1951

1952 Rankings
​Final

1953

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Michigan State	(9-0-0)		0.9172	Independent
2	Georgia Tech	(12-0-0)		0.8828	Southeastern
3	Notre Dame	(7-2-1)		0.8452	Independent
4	Oklahoma	(8-1-1)		0.8032	Big Seven
5	UCLA	(8-1-0)		0.7899	Pacific Coast
6	Southern California	(10-1-0)		0.7869	Pacific Coast
7	Texas	(9-2-0)		0.7233	Southwest
8	Penn State	(7-2-1)		0.6608	Independent
9	Maryland	(7-2-0)		0.6465	Southern
10	Duke	(8-2-0)		0.6387	Southern
11	Navy	(6-2-1)		0.6378	Independent
12	Alabama	(10-2-0)		0.6317	Southeastern
13	Mississippi	(8-1-2)		0.6061	Southeastern
14	Tennessee	(8-2-1)		0.5692	Southeastern
15	Pittsburgh	(6-3-0)		0.5494	Independent
16	Houston	(8-2-0)		0.5395	Missouri Valley
17	Princeton	(8-1-0)		0.5290	Independent
18	Purdue	(4-3-2)		0.5223	Big Ten
19	California	(7-3-0)		0.5180	Pacific Coast
20	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.5128	Big Ten
21	Colorado	(6-2-2)		0.5067	Big Seven
22	Kansas	(7-3-0)		0.5040	Big Seven
23	Pennsylvania	(4-3-2)		0.4939	Independent
24	Wisconsin	(6-3-1)		0.4883	Big Ten
25	Washington	(7-3-0)		0.4832	Pacific Coast
26	Florida	(8-3-0)		0.4713	Southeastern
27	West Virginia	(7-2-0)		0.4588	Southern
28	Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4444	Independent
29	Georgia	(7-4-0)		0.4346	Southeastern
30	Minnesota	(4-3-2)		0.4267	Big Ten
31	Syracuse	(7-3-0)		0.4240	Independent
32	Michigan	(5-4-0)		0.3925	Big Ten
33	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.3843	Independent
34	Nebraska	(5-4-1)		0.3670	Big Seven
35	Missouri	(5-5-0)		0.3608	Big Seven
36	Villanova	(7-1-1)		0.3593	Independent
37	Southern Methodist	(4-5-1)		0.3536	Southwest
38	Holy Cross	(8-2-0)		0.3488	Independent
39	Tulsa	(8-2-1)		0.3453	Missouri Valley
40	New Mexico	(7-2-0)		0.3361	Border
41	Texas Christian	(4-4-2)		0.3340	Southwest
42	Baylor	(4-4-2)		0.3112	Southwest
43	Army	(4-4-1)		0.3079	Independent
44	Mississippi State	(5-4-0)		0.3075	Southeastern
45	Rice	(5-5-0)		0.2935	Southwest
46	Stanford	(5-5-0)		0.2933	Pacific Coast
47	Illinois	(4-5-0)		0.2907	Big Ten
48	Colgate	(6-3-0)		0.2899	Independent
49	Kentucky	(5-4-2)		0.2621	Southeastern
50	Texas A&M	(3-6-1)		0.2614	Southwest
51	San Jose State	(6-3-0)		0.2548	Independent
52	Wake Forest	(5-4-1)		0.2344	Southern
53	Tulane	(5-5-0)		0.2208	Southeastern
54	Arizona State	(6-3-0)		0.2120	Border
55	Utah	(6-3-1)		0.2037	Mountain States
56	Arizona	(6-4-0)		0.2010	Border
57	Vanderbilt	(3-5-2)		0.1955	Southeastern
57=	Colorado State	(6-4-0)		0.1955	Mountain States
59	George Washington	(6-2-1)		0.1882	Southern
60	Louisiana State	(3-7-0)		0.1872	Southeastern
61	Washington State	(4-6-0)		0.1809	Pacific Coast
62	William & Mary	(4-5-0)		0.1760	Southern
63	South Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.1687	Southern
64	Wyoming	(5-4-0)		0.1498	Mountain States
65	Oklahoma State	(3-7-0)		0.1468	Missouri Valley
66	Pacific	(7-3-1)		0.1175	Independent
67	Harvard	(5-4-0)		0.1110	Independent
68	Arkansas	(2-8-0)		0.0828	Southwest
69	North Carolina	(2-6-0)		0.0816	Southern
70	Iowa	(2-7-0)		0.0683	Big Ten
71	Northwestern	(2-6-1)		0.0606	Big Ten
72	Rutgers	(4-4-1)		0.0601	Independent
73	Boston University	(5-4-1)		0.0546	Independent
74	Idaho	(4-4-1)		0.0455	Pacific Coast
75	Marquette	(3-5-1)		0.0449	Independent
76	Furman	(6-3-1)		0.0384	Southern
77	Indiana	(2-7-0)		0.0327	Big Ten
78	Auburn	(2-8-0)		0.0229	Southeastern
79	Hardin-Simmons	(5-3-2)		0.0226	Border
80	Virginia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.0204	Southern
81	Cornell	(2-7-0)		0.0170	Independent
82	Iowa State	(3-6-0)		0.0103	Big Seven
83	Columbia	(2-6-1)		0.0075	Independent
84	Oregon State	(2-7-0)		-0.0177	Pacific Coast
85	Dartmouth	(2-7-0)		-0.0269	Independent
86	Boston College	(4-4-1)		-0.0270	Independent
87	Santa Clara	(2-6-1)		-0.0453	Independent
88	Miami (Florida)	(4-7-0)		-0.0612	Independent
89	Clemson	(2-6-1)		-0.0617	Southern
90	Oregon	(2-7-1)		-0.0618	Pacific Coast
91	Brigham Young	(4-6-0)		-0.0619	Mountain States
92	Detroit Mercy	(3-6-0)		-0.0857	Independent
93	Citadel	(3-5-1)		-0.0903	Southern
94	Texas-El Paso	(5-5-1)		-0.1084	Border
95	Texas Tech	(3-7-1)		-0.1222	Border
96	Washington & Lee	(3-7-0)		-0.1522	Southern
97	Brown	(2-7-0)		-0.1711	Independent
98	Fordham	(2-5-1)		-0.1815	Independent
99	North Carolina State	(3-7-0)		-0.1862	Southern
100	Virginia Military Institute	(3-6-1)		-0.1882	Southern
101	Utah State	(3-7-1)		-0.2504	Mountain States
102	Denver	(3-7-0)		-0.2605	Mountain States
103	Kansas State	(1-9-0)		-0.2773	Big Seven
104	Northern Arizona	(3-4-0)		-0.2884	Border
105	Temple	(2-7-1)		-0.2993	Independent
106	Montana	(2-7-1)		-0.3348	Pacific Coast
107	Wichita State	(3-6-1)		-0.4052	Missouri Valley
108	New York University	(2-5-1)		-0.4193	Independent
109	West Texas A&M	(3-6-0)		-0.4369	Border
110	Davidson	(2-7-0)		-0.4413	Southern
111	Richmond	(1-9-0)		-0.5462	Southern
112	New Mexico State	(2-6-1)		-0.5466	Border
113	Drake	(2-7-0)		-0.6671	Missouri Valley

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.3993
2	Southwest	0.3371
3	Big Seven	0.3250
4	Big Ten	0.3105
5	Pacific Coast	0.2683
6	Independent	0.2110
7	Southern	0.0580
8	Mountain States	-0.0040
9	Missouri Valley	-0.0082
10	Border	-0.0812