398	Big Ten
53	George Washington	(6-2-1)		0.2388	Southern
54	Utah	(6-3-1)		0.2224	Mountain States
55	Tulane	(5-5-0)		0.2099	Southeastern
56	Arizona State	(6-3-0)		0.2039	Border
57	Vanderbilt	(3-5-2)		0.2024	Southeastern
58	Arizona	(6-4-0)		0.1987	Border
59	South Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.1846	Southern
60	Colorado State	(6-4-0)		0.1836	Mountain States
61	Louisiana State	(3-7-0)		0.1756	Southeastern
62	William & Mary	(4-5-0)		0.1754	Southern
63	Washington State	(4-6-0)		0.1706	Pacific Coast
64	Pacific	(7-3-1)		0.1429	Independent
65	Wyoming	(5-4-0)		0.1385	Mountain States
66	Oklahoma State	(3-7-0)		0.1365	Missouri Valley
67	Rutgers	(4-4-1)		0.1139	Independent
68	Boston University	(5-4-1)		0.1101	Independent
69	Hardin-Simmons	(5-3-2)		0.1087	Border
70	Furman	(6-3-1)		0.1027	Southern
71	Harvard	(5-4-0)		0.0917	Independent
72	North Carolina	(2-6-0)		0.0882	Southern
73	Arkansas	(2-8-0)		0.0839	Southwest
74	Idaho	(4-4-1)		0.0684	Pacific Coast
75	Marquette	(3-5-1)		0.0645	Independent
76	Northwestern	(2-6-1)		0.0346	Big Ten
77	Virginia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.0341	Southern
78	Auburn	(2-8-0)		0.0315	Southeastern
79	Iowa	(2-7-0)		0.0269	Big Ten
80	Boston College	(4-4-1)		0.0182	Independent
81	Clemson	(2-6-1)		0.0180	Southern
82	Santa Clara	(2-6-1)		0.0072	Independent
83	Iowa State	(3-6-0)		0.0051	Big Seven
84	Indiana	(2-7-0)		0.0013	Big Ten
85	Oregon	(2-7-1)		-0.0018	Pacific Coast
86	Oregon State	(2-7-0)		-0.0082	Pacific Coast
87	Cornell	(2-7-0)		-0.0110	Independent
88	Columbia	(2-6-1)		-0.0116	Independent
89	Citadel	(3-5-1)		-0.0310	Southern
90	Dartmouth	(2-7-0)		-0.0398	Independent
91	Texas-El Paso	(5-5-1)		-0.0534	Border
92	Miami (Florida)	(4-7-0)		-0.0572	Independent
93	Brigham Young	(4-6-0)		-0.0599	Mountain States
94	Detroit Mercy	(3-6-0)		-0.0615	Independent
95	Texas Tech	(3-7-1)		-0.0764	Border
96	Fordham	(2-5-1)		-0.1069	Independent
97	Washington & Lee	(3-7-0)		-0.1313	Southern
98	Virginia Military Institute	(3-6-1)		-0.1434	Southern
99	North Carolina State	(3-7-0)		-0.1598	Southern
100	Brown	(2-7-0)		-0.1692	Independent
101	Utah State	(3-7-1)		-0.1883	Mountain States
102	Denver	(3-7-0)		-0.2484	Mountain States
103	Kansas State	(1-9-0)		-0.2517	Big Seven
104	Temple	(2-7-1)		-0.2566	Independent
105	Montana	(2-7-1)		-0.2805	Pacific Coast
106	New York University	(2-5-1)		-0.3133	Independent
107	Wichita State	(3-6-1)		-0.3302	Missouri Valley
108	West Texas A&M	(3-6-0)		-0.4013	Border
109	Davidson	(2-7-0)		-0.4020	Southern
110	Northern Arizona	(3-4-0)		-0.4239	Border
111	New Mexico State	(2-6-1)		-0.4740	Border
112	Richmond	(1-9-0)		-0.4978	Southern
113	Drake	(2-7-0)		-0.6311	Missouri Valley

Average Ratings by Conference (1952)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.3836
2	Southwest		0.3236
3	Big Seven		0.3082
4	Pacific Coast		0.2664
5	Big Ten		0.2583
6	Independent		0.2091
7	Southern		0.0839
8	Missouri Valley		0.0144
9	Mountain States		0.0080
10	Border		-0.0672